Occupations:


2014 to present -  Writer under the pseudonym Tony Twist, with experience in writing fiction and poetry, as well as magazine and academic writing.

2015 to present  -  Tutor and founder of literature studio in Lucky Academy, Kyiv (academylucky.com)

2019 to present - Columnist writer in the teen magazine “Odnoklasnik”, Kyiv (https://www.facebook.com/odnoklasnyk/)

2018  to present - Lecturer - invited lecturer to a few of National Kyivan libraries for children and young adults and member of educational program at the Book Weekend in the SchastieHub

2018 to present - Member of Jury in Literature Contests by the teen magazine “Odnoklasnik”, Kyiv




List of publications and writing achievements:


1. Almanac "Scythia 2018. Autumn", publishing house “the Hour Flask” ZeitGlas Verlag, Kanev:
- Prose: the short story “Gravity”

2. Almanac “Scythia 2018. Winter”, publishing house “the Hour Flask” ZeitGlas Verlag, Kanev:
- Prose: the short story “Ask Chappa”

3. “Anthologies of modern short stories and lyrics of Ukraine. 2018 ", publishing house “the Hour Flask "ZeitGlas, Kanev:
- Prose: the short story "Viva, spring!"
- Poetry: “Dog Blues”

4. Literary almanac “Golden Collection. 21st Century ”, publishing house -“ STELLA ”, Germany, 2019:
- Prose: The short story “Editing Cut”,
- Poetry: "Country  House’s Blues", "Beach Blues"

5. Almanac "Scythia 2019. Spring", publishing house “the Hour Flask" ZeitGlas Verlag, Kanev:
- Prose: The short story “the Devil's Mark”
- Poetry: "Spring Blues"

6. Almanac “Scythia 2019. Summer”, publishing house “the Hour Flask” ZeitGlas Verlag, Kanev:
- Prose: the short story “Argentinean Summer” (in Ukrainian)

7.  Literature collection “Visnyk” by the Tenth international poetry contest “Chatting in the Churches of Chernec Gore”, Kaniv, Ukraine, 2019 - published integrated in Almanac “Scythia 2019. Summer”
- Poetry: Verse “Ten”

8. Almanac “Scythia 2019. Autumn”, publishing house “Hour Flask” ZeitGlas Verlag, Kanev:

- Prose: the story "Polo" (Ukrainian)

- Poetry: “Autumn Blues”

9. Literature collection “Visnyk” by the International Literary competition “Student Day”, Kaniv, Ukraine, 2019
-  Poetry: Verse “Students”

10. Literature collection “Visnyk” by the IX The Best Short Story international competition Zeitglass 2019, Kaniv, Ukraine, 2019
- Prose: “Bitter coffee”

11. Almanac “Scythia 2019. Winter”, publishing house “the Hour Flask” ZeitGlas Verlag, Kanev:
- Prose: the short stories collection “The Christmas kaleidascope: The Crow and Snegir,  Slow and Steady Wins Paris, Everyone under suspicion”

12. Publication in the magazine  Cosmo Lady № 12-1, December 2019, Ukraine
- Prose: “Christmas Dogs”

13. “Anthologies of modern short stories and lyrics of Ukraine. 2019 ", publishing house “the Hour Flask "ZeitGlas, Kanev:
- Prose: “Perpetuum Mobile”
- Poetry: “Crimean Blues”

14. The project “Moya Poetychna Lystivka” ( “My poetic postcard”), Kyiv,  2020
- Poetry: “Summertime”

15. Almanac “Sun City” № 2, Kyiv, 2020
- Prose : “Aunt Clara and Voronin”

16. Literature collection “Visnyk” by the International Literary competition “Female whims”, Kanev, 2020
- Prose: “The two haircuts on the one’s head”
 
17.  Literature collection “Visnyk” by the International Literary competition “When getting closer...”, Kaniv, 2020
- Prose: “The Crossroad”


Competition Achievements:

1. The short story "Silk ink, lion and fish"

diploma winner of the VII international literary competition of works for children and youth “Korneichukovskaya Prize”, Odessa, Ukraine 2019

2. Verse “Ten”, short list

The Tenth international poetry contest “Chatting in the Churches of Chernec Gore”, Kaniv, Ukraine, 2019

3. Untitled verse, long list

The Literary competition for the Prize named after A.A. Akhmatova, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2019

4. Verse “Students”, long list
The International Literary competition “Student Day”, Kaniv, Ukraine, 2019

5.  The short story “Bitter coffee”, Awarded 

The IX The Best Short Story international competition Zeitglass 2019, Kaniv, Ukraine, 2019

6. the short story “The two haircuts on the one’s head”, long list

The International Literary competition “Female whims”, Kanev, 2020

7. the short story “The Crossroad”, long list

The International Literary competition “When getting closer...”, Kaniv, 2020


Education:


MA in economics, the National Transport University of Ukraine, 1986 - 1992

PhD in economics, the National Transport University of Ukraine, 1992 - 1996.

Completed the scriptwriting course at the TV school “ProCut”, Kyiv, 2014.

Completed the online course “Explore Filmmaking: from script to screen’, from the National Film and Television school (NFTS), United Kingdom, 2015

Completed a drama course from the workshop of Nedа Nezhdana, at Lesia Kurbasa Centre, 2015

Completed the documentary film directing course, at the Ukrainian TV, Radio Broadcasting and Press Institute, 2015-2016.

Completed the documentary film directing course, from the workshop of Serhiy Bukovsky, 2015 - 2016.

Completed the Editing director course: the  editing theory and the basics of drama, at “ProCut” Post-Production School, 2016.

Graduated from the CWS school (Creative Writing School, Moscow).

Accomplished the following  online courses:

Marina Stepnova’s course “Language and Style: How to Write Well,” (September 9 - November 6, 2018)

Alexei Vdovin and Ekaterina Lyamina’s  course ”Non-fiction", (September 30 - December 11, 2018)

Maya Kucherskaya’s course “How to write prose: theory and practice”, (November 4, 2018 - January 30, 2019)

Anna Starobinets’s course “Inner Teenager”, (February 17 - April 30, 2019)

Maya Kucherskaya’s course “Prose. Advanced” (March 24 - June 12, 2019)

Maya Kucherskaya’s course “The Ordinary Miracle: how to write a story about magic?”, (January 4-5, 2020)

Irina Lukianova and Ksenia Moldavska course “DetLit RuLit: creative writing for children and teens” (January 25-  February 29, 2020)