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]
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