The American Literary Translators Association is happy to announce that the submissions portals for the 2020 ALTA awards are open! The following prizes are now accepting submissions:
- National Translation Award in Prose, for an exceptional book of translated prose published within the previous year
- National Translation Award in Poetry, for an exceptional book of translated poetry published within the previous year
- Italian Prose in Translation Award, for an exceptional work of translated Italian prose published within the past year
- Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize, for an exceptional work of translated Asian poetry published within the previous year
- Travel Fellowships, for emerging translators to attend the annual conference, including the annual Peter K. Jansen Memorial Travel Fellowship, which is preferentially awarded to an emerging translator of color or a translator working from an underrepresented diaspora or stateless language
Please note that submissions are only accepted through our Submittable portal. The deadline for awards submissions is April 20 at 11:59pm PT. Find out more about ALTA’s awards on the website. Questions may be directed to ALTA’s Communications and Awards Manager Rachael Daum at rachaeldaum@literarytranslators.org.
ALTA will award these prizes at the annual conference, being held this year in Tucson, AZ from November 11-14.