Among schoolchildren, first place was taken by: Korol Roman (Lutsk), Sachyk Maryana (Kovel), Solodukha Alina (Volodymyr-Volynskyi district), Yarovenko Anna (Turiisk district), Zakutna Yuliia (Lutsk district), Mykhalets Anna (Volodymyr-Volynskyi), Pivnytska Sofiia (Novovolynsk), Dudar Iryna (Novovolynsk), Karoliuk Olha (Kovel).
Among the winners of vocational-technical educational institutions: Bakun Roman (Ovadniv Professional Lyceum), Lys Mariia (Vocational Technical School No. 27 of Berestechko).
Among the student nominees of higher educational institutions: Kyrychuk Diana (Volodymyr-Volynskyi Pedagogical College named after A. Krymskyi), Maslaieva Olena (Volyn College of Culture and Arts), Dubrovskyi Roman (Volodymyr-Volynskyi Pedagogical College named after A. Krymskyi), Makhomet Yuliia (LDTU), Padaliuk Liudmyla (VIEM).
To congratulate the participants of the nationwide stage of the VI International Competition in the Ukrainian Language named after Petro Yatsyk, the following arrived at Lutsk Gymnasium No. 21, where the award ceremony was held: Serhii Kalush, deputy head of the education and science department of the Volyn Regional State Administration, Larysa Tarasova – representative of the League of Ukrainian Patrons, Vasyl Hei – head of the regional organization of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine, head of the jury.
After a festive concert organized by the pupils of Gymnasium No. 21, the competition nominees proceeded to complete their competition works, which will be submitted for review to the jury of the final stage of the competition in Kyiv, the results of which will be known in May of this year.
Representatives of the Electoral Bloc "Our Ukraine" in the Volyn region presented the competition winners with encyclopedias and linguistic dictionaries so that young talents could deepen their knowledge, since promoting the development of education is one of the priority areas of "Our Ukraine's" activity.
This year the competition started in Crimea; about 5 million schoolchildren from all schools and students of secondary and higher educational institutions not only from Ukraine but also from the Ukrainian diaspora abroad are participating in the competition – all those who love and honor their native word. The jury of the competition is headed by Liubov Matsko, academician of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, professor, head of the Department of the Ukrainian Language of the Mykhailo Drahomanov Pedagogical University.