ASF Translation Awards – Inger and Jens Bruun Translation Prize
Sponsor – American-Scandinavian Foundation
Deadline Date – 01-Sep-2024
Funding – $2,000.00 USD
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The Inger and Jens Bruun Translation Prize, supported by Scan Design Foundation, recognizes the best Danish translation and includes a $2,000 award, publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review and a commemorative bronze medallion.
This Translation Prize recognizes the best Danish translation. Translations must be from the writing of one author, although not necessarily from a single work. Submission must be an English translation of poetry, fiction, drama, or literary prose originally written in a Nordic language – in this case, Danish.
The translation submitted in the competition may not have been previously published in the English language by the submission deadline.
Translators may submit one entry only and may not submit the same entry in more than two competitions. The Translation Prize cannot be won more than three times by the same translator.
The Inger and Jens Bruun Translation Prize includes a $2,000 award, publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review, and a commemorative bronze medallion.
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
Sponsor – University of Pittsburgh Press
Deadline Date – 30-Jun-2024
Funding – $15,000.00 USD
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The Drue Heinz Literature Prize recognizes and supports writers of short fiction and makes their work available to readers around the world. The award is open to authors who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals.
Translations are not eligible if the translation was not done by the author. Eligible submissions include an unpublished manuscript of short stories; two or more novellas (a novella may comprise a maximum of 130 double-spaced typed pages); or a combination of one or more novellas and short stories. Novellas are only accepted as part of a larger collection. Manuscripts may be no fewer than 150 and no more than 300 pages. Prior publication of your manuscript as a whole in any format (including electronic) makes it ineligible. Stories or novellas previously published in magazines or journals or in book form as part of an anthology are eligible.
The award is open to writers in English, whether or not they are citizens of the United States. Authors may submit more than one manuscript to the competition as long as one manuscript or a portion thereof does not duplicate material submitted in another manuscript.
Winners receive a cash prize of $15,000, publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press, and support in the nation-wide promotion of their book.
First Chapters Contest
Sponsor – CRAFT Literary
Deadline Date – 04-Aug-2024
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For the 2024 First Chapters Contest, CRAFT is eager to read writer’s first 5,000 words of a novel in progress. They are accepting submissions of excerpts of book-length fiction with the intent of awarding prizes in recognition of the best entries.
The CRAFT First Chapters Contest is open to all fiction writers; CRAFT is a market for adult literary fiction. Work must be written primarily in English, but some code-switching/meshing is warmly welcomed. Writers may send excerpts of book-length fiction only up to a maximum of 5,000 words. This contest is for previously unpublished work only. Note: Anything under contract to publish prior to March 2025 should not be entered.
The CRAFT First Chapters Contest entries are open to all fiction writers. International submissions are welcome. There is a $20 entry fee per entry. The first 50 submissions from writers from historically marginalized groups will be able to submit for free.
The 2024 First Chapters Contest will be awarded in December 2024.
First place will receive $2,000 and a full manuscript critique of the novel or novella, up to 100K words, by Artful Editor.
Second and third place will receive $500 and $300, respectively.
First, second, and third place will receive an agent query workshop by Annalise Errico of Ladderbird Literary Agency—Annalise will offer feedback on the first 5,000 words of the project, the summary, and a query letter.
The top three excerpts will be published in CRAFT, each with an introduction by Guest Judge Kimberly King Parsons.
Each publication will include an author’s note (craft essay) written by each of the three winning writers.
Public Scholars
Sponsor – National Endowment for the Humanities/Natl. Fndn. on the Arts & Humanities
Deadline Date – 28-Aug-2024
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Deadline Dates (ALL) – 03-Oct-2024, 28-Aug-2024, 17-Sep-2025, 06-Aug-2025
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research Programs is accepting applications for the Public Scholars program. The program offers grants to individual authors for research, writing, travel, and other activities leading to the creation and publication of well-researched nonfiction books in the humanities written for the broad public. It encourages nonacademic writers to deepen their engagement with the humanities by strengthening the research underlying their books, and it encourages academic writers in the humanities to communicate the significance of their research to the broadest possible range of readers.
The Public Scholars program offers grants to individual authors for research, writing, travel, and other activities leading to the creation and publication of well-researched nonfiction books in the humanities written for the broad public. Writers with or without an academic affiliation may apply, and no advanced degree is required. The program encourages non-academic writers to deepen their engagement with the humanities by strengthening the research underlying their books, and it encourages academic writers in the humanities to communicate the significance of their research to the broadest possible range of readers. NEH especially encourages applications from independent writers, researchers, scholars, and journalists.
The program welcomes projects in all areas of the humanities, regardless of geographic or chronological focus. The resulting books might present a narrative history, tell the stories of important individuals, analyze significant texts, provide a synthesis of ideas, revive interest in a neglected subject, or examine the latest thinking on a topic.
Books supported by this program must be written in an accessible style. They must clearly explain specialized terms and concepts and must frame their topics to have wide appeal. At the same time, they should be authoritative, carefully researched, and appropriately documented, making use of relevant primary and/or secondary sources and showing appropriate familiarity with relevant existing publications or scholarship.
Proposals for books directed primarily to professional scholars are unlikely to be competitive in this program. The program supports projects at any stage of development. You may propose to complete your manuscript during the period of performance or at a later date. You may also seek support for the creation of digital or web-based products intended to supplement your proposed book.
The Public Scholars program accepts applications from individuals, whether they have an affiliation with a scholarly institution or not.
To be eligible to apply, you must have either:
- written as sole author a nonfiction book published by a university or trade press; OR
- written at least three articles or essays appearing in general-interest publications that reach a large national or international audience. The articles or essays may be published either in print or electronically.
You must list the relevant publication(s) on your résumé, providing a citation sufficient to identify the work(s). NEH will reject your proposal if you fail to do so.
U.S. citizens, whether they reside inside or outside the United States, are eligible. Foreign nationals who have lived in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline are also eligible. Foreign nationals who take up permanent residence outside the United States any time between the application deadline and the end of the period of performance will forfeit their eligibility. It is permissible to leave the U.S. on a temporary basis.
Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $5,000 per full-time month; the maximum award is $60,000 for a twelve-month period. You may work on your project part time or full time (or combine periods of part-time and full-time work). NEH will reduce awards to reflect the smaller time commitment when recipients work part time or for less than twelve months. The minimum award is $30,000, corresponding to six months of full-time work or the equivalent. NEH anticipates approximately $1,500,000 to fund approximately 25 recipients per deadline. Successful applicants will be awarded outright funds. Outright funds awarded by NEH are not contingent on additional funding from other sources. The period of performance must start on the first day of the month and end on the last day of the month.
