The 48th “Today’s Writer Award” was given to author Yoon Kang-eun for “Wolf from the Other Side.”

Story of Youths Set Against Snow-Covered Korean Peninsula
“Reinventing ‘New Love’ in the Era of Survivalism”
System Revamped Starting This Year, 333 Entries Submitted, ‘[E-Daily Reporter Jang Byung-ho] The novel “From the Other Side, a Wolf Comes” by author Kang-eun Yoon (25) has been selected as the winner of the 48th “Today’s Writer Award,” announced the organizing publisher Minumsa on the 19th.’,
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Author Kang-eun Yoon, who won the 48th “Today’s Writer Award” with the novel “From the Other Side, a Wolf Comes.” (Photo = Minumsa)

, “‘From the Other Side, a Wolf Comes’ is a novel set on a snow-covered Korean Peninsula in a future where climate crisis and political conflicts are heading towards an apocalypse. It follows the story of six youths, including a soldier trained rigorously and a laborer spending most of their time on desolate snowy fields, who cross boundaries to meet and develop tender feelings for each other.”,
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, “The judges resonated with the characters’ choice to embrace mourning and love rather than exploit one another, to escape the predetermined fate in extreme conditions.”,
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, “The panel consisted of five judges: novelists Jeong Yong-jun, Moon Ji-hyuk, Kim Hee-sun, and literary critics Park Hye-jin and Lee So. They stated, ‘If love is what we need most in this survival-driven era, this novel is an adventure to reinvent new love for a new era.'”,
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, “Yoon is currently a student majoring in Creative Writing at Dongguk University and has been writing since falling in love with Korean literature in high school and starting to write novels at 20. Yoon expressed, ‘The most thrilling moment in writing a novel is when you can’t control the story,’ and added, ‘I want the novel to run wild.'”,
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, “The ‘Today’s Writer Award’ initially launched in 1977 as a novel competition, switched in 2015 to select Korean novels for publication, and reverted to a competition format this year. Out of 333 entries, five were shortlisted for the final judging. The judges commented, ‘The preliminary submissions showed a variety of genres but many works mimicked trends rather than showcasing the authors’ unique styles.'”,
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, “The awardee of ‘Today’s Writer Award’ receives a prize of 30 million KRW. The winning work will be published as part of the ‘Young Writers of Today’ series within the year. The June issue of the literary magazine ‘Writer’ will include the author’s acceptance speech and the judges’ full evaluations.”