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TOPIK 6noun

신춘문예

sinchunmunye [신춘무녜]

신춘문예가 · 신춘문예를

New Year's literary contest (run by newspapers)

Example

그는 다섯 번 도전한 끝에 신춘문예에 당선됐어요.

After trying five times, he finally won the New Year's literary contest.

Word parts

신 new춘 spring문 writing예 art

Literally 'new spring literary arts' — newspapers announce the winners every January.

Good to know

The standard verb is 당선되다: 신춘문예에 당선되다 = to win the New Year's contest.