Propysy (“Practice Writing”) workshop festival for beginner authors

Project description

On March 6-10, 2024, PEN Ukraine is implementing the second literary workshop festival for beginner authors in Ivano-Frankivsk. 16 young writers and literary critics, selected on a competitive basis, will attend Ukrainian writers’ lectures and have individual training sessions with experienced mentors. Workshops and lectures for the participants will be given by Taras Prokhasko, Julia Musakovska, Oleksandr Mykhed, Myroslav Laiuk, Mariana Savka, Rostyslav Semkiv, and Svitlana Taratorina. In the end, the participants will publish their impressions and pieces from their work in the almanac which is going to be published in an online copy as well as in a hard one. Besides, the program of public events (i. e., panel discussions and scenic readings) is planned for a broader audience. All these events will have free entrance for all comers.

The Propysy workshop festival is aimed at promoting the development of contemporary Ukrainian literature by discovering new names. The project is peculiar for not only its focus on promoting literature as a public and creative activity, but also for its orientation towards promoting the human rights values of PEN Ukraine among the youth. The first Propysy workshop festival took place on September 9-12, 2021, in Ivano-Frankivsk.

Partners of the project:

• "Read" program, implemented by the Warm City NGO
• Department of press, education, and culture of the U. S. Embassy in Ukraine
• The poetry translation workshop is supported by the British Council