YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On Febraury 4 results of the "Vahan Tekeyan" annual awarding announced by the Tekeyan Cultural Union of Armenia (TCUA) will be summed up and prizes will be given for works created in 2004. As Sergey Galstian, the TCUA Deputy Chairman informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent, prizes will be will given in eight nominations: fiction, music, fine arts, theater, archtecture, photography, TV and radio journalism and humanities. Results of "Ara and Maral" awarding fixed by the union will be summed up at the same time. This prize is envisaged for the best works written for kids and pupils. S.Galstian mentioned that artists living both in Armenia and in Diaspora and Artsakh participate in the awarding. Monetary prizes of 1000 U.S. dollars each are fixed in every nomination. Those will be given by the U.S. and Canadian organizations of the union. The Tekeyan Cultural Union defined the "Vahan Tekeyan" award in 2004.

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