b'KOBZAR BOOK AWARD JURY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSBohdana Bashuk Executive Director, Shevchenko FoundationLaisha Rosnau is an award-winning poet and novelist. She is the author of Little Fortress (Wolsak & Wynn,Donna Korade2019), the best-selling novel The Sudden Weight ofFund Development Officer, Shevchenko FoundationSnow (McClelland & Stewart, 2002), and four criticallyIryna Mycakacclaimed, award-winning collections of poetry. HerCommunications and Community Relations Officer,recent collection Our Familiar Hunger (Nightwood,Shevchenko Foundation2018) won the 2020 KOBZAR Book Award, the Blue Heron Poetry Prize, and the Acorn-Plantos PoetryLeslie BushAward. Her work has also been nominated for severalKOBZAR TMBook Award Submissions Managerawards, including the Amazon/Books in Canada FirstTerry MacLeodNovel Award, the Pat Lowther Award, and three timesMaster of Ceremoniesfor the CBC Poetry Prize.Ryan BoykoKerry Clare is a National Magazine Award-nominatedVirtual Ceremony Film Director, Armistice Films Inc.writer, editor of The M Word: Conversations AboutLianna Makuch Motherhood, and author of two novels, Mitzi BytesShortlisted Author Film Director, Pyretic Productions Inc.and Waiting for a Star to Fall. She teaches blogging at MyBlogSchool.ca, is editor of the Canadian booksKostiantyn Snitsarwebsite 49thShelf.com, and has been a blogger forThe Story of the KOBZAR TMBook Award, ArtClip Media Productiontwenty years, currently at PickleMeThis.com. with video footage from FORUM TV, KONTAKT TVAlexander ZacharukBroadcast ManagerBen Sigurdson is the Literary Editor at the WinnipegWalter & Alice Kulyk (Traffic Advertising Inc.)Free Press. Launching his career in the newsroom inAl Klymochko (Stare Design Inc.)Graphic Design2012, Ben rekindled his love for all things literary and started a new chapter at the Free Press in 2014 with theThe Kubasonicsretirement of esteemed books editor Morley Walker.Pre-Ceremony VIP PresentationHe also writes about wine, beer and spirits for the paper. Ben holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English/Politics from the University of Winnipeg as well as aThe KOBZAR Book Award also acknowledgesMaster of Arts degree in English (writing stream) fromthe enthusiasm and support of Lidia Kandia and membersthe University of Manitoba. of the Book Club in Winnipeg for undertaking the subsequentlycancelled in-person 2022 KOBZAR Book Award Gala.'