Abstract
This article publishes the work of schoolgirl Lyudmila Muravyova who won the first prize in the literary contest of the Palace of Pioneers in Novosibirsk in 1962. The children’s literary competition was an important part of the mass work of the Department of Art Education of the Novosibirsk Palace of Pioneers in 1950s-1970s. Its work is thoroughly documented in the annual formal reports of the Palace of Pioneers, which are stored in the Novosibirsk City Archives (NSA) in fund 143 of the Municipal educational institution of additional education for children of Novosibirsk “Palace of creativity of children and students of youth ‘Junior’”. Based on the documents from the archives, the article presents the organizational structure of the competition, the compositions of participants, organizers, the sequence of the competition, instructions for creative contests. The article contains biographies of the contest participants and their future fates in the field of literature and journalism, as well as biographies of the contest organizers and jurors. The appendix contains an essay Statuetka (“Statuette”) by Lyudmila Muravyova and a conclusion-feedback from writer Nikolai Osinin, a member of the contest jury, based on the results of the 1962–1963 academic year.
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