2024 Sejong Writing Competition

Winning Entries

SIJO

Adult division
first place - Gregory Tudor
second place (tie) - David Jibson
second place (tie) - Anne Marie Wells
third place - Cynthia Pederson
honorable mention - Yuqi Cai
honorable mention - Jerri Hardesty
honorable mention - Casey Lawrence
honorable mention - Crista Penrose


Pre-college division
first place - Karly Turinske
second place - Alexandra Brunner
third place - Evelyn Keefe
honorable mentions - Anna Accousti
honorable mentions - Ryleigh Glover
honorable mentions - Mary Evelyn Pearce
honorable mentions - Conor Sharpe
honorable mentions - Wesley Shelly
honorable mentions - Georgia Tilmont

 

 

 

ESSAY

 

Adult division (age 19-30 years): Contestants are to read Kim Bo-young's short story “I'm Waiting for You” and write an essay in response to the provided prompt.

Adult
first place - none
second place (tie) - Gracie Alldredge
second place (tie) - Genevieve Dwyer
third place - Bridget Moon-Pierce

Snior division (grade 9th - 12th): Contestants are to read Kim Bo-young's short story “I'm Waiting for You” and write an essay in response to the provided prompt.

Senior
first place - Giljoon Lee
second place - Andrew Suh
third place - Lucy Chong

Junior division (grade 8th and younger): Contestants are to write an essay in response to one of two provided prompts regarding a folktale of the contestant's choice. Contestants must choose one of the stories listed on our folktales page.

  1. Write an interpretation of a folk tale of your choice. Why do you think it was created? Which character do you relate to best?
  2. If you could change one of these folk tales, what would you change and why?

Junior
first place - Elizabeth Jung
second place - Joy Le
third place - Eva Gesink

 

 

 

Sponsors

The Sejong Writing Competition / The Sejong International Sijo Competition are supported in part by grants from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea), DB Kim Jun Ki Cultural Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, and Overseas Koreans Foundation


 

Major Supporters:

Bisco Charitable Foundation, Friends of Pacific Rim Foundation