Genre: Translation

Vermont Studio Center

The Vermont Studio Center 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. Residents are provided with time and space to write, as well as readings, craft talks, and one-on-one manuscript consultations with invited visiting writers. Residents receive a private room, a private studio, and meals. The cost of the residency is $2,700 for a two-week stay, $3,825 for a three-week stay, and $4,950 for a four-week stay.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
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yes
Event Date: 
April 17, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
March 31, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
March 31, 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
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A large red building with a gray roof next to a river.

Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women

The Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women offers one-week residencies three times a year to twelve poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators who identify as women at McGee Island, a 110-acre private island located three miles east of Port Clyde, Maine. Residents are provided with lodging at a turn-of-the-century oceanfront summer cottage in single- or shared-occupancy rooms, three chef-prepared meals a day, transportation to and from the island, and the opportunity to participate in after-dinner readings and critiques as well as kayaking, hiking, and taking a sauna.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
September 20, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
April 17, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 16, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women, 11 Willow Street, Hull, MA 02045. Pamela Loring, Cofounder and Program Director. 

Pamela Loring
Cofounder and Program Director
Contact City: 
McGee Island
Contact State: 
ME
Country: 
US

Gell Writing Residency

The Gell Writing Residency, sponsored by Writers & Books, offers one- to three-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at Gell: A Finger Lakes Creative Retreat in Naples, New York, situated on 24 acres in the Bristol Mountain foothills. Residents are provided with a renovated cottage with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a modern kitchen, a spacious living and dining area with a writing nook, and an outdoor deck.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
April 17, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
April 17, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Gell Writing Residency, c/o Writers & Books, 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607. (585) 473-2590, ext. 104. Chris Fanning, Deputy Director.

Chris Fanning
Deputy Director
Contact City: 
Naples
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
14512
Country: 
US

Sunlit Residency

Sunlit Residency offers weekly residencies of one to three weeks and monthly residencies of up to three months year-round to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators at the Sue-Je Lee Gage Residency for Human Rights and Social Justice in Ithaca, New York. The residency offers time and space to write and one-on-one consultations by request. The faculty includes fiction writer Nick Kowalczyk, creative nonfiction writer Hannah Bae, and translator Annette H. Levine.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
April 17, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
April 17, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
April 17, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Sunlit Residency, 53 Whitted Road, Ithaca, NY 14850. (607) 229-2683. Annette Levine, Executive Director.

Annette Levine
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Ithaca
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
14850
Country: 
US

Tulsa Artist Fellowship

The 2026–2028 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, sponsored by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, offers three-year residencies to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at Archer Studios in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
April 17, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
May 28, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
April 17, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Tulsa Artist Fellowship, 109 M.L.K. Jr Boulevard, Tulsa, OK 74103. (539) 302-4855.

Contact City: 
Tulsa
Contact State: 
OK
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
74103
Country: 
US

Vasto Arts Workshop

The 2025 Vasto Arts Workshop will be held from September 6 to September 13 at the liberty-style Villa Monteferrante in the town of Vasto, Italy, which overlooks the Adriatic Sea. Programming includes workshops, a guided tour of Vasto’s historic center, and visits to local artists’ studios for poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators. The faculty includes poet and fiction writer Carolyn Marie Souaid and fiction writer and creative nonfiction writer Christopher DiRaddo.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
September 6, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
July 1, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
April 17, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Vasto Arts Workshop, Villa Monteferrante, Via Francesco Paolo Tosti 6, 66054 Vasto, Italy. Luigi Monteferrante, Director.

Luigi Monteferrante
Director
Contact City: 
Vasto
Country: 
IT
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PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants

PEN America
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
June 1, 2025
Ten grants of $4,000 each are given annually to support the translation of book-length works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that have not previously appeared in English or have appeared only in an “outdated or otherwise flawed translation.” A separate grant of $5,000, called the PEN Grant for the English Translation of Italian Literature, is also given to support the translation of a book of fiction or nonfiction from Italian into English. Manuscripts with up to two translators are accepted. Using only the online submission system, submit a translation sample of 8 to 10 pages of poetry or prose, a copy of the same passage in the original language, a biography and bibliography of the translated author, a project statement, and the curriculum vitae of the translator by June 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Q&A With Jennifer Acker of the Common

Caption: 

Jennifer Acker, founder and editor in chief of the Common, answers questions about the journal’s mission, slush piles, and her editorial process in this virtual event with Becky Tuch for the Lit Mag News Roundup. An interview with Acker about the Common’s fifteenth anniversary is featured in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Translating Yukio Mishima

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In this Knopf video, John Nathan speaks about his translation process, his personal relationship with Yukio Mishima, and the historical context of Voices of the Fallen Heroes: And Other Stories (Vintage, 2025), a newly published collection of Mishima’s work with an introduction by Nathan, edited by Stephen Dodd.

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