NEA Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects FY2025

Overview

Through fellowships to published translators, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. The work to be translated should be of interest for its literary excellence and merit. We encourage translations of writers and of work that are not well represented in English, as well as work that has not previously been translated into English. The NEA is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and fostering mutual support for the diverse beliefs and values of all individuals and groups.

Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.

An individual may submit only one application for FY 2025 Literature Fellowships funding. You may not apply for both a Translation Project at this deadline (January 18, 2024) and a Literature Fellowship in Poetry at the 2024 deadline. See Literature Fellowships for more information (https://www.neh.gov/).

You may not apply:

• If you have received three or more fellowships (in poetry, prose, or for translation) from the NEA.
• If you have received any NEA Creative Writing Literature Fellowship (in prose or poetry) on or after January 1, 2019 or any NEA Translation Fellowship on or after January 1, 2021.
• With the same project for more than three consecutive years.

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 curated digital or print formats such as 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
• Had published, presented, or produced by a professional theater company at least one full-length play that you translated into English.

We Do Not Fund

• Scholarly writing. (Writers who are engaged in scholarly work may wish to contact the National Endowment for the Humanities.)
• Work toward academic degrees

Applicants will receive notification of awards and rejections no sooner than December 2024.

Our support for a project may begin any time between January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2026, and extend for up to two years.