Suwon to Call for Spring Submissions for 'Suwon Hope Message Board'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City is calling for submissions of warm messages of comfort to be posted on the walls of Suwon City Hall and various other locations throughout Suwon City to convey encouragement to residents' hearts.

Submissions will be accepted from January 1 to 25 next year in the form of messages of 30 characters or less that are in harmony with the season (spring) and can convey hope to residents.

However, the messages must be excerpted from literary works; personal creations cannot be submitted.

Anyone, regardless of region, can submit a message by visiting the city website (www.suwon.go.kr) and clicking on 'Competitions & Applications'.

The spring edition messages will be selected following review by the Humanities Advisory Committee and consultation on original author copyright, and will be announced through the city website by the end of February.

Winners will receive cultural gift certificates worth 300,000 won, and five finalists will each receive cultural gift certificates worth 50,000 won.

A city official stated, "We urge citizens to actively participate in submissions for the 'Suwon Hope Message Board,' which can convey leisure and hope to residents' lives."

Meanwhile, the Suwon Hope Message Board is a citizen-participation street humanities project that began in the autumn of 2012. Each season, timely and heartfelt phrases are selected and posted on the walls of Suwon City Hall, AK Plaza Suwon Station, and various other locations throughout Suwon City.

Currently on the Suwon Hope Message Board is the winter edition message "Winter dreams while waiting for precious seeds buried in the earth to sprout into life," excerpted from poet Park Yi-do's poem "Dreaming Winter."