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The Week in Translation

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what: Reading and conversation with Indonesian author Eka Kurniawan, translator Annie Tucker, and Center for Translation founder Olivia Sears.
when: Thursday, September 17, 7:30pm
where: Green Apple Books on the Park (1231 9th Ave. (at Irving), San Francisco
more info: http://ow.ly/SfbzY
 
what: “Translation in the Margins” Symposium
when: Saturday, October 3, 10:30am-7:30pm
where: Free Word Lecture Theatre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA
more info: http://ow.ly/RA0Pe
 
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what: Gulf Coast Magazine's Prize in Translation (this year's contest is open to prose, both fiction and non-fiction).
submission deadline (extended): September 21, 2015
more info: http://ow.ly/RGwkm
 
what: Asymptote's “Close Approximations” translation contest
Open to translators at the beginning of their careers, this contest invites translations in three genres: poetry, fiction, and—a new category this year—literary nonfiction. The winner and runner-up of each category will walk away with US$ 1,000 and US$ 500 respectively.
submission deadline: Dec 15, 2015
more info: http://ow.ly/RhnS9
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GO
 
what: Reading and conversation with Indonesian author Eka Kurniawan, translator Annie Tucker, and Center for Translation founder Olivia Sears.
when: Thursday, September 17, 7:30pm
where: Green Apple Books on the Park (1231 9th Ave. (at Irving), San Francisco
more info: http://ow.ly/SfbzY
 
what: “Translation in the Margins” Symposium
when: Saturday, October 3, 10:30am-7:30pm
where: Free Word Lecture Theatre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA
more info: http://ow.ly/RA0Pe
 
SUBMIT
 
what: Gulf Coast Magazine's Prize in Translation (this year's contest is open to prose, both fiction and non-fiction).
submission deadline (extended): September 21, 2015
more info: http://ow.ly/RGwkm
 
what: Asymptote's “Close Approximations” translation contest
Open to translators at the beginning of their careers, this contest invites translations in three genres: poetry, fiction, and—a new category this year—literary nonfiction. The winner and runner-up of each category will walk away with US$ 1,000 and US$ 500 respectively.
submission deadline: Dec 15, 2015
more info: http://ow.ly/RhnS9

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