The American-Scandinavian Foundation has announced the opening of its 43rd annual Translation Competition for outstanding translations of poetry, fiction, drama, or literary prose written by a 20th or 21st-century author from the Nordic region (Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Sámpi).
Four prizes will be awarded this year: the Nadia Christensen Prize, which recognizes an outstanding translation of a literary text from a Nordic language into English and includes a $2,500 award; the Leif and Inger Sjöberg Prize, which recognizes distinguished effort by an individual whose literary translations from a Nordic language have not previously been published and includes a $2,000 award; the Wigeland Prize, which recognizes the best translation from Norwegian by a Norwegian and includes a $2,000 award; and the Inger and Jens Bruun Translation Prize, supported by ScanDesign Foundation, which recognizes the best Danish translation and includes a $2,000 award. All four prize recipients will also have an excerpt of their translations published in Scandinavian Review (ASF’s illustrated journal) and will receive a commemorative bronze medallion.
Application: https://amscan.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/62/home
Website: https://www.amscan.org/fellowships-grants/translation-competition/
Date Award Closes: 2023-09-01