In 1986, newly appointed journal editor, Ingert Kuzych, made the Ukrainian Philatelist a semi-annual publication. (It had previously only come out once a year.) In order to recognize outstanding articles in the expanded publication and to help stimulate additional submissions, in 1987 he established the Eugene Kotyk Award – named after the society’s first journal editor.For best article in the previous year’s Ukrainian Philatelist
| Year Presented |
Author | Article |
UP Issue |
| 1987 | Jerry G. Tkachuk | "FIrst International Airmail Service in the World" | 49 |
| 1988 | Roman Smyk | “Commemorative Issue Celebrating the Millennium of Christianity in Rus-Ukraine 988-1988” | 51 |
| 1989 | Ingert Kuzych | “Philately in Ukraine” | 53/54 |
| 1990 | Andrew Cronin | “Pre-Stamp and Stampless Mail from Carpatho-Ukraine” and “Pre-Stamp Mail and Adhesives Used in Carpatho-Ukraine Until 1871” | 55/56 |
| 1991 | Ingert Kuzych (2nd) | "Ukraine's Pictorial Set of 1920: The Vienna Issues" | 58 |
| 1993 | Stephen Hawryluk | “The Zhmerynka (Podilia) Trident Overprints” | 61 |
| 1994 |
Peter Bylen David P. Belesky |
“Collecting Western Ukraine: A Continuing Challenge” “Lviv: Postmarks Through the Centuries” |
63/64 65/66 |
| 1995 | Hryhoriy Lobko | “Ukraine: Local Provisionals for 1992-93” | 71/72 |
| 1996 | Peter Bylen (2nd) | "Western Ukraine: Forgeries and Fantasies" | 73/74 |
| 2001 | Andrew O. Martyniuk | "Identifying Ukrainian Provisional Stamps" | 83 |
| 2002 | Karen Lemiski | “The Regional Costume Series from Regensburg, Camp Ganghofersiedlung: An Expression of National Identity” | 84 |
| Alexander Epstein | “More Ukrainian Miscellany –Classical Issues” | 84 | |
| 2003 | Alexander Epstein (2nd) | “Classic Ukrainian Trident Issues: Kyiv Postal District” | 87 |
| Andrew O. Martyniuk (2nd) | “Collecting Ukrainian Telephone Cards: A General Introduction” | 88 | |
| 2004 | Alexander Epstein (3rd) | “Classic Ukrainian Trident Issues: Katerynoslav and Odessa Postal/Telegraph Districts” | 89/90 |
| Andrij Solczanyk & George Fedyk | “Operation ‘Frantic’ of the U.S. Air Force in 1944” | 89 | |
| 2005 | Alexander Epstein (4th) | “The Postal Rates of Independent Ukraine, 1918-1920” | 92 |
| 2006 | Jay Carrigan | “Carpatho-Ukraine: A Catalog of the 1939 and 1945 Issues” | 94 |
| 2007 | Ingert Kuzych (3rd) | “The Stanyslaviv Issue Reexamined” | 96 |
| 2008 | W. David Ripley III | “The German Occupation of Ukraine During World War II” | 97 |
| 2009 | Alexander Epstein (5th) | "Ukraine 1917-1923: A Postal History Review Part II (in UP-99) and Part III (in UP100)" | 99/100 |
| 2010 | Ihor G. Kulczycky | "Gems of Western Ukraine Postal Issues: Collecting Print Plate Errors, Part II - The First Two Stanyslaviv Issues" | 101 |
| 2011 | Ingert Kuzych (4th) | "A Chronology for the Issuance of Western Ukraine Stamps" | 104 |
| 2012 | John Roberts | "Currency Stamp Issues in Ukraine: 1915-1919" | 106 |
| 2013 | Ihor G. Kulczycky (2nd) | "The Franking of Western Ukrainian Mail 1918-1919" | 108 |
| 2014 | Mark Stelmacovich | "Some Ukrainian Philatelic Material As Viewed Through the Foster & Freeman Video Spectral Comparator Part II" | 110 |
| 2015 | Roman Procyk | "Shahivky and Perforations: 50 Years After Ian Baillie’s Pioneering Study" | 112 |
| 2016 | Alexander Epstein (6th) | "Overseas Mail from Ukraine in 1918 and Early 1919" | 113 |
| 2017 | Ingert Kuzych (5th) | "Ukraine’s Vienna Issue: a 9-decade Journey to Postal Fulfillment" | 115 |
| 2018 | Mark Stelmacovich (2nd) | "Further Information Related to Parts I and II of ‘KLC and Chernivtsi Overprints'. Parts A-C","Ukraine’s 1990s Provisional Era Continued. Parts 5-10" | 117/118 |
| 2019 | Roman Procyk (2nd) | "Handstamped Odesa Type 1 Tridents" | 119 |
| 2020 | Ihor Kulczycky (3rd) | "Stamps from Corrected Plates of the 2nd Stanyslaviv Issue of Western Ukraine" | 121 |
| 2021 | Roman Procyk (3rd) | "Why Are There so Many Different Podillia Tridents?" | 124 |
| 2022 | Roman Procyk (4th) | “Post Offices in Podillia" | 126 |
| 2023 | Roman Procyk (5th) | “The Listing of Kyiv IIg Trident Overprints and Varieties” | 127 |
| 2024 | Tony Leliw and Jerry Kalyn | "The 100 Karbovantsiv Banknote of 1917" | 130 |
| 2025 | Roman Procyk (6th) | "Kyiv subtype IIa–IIe Trident Varieties and Handstamps" | 132 |