Funding: Yiddish Book Center Translation Fellowship

Deadline: January 4, 2021

We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2021-22 Yiddish Book Center Translation Fellowship. Each year since 2013, the Fellowship has brought together a cohort of Yiddish translators with experienced mentors and professional literary translators to a workshop, discuss, and hone their craft together. Up to ten Translation Fellows will be selected to receive yearlong mentorship and training to complete book-length projects.

Over the course of the year, fellows attend workshops with their cohort as well as discussions and talks with leading literary translators. Fellows work one-on-one with an individual mentor and receive support on all aspects of the project, including publishing opportunities. Whether you are trying your hand at translation for the first time or have already published a work of translation, the Fellowship offers opportunities to develop your translation practice and refine a work with the support of peers and mentors.
Fellows receive a grant of $5,000, a research fund of up to $1,000, and will attend a multiday workshop at the Center in July 2021 as well as additional remote workshops during the 2021-22 academic year. Applications are due January 4, 2021.

For full program details, visit our website: yiddishbookcenter.org/translation-fellowship.
While we hope to conduct the July workshop in person at the Yiddish Book Center, due to the uncertain nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, a residential program may not be possible. If that is the case, the workshop will be held online. We will inform fellows of the final program format upon acceptance. In the meantime, please see our FAQ page for more information.
Questions? Concerns about the deadline? Please contact me at translationfellowship@yiddishbookcenter.org. We look forward to learning about you and your interests in the field of Yiddish literary translation.