All-Ukrainian Creative Works Competition “Literary Universe” 2026

From October 1, 2026, through January 2027, the O.M. Makarov National Youth Aerospace Education Center and Training is holding the 12th All-Ukrainian Creative Works Competition “Literary Universe.”

Students in grades 6–11 of general secondary schools and extracurricular institutions, as well as first- and second-year students of vocational and technical education institutions and pre-higher vocational education institutions, are invited to participate in the contest.

The deadline for submitting entries is from October 1 to November 16, 2026.

The contest results will be announced in January 2027.

Categories of the “Literary Universe” Contest:

• A New Space Fairy Tale (a short story or fairy tale with a space theme).
• A Poem (space theme).
• An Essay (a reflective essay on one of the given topics).

List of essay topics.

• The Great Total Solar Eclipse.
• Nancy Grace Roman.
• Sputnik. It was the first…
• The Artemis III mission. On the path to returning humans to the Moon.
• “The stars shine so that everyone can find their own…,” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

 

To participate in the Contest, you must fill out the application form on Google Forms:

https://forms.gle/9jHF541ckqtfPohT6

and attach your contest entry and drawings (if any) to the above Google Form.

Contest participants are divided into two age categories:

-           younger group: ages 11 to 14;

-           older group: ages 15 to 18.

 

For more information on participating in the contest, please visit https://education.unaec.dp.ua/conferences/literary-universe.htm

We invite anyone interested to participate in the 12th All-Ukrainian Creative Works Contest “LITERARY UNIVERSE.”