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Call for applications: International meeting for translators of German literature (Berlin / Leipzig, 17-24 March 2019)

Call for applications: International meeting for translators of German literature (Berlin / Leipzig, 17-24 March 2019)

From 17-24 March 2019 Literarisches Colloquium Berlin will host a seminar for professional translators of German literature. With financial support from the Robert Bosch Foundation and the German Translators’ Fund, and in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut, S. Fischer Foundation, and the Pro Helvetia foundation, the seminar is open to 30 translators from all over the world. […]

Call for applications: grants for the translation and international promotion of Catalan literary and philosophical texts

Call for applications: grants for the translation and international promotion of Catalan literary and philosophical texts

The Institut Ramon Llull has opened a call for grants for the international promotion and translation of Catalan literature and philosophical texts.

Applications for promotional activities focused on Catalan and Aranese literature should be sent in by 26 September 2017.
Information about conditions and the application procedure can be found here. […]

Call for applications: Grants from Basque Institute for literary translations (Deadline 4 June 2018)

Call for Applications: Artist-in-Residence-Programme in Vienna / Salzburg 2019 (Deadline: 30 September 2018)

In co-operation with KulturKontakt Austria, the Austrian Federal Chancellery makes available 50 residencies in Vienna and Salzburg for the year 2019. […]

The residency is designed to offer an opportunity to become familiar with the Austrian art scene and cultural environment and to make contact with Austrian artists. Residents are expected to complete a project during their stay. […]

Call for applications: funded residencies for translators of German novels, poems or essays (deadline: 28 February 2018)

Call for applications for 2016 Banff International Literary Translation Centre (Alberta, Canada; application deadline: 10 February 2016)

The Banff International Literary Translation Centre hosts one translation student from each of the founding countries – Canada, Mexico, and the United States – and 15 literary translators, either from the Americas translating literature from anywhere in the world, or translators from anywhere in the world translating literature from the Americas. […]