American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prizes
Deadline September 15 (must be received by this date), formerly September 1. Recommended free contest awards $2,500 Nadia Christensen Prize for unpublished English translations of modern poetry, fiction, drama, or literary prose originally written in Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, or Swedish by a Nordic author born after 1900. $2,000 Leif & Inger Sjoberg Prize will be awarded to an individual whose Nordic translations have not previously been published; $2,000 Wigeland Prize will be awarded to a Norwegian translator; and $2,000 Inger and Jens Bruun Prize also will be awarded for the best Danish translation. Submissions should not exceed 25 double-spaced pages of poetry or 50 double-spaced pages of prose. See sponsor's guidelines for additional required application materials. Enter online. Sponsored by the American-Scandinavian Foundation.
Source: http://www.amscan.org/fellowships-grants/translation-competition/
Published: July 12, 2025
