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UKRANIAN CANADIAN CONGRESS TORONTO BRANCH

2008 HOLODOMOR WRITING COMPETITION

The Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Toronto Branch is pleased to announce the 2008 winners of the Holodomor Writing Competition.

Megan Dawson from St. Albert, Alberta was awarded $500 for first prize for her essay entitled, “An Evaluation of the Deliberate Causation of the 1932-1933 Ukrainian Famine”. Second Prize of $300 was awarded to Marta Cybulsky of Montreal for her essay “The Ukrainian Famine of 1932-

1933 as Genocide” and third prize of $200 was given to

Ulyana Zborivska from Toronto for her poem, “Let us remember the Holodomor”. The first, second and third prizes were sponsored by the Prometheus Foundation.

Megan Dawson (left) and Marta Cybulsky (right)

Five honourable mentions of $100 each were awarded to: Emily Bayrachny of Toronto, Darya Gorodnicha of Ottawa, Virlana Shchuka of Toronto, Ruslan Sovinskyy of Winnipeg, and Nicholas Wesolowski of Toronto. The honorable mentions were sponsored by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Toronto Branch ($250) and the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association of Toronto ($250).

This second writing competition was created to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Holodomor: Famine-Genocide, which took place in Ukraine in 1932-1933. The first writing competition, which was also organized by the Famine-Genocide Commemorative Committee of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Toronto Branch, took place in 2003.

All three sponsors were very pleased with the variety and quality of this year’s submissions, and hope to expand the competition in the years to come.

Ulyana Zborivska

The winners and honorable mentions can be located on the famine-genocide website at:
http://www.faminegenocide.com/2008-competition/.
Here you may find the photos, biographies and submissions of each winner.

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back to Holodomor UKRANIAN CANADIAN CONGRESS TORONTO BRANCH 2008 HOLODOMOR WRITING COMPETITION The Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Toronto Branch is pleased to announce the 2008 winners of the Holodomor Writing Competition. Megan Dawson from St. Albert, Alberta was awarded $500 for first prize for her essay entitled, “An Evaluation of the Deliberate Causation of the 1932-1933 Ukrainian Famine”. Second Prize of $300 was awarded to Marta Cybulsky of Montreal for her essay “The Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933 as Genocide” and third prize of $200 was given to Ulyana Zborivska from Toronto for her poem, “Let us remember the Holodomor”. The first, second and third prizes were sponsored by the Prometheus Foundation. Megan Dawson (left) and Marta Cybulsky (right) Five honourable mentions of $100 each were awarded to: Emily Bayrachny of Toronto, Darya Gorodnicha of Ottawa, Virlana Shchuka of Toronto, Ruslan Sovinskyy of Winnipeg, and Nicholas Wesolowski of Toronto. The honorable mentions were sponsored by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Toronto Branch ($250) and the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association of Toronto ($250). This second writing competition was created to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Holodomor: Famine-Genocide, which took place in Ukraine in 1932-1933. The first writing competition, which was also organized by the Famine-Genocide Commemorative Committee of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Toronto Branch, took place in 2003. All three sponsors were very pleased with the variety and quality of this year’s submissions, and hope to expand the competition in the years to come. Ulyana Zborivska The winners and honorable mentions can be located on the famine-genocide website at: http://www.faminegenocide.com/2008-competition/. Here you may find the photos, biographies and submissions of each winner. home