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Your support last winter helped plant significant seeds for this year. Thanks to you, this year we launched a new prize, offered 17 mentorships for emerging translators, hosted 400 members of our community at our annual conference, and much more. And now, we are turning to you to help us write the next chapter. Pledge your support today to help us raise $22,000 by December 20 to keep us growing bigger and better than ever before.

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The Winner of the 2024 National Translation Award in Prose

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.

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The Winner of the 2024 National Translation Award in Poetry

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

And the Street
By Pierre Alferi
Translated from French by Cole Swensen
Green Linden Press

The 2024 judges were Kazim Ali, Ronnie Apter, and Mary Jo Bang.

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The Winner of the 2024 ALTA First Translation Prize

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.

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The Winner of the 2024 Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award

ALTA is pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award:

Open Heart
By Elvira Lindo
Translated from Spanish by Adrian Nathan West
Other Press

The 2024 judges were Jonathan Beutler, Regina Galasso, and Kathleen McNerney.

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The Winner of the 2024 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize

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.

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The Winner of the 2024 Italian Prose in Translation Award

ALTA is pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 Italian Prose in Translation Award:

Lies and Sorcery
By Elsa Morante
Translated by Jenny McPhee
New York Review Books | Penguin Classics UK (forthcoming)

This year’s judges are Johanna Bishop, Isabella Corletto, and Diana Thow.

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Announcing the Shortlists for the 2024 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose

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.

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Meet the Mentors of the 2025 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program

We are excited to introduce you to the 2025 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program mentors! Follow this link to learn more about them.

The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator on a project selected by the emerging translator.

Emerging translators can apply to work with one of these mentors in 2025 at no cost to them. Applications are open until November 30.

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