Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize
Deadline January 16 (must be received by this date), formerly January 17. Recommended free contest sponsored by the Goethe-Institut New York honors an outstanding literary translation from German into English published in the US or Canada during the preceding calendar year. Novels, novellas, short stories, plays, poetry, biographies, essays, and correspondences are eligible. Prize is $5,000, a fully funded trip to the Frankfurt Book Fair, and an invitation to the award ceremony in New York. American publishers should complete online submission form and then send 5 copies of the book.
Source: https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/kul/kuf/hkw.html
Published: November 27, 2025
