Sowol Poetry Prize
The Sowol Poetry Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in South Korea. Established by the publishing company Moonhaksasangsa in 1986, the prize aims to commemorate the soul of the poetry of Kim Sowol.
The awardees are selected through a two-round process. During the first round various published poems are chosen and evaluated by selected university professors, poets, literary critics, and editors-in-chief of Literature & Thought ; readers of the magazine are also polled on their opinions. The selected entries then progress to the second round, in which ten works of poetry are ultimately chosen through rigorous discussion by the judges; the author of the winning poem receives the grand prize, while the remaining nine poems are listed as runners-up. Every year Moonhaksasangsa publishes a collection of that year's winning poems.
Winners
List of recipients and the poem titles in chronological order.| Prize Year | Title | Author |
| 1986 | "The Bowl 1" | O Seyeong |
| 1987 | "The Forest and Birds of Our Nation" | Song Sugwon |
| 1988 | "At the Imjin River" | Jeong Ho-seung |
| 1989 | "A Telltale Song" | Yi Seongbok |
| 1990 | "Roaming Metonymy" | Kim Seunghui |
| 1991 | "Mountaintop Graveyard" | Jo Jeonggwon |
| 1992 | "Ascending Hwaum" | Kim Myeongin |
| 1993 | "A Lonely Painful Regret" | Hwang Ji-u |
| 1994 | "For the Sake of Altitude" | Im Yeongjo |
| 1995 | "Fastening Buttons" | Cheon Yanghui |
| 1996 | "On Seeing a Tall Man" | Mun Jeonghui |
| 1997 | "Why People Do Not Know" | Kim Yongtaek |
| 1998 | "Waiting for a Whale" | An Dohyeon |
| 1999 | "By Love, I" | Kim Jeongran |
| 2000 | "A Well-Ripened Apple" | Kim Hyesoon |
| 2001 | "On the Road of Camellia Woods of Baekryeon Temple" | Go Jaejong |
| 2002 | "Autumns of Earth" | Yi Munjae |
| 2003 | "Around, Mom's Doorae Table" | Jeong Ilgeun |
| 2004 | "On the Side of Amur River" | Park Jeong-dae |
| 2005 | "The Pupil of Time" | Pak Jutaek |
| 2006 | "Around That Time" | Mun Tae-jun |
| 2007 | "In the Room Where Island Seop Is Seen" | Na Huideok |
| 2008 | "A Great Grand Sleep" | Jeong Kkeutbyeol |
| 2009 | "Except the Bright Beat of My Heart" | Pak Hyeongjun |
| 2010 | "In Air" | Song Jaehak |
| 2011 | "A Thousand Year Under the Peach Blossoms" | Bae Hanbong |
| 2012 | "A Meal On the Road" | Lee Jaemoo |
| 2013 | "Bukcheon-Crow" | Yoo Hongjoon |