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Hayun Cho

Hayun Cho lives in Wilmette, Illinois, and is a junior at North Shore Country Day School. She especially enjoys poetry because it never ceases to surprise her. Hayun aspires to delve deeper into literature and creative writing in the near future.

Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize

Fall 2011

Halmoni

By Hayun Cho

Runner-up 2011 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers   "I can't put my life there in words."        —Kim Haksoon, former Korean "comfort woman" The first man who lifted my […]

Past Recipients of the Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers

Halmoni

By Hayun Cho

2011 Runner-Up “I can’t put my life there in words.”      —Kim Haksoon, former Korean “comfort woman” The first man who lifted my skirts and sighed in my ear was Japanese […]