On October 20, 2024, the II All-Ukrainian Poetry Festival-Competition 'New Odyssey' will kick off in Odesa for young poets aged 6 to 17 years old.
Participants can submit their works by filling out a participant form at this link. All entries will be published on the festival's electronic resource and in the media. The jury will select winners and the best works for publication in a final anthology. Contest winners will receive cash prizes and will perform at the festival's gala concert.
The festival aims to foster children's creative potential in poetry writing and integrate participants into the literary community of Odesa and Ukraine. Throughout the festival, workshops and meetings with renowned writers will take place.
Participation in the competition is free of charge.
A press conference will be held on October 18, 2024, at 5:00 PM at Children's Library No. 26, located at: K. Muratova St. (L. Tolstoy), 13.
This project is initiated by poet Ilya Kaminsky (USA), the office of 'Odesa—City of Literature UNESCO', the Central Library System for Children of Odesa, the children's literature section of the Odesa organization of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine, in partnership with the newspaper 'Evening Odesa'. The event is supported by the Department of Culture, International Cooperation, and European Integration of the Odesa City Council.
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The goal of the 'New Odyssey' festival is to discover and encourage poetically gifted school students who can share sincere thoughts that resonate, provoke reflection, and inspire the hearts of readers.
A thought written on paper allows a person to feel relief, to free themselves from excessive worries, and to overcome depression. Therefore, now, when Ukrainian children are forced to endure the horrors of war, this skill becomes a necessity.
The long-term goal set by the organizing committee of the 'New Odyssey' festival-competition is to contribute to the formation of a talented, kind, and creative generation of people who perceive the world through poetry.
