Suncheon City '2023 Suncheonman International Garden Expo' Slogan Contest

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Heo Seok) announced on the 17th that it will hold a public contest for the theme slogan of the ‘2023 Suncheonman International Garden Expo,’ which will be held throughout the city, including Suncheonman National Garden and detention pond parks, from the 20th of this month to the 20th of next month.

The theme slogan contest is open to all citizens nationwide, and participants must submit a Korean phrase within 12 characters that can enhance the status of the Suncheonman International Garden Expo and encapsulate the meaning of the expo, along with its English notation.

Submissions can be made via email or mobile as part of social distancing measures, with each person allowed to submit one theme slogan.

The evaluation criteria include thematic suitability (40 points), creativity (20 points), sustainability (20 points), and applicability (20 points), and the judging will be conducted in three rounds.

After the first round of expert review and the second round of online preference survey, the final six winning entries will be selected through the third round of the theme contest judging committee. The results are scheduled to be announced at the end of June.

The grand prize winner (1 person) will receive 1,000,000 KRW, the excellence prize winner (1 person) 500,000 KRW, and the encouragement prize winners (4 persons) 250,000 KRW each.

The selected theme slogans will be finalized after expert review and will be used in various fields such as domestic and international promotion, revenue projects, and facility design projects.

Detailed information about the contest can be found on the Suncheon City Hall or Suncheonman National Garden websites, and inquiries can be made to the National Garden Operations Division of Suncheon City.

The head of the National Garden Operations Division of Suncheon City said, “If the theme slogan of the 2013 Suncheonman International Garden Expo, ‘Garden of the Earth, Suncheonman,’ symbolically expressed the value of ecological conservation, we hope that the 2023 Garden Expo will contain values that go beyond ecological conservation to spread into garden economy, culture, and citizens’ lives.”

Meanwhile, the international garden expo held again after 10 years since 2013 at Suncheonman National Garden is a citizen-led expo where citizens actively participate from planning to execution. It aims to ecologically renew the entire city by connecting Suncheon’s natural elements as points, lines, and planes, and to improve the quality of life through gardens.

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