In 2002, the All-Ukrainian contest of student works was held: The Concept of Unity of Ukraine: the Literary Works of Taras Shevchenko. the Fate of the Ukrainian People, Society, State, Family.
About 12 thousand schoolchildren took part in the competition.
Following the results of the contest, the publishing house Geneza published the book Ukraine. Shevchenko. Family, which comprised the best prose and poetry works of the contest winners.