The American-Scandinavian Foundation annually awards two translation prizes for outstanding translations of poetry, fiction, drama, or literary prose written by a Scandinavian author born after 1900. The Nadia Christensen Award includes a $2,500 stipend, publication of an excerpt of the translation in ASF’s journal Scandinavian Review, and a commemorative bronze medallion. The Leif and Inger Sjöberg Award is given to an individual whose translations from a Nordic Language have not previously been published. The Sjöberg Award includes a $2,000 student, publication publication of an excerpt of the translation in Scandinavian Review, and a commemorative bronze medallion.
The deadline for prize applications is June 15, 2019. More information and a link to the application is available at http://www.amscan.org/fellowships-grants/translation-competition/