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Kim Ji-won and Jeon Mi-hwa Win Korea Picture Book Awards

Authors Kim Ji-won and Jeon Mi-hwa have won the grand prizes at the fourth annual Korea Picture Book Awards following a competitive national selection process.

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Authors Kim Ji-won and Jeon Mi-hwa have won the grand prizes at the 2026 Korea Picture Book Awards. Seoul Economic Daily reported that the ceremony took place on November 3, 2026. The awards were hosted jointly by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea. [1]

Reporting from Financial News, Asia Economy, and Korea.net confirmed that nine works were honored at the event. According to Seoul Economic Daily, the competition drew 506 entries in total. The awards presented two grand prizes across fiction and nonfiction categories, alongside six special prizes and one rookie award. [1][2][3][6]

The competition was particularly selective this year, as about 1,000 picture books by domestic South Korean authors were published last year, Seoul Economic Daily reported. The outlet noted that Korean picture books are currently expanding their international market presence due to low language barriers in the medium. [1]

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In short

  • Kim Ji-won and Jeon Mi-hwa won the two grand prizes at the 2026 Korea Picture Book Awards.
  • The awards ceremony took place on November 3, 2026, and selected nine winning works.
  • The competition drew 506 entries across fiction, nonfiction, special, and rookie categories.
  • The event was organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea.

Sources

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  1. [1]Kim Ji-won, Jeon Mi-hwa Win Top Korea Picture Book AwardsSeoul Economic Daily, 4h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Jeon Mi-hwa and Kim Ji-won win top prizes at the Korea Picture Book Awards; 9 works selected파이낸셜뉴스, 1d ago
  3. [3]A Story of Life Told by an Earthworm... Jeon Mihwa, Kim Jiwon Win Grand Prizes at the "Korea Picture Book Awards"아시아경제, 1d ago
  4. [4]Galway author earns double Irish Book Awards nomination – ‘Children want to laugh, they love a joke’Irish Independent, 19h ago
  5. [5]To Follow Her Best Picture Win, Siân Heder Opted to Make ‘the Hardest Story She Could Imagine’IndieWire, 9h ago
  6. [6]Korea Picture Book Awards honor nine domestic works this yearKorea.net, 4h ago

Background

  1. [7]Jeon Mi-do on Wikipedia
  2. [8]Academy Award for Best Picture on Wikipedia
  3. [9]Kim Ji-won on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 9 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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