Genre: Translation

Vermont Studio Center

Vermont Studio Center (VSC) offers two-, three-, and four-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in Johnson, Vermont, a village located in the heart of the northern Green Mountains. VSC offers time and space to write, readings, craft talks, and individual consultations with invited visiting writers. Residents are provided with a private room, a private or shared bathroom, private studio space, and meals as well as shared access to a kitchen and communal spaces.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
October 16, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
October 16, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
October 16, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Vermont Studio Center, 80 Pearl Street, P.O. Box 613, Johnson, VT 05656. (802) 635-2727.

Contact City: 
Johnson
Contact State: 
VT
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
05656
Country: 
US
Add Image: 
A large red building with a gray roof next to a river.
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

László Krasznahorkai at the Library of Congress

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In this 2012 Library of Congress event, László Krasznahorkai reads from his novel Satantango (New Directions, 2013), translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes, and speaks about the evolution of his writing style and the relationship between author and translator. Krasznahorkai is the winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Genre: 
Fiction
Translation
Tags: 
László Krasznahorkai
Library of Congress
Hungarian
Satantango
New Directions
reading
writing process
Nobel Prize

Translation Prize

French-American Foundation
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
January 12, 2026

Two prizes of $10,000 each are given annually for translations from French into English of a book of fiction and a book of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) published in the United States during the current year. A jury of translators and literary professionals will judge. Authors, translators, agents, and publishers may submit six excerpts (three from the original French and three matching selections from the English translation) of approximately six pages each from a book published in 2025 by January 12, 2026. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Arthur Sze on His Life and Work

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“When the time of your life is a time of earthquakes.” In this PBS NewsHour interview, Arthur Sze reads from his latest collection, Into the Hush (Copper Canyon Press, 2025), and talks about his life and work, including his discoveries while translating literature. Sze has been named the twenty-fifth poet laureate of the United States.

Genre: 
Poetry
Translation
Tags: 
Arthur Sze
Into the Hush
Copper Canyon Press
PBS NewsHour
United States Poet Laureate
2025
Jackson Poetry Prize

7 Stories Up Presents Jeremy Tiang

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In this 7 Stories Up event at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, Jeremy Tiang talks about the impact of his award-winning debut novel, State of Emergency (Epigram Books, 2017), and how his diverse modes of playwriting, translation, and fiction writing offer him fluidity and freedom in a conversation with Reuben Gelley Newman.

Genre: 
Fiction
Translation
Tags: 
Jeremy Tiang
State of Emergency
novel
Reuben Gelley Newman
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
New York Public Library
2025

Jhumpa Lahiri on Translating Literature

Caption: 

“Translate literature and it will teach you how to write.” In this American Library in Paris event, Jhumpa Lahiri reads from her essay collection Translating Myself and Others (Princeton University Press, 2022) and talks about her latest book, Bone Into Stone (Sylph Editions, 2024), which details her experiences translating Ovid’s Metamorphoses from the Latin in partnership with the classicist Yelena Baraz.

Genre: 
Creative Nonfiction
Translation
Tags: 
Jhumpa Lahiri
Cahiers Series
Bone Into Stone
Sylph Editions
Translating Myself and Others
Princeton University Press
American Library in Paris
2025

Bora Chung: Your Utopia

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In this Asia Society Switzerland event, South Korean author Bora Chung reads “To Meet Her” from her second story collection, Your Utopia (Algonquin Books, 2024), translated from the Korean by Anton Hur, and discusses how activism shaped her life and writing in a conversation with Serena Jung.

Genre: 
Fiction
Translation
Tags: 
Bora Chung
Your Utopia
Algonquin Books
Serena Jung
Asia Society Switzerland
reading
Korean
2024

REC.ON Ecovillage Artist & Writing Residency

September/October 2025

The REC.ON Ecovillage Artist & Writing Residency offers two- to four-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in the picturesque village of La Mata de Bolaimí near the Sierra María–Los Vélez mountains in Andalucía, Spain. Residents are provided with a private single- or double-occupancy room in a restored rural house and have shared access to a kitchen, a living room, a permaculture garden, and outdoor writing spaces. Residents can also work in the REC.ON gallery, a coworking and exhibition space for focused writing.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
October 16, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
October 16, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
October 16, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

REC.ON Ecovillage Artist & Writing Residency, Paraje Bolaimí s/n 04820 Vélez Rubio, Almería, Spain. Paulina Bielecka, Owner. 

Paulina Bielecka
Owner
Contact City: 
Vélez Rubio, Almería
Country: 
ES
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

List og Land Northern Lights Residency

September/October 2025

The List og Land Northern Lights Residency offered three-week residencies from October 1 to October 24 and offers three-week residencies from November 1 to November 24 at Laugaból Farm on Arnarfjörður, a fjord in Iceland, to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators. Residents who lodge at the farmhouse are provided with a double-occupancy room, two shared bathrooms, a full kitchen, a dining room, and a living room.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
November 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
October 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
October 16, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

List og Land Northern Lights Residency, Laugaból 0, 466 Bildadalur, Westfjörds, Iceland. (323) 552-1294. Leslie Schwartz, Cofounder.

Leslie Schwartz
Cofounder
Contact City: 
Arnarfjörður
Country: 
IS
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

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