Prizes

Prizes

Calling Massachusetts translators! There is a NEW category for translated books for the 23rd Mass Book Awards, which recognize compelling works of Massachusetts. It is free to enter, and translators must be a current resident of Massachusetts (adult and younger reader audiences welcome) and published anywhere in the year 2022. The deadline to submit is December 31, 2022. Find out how to submit here: https://www.massbook.org/guidelines-2022-pub-date

October 6, 2022—The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2022 National Translation Award (NTA) in Poetry! 2022 marks the twenty-fourth year for the NTA, and the eighth year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose. The NTA, which is administered by ALTA, is the only national award for translated fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction that includes a rigorous examination of both the source text and its relation to the finished English work.

October 6, 2022—The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2022 National Translation Award (NTA) in Prose! 2022 marks the twenty-fourth year for the NTA, and the eighth year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose. The NTA, which is administered by ALTA, is the only national award for translated fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction that includes a rigorous examination of both the source text and its relation to the finished English work.

October 6, 2022—The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2022 Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award (SUFTA). This award, which was inaugurated in 2022, is offered by the American Literary Translators Association in conjunction with the Spain-USA Foundation.

October 6, 2022—The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2022 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize! This prize, which was inaugurated in 2009, recognizes the importance of Asian translation for international literature and promotes the translation of Asian works into English. This year’s judges are Annelise Finegan, Soeun Seo, and Emily Jungmin Yoon.

October 6, 2022—The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2022 Italian Prose in Translation Award! Starting in 2015, the Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA) recognizes the importance of contemporary Italian prose (fiction and literary non-fiction) and promotes the translation of Italian works into English. This prize is awarded annually to a translator of a recent work of Italian prose (fiction or literary non-fiction).

September 7, 2022—The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is delighted to announce the shortlists for the 2022 Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA), Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize, the inaugural Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award (SUFTA), and the National Translation Awards (NTA) in Prose and Poetry!

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