Children's Map Drawing Contest... "Draw a Healthy Global Village"

The National Geographic Information Institute of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 29th that it will hold the "17th National Children's Map Drawing Contest" for one month starting September 1, where creative ideas to save Korea and the global community will be expressed on a world map.

This contest has been held annually since 2004 to help children diagnose disasters and calamities occurring on Earth from their perspective, and to draw solutions and development plans on maps, thereby fostering their capabilities as future global citizens.

This year’s theme is "Draw a Healthy and Beautiful Global Community on the World Map," encouraging participants to consider the problems faced by the global community due to disasters and calamities and to design a livable space.

Participants are all elementary school students nationwide (including homeschooling students), and according to international contest submission rules, entries will be judged separately in two groups: grades 1?2 and grades 3?6.

Entries must be drawn on A3 paper (42 cm × 30 cm) and submitted by mail or in person to the National Geographic Information Institute (Suwon-si, Gyeonggi Province) between September 1 and October 7.

Winners will be announced on October 21 after judging, with awards including Grand Prize (1 person, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award), Excellent School Award (1 school, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award), Best Award (2 persons, Director of National Geographic Information Institute Award), Excellence Award (6 persons), Encouragement Award (12 persons), and Special Award (5 persons, President of the Korean Cartographic Society Award).

The main judging criteria focus on conceptual understanding of maps, originality in expressing ideas and application methods, with higher scores given if the message is clearly conveyed at a glance.

Children who win awards in this contest will receive certificates and prizes, and all winning works will be exhibited until the end of the year at the Map Museum located within the National Geographic Information Institute.

Meanwhile, three works winning the Grand Prize and Best Award will have the opportunity to be submitted to the "2023 Barbara Petchenik Children's Map Drawing Contest" hosted by the International Cartographic Association (ICA).

This contest has been held biennially since 1993, and in 2023 it is scheduled to take place in Cape Town, South Africa, in August.

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