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Sijo Competition Rules and Information
in collaboration with the Harvard University Korea Institute
Deadline: 11:59pm, April 30th, 2010 (CST)
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Divisions: One division open to all pre-college students.
Prizes (funded by the Korea Institute at Harvard University):
- First ($300), Second ($200), Third ($100)
- Honorable mention - friends of Pacific Rim Awards ($50 each)
- Competition winners will be announced in AZALEA: Journal of Korean Literature and Culture.
- Winners' works may be published in the Korea Times Chicago.
Guidelines:
- Write one sijo in English on a topic of your choice. A title for the sijo is not required.
More information on writing sijo can be found here.
- The contestant’s name cannot be written in the document.
- The entry should be typed as a Word document (.doc, .docx) or Rich Text Format (.rtf).
Sijo should be written in 12pt Times New Roman font with 1.5 inch margins on all sides.
- One entry per student is permitted.
(Students are permitted one essay and one sijo entry.)
- Entries and applications must be sent as email attachments to writing@sejongculturalsociety.org.
The subject of the email should be “Sejong Writing Competition Entry.” Entries and applications must be sent together or they will not be accepted.
- No application fee.
- We reserve the right to use all submitted pieces in future publications of the Sejong Cultural Society with no compensation to the authors.
- We reserve the right to not award any prizes.
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