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The Sejong Cultural Society, founded in 2003 and based in Chicago, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit org

Music Competition - The Sejong Music Competition seeks to both encourage talented young musicians in their studies and introduce traditional Korean musical themes to young musicians. Writing Competition - Open to pre-college students and young adults, the Sejong Writing Competition is divided into two categories:

Focusing on introducing students to Korean culture and history through literature, our essay category utilizes folk tales and contemporary literature to explore Korean culture, past and present. Our sijo competition brings the sijo, a classic example of traditional Korean fine arts, to a modern English-speaking audience as a unique form of poetry. Music Composition Competition - Traditional Korean music contains many unique elements, especially rhythmically and harmonically. The Sejong Music Composition Competition encourages composers to explore these elements and incorporate them into their compositions to create contemporary pieces for Western instruments that evoke Korean themes. Using these pieces in numerous performances organized by the Sejong Cultural Society and our Music Competition, we hope to bring the world of Korean music not only to composers, but performers and listeners as well.

11/10/2026

2026 Sejong Writing Competition
Sijo Pre-college division • Zoey Green • honorable mention

Piano Lessons

Small hands on black and white keys.
The notes I played meant nothing to me.
Why write songs that can’t be sung?
Just pretty sounds, all empty noise.
I still play, but now I sing, too.
Who knew words could do so much?

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25/09/2026

Happy Chuseok! 🌕

Warmest wishes from the Sejong Cultural Society.
Thank you for sharing Korean culture with the world through sijo, writing, and music this year.
We wish you and your loved ones a season full of warmth, joy, and togetherness.

25/09/2026

2026 Sejong Writing Competition

Sijo Pre-college division • Ariana Dominguez • honorable mention

the Journey Continues

I thought growing up would feel like crossing a finish line,
Like one clear moment when I’d finally arrive somewhere.
But it’s really just me tying my shoes again, and walking on.

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13/09/2026

2026 Sejong Writing Competition
Pre-college division • Zia Dolland • honorable mention

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Braiding is an art to be perfected, month after month.
Tender fingers gently weave my thick black curls into tight braids.
The comb tugs through a knot stubbornly. I sigh. I wish Mom was here.

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30/08/2026

2026 Sejong Writing Competition
Pre-college division — honorable mention

Exploring the Familiar — Lilly Do

I wander through the rainforest– wild, tangled, chaotic
Trip and gasp as roots catch my feet, stumbling through twisted trees
Don’t worry! It’s my little brother’s bedroom, and it always will be.

23/08/2026

2026 Sejong Writing Competition
Pre-College Division — Honorable Mention

Eternal Sleep by Bavly Beshai

As I watch her lay still, slowly slipping into an eternal sleep.
My heart torn to shreds, I try and shout yet no breath leaves my chest.
Yet I find comfort, knowing her suffering ends here at last.

18/08/2026

🏆 2026 Sejong Writing Competition

America, America

Solomon Kalusche (USA)
Pre-college Division - 3rd Place

Powerful, we Own the world, we Create peace–all love and fear us.
We are Great, built on Freedom, the “freest” nation, the world Laughs.
Ignorant, built on Slavery, laughing stock, the world Cringes

18/07/2026

2026 Sejong Writing Competition
Jean-Mann Miguel Arago (USA) • Second Place (Pre-college Division)

Foreign Frights

Boarding the plane that will take me from all I have known
Dreading the landing in a place that seems alien to me
Thinking all things would hate me- turns out to be what makes me happy

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28/06/2026

2026 Sejong Writing Competition
Lucas Pai (USA) • First Place (Pre-college Division)

Rubik's Cube

I stare deep into the cube, the six colors all intertwined.
A puzzle that seems so simple, but with more states than grains of sand.
It taunts me, knowing it's possible, but that's all I need — possible.

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14/06/2026

2026 Sejong Writing Competition
Elizabeth Shack (USA) • Honorable Mention (Adult Division)

Scrapbook

Voyager’s golden records—
interstellar memorials.
We were here. Though we’re long gone
we live on in art, music, poems.
How human, to leave graffiti
drifting spaceward forever.

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