Free to enter, The Rossica Translation Prize, top prize: £5,000

Deadline: 31 December 2010

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR THE ROSSICA TRANSLATION PRIZE 2011

AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RUSSIAN TO ENGLISH LITERARY TRANSLATION

We are delighted to announce that entries for the Rossica Translation Prize 2011 are now open.

The Rossica Prize is the only prize awarded for the best new translation of a high-quality Russian literary work into English. Literary work must be written in Russian by any author, present or past, and published in English in 2009 and 2010. The prize is open to works published in any country. The value of the prize is £5,000 divided between the winning translator and the publisher.

The closing date for submission is 31 December 2010. The names of the judges for the Rossica Prize 2011 will be announced shortly. 4 copies of the English translation and 4 copies of the Russian original must be sent to Academia Rossica:

ACADEMIA ROSSICA, ROSSICA PRIZE SUBMISSIONS, 76 Brewer Street, London W1F 9TX

The Rossica Translation Prize is established by Academia Rossica and sponsored by the Foundation of the First President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin.

Please write to rossica-prize@academia-rossica.org for further information about the grants.

More information here.