Read Russia 2017 Prize Competition Opens

Read Russia, a nonprofit promoting Russian literature in translation, has announced the launch of the 2017 Read Russia Prize competition for the best new English translations of Russian literature. All publishers of Russian literature in English translation are invited to submit newly published works for the prize in any of the following categories:

  • 19th-century fiction written between 1800 and 1900
  • 20th-century fiction written between 1900 and 1990
  • contemporary fiction written after 1990
  • poetry (both classic and contemporary) and drama.

All new English-language translations of Russian literature published in English between January 2016 and June 2017 are eligible for submission. Winners receive a cash award of up to $10,000, divided at the discretion of the Prize jury between the original English-language publishing house and the translator(s) of the work.

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