The 2012 Writing Competition is now open to applicants.
Deadline: 11:59pm, March 31st, 2012 (CST)
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Essay category
Focusing on introducing students to Korean culture and history through literature, our essay category utilizes folk tales and contemporary literature to explore Korean culture, past and present.
Senior division: Contestants are to read Hwang Sun-won's short story "Cranes" (available for download on our essay competition page) and write an essay in response to the provided prompt.
Junior division: Contestants are to write an essay in response to one of three provided topics regarding a folktale of the contestant's choice. Contestants must choose one of the stories listed on our folktales page.
Sijo category
Created in collaboration with the Korea Institute at Harvard University, the goal of our sijo category is to introduce students to a lesser-known style of poetry, the traditional Korean sijo. Read about how to write sijo, or see last year's winning entries.
Mission
The goals of the Sejong Writing Competition are to discover children and young adults talented in writing and to encourage them to learn and write about Korean and its culture. Through this writing competition we hope to increase the awareness and understanding of Korea’s cultural heritage amongst the younger generations growing up in the United States.
Eligibility
This competition is open to all pre-college students residing in the US and Canada regardless of ethnic background.