KOBZAR Book Award is a biennial

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that "recognizes outstanding contributions to Canadian literary arts by authors who develop a Ukrainian Canadian theme with literary merit". The prize is . It is awarded in one of several genres: literary non-fiction, fiction, poetry, young readers' literature, plays, screenplays and musicals. The award was established in 2003 by the Shevchenko Foundation and the inaugural ceremony was held in 2006. In 2020, the Shevchenko Foundation also launched a Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition, setting the groundwork for new writers to explore the short prose form with unpublished entries, and to one day aspire to submit an entry to the main KOBZAR Book Award.

Winners

KOBZAR Book Award *2006: Danny Schur, '' Strike: The Musical'' (co-winner) *2006: Laura Langston, ''Lesia's Dream'' (co-winner) *2008: Janice Kulyk Keefer, ''The Ladies' Lending Library'' *2010:

Randall Maggs Randall Maggs is a Canadian poet and former professor of English Literature at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College of Memorial University, in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. He is one of the organizers and now artistic director of the March Hare, the large ...

, ''Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems'' *2012:

Shandi Mitchell Shandi Mitchell is a Canadian novelist and filmmaker. Her first novel ''Under This Unbroken Sky'' won a 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize and other awards. She graduated from Dalhousie University. Her newest novel, ''The Waiting Hours'', is slate ...

, ''Under This Unbroken Sky'' *2014:

Diane Flacks Diane Flacks is a Canadian comedic actress, screenwriter and playwright. Early life and education Flacks was raised in the Jewish faith. Her early education took place in Jewish parochial schools. Flacks studied drama at Leah Posluns Institu ...

, playwright, in collaboration with

Andrey Tarasiuk Andrey (Андрей) is a masculine given name predominantly used in Slavic languages, including Belarusian, Bulgarian, and Russian. The name is derived from the ancient Greek Andreas (Ἀνδρέας), meaning "man" or "warrior". In Eastern O ...

and

Luba Goy Luba Goy (; born November 8, 1945) is a Canadian actress, comedian and one of the stars of '' Royal Canadian Air Farce''. Life and career Goy was born in Haltern, Germany, to Ukrainian parents and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They immigra ...

for the play ''Luba, Simply Luba'' *2016: Maurice Mierau, ''Detachment: An Adoption Memoir.'' *2018: Lisa Grekul and Lindy Ledohowski (Editors), ''Unbound: Ukrainian Canadians Writing Home.'' *2020:

Laisha Rosnau Laisha Rosnau (born 1972) is a Canadian novelist and poet. Biography Born in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Rosnau grew up in Vernon, British Columbia.Dan Davidson, "Author Laisha Rosnau didn't see writing as a career". ''Whitehorse Star'', April 21, 200 ...

, ''Our Familiar Hunger'' *2022:

Maria Reva Maria Reva is a Canadian writer.Dana Gee"Maria Reva revisits old country in clever novel about survival in tough times" ''Vancouver Sun'', March 26, 2020. She is most noted for her short story collection ''Good Citizens Need Not Fear''. Born in Uk ...

, ''Good Citizens Need Not Fear'' Shevchenko Foundation Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition *2020: Tanya Berezuk, "Grafting" *2021: Adrian Lysenko, "Carpathian Spruce" *2022: Matthew Kruchak, “Business Men’s Lunch” *2023: Melissa Morelli Lacroix, ''Ivan and Irene'' *2024: Camille Pavlenko, ''The Cure for Breathlessness''

References

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External links

KOBZAR Book Award
official website
Shevchenko Foundation
official website Ukrainian-Canadian culture Canadian literary awards Ukrainian literary awards Awards established in 2003 2003 establishments in Canada

Winners

See also

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