On February 16, a presentation of the literary almanac "Obrii" took place in Lutsk. The almanac features works by the winners, diploma recipients, and participants of the literary competition "Nepovtornist." The publication contains selected works by 13 young writers from 60 creative entries submitted for review by a competent jury. In particular, the almanac includes works by Tetiana Bondar, Halyna Hlodz, Liliia Honcharevych, Nataliia Dobzhanska, Oleksandr Kovalchuk, Pavlo Korobchuk, Ivan Kotovych, Olena Pashuk, Liudmyla Pentsak, Nataliia Polishchuk, Vitalii Tkachuk, Yuliia Khvas, and Nataliia Shumska. The publication of the collection of young Volyn poets and prose writers is the result of last year's literary competition "Nepovtornist," initiated by the Volyn Regional Universal Scientific Library named after Olena Pchilka, with financial support provided by the Department for Family and Youth Affairs of the Volyn Regional State Administration. The jury, headed by Professor Oleksandr Rysak, a member of the council of the Volyn Regional Organization of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, in March 2003 awarded first place to Halyna Hlodz, a student of the Novovolynsk Regional Lyceum-Boarding School, second place to Ivan Kotovych, a postman of the Liuboml District Communications Center, and third place to Petro Korobchuk, a student of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. As the well-known Volyn poet Yosyp Strutsiuk said at the presentation, the jury broke the rules and awarded first place to the youngest participant, Halyna Hlodz. The fact is that according to the rules, creative works by Volyn residents aged 17 to 35 are accepted for the competition. But on the eve of the competition results, Halyna had just turned 16. However, the jury was not mistaken. Some time later, Halyna Hlodz became the youngest recipient of the prestigious Vasyl Symonenko Literary Prize. The publisher of the almanac "Obrii" was the Volyn arts agency "Teren," and the compiler and author of the foreword was the well-known Volyn journalist and poet Viktor Verbych. The print run of the collection is small, only 300 copies. It is planned that the almanac will be published at least once every two years. However, the very attempt by the authorities to somehow support creatively gifted youth is encouraging. By the way, the next competition "Nepovtornist" will begin on March 22, on Lina Kostenko's birthday. And exactly a year later, new winners will be determined, and the world will see another issue of the almanac.