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Langston nominated for Kobzar Award
TORONTO (February 27, 2006) - The winner of the $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award will be announced March 2 at a gala ceremony in Toronto attended by The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson and The Hon. Sen. Raynell Andreychuk, both honorary patrons of the award. Masters of Ceremonies for the evening will be actors Joan Karasevich, Fred Keating, Lubomir Mykytiuk and August Schellenberg.
Presented every two years, the Kobzar Literary Award recognizes a Canadian writer who best
presents a Ukrainian Canadian theme with literary merit through poetry, play, musical, fiction, non-fiction or young people's literature.
The $25,000 prize is sponsored by the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko.
This year's finalists are: Lisa Grekul, Kelowna, BC, for Kalyna's Song; Laura Langston, Victoria, BC, for Lesia's Dream; Danny Schur, of Winnipeg, MB, for Strike!-The Musical, and Larry Warwaruk, of Outlook, SK, for Andrei and the Snow Walker.
The four-member judging panel included: writer Myrna Kostash, actor-director Mieko Ouchi, CBC broadcaster Bill Richardson and journalist-author Antanas Sileika of the Humber School of Writers.
Presented every two years, the Kobzar Literary Award recognizes a Canadian writer who best
presents a Ukrainian Canadian theme with literary merit through poetry, play, musical, fiction, non-fiction or young people's literature.
The $25,000 prize is sponsored by the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko.
This year's finalists are: Lisa Grekul, Kelowna, BC, for Kalyna's Song; Laura Langston, Victoria, BC, for Lesia's Dream; Danny Schur, of Winnipeg, MB, for Strike!-The Musical, and Larry Warwaruk, of Outlook, SK, for Andrei and the Snow Walker.
The four-member judging panel included: writer Myrna Kostash, actor-director Mieko Ouchi, CBC broadcaster Bill Richardson and journalist-author Antanas Sileika of the Humber School of Writers.
Submitted on March 1, 2006 in By David.
