Gyeongnam National University Inherits the Spirit of the Buma Democratic Uprising... 10·18 Literature Award Ceremony Held

Poetry Category: Student Choi Yeji's "Gonggae Gu-in" and Short Story Category: Student Han Sangmin's "Seolguk-ui Dongbaekkkot" Selected as Winning Works

Gyeongnam National University held the '36th 10·18 Literature Award' ceremony in the main building's small conference room.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Song Jong-gu] On the 27th, Gyeongnam National University held the ‘36th 10·18 Literary Award’ ceremony in the main building’s small conference room.

The ‘10·18 Literary Award,’ jointly hosted by the Gyeongnam National University Press and the Buma Democratic Uprising Memorial Association, and organized by the Gyeongnam University Newspaper, has been held annually since 1987 to inherit the spirit of the Buma Democratic Uprising and foster a healthy literary culture among students.

As part of the University Innovation Support Project, this year’s literary award received many works reflecting the creative and literary potential of Gyeongnam National University students in the categories of poetry, short stories, and essays.

In the poetry category of this literary award, the winning work was “Open Recruitment” by Choi Ye-ji (4th year, Department of Media and Visual Studies). The runner-up was “COVID Father” by Tamila Matkashimova, an Uzbek international student (4th year, Department of Korean Language and Literature).

Next, in the short story category, the winning work was “Camellia in the Snow Country” by Han Sang-min (2nd year, Department of History), and in the essay category, no winning work was selected, but “Flame” by Lim Yeon-jeong (3rd year, Department of Media and Visual Studies) was chosen as the runner-up.

President Park Jae-gyu said, “I extend my congratulations and encouragement to all students who participated in and won the ‘36th 10·18 Literary Award.’ I hope this literary award will be a good opportunity for students to combine creativity and a spirit of challenge, and I wish them to continue to strive vigorously with excellent literary activities in the future.”

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