The Australian Association for Literary Translation (AALITRA) now invites entries for the inaugural AALITRA Translation Prize.
The AALITRA Translation Prize aims to acknowledge the wealth of literary translation skills present in the Australian community. Two prizes will be awarded, one for a translation of a selected prose text, and another for a translation of a selected poem, with the focus on a different language each time the prize is offered.
In 2014, the focus language will be Spanish. The prose text for translation is “Antes del almuerzo” by Ana María Moix. The poetry text is “¿Somos un poema?” by José Luis Reina Palazón. Each text is available from our website.
Winners will be awarded a cash prize of $250, a book prize, and one year’s membership of AALITRA. The Awards Ceremony will be held in late September in Melbourne.
Winning entries will be read aloud at the Awards Ceremony, and will be published in the Association’s peer-reviewed open-access journal, The AALITRA Review.
Closing date: Friday 18 July 2014
Entries (see guidelines below) should be sent to translationprize@aalitra.org.au
Conditions of entry:
The competition is only open to Australian citizens and permanent residents.
By entering, participants consent to their translation being published in The AALITRA Review if it is awarded a prize.
There is no entry fee but only one entry per participant will be accepted: either the prose translation or the poetry translation.
The entry should be double-spaced in Times New Roman 12-point font, with the entrant’s name on each page. The cover sheet (available from our website) must be completed and included with the translation. Only electronic submissions in Microsoft Word or PDF format will be accepted. No late entries will be accepted.
The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into and submissions will not be returned.
All participants will be notified by email of the outcome of the competition.
