Yeongpung Seokpo Smelter Holds Awards Ceremony for "2025 Seokpo Village Contest"

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The Yeongpo Seokpo Smelter held the "2025 Seokpo Village Contest" award ceremony in the conference room of the Seokpo Happiness Sharing Center in Seokpo-myeon, Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 13th (Tue).

At this year's Seokpo Village contest award ceremony, a total of 2.8 million won in prize money and awards were awarded by selecting a total of 24 winners, including 2 gold, 5 silver, and 17 bronze. There were no grand prize winners, and the prize money (1 million won) will be carried over to the 2026 contest.

The contest, which was held for the people of Bonghwa-gun for a month from October 20 to November 20, 2025, received a total of 153 works, including 137 in the ▲ 5-line poem category and 16 in the ▲ video category.

The gold prize in the video category was won by "Secret Sound of the Seokpo Smelter" (Byeon Sang-joon, 36). This work received favorable reviews from the judges by comprehensively showing a pleasant twist in the intriguing detective work, the diligent life of the Seokpo Smelter workers, and the beautiful scenery of Seokpo-myeon.

The gold prize in the five-line poem category with the theme of "Seok, Po, Smile, Um, Flower" was selected by Roh Taek-geun (44), who clearly expressed his longing for his late father. The jury evaluated it as "a great article that touches people's hearts even though it is not literary outstanding or sophisticated."

The jury, consisting of film directors, producers, broadcast writers, and painters, said, "The work reveals that people in Seokpo Village love Seokpo so much," adding, "One poem and one video were so precious that it was not easy to distinguish between superiority and inferiority."

An official from Youngpoong said, "Through the high level of applications, we were able to confirm that the Seokpo Village contest is becoming a local event," adding, "We will continue to prepare a variety of programs for residents to participate easily and interestingly in their daily lives."

The winner of this competition will be released on Youngpoong's official YouTube channel, Youngpoong Tube.

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