Creative residencies for writers and translators are a long and noble tradition in Europe and across the world. The concept has remained unchanged over centuries […]
The Polish website for literary residencies
Translation in Motion Program 2021: Open call for literary translation residencies
The Translation in Motion consortium of translation residencies invites applications by literary translators working from or into the languages of the countries of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia). […]
Literature Ireland offers a residential bursary for a Bulgarian translator
“Literature Ireland seeks applications from literary translators from Bulgaria for a residential bursary in Ireland for three weeks in September 2020.”
Literature Ireland & Tyrone Guthrie Centre offer a residential bursary for a Spanish translator
Literature Ireland, a not-for-profit organisation which brings the finest of Irish literature in the best possible literary translations to readers around the world. One of the ways it does is by hosting literary translators in Ireland. […]
AC/E grants for translation projects from Spanish
AC/E grants for translation projects (administered by the Sociedad Mercantil Estatal Acción Cultural Española, or AC/E) encourage foreign publishers to translate original literary works from Spanish as part of Spain’s participation as Guest of Honour at Frankfurt Book Fair 2020. […]
Call for applications: The March 2020 residency programme for writers and translators in the Białowieża Forest, Eastern Poland
Rousseau’s Manor and Tropinka – Association for Dialogue offer four residencies, free of charge, for members of the Polish Literary Translators Association, Literary Union and fellow authors from Belarus, Lithuania and Ukraine. We invite four people to Świnoroje (near Narewka) between 14 and 28 March 2020. […]
Call for applications: funded residencies for translators of Italian literature (deadline: 30 June 2019)
The Casa delle Traduzioni in Rome, a public library and cultural centre specializing in the subject of translation, awards funded residencies for translators working from Italian into their native language. […]
Calls for proposals EACEA: Support to Literary translation projects (Deadline: 4 June 2019)
EACEA opens the call for Support to Literary translation projects with the main objectives being:to support cultural and linguistic diversity in the EU and in other countries participating in the Culture Sub-programme of the Creative Europe Programme; […]
Call for applications: Frankfurt International Translators Programme (Deadline: 30 April 2019)
The Frankfurt International Translators Programme is aimed at international literary and non-fiction translators translating from the German language. Up to thirty translators from all around the world will be selected by Frankfurter Buchmesse to take part in an exclusive exchange and networking programme. […]
Residencies for literary translators of German literature (Deadline for application: 28 February 2019)
The Goethe-Institut’s European Translators’ Residency Programme, in cooperation with the Alfred Toepfer Foundation F.V.S. and the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony are offering a work grant in Germany to literary translators from abroad. […]
Call for applications: JUNIVERS – International meeting of translators of German poetry (Deadline: 31 March 2019)
The TOLEDOProgramme and Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (LCB) invite translators of contemporary Germanlanguage poetry to a six-day meeting, Junivers, that will be organised from 11 – 17 June 2019 at Berlin’s Wannsee. […]
EACEA publishes selection results of the support to literary translation projects 2018
The main objectives of the support for literary translation projects, granted by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Union, were to support cultural and linguistic diversity; to strengthen the transnational circulation and diversity of high quality literary works in the long term; to improve access to these literary works in the EU and beyond as all neighbourhood countries have been included, and to reach new audiences for European translated literature. […]
Call for applications: Residencies in Prague and Brno (Deadline: 21 March 2019)
The Czech Literary Centre has opened a call for translators from Czech. Literary translators with at least one published book can apply for a residency in Prague (July-November 2019) or Brno (September-October 2019). […]
New residency programme for authors and translators from Germany, France and Poland (Deadline: 15 March 2019)
A new German-French-Polish residency programmme, ‘Tandem Residenz’, invites authors and translators from Germany, France and Poland to apply for a joint residency in the castle of Genshagen, close to Berlin. […]
Call for applications: Residencies for literary translators from German
The Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia has twelve grants available for one-month residencies in the European Translators’ House in Straelen (Germany).
Literary translators who work on a text written by an author from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia can apply for a residency. […]
PEN Ukraine awards three grants for the translation of stories by Oleg Sentsov
PEN Ukraine in cooperation with the International Renaissance Foundation announces a competition for the translation of Oleg Sentsov’s book of stories into three foreign languages: English, German, and Polish. […]
Call for application: Paul Celan fellowships for translators 2019/2020 (deadline: 28 February 2019)
The program supports translations of canonical texts, contemporary key works in the humanities, social sciences and cultural studies from Eastern to Western European languages or vice versa, or between two Eastern European languages. Special emphasis is put on translations of relevant works written by East European authors and/or female scholars. No applications for works of fiction and poetry are being accepted. […]
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: 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: Prague City of Literature Residencies (Deadline 31 August 2018)
The project Prague City of Literature offers residency stays for foreign writers and translators. There are six residencies available for 2019, each lasts two months. […]