Calls

Calls

The American Literary Translators Association is Hiring

December 4, 2024—The American Literary Translators Association seeks an Executive Director. Please see the following call:

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Call to Persian Poetry Translators: Submit to the Mo Habib Translation Prize

The UW Dept. of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures (MELC), in collaboration with the Mo Habib Memorial Foundation and Deep Vellum Publishing, enthusiastically calls for submissions of one or more collections of Persian poetry (50-250 texts, translated into English) through March 1, 2024. The winning translation will receive a $10,000 cash prize and publication with Deep Vellum!

Applications Closing Soon for the 10th Annual Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference

Don’t miss the opportunity this summer to study literary translation at the 10th Annual Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference in Vermont’s Green Mountains! You’ll get the chance to meet editors from many presses there, including Two Lines, New Directions, and Farrar, Straus & Giroux! Rolling applications end next week, on February 1, and financial aid is available. https://www.middlebury.edu/writers-conferences/translators-conference

ALTA Seeks Social Media Interns!

American Literary Translators Association is offering flexible, remote internship positions for the spring semester!

ALTA is looking for interns to join our dynamic social media team. Gain experience in:

Call to Persian Poetry Translators: Submit to the Mo Habib Translation Prize

The UW Dept. of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures (MELC), in collaboration with the Mo Habib Memorial Foundation and Deep Vellum Publishing, enthusiastically calls for submissions of one or more collections of Persian poetry (50-250 texts, translated into English) through March 1, 2024. The winning translation will receive a $10,000 cash prize and publication with Deep Vellum!

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Dear friends,

We recognize that the issues of access laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic persist and that making our organization accessible both on- and offline must continue to be at the forefront of our aims to increase access, equity, and inclusion for all members of the ALTA community.

Submissions Open for Sheikh Zayed Book Award

The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, one of the Arab world’s most prestigious literary prizes, is now open for submissions for its 18th edition!

Authors, translators, researchers, publishers and universities can submit or nominate works in ten different categories, including Translation to or from Arabic, and a new category for Manuscripts!

Winners are awarded a career-changing cash prize, and funding is available for international publishers to translate winning and shortlisted titles for Literature and Children’s Literature categories.

Apply to the Kenyon Review Online Translation Workshop!

Want to take part in a translation workshop, but can’t take off the time for a residential one? The Kenyon Review has you covered! Apply now to take part in their summer online translation workshop, which will take place June 18-24. With workshop leaders Kaiama L. Glover, Daniel Saldaña París, and ALTA Program Manager Kelsi Vanada, you won’t want to miss this!

Announcing the ALTA46 Theme and Call for Proposals

Register for The Common’s Craft Class with Boris Dralyuk

Poetry translators! Don’t miss your chance to register for this upcoming class on January 21, 12-2pm ET via Zoom with past NTA judge Boris Dralyuk, offered by The Common! 

From the website: 

“Extraordinary Measures: Translating Formal Poetry

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