Prizes

Prizes

Announcing the Shortlists for 2024 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose

October 10, 2024—The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) announced today the shortlists for the 2024 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose. 2024 marks the 26th year for the NTA, and the 10th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose. The winners will be announced on October 26th at an Awards Ceremony as part of ALTA’s annual conference, ALTA47: Voices in Translation, in Milwaukee, WI.

Announcing the 2024 Shortlists of the Italian Prose in Translation Award, Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize, Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award, and ALTA First Translation Prize

September 12, 2024—The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is delighted to announce the 2024 shortlists for the Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA), Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize, the Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award (SUFTA), and ALTA First Translation Prize!

The winners of these awards will be announced at ALTA’s annual awards ceremony, which will take place on October 26, 2024 in Milwaukee, WI, as part of ALTA’s annual conference, ALTA47: Voices in Translation.

Announcing the Longlists for 2024 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose

September 5, 2024—The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) announced today the longlists for the 2024 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose. 2024 marks the 26th year for the NTA, and the 10th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.

Meet the 2024 ALTA Awards Judges!

The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is delighted to spotlight the judges of the 2024 awards!

We are honored to have these judges serving in 2024 on the panels of the National Translation Awards (NTA) in Prose and Poetry, the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize, the Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA), the Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award (SUFTA), the ALTA First Translation Prize, and the ALTA Travel Fellowships.

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!

2024 ALTA Awards Open for Submissions

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: 

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!

Announcing the 2023 National Translation Award in Poetry Winner: THE THRESHOLD

November 11, 2023—The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) announced the winners of the 2023 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose on November 11th at an Awards Ceremony as part of ALTA’s annual conference, ALTA46: The Place of Translation. The Awards Ceremony featured this year’s prize judges announcing the winners, and short readings from the winning translators.

Announcing the 2023 National Translation Award in Prose Winner: CHINATOWN

November 11, 2023—The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) announced the winners of the 2023 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose at an Awards Ceremony as part of ALTA’s annual conference, ALTA46: The Place of Translation. The Awards Ceremony featured this year’s prize judges announcing the winners, and short readings from the winning translators.

Announcing the ALTA First Translation Prize

November 11, 2023–The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is excited to announce that starting in 2024, it will confer a new award: the ALTA First Translation Prize.

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