"Boy with a Sword"

The “Competition of Co-authors” is held in the magazine “Koster” for those guys who love literature and want to try their hand at writing. We offer our readers an excerpt from a book and ask them to come up with their own continuation of the story - to imagine what could have happened next.

Young writers on the pages of Kostra have already acted as co-authors of such domestic and foreign classics like N. M. Karamzin, N. V. Gogol, T. Jansson, A. P. Chekhov, L. Carroll, S. Ya. Marshak and many other writers, including modern ones. By tradition, the competition is dedicated to the anniversary of a writer or book.

In 2018, Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin celebrates his 80th birthday - a wonderful children's writer, member of the editorial board of the magazine “Koster”. The winner of the competition at the end of 2018 will be chosen by the author himself!

Try to come up with your own version of the continuation of an excerpt from V. P. Krapivin’s story “The Boy with a Sword”:

“He was just a boy and knew for sure: there are no miracles in the world.

And he was amazed and shuddered almost as much as his enemies when, in the blaze of red manes and with the dull thunder of horseshoes, five cavalrymen flew into the clearing and stood in a semicircle.

And the most chief rider- dark-skinned, white-toothed, in a green shirt and a canvas Budenovka with a blue cloth star - said quietly..."

All interested Russian schoolchildren, regardless of their region of residence, can take part in the competition.

The volume of the competition text should not exceed 2000 characters.

Essays will be accepted at root@site until October 10, 2018. The winners will be announced in January 2019 in the first issue of the Koster magazine, and the best of the competition works will be published on the pages of the magazine in the 2018 issues.

All works must contain information about the author - last name, first name, age, class, full name of the educational institution, place of residence.

Regulations on the international literary prize named after V.P. Krapivin

1. The importance of the personality and creativity of Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin for children's literature, for the education of several generations of youth in Russia and other countries cannot be overestimated. One of the patriarchs of Russian science fiction, the author of several hundred books translated into dozens of languages, V.P. Krapivin continues his noble work today in the formation of high morality and spirituality among young and adult readers. Sverdlovsk regional public fund"The Vladislav Krapivin Foundation", the Association of Writers of the Urals established the International Literary Prize named after Vladislav Krapivin as a sign of respect for his work and to stimulate literary activity in line with the traditions he laid down. Giving the prize an international dimension will help increase its prestige Russian literature for children and youth, will emphasize its role in the world literature of this direction.

2. The amount of the bonus is 100,000 (one hundred thousand) rubles excluding tax. By decision of the founders, this amount may be changed. Along with the cash prize, the laureate is awarded a diploma and a commemorative breast medal.

3. Can participate in the competition for the Vladislav Krapivin Prize literary works for children and youth of any genre and compositional forms (novel, story, play, book of stories or poems), in the form of books and publications in the press, as well as the most interesting (in the opinion of the organizing committee) manuscripts ready for publication. In exceptional cases, the candidacy of a writer applying for a prize based on cumulative merits in the field of children's literature may be considered. Works by foreign language authors are accepted for consideration only with a translation into Russian.

4. The founders of the prize create an organizing committee, whose functions include disseminating information about the competition, accepting works of applicants, recruiting experts to the selection committee at the first stage of the competition and jury members at the second stage, as well as organizing the award ceremony for the winners and other work necessary for competition.

5. To sum up the results of the competition, a jury is created under the chairmanship of V.P. Krapivin, who has two votes when voting. Every two years the composition of the jury is renewed by at least one third. Prize applicants cannot serve on the jury.

6. Nomination of applicants for the prize is carried out by writing organizations and associations of Russia, near and far abroad countries, libraries, editorial offices literary magazines for children and youth, literary museums, book publishers, educational establishments, children's funds, as well as the organizing committee. To officially include an applicant in the competition, the following materials and documents must be submitted to the organizing committee: a) an application letter or an extract from the minutes of the meeting of the nominating organization; b) applicant’s application form (full name, address, brief creative characteristic); c) three copies of the nominated work; d) if possible - articles, reviews and press dedicated to the applicant. Applications for participation in the competition and literary works are accepted by the organizing committee annually until September 1 at the address:

620075 Ekaterinburg, Pushkin St., 12

Association of Writers of the Urals with the note "for the competition named after Vladislav Krapivin." After specified date the list of applicants is approved by the organizing committee and is no longer revised, and the reasons for the lateness of other applications are not discussed. The results of the competition are published in the media before October 15 of the year the prize is awarded.

