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CONTEST FOR WRITERS It seems to be that it is no longer necessary to defend or define the right of multiculturalism or the var ious aspirations of Ukrainians. A map, a national cos tume, an embroidery exhibit boosted by good cooking and better baking, noble and worthwhile in themselves, will no longer suffice, either for us or for whoever are the “them”. Just as we have become more diverse, more demanding and less clear about our goals (for who can afford simple goals in a complex age), so our environ ment needs morethan the beauty of our heritage to daz zle it, the suffering of our people to move it, the melody of our songs to make it listen. Many women of Ukrainian background emerge in their own right to pursue public careers or to raise pub lic causes. Do we actively foster the work of these women? Does our organization encourage it, support it, glory in it? Our branches engage in public service, the UNWLA as such performs important public functions. Are these sufficient? Are they meaningful? Are they instrumental in keeping the organization alive? Do these functions reflect the genuine interests and needs of our membership? Historically, Ukrainian women’s organizations, as contrasted with male organizations, have preserved group unity in the face of frequent overall divisiveness. What are we doing to make that unity a meaningful one? It can be real only if we are in genuine communi cation with each other, only when we talk to one another and not only sing with each other. The world needs all the good persons it can spare; we cannot afford to loose the ones we have, nor the ones we can have. MARTHA BOHACHEVSKY-CHOMIAK The Committee for the Lesia and Petro Kowaliw Fund under the auspices of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America announces a LITERARY CONTEST. It is comprised of two categories: A. Fiction (in the form of a short-story or novel), based upon a historical theme. B. Scholarly work on a historical subject (monograph). Both categories may liberally draw from any segment of Ukrainian history. Entries in both categories may be written either in Ukrainian or in English. Entries must be comprised of at least 100 typewritten pages and must be submitted with two additional copies. Short-stories or novels published in 1985 may be entered in this contest and are accepted in Ukrainian or in the English language.Scholarly works (monographs) pub lished in 1986 may be entered in this contest and are accepted in Ukrainian or in the English language. Deadlines for submitting entries are: December 31, 1985 for short-story or novel December 31, 1986 for scholarly work (monograph) Please send entries to: Ukrainian National Women’s League of America 108 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003 The names of contest jurors and the nature of awards will be provided in the following issue of our magazine. DESPAIR when you left the room grew cold. the colors faded through my tears. the sun became a distant star and life weighed heavily with years. when you left the day turned gray. there is no winter, spring, no fall. there is no sky, there is no sea there is no life, no life at all. when you left I tried to hold on to a memory, a fleeting thing, it teased with dreams that won’t come true and gifts of love that it can’t bring. when you left sadness crept in. it took my soul in its embrace. now days go by through mists of woe awed by the pain upon my face. (KSENIA, 1985)
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