The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is excited to announce that the submissions portals for the 2024 ALTA awards are open! The following prizes are now accepting submissions:
- National Translation Award in Prose ($4,000) for an exceptional book of translated prose published in the previous year
- National Translation Award in Poetry ($4,000) for an exceptional book of translated poetry published in the previous year
- Italian Prose in Translation Award ($5,000) for an exceptional work of translated Italian prose published in the previous year
- Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize ($6,000) for an exceptional work of translated Asian poetry published in the previous year
- Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award ($5,000) for an exceptional work of translated prose from Spain published in the previous year
- NEW! ALTA First Translation Prize ($3,000) for an exceptional debut literary translation published in the previous year
- Travel Fellowships ($1,000 each) for emerging translators to attend the annual ALTA 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
The winners of the ALTA book awards will be announced at the ALTA47 conference, held in Milwaukee, WI from October 25-28, 2024; the 2024 Travel Fellows will be announced in September, and be featured in a reading at the ALTA47 conference.
Please note that we only accept submissions through our Submittable portal. The deadline for awards submissions is March 18 at 11:59pm PT. Direct any questions about ALTA’s awards to Communications and Awards Manager Rachael Daum at rachaeldaum[at]literarytranslators.org.