Genre: Translation

Vermont Studio Center

Vermont Studio Center (VSC) offers two-, three-, and four-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in Johnson, Vermont, a village located in the heart of the northern Green Mountains. VSC offers time and space to write, readings, craft talks, and individual consultations with invited visiting writers. Residents are provided with a private room, a private or shared bathroom, private studio space, and meals as well as shared access to a kitchen and communal spaces.

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RESIDENCY
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Event Date: 
September 7, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
September 30, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
September 30, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Vermont Studio Center, 80 Pearl Street, P.O. Box 613, Johnson, VT 05656. (802) 635-2727.

Contact City: 
Johnson
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VT
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
05656
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US
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A large red building with a gray roof next to a river.

7 Stories Up Presents Jeremy Tiang

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In this 7 Stories Up event at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, Jeremy Tiang talks about the impact of his award-winning debut novel, State of Emergency (Epigram Books, 2017), and how his diverse modes of playwriting, translation, and fiction writing offer him fluidity and freedom in a conversation with Reuben Gelley Newman.

Jhumpa Lahiri on Translating Literature

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“Translate literature and it will teach you how to write.” In this American Library in Paris event, Jhumpa Lahiri reads from her essay collection Translating Myself and Others (Princeton University Press, 2022) and talks about her latest book, Bone Into Stone (Sylph Editions, 2024), which details her experiences translating Ovid’s Metamorphoses from the Latin in partnership with the classicist Yelena Baraz.

Bora Chung: Your Utopia

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In this Asia Society Switzerland event, South Korean author Bora Chung reads “To Meet Her” from her second story collection, Your Utopia (Algonquin Books, 2024), translated from the Korean by Anton Hur, and discusses how activism shaped her life and writing in a conversation with Serena Jung.

REC.ON Ecovillage Artist & Writing Residency

The REC.ON Ecovillage Artist & Writing Residency offers two- to four-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in the picturesque village of La Mata de Bolaimí near the Sierra María–Los Vélez mountains in Andalucía, Spain. Residents are provided with a private single- or double-occupancy room in a restored rural house and have shared access to a kitchen, a living room, a permaculture garden, and outdoor writing spaces. Residents can also work in the REC.ON gallery, a coworking and exhibition space for focused writing.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
September 7, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
September 7, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
September 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

REC.ON Ecovillage Artist & Writing Residency, Paraje Bolaimí s/n 04820 Vélez Rubio, Almería, Spain. Paulina Bielecka, Owner. 

Paulina Bielecka
Owner
Contact City: 
Vélez Rubio, Almería
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ES

List og Land Northern Lights Residency

The List og Land Northern Lights Residency offers three-week residencies from October 1 to October 24 and from November 1 to November 24 at Laugaból Farm on Arnarfjörður, a fjord in Iceland, to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators. Residents who lodge at the farmhouse are provided with a double-occupancy room, two shared bathrooms, a full kitchen, a dining room, and a living room.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
October 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
September 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
September 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

List og Land Northern Lights Residency, Laugaból 0, 466 Bildadalur, Westfjörds, Iceland. (323) 552-1294. Leslie Schwartz, Cofounder.

Leslie Schwartz
Cofounder
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Arnarfjörður
Country: 
IS

Kaatsbaan Weekend Retreats

The Kaatsbaan Weekend Retreats offer three-day residencies from October 3 to October 5 and from November 21 to November 23 at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, a 153-acre artist sanctuary in Tivoli, New York, to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators. Residents are provided with private motel-style rooms, which include a desk, an en suite bathroom, and views of the surrounding countryside, in the Dancers’ Inn. Residents may also lodge in a two-bedroom unit at the Gatehouse Apartments, which includes a private entrance and bathroom, a full kitchen, and a living area.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
October 3, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
September 7, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
September 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Kaatsbaan Weekend Retreats, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, P.O. Box 482, Tivoli, NY 12583. (845) 757-5106, ext. 17. Adam Weinert, Residency and Events Manager.

Adam Weinert
Residency and Events Manager
Contact City: 
Tivoli
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
12583
Country: 
US

Yoko Tawada on Writing and Translation

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In this Columbia University School of the Arts conversation moderated by Susan Bernofsky and Rivka Galchen, Yoko Tawada speaks about the process of working in between Japanese and Germanic languages, and answers audience questions about her writing and translation processes. “I really enjoy translating. Translating is very slow reading,” says Tawada.

Cullman Center Fellowships

New York Public Library
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
September 26, 2025
Fifteen fellowships are given annually to artists, academics, and creative writers, including poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators, whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections at the New York Public Library. The fellows each receive $90,000, an office at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library’s main branch in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, and full access to the library’s collections from September 2026 through May 2027. Fellows are required to work on their projects at the Cullman Center for the duration of the fellowship. Writers currently enrolled in a graduate degree-granting program are ineligible. Using only the online submission system, submit a writing sample of up to 4,500 words, a project proposal of no more than 1,500 words, a curriculum vitae, and three reference letters by September 26. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize

Saturnalia Books
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
November 1, 2025
A prize of $2,000 and publication by Saturnalia Books is given annually for a poetry collection in translation. Translators who identify as female (including those who are assigned-female-at-birth [AFAB] nonbinary, genderfluid, agender, and intersex) and who are translating the work of a woman poet (including those who are AFAB nonbinary, genderfluid, agender, and intersex) are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 120 pages with a $30 entry fee by November 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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