On International Mother Language Day, the Siverska Community Culture and Leisure Center held an open literary and poetry contest entitled "Ukrainian – the Language of Freedom!" as part of the national project "Side by Side: United Communities."
The aim of the competition was to establish the Ukrainian language as an integral part of national identity, a powerful means of self-expression, and spiritual unity of the Ukrainian people.
Participants from different parts of Ukraine shared their own works — prose and poetry — which conveyed strength of spirit, faith in victory, and pride in Ukrainian roots.
Participants from the Siverska and Khlibodarivska communities, who were forced to move to Poltava and Zakarpattia regions, as well as representatives of partner communities, joined the creative competition. The submitted works demonstrated a deep love for the Ukrainian language, sincere patriotic sentiment, and an awareness of the importance of language as the spiritual foundation of the nation. Each work confirmed that the Ukrainian language is the language of free, strong, and unbreakable people.
Contest results:
Nomination "We Are Patriots of Ukraine"
- 1st place - Roman Katolik - prose, Daryna Katolik - poetry (Volyn region).
- Second place - Volodymyr Polivoda (Siversk, Poltava region), Nataliya Bondarenko (Siversk, Khust, Zakarpattia region).
- Third place - Myroslava Fedornak (Zakarpattia region).
Nomination "Language as the foundation of statehood"
- First place – Lyubov Dzupina – poetry (Zakarpattia region), Ksenia Konyushok – prose (Khlibodarivska community – Poltava region).
- 2nd place – Svitlana Fomenko (Khlibodarivska community – Poltava region), Daryna Katolik (Volyn region), Vladyslava Fedko (Zakarpattia region).
- 3rd place – Nataliia Poliak (Zakarpattia region).
Nomination "Spiritual Heritage of the People":
- First place – Daryna Katolik (Volyn region).
- Second place – Sofiia Loshak (Zakarpattia region).
- Based on the results of the vote, the audience award goes to the youngest participant in the competition, Amir Dovgan from Ternopil.
The winners of the competition will receive diplomas.
You can view the competition entries at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1b20Z_D-4C_FmJTfx7Z5rvIPjtGgxiNB4
We cherish our Ukrainian language — the language of dignity, freedom, and victory!