LARB + Yefe Nof Translation Residency 2024

The Los Angeles Review of Books and Yefe Nof present the third year of their joint translation residency.

The LARB + Yefe Nof Translation Residency offers a two-week stay at Yefe Nof house in Lake Arrowhead, California, from December 2 to December 16, 2024. During the duration of their stay, the resident will have the opportunity to complete a translation of a short work—a set of poems, a short story, an excerpt from a novel, for example—in consultation with Boris Dralyuk, former LARB editor in chief and winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize.

Started in 2022, the LARB + Yefe Nof Translation Residency was created to provide more resources and opportunities for translators, a vital part of opening up the world of publishing. Since its inception, Los Angeles Review of Books has celebrated the art of translation and advocated to increase translators’ visibility in the literary landscape. The Yefe Nof Residency, a secluded retreat for emerging writers, endeavors to promote vibrant intellectual discourse and support individuals whose works broaden today’s literary scene. A natural collaboration, the LARB + Yefe Nof Residency seeks to highlight the work of translators and create opportunities for their work to be celebrated.

The Translation Residency is open to emerging translators of prose from any language who have not yet published a book-length collection of work. The winning translator will have the opportunity to complete and polish their translation of a short story, in consultation with LARB editor-in-chief and longtime literary translator Boris Dralyuk, during a two-week stay at Yefe Nof in Lake Arrowhead, California, from December 2 to December 16, 2022. The resident's piece will be published in the LARB Quarterly and in LARB online.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

The 2024 application opens August 21 at 12 a.m. PST and closes September 21 at 11:59 p.m. PST.

REVIEW PROCESS:

Applications will be reviewed in September and finalists will be contacted in October. The winning translator will be announced in late October. Final awards of residencies are at the discretion of Yefe Nof and LARB.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

The residency is intended as an opportunity for an early-career translator to complete final stage work on a short story project in development. Applicants should not have published a book-length collection of work. Merit and promise are the basis for selections. Translators must be over 25. There are no additional requirements for international applicants.

Questions? Email [email protected].