![Korean Media Essay Contest blue banner for essay contest; text: Korean Literature Essay Contest](https://gwiks.elliott.gwu.edu/files/2022/11/Korean-Media-Essay-Contest.png)
The GWIKS Korean Media Essay Contest encourages students to engage with Korean media and promotes a better understanding of Korean culture.
![Op-Ed Flyer, GWIKS book cover with woman's face filled with image of desert; text: born 1982, kim jiyoung a novel by cho nam-joo](https://gwiks.elliott.gwu.edu/files/2024/10/Op-Ed-Flyer-GWIKS-2.png)
![Cream Simple Illustrated Korean Food Week book cover of I Met Loh Kiwan by Cho Hae-jin](https://gwiks.elliott.gwu.edu/files/2023/10/Cream-Simple-Illustrated-Korean-Food-Week.png)
![KOREAN LITERATURE ESSAY CONTEST 2022-2023 (Updated Deadline) book cover with woman's face filled with image of desert; text: born 1982, kim jiyoung a novel by cho nam-joo](https://gwiks.elliott.gwu.edu/files/2023/01/KOREAN-LITERATURE-ESSAY-CONTEST-2022-2023-Updated-Deadline.png)
![I Met Loh Kiwan book cover of I Met Loh Kiwan by Cho Hae-jin](https://gwiks.elliott.gwu.edu/files/2021/11/I-Met-Loh-Kiwan.jpg)
April 1, 2022
2021 Book Contest Award Ceremony
2021
Book of the Year: “I Met Loh Kiwan” by Cho Haejin
![born 1982, kim jiyoung book cover with woman's face filled with image of desert; text: born 1982, kim jiyoung a novel by cho nam-joo](https://gwiks.elliott.gwu.edu/files/2020/10/born.jpg)
![Recitation by Bae Suah blue book cover with line art; text: Recitation by Bae Suah](https://gwiks.elliott.gwu.edu/files/2017/09/Recitation-by-Bae-Suah.jpg)
![2019 Korean Literature Essay Contest Award Ceremony 2019 Korean Literature Essay Contest Award Ceremony group photo](https://gwiks.elliott.gwu.edu/files/2019/11/DSC_0097.jpg)
![I'll be right there book cover book cover with woman's face covered by her hair; text: I'll be right there by Kyung-sook Shin](https://gwiks.elliott.gwu.edu/files/2018/03/Ill-be-right-there-23aemh2.jpg)
![Korean Literature Essay Contest Award Ceremony Awardee poses with award and Young-key Kim-Renaud](https://gwiks.elliott.gwu.edu/files/2018/09/DSC_0044-2mhoqnz.jpg)
![The vegetarian han_kang bright red book cover with silhouette of woman's side profile; text: The Vegetarian by Han Kang](https://gwiks.elliott.gwu.edu/files/2017/09/The_vegetarian_-_han_kang-1-1htofji.jpg)
2017
Book of the Year: “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang
![2017 GWIKS Korean Literature Essay Contest Award Ceremony 2017 GWIKS Korean Literature Essay Contest Award Ceremony](https://gwiks.elliott.gwu.edu/files/2017/09/IMG_7024-edited-xa0cr1-scaled-1.jpg)