The NGO "Community of Artists "Art Guard and I" is holding an online literary and poetic festival-competition "This is your Luhansk Region! From Word to Song", dedicated to the 35th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence.

The festival-competition was launched with the aim of preserving and popularizing the cultural identity of the Luhansk region through contemporary literary creativity, supporting authors associated with the region, and preserving the personal and collective histories of the Luhansk region.

The acceptance of competition works lasts from August 10 to November 30, 2026.

Authors who were born, lived, or have family or creative ties to the Luhansk region are invited to participate.

The National Union of Writers of Ukraine is a co-organizer of the festival-competition.

The regulations for the festival-competition can be downloaded below.