Kobzar 2010 Writer’s Scholarship

Call for Submissions

The Shevchenko Foundation offers the Kobzar Writer's Scholarship at the Humber School for Writers in Toronto during July 2010.  This 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.

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.

Application Deadline

Scholarships are available only to those who apply by June 4, 2010.

Workshop Faculty

Marsha Skrypuch has been a professional and award winning writer since 1988 and is best known for writing historical fiction for young readers that have garnered 30+ awards and nominations.  Marsha is available to speak at schools, libraries and conferences across Canada. Among her publications are:

- Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk (Scholastic Canada Ltd., 2007);

 - Call Me Aram with full-colour illustrations by Muriel Wood (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2006);

 - Kobzar’s Children: A Century of Untold Ukrainian Stories (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2006); 

- Nobody’s Child, the sequel to The Hunger (Dundurn Press Canada, 2003)

- Hope’s War (Boardwalk Books - Dundurn Press Canada, 2001) and;

- Silver Threads (Penguin Canada, 1996).

For details, please visit Humber's  website at www.creativeandperformingarts.humber.ca/writers or contact Workshop Director, Antanas Sileika at 416-675-6622 ext. 3448, email antanas.sileika@humber.ca  or contact Dr. Christine Turkewych at christine@shevchenkofoundation.com.