Grants and prizes

Grants for literary translation

Ça Colle au basque - translations into French (publishing and promotion included)

As part of the ‘Ça colle au Basque’ project, dedicated to increasing the visibility of Basque culture in French-speaking regions, they have launched a specific call for proposals to encourage the translation, publication and dissemination in French of works written in Basque.

AT! Itzulpena: literatura - samples

AT! Itzulpena: literatura laginak. This call focuses on translating excerpts or samples of works written in Basque into English or French. Its goal is to help authors, translators, publishers, and agents prepare materials to present literary works to potential publishers.

AT! Itzulpena: literature - complete works

AT! Itzulpena: literatura. This call for proposals focuses on the translation and publication of complete works of Basque literature. It is aimed at publishers who wish to publish works in other languages.

Mobility grants

AT! Literatura - Mobility

Through the Mobility call, authors, translators and publishers can access support for travel and participation in international fairs, festivals, and other promotional events abroad.

Basque.Books

Basque Books provides you with all you need to translate Basque literature into other languages. Find samples, authors, translators and funding schemes.

Etxepare-LABORAL Kutxa Translation Prize

The goal of the Etxepare - LABORAL Kutxa Translation Prize is to award a prize to a published translation of a literary work which was originally written in Basque. By doing so, the two entities intend to internationally promote the translation and publication of literary works written originally in Basque. The prize will reward the quality of the translation itself and the publisher’s promotional strategy. For that reason, the publisher and the translator will share the prize.

The prize will be worth 4,000 euros. The publisher and translator will each receive half that amount. As well as the prize, the prize-winners will receive a grant of up to 2,000 euros to allow them to come to the prize-giving ceremony and to continue with the promotional strategy in the country of publication (presentations, events, publicity campaigns, media interviews…).