📚 I am on the list of winners of the 4.5.0. war literature contest
This became known from the results of the first 4.5.0. war literature contest organized by the International Renaissance Foundation together with the Staryi Lev Publishing House.
👉 271 applications were submitted to the contest by military personnel and veterans. The jury evaluated the anonymized works without knowing the names of the authors and focusing only on their artistic value.
🏆 Winners of the competition:
- 🔹 Short stories
1 place: Alina Sarnatska
2nd place: Viktor Shepelev3rd place: Valeriy Puzik - 🔹 Poetry
1 place: Pavlo Vyshebaba2 place: Valeriy Puzik3rd place: Nadiia Haran and Ihor Mitrov - 🔹 Essay
1 place: Anton Drobovych2 place: Oleksii Yurchenko3 place: Oleh Andros - 🔹 Diaries
1 place: Artem Popyk2 place: Igor Semak3rd place: Oleksandr Zhuhan and Yulia Matvienko
📖 The jury also selected the finalists’ works to be published in a collection to be released in 2025 by the Old Lion Publishing House.
The organizers and jury members noted the extraordinary strength of the submitted works. Despite the fact that almost every one of the works deserved to win, and the gap in scores was small, the jury had to choose only a part of the works as winners in their nominations or to be included in the printed collection.
The jury also determined the works of the finalists that will be included in the printed collection based on the competition.
In the short story genre, the finalists are: Roman Onyshchenko, Iryna Bobyk, Yevhen Stepanenko, Oleh Lystopad, Serhiy Loskot, Tamara Dovhych, Hryhoriy Tsymbalyuk, Vasyl Cherenkov, Artem Sova, Andriy Fomin, Vitaliy Zapeka, Dmytro Mrachnyk, Artur-Dmytro Bakhmat, Bohdan Volynskyi, Yuriy Vlasishen, Vladyslav Rudenko.
In the Poetry genre, the finalists are: Yaroslav Kornev, Yevhen Shybalov, Danylo Tkalenko, Oleksandr Kud, Mykhailo Hriaznov, Serhiy Pantiuk, Yelyzaveta Zharikova, Jan Hutsul, Maya Moskvych, Dmytro Harman, Fedir Rudyi, Viktor Zayakin, Valentyna Afanasieva, Max Grabovsky, Roman Onyshchenko, Denys Hranchak, Andriy Nesmiyan, Andriy Ilyin, Yuriy Lifshyts, Oleh Klyufas, Oleksiy Zubenko, Sashko Negrych, Oleksandr Shenkaruk, Tetyana Khimion, Deni Alfard, Serhiy Anodin, Andriy Vytvytskyi, Tetyana Noniashvili, Yuriy Kalinin, Serhiy Kolomiets, Volodymyr Bendryk, Hanna Kosinova, Volodymyr Krynytskyi, Rostyslav Balema, Yevhen Kurnosenko, Oleksiy Yurchenko, Andriy Kyrychenko, Artur-Dmytro Bakhmat, Anton Polunin, Nazariy Pariychuk, Serhiy Zhurylo, Mykola Pisenko, Artem Popyk, Taras Grabovetskyi.
In the Essay genre, the finalists were: Oleksandr Bondar, Oleh Shebalkov, Arsenii Prylipka, Artem Popyk, Oleksandr Zhuhan, Bohdan Makohin, Dmytro Nikolenko, Roman Onyshchenko, Olena Mokrenchuk, Valerii Koryunenko, Valerii Puzik, Vladyslav Rudenko, Ivan Harapko.
In the Diary genre, the finalists are: Alina Sarnatska, Mykola Nikolayev, Ihor Hannenko, Alina Logvinenko, Oleh Andros, Bohdan Volynskyi, Oleh Borodai, Tamara Dovhych, Maria Smirnova, Artem Antoniuk, Maksym Stankevych, Vladyslav Konovalov, Maryna Lanivska, Nadiya Haran, and Taras Matviyiv.
All contestants will also receive awards from the International Renaissance Foundation, and the Smoloskyp Publishing House will present each participant with a copy of the book How to Write About War. This is yet another testament to the genocidal nature of the Russian-Ukrainian war, in which Russia is doing everything it can to destroy our identity and memory.
We remind you that the jury consisted of Volodymyr Yermolenko, writer, philosopher, volunteer; Pavlo Pashtet Belyansky, writer, serviceman; Yevhen Lir, writer, serviceman, volunteer; Olena Lototska, writer, serviceman; Olena Herasymiuk, writer, paramedic; Rostyslav Semkiv, literary critic, writer.
