The 30th Eye Level Children’s Literature Award

Dr. Kang, Young Joong (chairman of Daekyo Group, founder and chairman of the World Youth and Culture Foundation) attended the 30th Eye Level Children’s Literature Award which was held at Eye Level Hall on December 2.

Daekyo Culture Foundation established this award for the development of children’s literature, the root and hope of Korean literature. It is the largest children’s literature competition in Korea and it has been held annually since 1991.

A total of 85 winners were selected in the categories of "Children's Literature", "Fantasy Literature", "Youth Literature", "Children's Poem Literature", and "Global Literature" at the 30th Eye Level Children’s Literature Award.

The winner of the grand prize for children's literature was awarded 15 million won and the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award. In addition, the grand prize is provided with an opportunity to publish a book, and the excellence prize can be published through consultation.

The grand winner of the "Youth Literature" was awarded the Ministry of Education Award and a cultural gift certificate of 1 million won. The grand winner of the "children's Poem Literature " was given 500,000 won for cultural gift certificates.

In addition, the "Global Literature" category contested the picture diaries and writing, Caleb Chau of Hong Kong won the grand prize in the picture diaries and Mei Yi Wang of Hong Kong won the grand prize in writing.

An official from the Daekyo Culture Foundation said, "Based on the 30-year history and know-how of the Eye Level Children's Literature Award, we will continue to try to evolve into various genres and forms of literary competitions for the development of children's literature in Korea."