Kia Announces Call for Entries for the 4th Inspiring Literary Awards

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] Kia announced that it will hold the '4th Kia Inspiring Literary Award' contest for middle, high school, and university students nationwide, accepting submissions from the 26th until June 30th.

The 'Kia Inspiring Literary Award' is one of the programs under Kia's representative social contribution campaign, the ‘Kia Good Mobility Campaign.’ It is a literary contest conducted in collaboration with Shinsagae Literature and the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation to discover young people's literary talents and cultivate their humanities sensibilities.

As a program supporting the acquisition of humanities knowledge, it is now in its fourth year and has established itself as a prestigious literary contest with literature professors serving as judges. This year, the contest expanded its target participants from just middle and high school students to include university students as well, and the name was changed accordingly from the previous ‘Youth Literary Award’ contest.

Kia will accept preliminary submissions divided into poetry and prose categories, then ▲select finalists through judging in July, ▲hold the final writing contest in July and August, and ultimately award certificates and scholarships to 30 winners (10 each from middle school, high school, and university students).

The works will be evaluated by active poets, essayists, and critics from Shinsagae Literature, selecting ▲6 Gold Prize winners (800,000 KRW) ▲12 Silver Prize winners (500,000 KRW) ▲12 Bronze Prize winners (300,000 KRW).

Kia will publish the winning works in the winter issue of Shinsagae Literature’s quarterly magazine 'Unyulmasil' to introduce them to readers. The company plans to support the awarded youths so that they can use their literary talents as a foundation to achieve their dreams in society.

This contest is open to all currently enrolled students in middle schools, high schools, and universities nationwide, or youths of the corresponding age. Original creative works in the submission categories can be sent via email.

A Kia official said, “We are holding the literary contest again this year to help young people grow well based on their potential and humanities knowledge,” adding, “We will continue to introduce various programs for future generations.”

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