The French Embassy in Australia has added two extra prizes to the competition – for the two MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT ENTRIES (University students included)
The Australian Association for Literary Translation (AALITRA) now invites entries for the 2024 AALITRA Translation Awards.
The AALITRA Translation Awards aim to acknowledge the wealth of literary translation skills present in the Australian community. Prizes are awarded for a translation of a selected prose text and for a translation of a selected poem, with the focus on a different language each time the prize is offered.
In 2024, the focus language is French.
Texts:
§ The prose text for translation is by Chantal Danjou, from D’autres que les hommes, a recent novel not yet published.
§ The poetry text is by Marilyne Bertoncini, unpublished poem, December 2023.
Prizes:
§ $500 prize for Best Prose Translation
§ $500 prize for Best Poetry Translation
§ $250 prizes for Honourable Mentions in each category
§ $250 prize for the MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT ENTRY in the Prose Section
§ $250 prize for the MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT ENTRY in the Poetry Section
Open Prizes donated by ISFAR (Institute for the Study of French Australian Relations) and Outstanding Student Prizes donated by the French Embassy in Australia
Judges:
Dominique Hecq (Coordinating Judge), Frances Egan, Penny Hueston, Brian Nelson
Awards Ceremony:
At an Awards Ceremony scheduled for September 18, 2024, at the French Consulate in Melbourne, winners will be awarded the above prizes, as well as book prizes and one year’s membership of AALITRA.
Prize-winning entries will be read out at the Awards Ceremony. They will also be published on the AALITRA website and in AALITRA’s peer-reviewed, open-access journal, The AALITRA Review, together with comments from each of the translators regarding their approach to translation.
Closing date: 24 May, 2024
Submission form and Conditions of Entry can be found on the AALITRA website.
All enquiries should be sent to aalitratranslationawards@gmail.com