The All-Russian Literary Prize is named after military correspondent Maxim Fomin. The award is designed to identify the best examples of military prose and journalism.
On April 2, an explosion occurred in the Street Bar café on Universitetskaya Embankment in the center of St. Petersburg. As a result of the terrorist attack, Vladlen Tatarsky was killed. The start of accepting applications within the framework of the award will be given on June 12, on Russia Day, and the results will be summed up on April 25.