Cheongdo County Announces Winners of This Year's "Lee Hou and Lee Youngdo Sijo Literature Award"

Grand Prize Jointly Awarded to Son Suseong and Choi Younghyo
Newcomer Award to Lee Hyunjung

The winners of the Lee Hou and Lee Youngdo Sijo Literature Award have been selected. The award is hosted by Cheongdo County (Governor Kim Hasu) and organized by the Lee Hou and Lee Youngdo Literary Memorial Association (President Min Byungdo).

The Lee Hou and Lee Youngdo Sijo Literature Festival is held annually at the Cheongdo Sinhwarang Pungnyu Village to honor the legacy of Lee Hou (Lee Hou) and Lee Youngdo (Lee Youngdo), sibling sijo poets from Cheongdo who made significant contributions to Korean sijo poetry. Through their works, the festival aims to teach Korea’s history and literature and to further the development of Korean sijo poetry.

(From left) Son Suseong, Lee Hyunjung, Jung Wonil, Choi Younghyo, poets

This year, the Lee Hou and Lee Youngdo Sijo Literature Award was jointly awarded to Son Suseong for the sijo collection "Evening Ordering Pizza" and Choi Younghyo for the sijo collection "Ugeumchi."

The Newcomer Award for the Lee Hou and Lee Youngdo Sijo Literature Award went to Lee Hyunjung for the sijo collection "Came While Spinning the Earth," and the Newcomer Award for the Sibling Sijo Contest was awarded to Jung Wonil for the sijo "Uisu (Prosthetic Hand)."

The award ceremony for the winners will take place at the "2025 Lee Hou and Lee Youngdo Sijo Literature Festival" on October 24, 2025. In addition to the award ceremony, the festival will feature the National Sijo Recitation Contest and a Cheongdo Sijo On-site Tour, offering a variety of attractions and experiences for attendees.

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