'2025 Korea Picture Book Awards' Grand Prize... 'Points, Lines, and Birds' and 'Oh, Stylish Ones!'

Awards Ceremony on November 10, Nine Works Honored
Grand Prize Includes Minister’s Award and 15 Million Won
Support for Overseas Marketing and Export

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea have selected Joe Oh's (Changbi) in the fiction category and Kim Yudae's (Iyagikot) in the nonfiction category as the Grand Prize winners of the 2025 Korea Picture Book Awards. The awards ceremony for all nine winning works will be held on the afternoon of November 10 at Ferrum Tower in Jung-gu, Seoul.

The Grand Prize Winner of the 2025 Korea Picture Book Awards: Joe Oh's .

Now in its third year, the Korea Picture Book Awards were established to promote the overseas expansion of Korean picture books. The awards select outstanding picture books representing Korea and provide multifaceted support for their export. This year, a total of 456 entries were submitted, and after an expert review, nine works were selected: two Grand Prize winners (fiction and nonfiction), six Special Prize winners, and one Newcomer Prize winner.

Two Grand Prizes, Six Special Prizes, One Newcomer Prize

The Grand Prize Winner of the 2025 Korea Picture Book Awards, Kim Yudae's Oh, Stylish People!.

This year's Grand Prize winner, , was praised for its metaphorically embedded themes in concise text and the profound resonance it delivers to readers by contrasting beautiful illustrations with the destruction of human civilization and nature. was highly regarded for providing friendly and detailed information about beetles, demonstrating new possibilities for scientific information books. Each Grand Prize winner will receive the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award and a prize of 15 million won.

Among the six Special Prize winners, Kim Dongseong's (Boreum Publishing) and Eom Jeongsun's (Woori School) will each receive the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award and a prize of 10 million won. Four other works-Choi Kyungsik, Oh Sori, and Hong Jihae's (Sakyejul Publishing), Jo Sujin's (Eoheung Daejakjeon), So Yukyung's (Bombyeot Publishing), and Gong Eunhye's (Maummoja)-will each receive the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea President's Award and a prize of 7 million won. The Newcomer Prize winner, Min Byeonggwon's (Gilbut Children), will receive the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award and a prize of 7 million won. Each of the nine publishing houses that published the award-winning works will also receive a prize of 3.5 million won.

Support for Overseas Marketing and Participation in International Book Fairs

In addition, the winning works will receive various export support benefits, including promotion through the integrated book export platform and English webzine, sample translations, and participation in major international book fairs next year, as part of overseas expansion initiatives. The Promotion Agency currently operates an English-language integrated book export platform to introduce Korean books to the global market. It also publishes a monthly webzine, "K-Book Trends."

Lim Seonghwan, Director General of the Media Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, stated, "Korean picture books continue to capture the hearts of readers on the global stage with their high artistic value and outstanding originality. As Korean picture books gain recognition overseas, we will provide even more attentive support, such as newly recommending and supplying Korean picture books to the library of the Korean Cultural Center New York this fall, to help Korean picture books lead the global market."

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