In 2026, scholars from Canada, Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine are competing for the International Ivan Franko Prize.

On February 28, 2026, the submission period for research papers and accompanying documents for the 2026 International Ivan Franko Prize officially closed.

The submitted studies cover the following academic areas: comparative literary studies, cultural studies, history of Ukraine, European studies, interethnic relations, history of Ukrainian publishing, history of nationalisms, Oriental studies, anthropology, ethnology, art history, literary studies, linguistics, history of the Ukrainian language, publicistics, and journalism.

The following nominations have been submitted to the Prize Committee:

VOLODYMYR ALEKSANDROVYCH and BOHDAN LAZORAK, Skhidnytsia Community: The Heritage of Ancient Churches and Church Art, Kolo Publishing House, Drohobych, 2025. 884 pages.

NOMINATED BY: The Research and Methodology Council of the Municipal Institution of the Lviv Regional Council “Administration of the State History and Culture Reserve ‘Nahuyevychi’” (Ukraine).

ADAM BŽOCH, Conversation and European Literature. Europa Publishing House, Bratislava, 2023. 422 pages.

NOMINATED BY: Institute of World Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia).

TARAS VEREMEENKO, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Church ArtSchool of the 18th – Early 19th Century: History, ArtisticDirection, Masters. Naukova Dumka Publishing House of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 2024. 192 pages.

NOMINATED BY: Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folkloristics and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Ukraine).

YURII VOLOSHYN, The Parish Community. The Pyriatyn Protopopia of the Second Half of the 18th Century (Socio-Historical and Historical-Demographic Dimensions). Lviv: Ukrainian Catholic University, 2023. 420 pages.

NOMINATED BY: IHOR SERDIUK, Laureate of the International Ivan Franko Prize 2020 (Ukraine).

VOLODYMYR VIATROVYCH and LUBOMYR LUCYUK, Enemy Archives Soviet CounterinsurgencyOperations and the Ukrainian Nationalist Movement – Selections from the Secret Police Archives. McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal, 2023. 988 pages.

NOMINATED BY: Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Toronto (Canada).

VLADYSLAV HRYBOVSKYI, Khan’s Ukraine. Folio Publishing House, Kharkiv, 2025. 414 pages.

NOMINATED BY: OLEKSII SOKYRKO, Laureate of the International Ivan Franko Prize 2024 (Ukraine).

JOANNA GETKA and VIKTOR MOISIENKO, In thebeginning was the word… From linguistic usage to literarynorm (An essay on the genesis of the Ukrainian literarylanguage). University of Warsaw Press, 2024. 248 pages.

NOMINATED BY: Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University (Poland–Ukraine).

VOLODYMYR KRAVCHENKO and MARKO ROBERTSTECH, The Unpredictable Past? Reshaping Russian, Ukrainian, and East European Studies. CIUS Press, Toronto, 2024. 462 pages.

NOMINATED BY: JOHANNES REMY, Laureate of the International Ivan Franko Prize 2018 (Canada).

IVAN MONOLATII, Executor of the Word. Yakiv Orenshtain: A Ukrainian Publisher at the Crossroads of Cultures, Ideologies, and Politics. Dukh i Litera Publishing House, Kyiv, 2025. 272 pages.

NOMINATED BY: Department of Political Science, Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University (Ukraine).

VITALII MYKHAILOVSKYI, The Podillia Phenomenon: The History of the Region in the Second Half of the 14th Century – Early 16th Century. Tempora Publishing House, 2025. 296 pages.

NOMINATED BY: Kamianets-Podilskyi National Ivan Ohiienko University. (Ukraine).

YULIIA PRYSIAZHNA, “From the depths of my thoughts I will return. Memories of Mykhailo Prysyazhny.” PAIS Publishing House, Lviv, 2025. 368 pages.

NOMINATED BY: Lviv Regional Organization of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (Ukraine).

SERHII ROMANOV, “Fate or Will“. Women of the ModernEra. Athena Publishing House, 2025. 624 pages.

NOMINATED BY: Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University (Ukraine).

Schedule of events for the competitions and the awarding of the Prize laureate in 2026:

by April 1, 2026 – short-listing of research papers by the Nomination Committees

by May 10, 2026 – discussion of the submitted research papers by the International Expert Council and determination of the Prize nominees

August 26, 2026 – selection of the Prize laureate by the International Jury

August 27, 2026 – award ceremony for the Prize laureate

The International Ivan Franko Prize was established by the International Ivan Franko Fund with the aim of promoting comprehensive research into the literary, scholarly, and journalistic heritage of Ivan Franko, as well as encouraging scholars from around the world to conduct relevant research in the field of social sciences and humanities. The Prize seeks to highlight the humanistic, national, spiritual, and state-building significance of the Ukrainian scholarly and cultural tradition within the global context.