Millie's Library Announces 6 Award-Winning Works of the 'Gigi Goegi Stories Contest'

The reading platform Millie’s Library announced on the 26th the final six winning works of the ‘Strange Stories Contest’ jointly conducted with Sam & Parkers in February.

In this contest, one Grand Prize winner, four Excellence Award winners, and one Millie Pick were finally selected. The Grand Prize award is 2 million KRW, and the Excellence Awards are 1.5 million KRW each. The winning works will be produced as paper books, e-books, and audiobooks in collaboration with Sam & Parkers. The Millie Pick winner will receive a prize of 2 million KRW and an opportunity to adapt their work into a full-length novel through Millie’s Library.

The Grand Prize was awarded to “Talpi, Kiss.” It tells the story of a protagonist suffering from a terrible skin disease in reality who lives two different lives on social networking services (SNS) with a completely different appearance. Readers praised the work for its outstanding blend of reality and imagination, highlighting its eerie atmosphere. The Excellence Awards went to “If You Hear the Sound of Wheels,” “Empty Box,” “Pruning,” and “The End of Tastelessness.”

The Millie Pick, decided solely by Millie’s Library user votes, was awarded to “Tain-ui Bang” (The Other’s Room). This short story deals with a protagonist working in special cleaning who reads the diary of a deceased person and becomes obsessed with their death. It ranked first overwhelmingly in reader votes due to its solid structure and suspenseful story. “Tain-ui Bang” will be adapted into a full-length novel and released as a ‘Millie Original’ in the second half of the year.

Kim Tae-hyung, Head of Content Business Division at Millie’s Library, said, “We are pleased that this contest, conducted with Sam & Parkers to secure original IP and discover mystery genre writers, has been successfully completed. We will spare no effort to support the selected works so they can bear good fruit.” He added, “We will continue to strive to discover fresh IPs and help more gem-like new writers debut, and work to expand a healthy creative ecosystem.”

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