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Prize in Translation

Gulf Coast
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
August 31, 2024
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gulf Coast is given in alternating years for a group of poems or a prose excerpt translated from any language into English. The 2024 prize will be given for a single poem. Submit up to 10 pages of poetry translated into English, a copy of the original text, a brief bio of the author, a synopsis of the work being translated, and proof of permission to translate the work with a $20 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Gulf Coast, by August 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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Nobel Prize Interview With Jon Fosse

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“I think that literature is really needed, and art in general. It’s saying something that cannot be said in any other way, and that’s why you do it.” In this interview, Norwegian author Jon Fosse, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023, talks about how music inspired him to write at a young age, and how pauses and silences are used to generate rhythm in his work.

Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation
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Jon Fosse
Nobel Prize
Nobel laureate
interview
Norwegian
2023

Homero Aridjis and George McWhirter: Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence

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“On the wall of the room there was a mirror / reflecting back a comical skull that was laughing at itself.” In this bilingual poetry reading, “Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence” is read in the original Spanish by Homero Aridjis and the English translation is read by George McWhirter. Aridjis and McWhirter won the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize for the collection of the same name, published by New Directions.

Genre: 
Poetry
Translation
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Homero Aridjis
Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence
George McWhirter
Spanish
New Directions
Griffin Poetry Prize
reading
2024

Guanajuato Writing Retreat

July/August 2024

The Guanajuato Writing Retreat was held from September 22 to September 29 at the Florecer Casitas in Guanajuato, the hilly capital city of Guanajuato state, in Mexico’s high plateau region. The theme for the 2024 retreat was “Renewing Ourselves.” Programming (limited to eight writers) included workshops, a reading with local writers, guided exploratory writing sessions led by poet Bonnie Wolkenstein, local excursions to destinations including La Cañada de la Virgen, and independent time to write for poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
April 18, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
April 18, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
April 18, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Guanajuato Writing Retreat, 7511 Greenwood Avenue North, #321, Seattle, WA 98103. (206) 914-1444. Bonnie Wolkenstein, Workshop Leader.

Bonnie Wolkenstein
Workshop Leader
Contact City: 
Guanajuato
Country: 
MX
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Booker Prize Q&A With Jenny Erpenbeck and Michael Hofmann

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In this short video about the novel Kairos (Granta Books, 2023), winner of the 2024 International Booker Prize, German author Jenny Erpenbeck speaks about the universality of themes of hope, decay, and disappointment in the story and translator Michael Hoffmann talks about maintaining the spirit of the text through translation.

Genre: 
Fiction
Translation
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Jenny Erpenbeck
Michael Hoffmann
Kairos
Granta Books
International Booker Prize
interview
2024

An Evening With Kim Hyesoon and Don Mee Choi

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In this video, South Korean poet Kim Hyesoon reads with her longtime translator Don Mee Choi, both sharing their work and speaking about their writing and collaboration with Susan Bernofsky, director of Literary Translation at Columbia University. Choi’s latest poetry collection, Mirror Nation (Wave Books, 2024), is featured in Page One in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

 

Genre: 
Poetry
Translation
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Kim Hyesoon
Don Mee Choi
Columbia University
reading
2023
Page One
May/June 2024

3 Body Problem

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Watch the trailer for the television series adaptation of Liu Cixin’s acclaimed science fiction novel, The Three-Body Problem, translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu and published by Tor Books in 2014. Created by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo and starring Jovan Adepo, Rosalind Chao, Jess Hong, and Benedict Wong, the Netflix series follows the life of an astrophysicist during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and her encounters with extraterrestrial life.

Genre: 
Fiction
Translation
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3 Body Problem
David Benioff
D. B. Weiss
Alexander Woo
The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin
novel
television adaptation
trailer
science fiction
speculative fiction
2024

Ou-Telier

March/April 2026

Ou-Telier offers two- and four-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators (with March, June, and September as priority times) at the Ou Gallery in the Quw’utsun/Warmland of the Cowichan Valley, the heart of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Accommodations include a private bedroom in a shared suite, a designated studio in a 100-year-old boatbuilding workshop, a shared kitchen and bathroom, and a year-round patio and deck. Residents are responsible for travel and all meals.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
April 18, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
April 18, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
April 18, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Ou-Telier, 3091 Agira Road, North Cowichan, British Columbia, V9L 3Y3. Barclay Rose, Cofounder and Residency Manager. 

Barclay Rose
Cofounder and Residency Manager
Contact City: 
Vancouver Island
Contact State: 
BC
Country: 
CA
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

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