Literary Awards

Established in 1996 and first presented in 1997, this open-call literary award is for new writers who have not yet made a formal literary debut or published a first collection. Winning works are published as books by Asia Publishers.

The Kim Hak-cheol Literary Award is a reader-funded prize created by 100 readers who took the "Beomdo Route" tour retracing sites of the anti-Japanese armed resistance in Manchuria, the Russian Maritime region, Lake Baikal, and the Taihang Mountains, pooling small monthly donations. It is run by the Kim Hak-cheol Literary Award Support Group, Anti-Japanese Armed Struggle History School, without support from any institution or organization, and honors writers who renew the spirit of the mother tongue.