Gyeongnam National University Holds the 38th 10·18 Literature Awards Ceremony

Essay Category Student Lee Ye-jin's
"First Spring Encounter" Awarded

Gyeongnam National University held the ‘38th 10·18 Literary Awards’ ceremony at 3 p.m. on the 30th in the main building’s small conference room.

Group photo of the literary award recipients.

Co-hosted by the Gyeongnam National University Media and Publishing Center and the Buma Democratic Uprising Memorial Association, and organized by the Gyeongnam University Newspaper, the ‘10·18 Literary Awards’ have 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 awards received numerous works reflecting the creative and literary potential of Gyeongnam National University students in the categories of poetry, short stories, and essays.

As a result, in the essay category, ‘The First Spring I Welcome’ by Lee Ye-jin (4th year, Department of Psychology) was selected as the winning work, and the encouragement award went to ‘Combat Boots’ by Lee Joo-won (3rd year, Department of Social Welfare).

In the poetry category, no winning work was selected, but the runner-up was ‘Weightlessness’ by Byeon Da-on (2nd year, Department of Physical Education). The encouragement awards went to ‘Spring Yeoeoreoreumgalgyeoeoreoul’ by Hwang Seung-joo (3rd year, Department of Korean Language Education) and ‘Stairs’ by Moon Won-ho (3rd year, Department of Korean Language Education).

In the short story category, no winning work was selected, but the runner-up was ‘The Reason for Parting’ by Choi Goeun (3rd year, Department of Korean Language Education), and the encouragement award went to ‘Mailbox No. 20’ by Han Sang-min (4th year, Department of History).

President Park Jae-gyu said, “I extend my encouragement and congratulations to the students who won the 38th 10·18 Literary Awards,” adding, “I hope that students who have inherited the historical legacy of the March 15th Movement and the Buma Democratic Uprising will grow into outstanding writers.”

Lee Chang-gon, chairman of the Buma Democratic Uprising Memorial Association, said, “The literary talents and hard-earned abilities of the awardees hold important values that make our society healthy and prosperous,” and added, “I hope the 10·18 Literary Awards will serve as an opportunity for you to achieve brilliant artistic value in your lives and literary journeys.”

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