Ukrainian Canadian Foundation

of Taras Shevchenko

offers the

Kobzar Writer’s Scholarship

at the Humber School for Writers in Toronto, July 2011

Since 2006, the Shevchenko Foundation offers the KOBZAR Writer’s Scholarship for the Summer Workshop in Creative Writing at the Humber School for Writers.  This scholarship is awarded annually to a Canadian writer with an advanced manuscript on a Ukrainian Canadian theme. In 2011, for the first time, two scholarships are being offered. These full tuition scholarships are intended to assist the writer to complete his/her work for publication. The theme can be presented in one of several categories: poetry, fiction or non-fiction, short story.

Scholarships are available to those who apply by June 3, 2011

For details, please visit Humber’s website at

www.creativeandperformingarts.humber.ca/writers and/or contact Hillary Higgins at hillary.higgins@humber.ca or contact Dr. Christine Turkewych at christine@shevchenkofoundation.com for fuller explanations.

To apply for the Kobzar Writer’s Scholarship, please submit application using forms and criteria provided on the Humber website.  State prominently your intent to apply for the Kobzar Scholarship in the cover letter of your application. Please include two identical copies (no more than 15 pages each) of an excerpt from your work of non-fiction, fiction, poetry or short story 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 experiences.