The American Literary Translators Association

ALTA is pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 National Translation Award (NTA) in Prose: 

The Hunger of Women
By Marosia Castaldi
Translated from Italian by Jamie Richards
And Other Stories

The 2024 judges were Philip Boehm, Shelley Fairweather-Vega, Will Forrester, Joon-Li Kim, and poupeh missaghi.

ALTA  is pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 ALTA First Translation Prize:

The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu
By Augusto Higa Oshiro
Translated from Spanish by Jennifer Shyue
Edited by Sarah Gale and Emma Raddatz
Archipelago Books

The 2024 judges were Esther Allen, Alexa Frank, and Urayoán Noel.

ALTA is pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize: 

Decapitated Poetry
By Ko-hua Chen
Translated from Chinese by Wen-chi Li and Colin Bramwell
Seagull Books

This year’s judges were Eric Hyett, Archana Madhavan, and Shriram Sivaramakrishnan.

The shortlists for the 2024 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose are here!

2024 marks the 26th year for the NTA, and the 10th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose. The shortlists for the NTA will be announced on October 10th, and the winners will be announced on October 26th at an Awards Ceremony as part of ALTA’s annual conference, ALTA47: Voices in Translation, in Milwaukee, WI. The winning translators will receive a $4,000 cash prize each.