Lesya Ukrainka Award

Lesya Ukrainka Award is the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine prize awarded for literary and artistic works for children and youth. It is awarded yearly on the birthday of a prominent Ukrainian writer, Lesya Ukrainka, on 25 February.

The Lesya Ukrainka Award is granted for works that have gained broad public recognition and contribute to the education of the younger generation in the spirit of national dignity and spiritual unity of Ukrainian society.^[1] In 2004, it received the status of the government award, and since then, it has been awarded in four nominations of 10,000 Ukrainian hryvnias (UAH) each:

• Literary works for children and youth;
• Artistic book design for children and youth;
• Theatrical performances for children and youth;
• Films for children and youth (since 2007).^[1]

In 2018, the Government of Ukraine increased the amount of the financial reward for winning each of the nominations from 10,000 to 20,000 UAH to encourage journalists, authors, artists, translators of artistic and journalistic works, and theater and film teams to create new original works.^[2]