2025 Sejong Writing Competition
Winning Entries
SIJO
Adult division
first place - Bonnie Tudor
second place - Brooke Daly
third place (tie) - Matt Skeen
third place (tie) - Keri Switzer
Honorable Mention - Brandelyn Oshiro
Honorable Mention - David Jibson
Honorable Mention - Ash Lozano
Honorable Mention - Lea Tudor
Pre-college division
first place - Christine Xu
second place (tie) - Filiz Fish
second place (tie) - Sidney Sun
third place - Jenene Hall
Honorable Mention - Mason Wang
Honorable Mention - Zoe Mihalick
Honorable Mention - Avery Sheen
ESSAY
Adult division (age 19-30 years):
Adult
first place - Jieon Yoo
second place - Lauren Cuppy
third place (tie) - Abbrielle Rocco
third place (tie) - Martha Pudner
Senior division (grade 9th - 12th):
Senior
first place - Maribelle Lee
second place - David Lee
third place (tie) - Joshua Pun
third place (tie) - Liwon Kim
third place (tie) - Ian Kim
Junior division (grade 8th and younger):
Junior
first place - Jelena Ly
second place - Mason Wang
third place - Lilia Dowlatshahi
honorable mention - Brielle Kim
honorable mention - Ariel Zhuang
Sponsors
The Sejong Writing Competition / The Sejong International Sijo Competition are supported in part by grants from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea), DB Kim Jun Ki Cultural Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, BISCO foundation, and Overseas Koreans Foundation
