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Contests, Grants, and Residencies

ASF Translation Awards

The American-Scandinavian Foundation is offering two translation prizes for outstanding English translations of works written in a Nordic language. The Leif and Inger Sjöberg Award is given to an individual whose literature translations have not previously been published. The winner will receive $2,000, publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review, and a commemorative bronze medallion. The Nadia Christensen Prize includes a $2,500 award, publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review, and a commemorative bronze medallion. Fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry translations are eligible. Prose manuscripts must not exceed 50 pages; poetry manuscripts must not exceed 25 pages.

Deadline: June 15, 2016

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