KOBZAR Book Award is a biennial literary award that "recognizes outstanding contributions to Canadian literary arts by authors who develop a Ukrainian Canadian theme with literary merit".[1] The prize is CA$25,000.[1] It is awarded in one of several genres: literary non-fiction, fiction, poetry, young readers' literature, plays, screenplays and musicals.[1] The award was established in 2003 by the Shevchenko Foundation and the inaugural ceremony was held in 2006.[1]
In 2020, the Shevchenko Foundation also launched a CA$1,500 Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition, setting the groundwork for new writers to explore the short prose form with unpublished entries, and to one day aspire to submit an entry to the main KOBZAR Book Award.[2]
Winners
KOBZAR Book Award
- 2006: Danny Schur, Strike: The Musical (co-winner)[3]
- 2006: Laura Langston, Lesia's Dream (co-winner)[3]
- 2008: Janice Kulyk Keefer, The Ladies' Lending Library
- 2010: Randall Maggs, Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems[4]
- 2012: Shandi Mitchell, Under This Unbroken Sky[5][6]
- 2014: Diane Flacks, playwright, in collaboration with Andrey Tarasiuk and Luba Goy for the play Luba, Simply Luba[7]
- 2016: Maurice Mierau, Detachment: An Adoption Memoir. [8]
- 2018: Lisa Grekul and Lindy Ledohowski (Editors), Unbound: Ukrainian Canadians Writing Home.[9]
- 2020: Laisha Rosnau, Our Familiar Hunger[10]
Shevchenko Foundation Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition
- 2020: Tanya Berezuk, "Grafting"
- 2021: Adrian Lysenko, "Carpathian Spruce"
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "About the Award". Kobzar Book Award website. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Shevchenko Foundation Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition". Kobzar Book Award website. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- 1 2 "Kobzar Literary Award 2006 finalists are announced". The Ukrainian Weekly. February 19, 2006. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Terry Sawchuk verses earn win for N.L. poet". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. March 8, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ Mark Medley (March 1, 2012). "Shandi Mitchell wins Kobzar Literary Award". National Post. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Shandi Mitchell wins $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. March 2, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ Leslie Ferenc (March 6, 2014). "Luba Goy wins Kobzar Literary Award". The Star. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Maurice Mierau wins 2016 Kobzar Literary Award". Quill and Quire. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ↑ "Unbound: Ukrainian Canadians Writing Home anthology wins 2018 Kobzar Literary Award". Quill and Quire. 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
- ↑ "Laisha Rosnau's poetry collection Our Familiar Hunger wins $25K Kobzar Book Award". CBC. 2020-03-13.
External links
- KOBZAR Book Award, official website
- Shevchenko Foundation, official website