Fall 2024 Sijo Competition Open!
With sponsorship from the Korea Foundation, EASC will introduce teachers and students to Korean literature through an online, asynchronous Sijo Poetry Workshop including presentations, examples, and teaching materials. New to Sijo? No problem, materials available to help students write Sijo poetry. Asynchronous Online workshop open to any teacher in any state.
Ohio-Kentucky Sijo Student Competition
- Deadline: October 1, 2024. Online submission link
- Sijo Introduction (slide link)
- Sijo Student Competition Website
- Open to Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania,, and West Virginia K-12 students.
- Students create an original Sijo poem in English.
- Submit one Sijo poem online by October 1, 2024.
- Two Divisions: High School and Elementary/Middle School
- Prizes: First Place ($250) and Runners Up ($150)
- Teacher of place winners will receive $100 of Korea-related materials.
- Prizes awarded at the judges' discretion.
- Winners notified early November 2024.
2023-24 Sijo Competition Winners (Note: 2023-24 competition open to KY/OH students.)
2023 Sijo Competition Winners (Note: 2023 Student competition open to KY/OH students.)
2022 Sijo Competition Winners (Note: 2022 Student competition open to KY/OH/WI students.)
2021 Sijo Competition Winners (Note: 2021 Student competition open to Ohio students only.)
Asynchronous Sijo Teacher Workshop:
- Open to any educator in any state
- Finish by October 1, 2024
- Self-paced, asynchronous, online
- Gives teachers a background in Sijo, examples, lesson plans
- Professional Development (2.0) contact hours
- Resource material available for completing the workshop
- Registration link (required)
Coordinated by the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University. Sponsors: Korea Foundation and a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University.