b'To encourage young and emerging writers to pursue their passion and share their stories, the Foundation offered writers workshops across Canada featuring KOBZAR award winners and established Canadian writers.In 2018, the name of the award was changed to KOBZAR Book Award to better reflect the works being submitted for award consideration.In 2020, the Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition was introduced setting the groundwork for new writers to explore the short prose form and to one day aspire to submit an entry to the KOBZAR Book Award.KOBZAR Literary Award Volunteer Committee (2014);fourth from left in front row: Organizing Committee Chair Alla Shklar'