Transmitted At: 2008-05-05

Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko presents Kobzar Writer’s Scholarship and Janice Kulyk Keefer at the Humber School for Writers in Toronto July 12–18, 2008

The Shevchenko Foundation offers the KOBZAR Writer’s Scholarship at the Humber School for Writers. The Kobzar Scholarship is awarded annually to a Canadian writer with an advanced manuscript on a Ukrainian Canadian theme. This full tuition scholarship is intended to assist the writer to complete his/her work for publication. The theme can be presented in one of several categories: poetry, young readers’ fiction, fiction, plays or non fiction.

Application deadline is June 10, 2008 for consideration for scholarship.: For details, please visit Humber at creativeandperformingarts.humber.ca/writers; or contact Hilary Higgins at hilary.higgins@humber.ca; or contact Christine Turkewych at kobzarliteraryaward@yahoo.ca

To apply for the Kobzar Writer’s Scholarship, please state prominently your intent in the cover letter of your application. Because competition for scholarships is high, applicants must provide a statement explaining their financial situation, some proof of need, and a credit card number. Please include two identical copies (no more than 15 pages each) of an excerpt from your work of non-fiction, fiction, poetry or play for assessment. Please ensure that pages are numbered, double-spaced in 12-point font, and that your name appears on each page. Include two copies of a cover letter that tells a little about yourself and your writing.

Faculty: Janice Kulyk Keefer

JANICE KULYK KEEFER is the 2008 Kobzar Literary Award recipient for her novel The Ladies’ Lending Library and is the critically acclaimed author of Thieves, Honey and Ashes, The Green Library (nominated for a Governor General’s Award) and Under Eastern Eyes (also nominated for a Governor General’s Award). She is a recipient of the Marian Engel Award, the Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry, two prizes from the CBC Radio Literary Competition and several National Magazine Awards. Janice Kulyk Keefer lives in Toronto.

For more information, contact:: Christine Turkewych, Ph.D., Program Director; Kobzar Literary Award and Program; Email: kobzarliteraryaward@yahoo.ca; Telephone: (416) 243-0122

2010

MARCH 4, 2010 – $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award to be presented March 4 at Gala Award Ceremony in Toronto

2009

MARCH 9, 2009 – Winnipeg Free Press Recipient of 2009 Syrnick Journalism Award

2008

MAY 28, 2008 – Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko President Andriy Hladyshevsky, Q.C. Received the Order of Merit from President of Ukraine

MAY 9, 2008 – Government of Canada Establishes Historic Endowment Fund With the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko

MARCH 7, 2008 – Janice Kulyk Keefer Named Recipient of $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award for 2008

2007

MAY 8, 2007 – Victor Malarek Investigative Journalist Recipient of 2007 Syrnick Journalism Award

2006

MARCH 2, 2006 MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT: KOBZAR LITERARY AWARD 2006 RECIPIENT (PDF)

FEBRUARY 27, 2006 MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT: KOBZAR™ LITERARY AWARD 2006 GALA (PDF)

JANUARY 16, 2006 MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT: KOBZAR™ LITERARY AWARD 2006 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT (PDF)

2005