NEA Literature Translation Projects Fellowships, FY2011

Post Date

August 5th 2009

Application Due Date

January 7th 2010

Applicants must submit their applications electronically through Grants.gov, the federal government’s online application system. The Grants.gov system must receive your application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 7, 2010. The Arts

Funding Opportunity Number

2010NEA03LFTP

CFDA Number(s)

45.024

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Arts

Eligibility Categories

Individuals

Individual translators who meet the publication requirements that are listed below are eligible to apply. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. See "How to Prepare and Submit an Application" for the documentation that is required to demonstrate eligibility. Ineligible applications will be rejected without panel review. An individual may submit only one application for FY 2011 funding. You may not apply for both a Translation Project under this deadline (January 7, 2010) and a Creative Writing Fellowship under the March 2010 deadline (when fellowships in poetry are offered). See Creative Writing Fellowships for more information. You are not eligible to apply if you have received three or more Creative Writing or Translation Fellowships (in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, belles-lettres, or for translation) from the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition, you may not apply in Translation if you have received any Arts Endowment Creative Writing or Translation Fellowship on or after October 1, 2006 (FY 2007). Former grantees must have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment award(s) previously received. You are eligible to apply if you, alone or in collaboration, have: •Published a total of at least 20 pages of translations of creative literature into English in literary magazines, anthologies, or books; or •Published a translation into English of a novel or a volume of at least 20 pages of fiction, poetry, drama, or belles-lettres (creative nonfiction, criticism, and essays); or •Translated into English at least one full-length play that has been presented or produced by a professional theater company. This publication or production must have taken place between January 1, 1995, and January 7, 2010.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $12500 - $25000

Grant Description

Through fellowships to published translators, the Arts Endowment supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. We encourage translations of writers and of work which are not well represented in English translation. All proposed projects must be for creative translations of published literary material into English. The work to be translated should be of interest for its literary excellence and value. Priority will be given to projects that involve work that has not yet been translated into English. Competition for fellowships is rigorous. Potential applicants should consider carefully whether their work will be competitive at the national level. We Do Not Fund •Individuals who previously have received three or more Creative Writing or Translation Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. •Individuals who have received any Creative Writing or Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts within the past five years. •Scholarly writing. (Writers who are engaged in scholarly work may wish to contact the National Endowment for the Humanities.) •Vanity publication or self-publication. •Work toward academic degrees.

Contact Information

• Agency

  National Endowment for the Arts

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  NEA Web Manager

• Agency Mailing Address:

  NEA Web Site Manager

• Agency Email Address:

  webmgr@arts.gov

• More Information:

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