The Korean Literature Essay Contest is open to all undergraduate students at Indiana University Bloomington. Participants read an English translation of the novel I Met Loh Kiwan and submitted a critical essay of 1,000 to 1,250 words.
Winners:
1st Place: Phyllis Cha
Beyond Tropes: How Cho Haejin Subverts the Dominant Narrative about North Korean
Refugees in I Met Loh Kiwan
2nd Place: Sierra Sanders
I Met Loh Kiwan: The Ethics of Representation and Authorial Voice
3rd Place: Hannah Katinsky
What We Owe to Each Other: How I met Loh Kiwan reveals the meaning of empathy