ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS OF THE BRANKO ĆOPIĆ ENDOWMENT AWARDS FOR 2025

At its session held on 28 April 2026 at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Board of Directors of the Branko Ćopić Endowment —comprising Academicians Matija Bećković, Zlata Bojović, Jovan Delić, Dušan Kovačević, and Milosav Tešić (Chair)—decided to bestow the Branko Ćopić Endowment Awards for works of outstanding artistic value first published in 2025.

The awards have been granted to Milan Micić for the short story collection Zašto je petao prestao da kukuriče i druge kolonističke priče [Why the Rooster Stopped Crowing and Other Colonist Stories] (Akademska knjiga, Novi Sad); Živojin Rakočević for the poetry collection Miris anđela [The Scent of an Angel] (Stefan Prvovenčani National Library, Kraljevo); and Kosta Kosovac for the poetry collection Šestar za aoreol [A Compass for a Halo](Sumatra Publishing House, Šabac).

The award ceremony will take place on Tuesday, 19 May, at 12:00 noon, at the SASA Club.