Daekyo Cultural Foundation, '28th Noonopi Children's Literature Contest' Award Ceremony... "Kim Hwayo Wins Grand Prize in Fairy Tale Category"

4 Categories Including Children's Literature Award, Original Children's Poems, Youth Literature Award, and Global, Total 87 Winners

Daekyo Culture Foundation announced on the 7th that it held the award ceremony for the "28th Noonopi Children's Literature Contest" at Daekyo Tower in Gwanak-gu, Seoul. Photo by Daekyo Culture Foundation

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] Daekyo Cultural Foundation announced on the 7th that it held the award ceremony for the '28th Noonopi Children's Literature Contest' at Daekyo Tower in Gwanak-gu, Seoul.

The event was conducted with essential quarantine rules such as social distancing between attendees and wearing masks, with a minimal number of awardees and event personnel present to ensure safe proceedings.

The 28th Noonopi Children's Literature Contest consisted of the Children's Literature Award category, Children's Original Poetry category, Youth Literature Award category, and Global category, with a total of 87 recipients honored.

In the Children's Literature Award category for both new and established writers, a total of five winners were selected: three in the fairy tale category and two in the picture book category.

The grand prize in the fairy tale category was awarded to writer Kim Hwayo, author of "Joha, Haneun," who received a prize of 15 million won.

The winning work was praised for providing children with the courage and opportunity to look into their inner selves, and for effectively depicting the sensitivity and psychological-emotional realities of children entering puberty.

Following this, the excellence awards in the fairy tale category went to writer Jeong Hyun of "Nils Virus" and writer Son Minji of "Red-Eyed Rael." In the picture book category, the grand prize was awarded to writer Lee Jiyeon for "The Story of an Elephant Who Doesn't Know Who It Is," and the excellence award went to writer Choi Hyunju for the creation "."

In the Children's Original Poetry category, which invited submissions from elementary school students, third grader Choi Ji-in from Myeongseon Elementary School in Incheon won the grand prize. The grand prize winner in this category received the Minister of Education Award.

Additionally, in the newly established Youth Literature Award category for middle and high school students starting this year, third grader Kwon Nahyun from Anyang Arts High School was selected as the grand prize winner and received the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award.

In the Global category, winners were selected for both the picture diary and writing contests. The picture diary grand prize went to Hannah Chen from China, and the writing grand prize was awarded to Chau Yu Yiu Zabrina from Hong Kong.

Meanwhile, the award ceremony was also streamed live on the Daekyo Group's social contribution brand 'Learning Together' YouTube channel to allow online viewing.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.