KOBZAR Book Award is a biennial literary award that "recognizes outstanding contributions to Canadian literary arts by authors who develop a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

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a Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition, setting the groundwork for new writers to explore the short prose form with unpublished entries, and to one day aspire to submit an entry to the main KOBZAR Book Award.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, ''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 Instit ...

, playwright, in collaboration with Andrey Tarasiuk and

Luba Goy Luba Goy ( uk, Люба Ґой; 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, Ca ...

for the play ''Luba, Simply Luba'' *2016:

Maurice Mierau Maurice Mierau (born January 22, 1962) is an American-Canadian writer of non-fiction and poetry. Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Mierau grew up in Nigeria, Manitoba, Jamaica, Kansas and Saskatchewan and has a Mennonite background. Mierau currently l ...

, ''Detachment: An Adoption Memoir.'' *2018: Lisa Grekul and Lindy Ledohowski (Editors), ''Unbound: Ukrainian Canadians Writing Home.'' *2020: Laisha Rosnau, ''Our Familiar Hunger'' Shevchenko Foundation Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition *2020: Tanya Berezuk, "Grafting" *2021: Adrian Lysenko, "Carpathian Spruce"

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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

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