Kobzar Writers` Scholarships - KOBZAR™ The Kobzar Literary Award
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Kobzar Writers` Scholarships - KOBZAR™ The Kobzar Literary Award
MEDIARelease June282016 offers Kobzar Writers’ Scholarships at the 25th Anniversary of the Creative Writing Workshop by Humber School for Writers during IFOA (International Festival of Authors) Sunday October 23 - Friday October 28 2016 at Harbourfront in Toronto TheShevchenkoFoundationofferstwoKobzarWriters’ScholarshipsattheHumber SchoolforWriters’creativewritingworkshopduringtheInternationalFestivalof AuthorsatHarbourfrontinTorontofromSundayOctober23toFridayOctober282016. ThesefulltuitionscholarshipsareawardedannuallytoCanadianwriterswhose narrativesdevelopwithaUkrainianCanadianthemeandareintendedtoassistthe writerstocompletetheirworkforpublication. DeadlineforapplicationsSeptember262016 Fordetails,pleasevisitHumber’swebsiteathumber.ca/scapa/ifoa TheworkshopconsistsofaSundayafternoonreception,fiveweekdayclassesfrom 10amto1pm,alunchbreak(onyourown)from1to2pm,andafternoonlectures. Someeveningeventsarealsoscheduled,andtheIFOArunsdozensofauthorreadings andtalks,manyofthemfreetoHumberworkshopparticipants.Theworkshopcosts $849. ToapplyfortheKobzarWriter’sScholarship,pleasestateprominentlyyourintentinthe coverletterofyourapplication.Becausecompetitionforscholarshipsishigh,applicants mustprovideastatementexplainingtheirfinancialsituation,someproofofneed,anda creditcardnumber.Pleaseincludetwoidenticalcopies(nomorethan15pageseach)of anexcerptfromyourworkofnon-fiction,fiction,poetryorplayforassessment.Please ensurethatpagesarenumbered,double-spacedin12-pointfont,andthatyourname appearsoneachpage.Includetwocopiesofacoverletterthattellsalittleabout yourselfandyourwriting.Completetheapplicationformfoundonthewebsite. TheKobzarWriters’ScholarshipsareofferedtoCanadian writers whose narrative develops a Canadian Ukrainian theme. For application inquiries, please contact Hilary Higgins at 416-6756622, ext. 3449 or [email protected] For all other inquiries contact Dr. Christine Turkewych, Director of Literary Arts, Shevchenko Foundation at [email protected] -30-