2012 Shmuel Traum Prize in Literary Translation Accepting Submissions

The Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature

 THE  SHMUEL TRAUM PRIZE

in LITERARY TRANSLATION

2012

for works in poetry, fiction or drama

translated into English

from French, German, or Hebrew

Grand Prize: $200

 

Judges: Abigail Gillman, Modern Languages & Comparative Literature

Rosanna Warren, English and Romance Studies

SUBMISSIONS:

2 copies of typed manuscript, indicating title and author and specifying language of the orginal; do not include your name.

2 copies of selection in original language

1 cover sheet indicating titles of original and translation, your name, student ID number, mailing address, and telephone number and email

OPEN TO BU UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS

Verse: submissions should not exceed 100 lines of a single long poem or several shorter works by the same poet or poets of similar style and period.

Prose: submissions should not exceed 12 pages of a complete work or excerpt (chapter, act, or section).

DEADLINE: Submit all materials by March 30, 5 pm, Shmuel Traum Prize, Creative Writing Program, 236  Bay State Road, Rm. 211