Suncheon Cultural Foundation Holds Award Ceremony for the 1st Suncheon Storytelling Contest

Daesang Selects 9 Winning Works Including 'Namu-ui Seong (Castle)'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seonsik] The award ceremony for the ‘2022 1st Suncheon Storytelling Contest,’ hosted by Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do, and organized by the Suncheon Cultural Foundation, was held on the 10th at the small performance hall of the Suncheon Cultural Foundation.

The ‘2022 1st Suncheon Storytelling Contest’ is a regional story content competition aimed at actively discovering and nurturing Suncheon’s hidden cultural resources. It was established to contribute to building a self-sustaining storytelling industry ecosystem in the region by uncovering the original forms of local cultural content creation.

This contest, held for the first time this year, was open nationwide. A total of 51 original works were submitted, featuring themes such as Suncheon’s distinctive landmarks, historic temples, nature, trees, people, and food. After judging, a total of nine winners were selected: one grand prize winner, one excellence award winner, three merit award winners, and four encouragement award winners.

The grand prize-winning work, ‘The Castle of Trees (Namu-ui Seong),’ is an adaptation of a legend about General Im Gyeong-eop into a screenplay, receiving high praise for its completeness and potential for expansion.

The nine selected works are scheduled to be published in a collection of winning entries from the Suncheon Story Contest in December and will also be used as source material for producing secondary derivative works such as performances, webtoons, and fairy tales in the future.

A representative from the Suncheon Cultural Foundation said, “We were surprised by the interest and the quality of the works submitted to this nationwide Suncheon Storytelling Contest. The diverse themes, narrative styles, innovative and engaging elements, and potential for expansion were excellent, and we realized the importance of drawing stories from ‘everyday life.’ We hope that the contest will continue to develop with each iteration, and that the stories discovered through the contest will grow into differentiated content unique to Suncheon, continuously eliciting empathy from people.”

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seonsik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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