7. The prize is awarded once a year to one author and is presented on V.P.’s birthday. Krapivina on October 14 in one of the cities Russian Federation(at the discretion of the organizing committee).

The International Children's Literary Prize named after the writer Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin is awarded once a year to a Russian or foreign author and is awarded on the writer’s birthday, October 14. Along with the prize, the laureate is awarded a diploma and a commemorative medal.

The initiators of the award were the Ural Writers Association in 2006. In 2009, the V.P. Krapivin International Literary Prize ceased to exist.

In 2010, the Commonwealth of Children's Writers announced a new one - the V.P. Krapivn International Children's Literary Prize, trying to preserve the traditions associated with the name of the writer - the day of presenting the award on Krapivin's birthday, a medal, the sketch of which was drawn by Vladislav Petrovich.

Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin was born in the city of Tyumen, October 14, 1938, into a family of teachers. In 1956 he entered the Faculty of Journalism of the Ural state university them. A. M. Gorky. In 1961, Vladislav Krapivin created the “Caravella” children’s detachment (in 1965, the “Pioneer” magazine took over the detachment). Vladislav Petrovich led the detachment for more than thirty years; currently, young graduates of the detachment are at the head of “Caravelle”. Vladislav Krapivin’s first book, “Orion Flight,” was published in 1962 in Sverdlovsk. Two years later, the author was accepted as a member of the USSR Writers' Union.

Currently, V. Krapivin has published about three hundred books, many of them have been translated into foreign languages. His books are included in " Golden Library selected works for children and youth", "Library of adventures and science fiction", "Library of World Literature for Children", into the Japanese 26-volume series "Selected Works of Russian Writers for Teenagers".

Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin - Professor of Tyumen State University, Honorary Citizen of the city of Yekaterinburg, laureate of the Lenin Komsomol, A. Gaidar, L. Kassil, N. Kuznetsov, A. Green awards, literary prize Union of Writers of the RSFSR and the magazine "Ural Pathfinder" "Aelita" and the Governor's Literary Prize Sverdlovsk region, awards Round table MDO "Rainbow of Cooperation" in the category "Amethyst Sphere" and other literary awards. On All-Russian competition readers' sympathy "Golden Key-96" was noted among the best.

For public activities he was awarded the sign of A. Gaidar of the Komsomol Central Committee. In 1980 he received the title of excellent student of public education of the RSFSR.

For literary and social activities awarded with orders Red Banner of Labor, Friendship of Peoples, medal “For Valiant Labor”, Order of Honor. For his contribution to the education of young military personnel, by order of the chief of troops of the Far Eastern Border District, he was awarded the “Excellence in Border Troops” badge of the second degree.

In Sverdlovsk regional library for children and youth named after V.P. Krapivina took place solemn ceremony presentation of the International Children's Literary Prize named after Vladislav Krapivina. The finalists for the award included 11 children's authors, of whom the jury selected four laureates.

This year, works from Moscow, the Moscow region, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Yakutia and Kazakhstan reached the finals of the award.

The Caravel squad went beyond the list of finalists and awarded a special diploma to a writer from Canada Marina Yasinskaya for the work "Daddy's Islands" with the wording: "To the author who remains faithful to the children's theme." Marina Yasinskaya received the award even before the long list was announced.

The Children's Jury Prize was awarded to Daria Wardenburg from Moscow for her book “Rule 69 for a Fat Seagull.” One of the key awards - the Commander Award, which is awarded by Vladislav Krapivin himself, was received by another Muscovite Evgeny Rudashevsky for the work "The Raven".

Daria Vardenburg and Evgeny Rudashevsky were also named among the prize winners. In addition, Muscovites became winners Tatiana Goncharuk (“Pawns”) and Vlada Rai (“Sister of the World”).

Let us recall that the Vladislav Krapivin Prize for best works for children and adolescents has been awarded annually since 2006. Along with the prize, the laureates will receive diplomas and commemorative medals. The total prize fund is 200 thousand rubles. This year it will be distributed among four laureates (50 thousand rubles each).