Grand prizes at the Eye-Level Children's Literature Awards go to writer Lee Hyun-young and student Park Sa-rang

[Financial News] The Daekyo Cultural Foundation announced on the 28th that it had selected the winners of the 34th Eye-Level Children's Literature Awards, the country's largest children's literature competition.
The grand prize in the children's literature category (Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award) went to writer Lee Hyun-young, who wrote the picture book 'Let's Play Together!' The grand prize in the youth literature category (Minister of Education Award) went to Park Sa-rang, a third-year student at Geunmyeong High School, for 'Only After the Curtain Falls.'
The excellence awards in the children's literature category went to writer Lee Jeong-gyeong for the picture book 'Picnic Lunchbox'; writer Choi Ki-woo for the lower-grade children's story 'Hey There, Dog!'; and writer Kim Hye-yeon for the upper-grade children's story 'Spy Cat, Hambak.'
The grand prize in the children's poetry category went to Seo Ji-hu, a sixth-grade student at Geumbit Elementary School in Busan, for 'The Secret Diary of a Sole.' Yeongsin Elementary School in Daegu won the group grand prize for the seventh consecutive year. The grand prize in the Children's Cartoon Contest went to Kim Ga-yun, a third-grade student at Gosan Haneul Elementary School, for 'The Left-Behind Turtle's Tender Promise.'
In the global literature category, which drew entries from children overseas, Jason Bui of Australia won the grand prize for an English picture diary, while Kairin Jara Marques of the Philippines won the grand prize for English writing.
The Daekyo Cultural Foundation plans to support publication and promotion of the winning works. The awards ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. on November 27 at Daekyo Tower in Gwanak-gu, Seoul.  

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