Translation grant applications due
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Applications for NEA translation fellowships are due tomorrow! For more information, go to the website or email flaniganm@arts.gov.
Grants of $12,500 to $25,000 are awarded annually to translators of poetry and prose who are working on specific translations of published works from any language into English. Applicants must have published at least 20 pages of translation in literary publications or in book form between January 1, 1995, and January 7, 2010. Using the online submission system, submit 10 to 15 pages of translation and the original work, a project description, a resumé or biography, and the resumé of the writer of the original work with proof of eligibility by January 7, 2010. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
National Endowment for the Arts, Translation Fellowships, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20506. (202) 682-5772. Maryrose Flanigan, Literature Division Specialist.
And, there’s just a little more time (another week—due January 14, 2010) to apply for the PEN Translation Fund Grants: Grants of $3,000 are given annually to support the translation of book-length works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that have not previously appeared in English or have appeared only in an “egregiously flawed” translation. Submit eight copies of 10 to 12 pages of translation and the original passage, a short biography, a curriculum vitae, and statement outlining the work by January 14, 2010. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

