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PEN AMERICAN CENTER AWARDS FOR TRANSLATION

The following awards are offered by PEN American Center for excellence in translation:

The PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
The $3,000 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation recognizes book-length translations of poetry from any language into English published during the current calendar year. >> More

The PEN Translation Prize
The $3,000 PEN Translation Prize invites submissions of book-length translations from any language into English published during the current calendar year. >> More

The PEN Translation Fund Grants
The PEN Translation Fund provides grants between $2,000–$3,000 to support the translation of book-length works of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or drama that have not previously appeared in English or have appeared only in an outdated or otherwise flawed translation. >> More

The PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature
The PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature provides $3,000 to the living author of a major work of Paraguayan literature; the same amount will be given to a winning translator in order to bring the work to the English-speaking world. >> More

The PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation
The PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation is given every three years to a translator whose career has demonstrated a commitment to excellence through the body of his or her work. By internal nomination only. >> More

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