Read Russia Journal

Read Russia invites submissions for the 2015 READ RUSSIA PRIZE

FOR THE BEST ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE

Read Russia invites publishers worldwide of Russian literature in English translation to submit newly published works for the 2015 READ RUSSIA PRIZE! 

The annual Read Russia English-language Prize is awarded in New York each May for works of Russian literature in English translation in the following categories:

  • contemporary fiction written after 1990;
  • 20th-century fiction written between 1900 and 1990;
  • 19th-century fiction written between 1800 and 1900; and
  • poetry (classic and contemporary).

The READ RUSSIA PRIZE is a cash award of up to $10,000, divided at the discretion of the prize jury between the original English-language publishing house and the translator(s) of the work. The winning publisher also receives the opportunity to have a complementary audiovisual book trailer produced for the winning work or for a new work of Russian literature in translation that it is publishing. 

Download the Read Russia Prize brochure