Eligibility

• Illustrative Writing
  Elementary school 3rd grade or below, or children aged 10 or younger
  ※Born on or after January 1, 2016
  ※Individual or group submissions allowed
• Writing
  Elementary school 4th grade through 1st grade in high school, or students aged 11-17
  ※Born between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2015
  ※Individual submissions only

Submission

Award

※ Prize money will be paid in USD dollars

Event Schedule

• Submission period
  June 1, 2025 (Sun) - August 31, 2025 (Sun) until 5pm
• Announcement of Results
  Expected by the end of October 2025(on the website and individually notified to awardees)
• Award Ceremony
  November 28, 2025 (Fri) at 16:00 at Daekyo Tower, Seoul, Korea

How to submit

• Individual
  Online submission through the contest website
• Group
  Must follow one of the two submission methods:
  1. Online Submission: Scan the submission and attach the entry form as a file
  ※ Please ensure that the work’s entry number matches the entry number listed in the form, and submit all files as a compressed ZIP file.
  Example: [Submission] File Name - GroupName_Name_EntryNumber
  2. Postal Submission: Complete the group submission on the contest website, print [the confirmation] and send it along with the submission via postal mail
  ※ Submissions must be printed single-sided on A4 paper (double-sided printing is not allowed).
  ※ The entry number specified in the [Entry Form (Excel file)] must correspond exactly to the entry number
  written on the submitted work.
• <Postal Address>
  (08510) 607, Daeryung Post Tower 6th, 298 Beotkkot-ro, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Korea

Notice

* Rights and Responsibilities of Submissions

- The copyright (both economic and moral rights) of the submitted work belongs to the applicant and remains so even after winning the prize.
- The contest organizers may process, modify, or supplement the winning works as secondary works.

* Notice before applying

- Taxes and fees associated with prizes are the responsibility of the awardees
   (based on each country’s regulations)
- In the following cases, the award may be canceled, and the certificate and prize money will be retrieved:

• 1. If the work is found to be plagiarized or in violation of the contest guidelines
• 2. If the work is modified by adults (parents, teachers) or altered from a poem included in a textbook
• 3. If the work is created or modified using Artificial Intelligence (AI)

- (Foundation) World Youth & Culture Foundation will dispose of non-awarded works within a year after the end of the contest.
- Applicants may request the return of submissions within one month. The cost of returning the works will be borne by the applicant.

Questions?

• E-mail
  ljh@thinkcontest.com

※ Indicate [EYE LEVEL] on email subject.