Yes24 Children's Book Report Contest... Applications Accepted Until September 13

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo Mideum] Yes24 bookstore is hosting the '19th Children's Book Report Contest.' All elementary school students and kindergarteners (ages 6-7) or children of the same age group nationwide are eligible to participate.

Participants can freely write a book report on the theme of 'The Most Impressive Book I Have Read' and submit it to the 19th Yes24 Children's Book Report Contest blog by September 13. The length should be at least 300 characters for lower elementary grades (1st-3rd grade) and 600 characters for upper elementary grades (4th-6th grade). Kindergarteners can also submit a book report with a review within 50 characters along with a drawing. Upon submission, participants will receive a YES gift certificate worth 3,000 KRW and a 60-day Book Club membership per ID.

The winners will be announced on October 19 at 3 PM on the Yes24 Children's Book Report Contest blog. Awards in the individual category include Grand Prize (1 person), Excellence Award (3 persons), Gold Prize (8 persons), Silver Prize (14 persons), Bronze Prize (65 persons), and Encouragement Prize (500 persons). In the group category, awards include Grand Prize (1 team), Excellence Award (2 teams), Merit Award (3 teams), and Teacher Award (1 person). In the publisher category, the Good Children's Book Award (1 title) and Popular Children's Book Award (1 title) will be selected.

A commemorative event will also be held. By sharing a photo of reading with a child on SNS with the required hashtag (#YES24BookReadingOurHomeCampaign) and leaving the post URL in the comments, participants will be entered into a draw to win YES gift certificates worth 3,000 KRW (200 winners) and Starbucks gifticons (50 winners).

Jang Rye, Team Leader of Book Team 2 at Yes24's Book Business Headquarters, said, "As the importance of children's reading education is increasingly emphasized due to the prolonged pandemic, we hope this contest will motivate more children to read and awaken their joy in reading, contributing to the spread of children's reading culture. In addition to the book report contest, we have prepared various programs such as special lectures, so we ask for your great interest and participation."

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