The award ceremony took place in Ulyanovsk on June 18 - the writer’s birthday. Alina Osokina, young writer from Ulyanovsk, with her “Pre-June” short story cycle was recognized as the best in the “UNESCO Creative Cities Writers” category.

• Maria Averina (Moscow) won the award for the “Students of I. A. Goncharov”.
• Valery Domansky (St. Petersburg), doctor of sciences, won the award for the “Goncharov’s Legacy: Research and Enlightenment”.
• The main prize went to Alexander Melikhov (Meilakhs), writer from St. Petersburg, and his “Trizna” novel (2020).