Goethe-Institut Award for New Translation

The Goethe-Institut Award for New Translation

The Goethe-Institut Award for New Translation is presented by the Society of Authors and the Goethe-Institut London every two years. This translation prize is aimed at new and emerging translators, whose literary translation work has not yet been published in print form.

The winner receives an award of EUR 1,000 and attendance at the Leipzig Book Fair, as well as the International Translators' meeting organised by the Literary Colloquium Berlin.

The competition is open to emerging translators of literature who have lived in Great Britain or Ireland for a minimum of three years..

The 2023 Prize is now open for submissions. Download the texts for translation via the Society of Authors website (link below) and send in your translation by Friday, 11 August, 2023.

Further information:

Email: prizes@societyofauthors.org
Website: Society of Authors