Translated Book Award
Submission Dates: March 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025 (11:55 pm EST)
For books published between April 1, 2023, and March 31, 2025
Winners Notified by: Fall of 2025
Winners Announced: December 2025
The Peterson Literary Fund Translated Book Award is presented biennially. The Translated Book Award recognizes the best recently published translated books of non-fiction or fiction.
The award is given to books translated into Ukrainian from another language or translated from Ukrainian into another language. Submissions are encouraged for books translated to Ukrainian from English or French and vice-versa, namely, from Ukrainian into English or French.
Translated books published in a language other than Ukrainian, English, or French, will be considered, if the subject matter promotes a better understanding of Ukraine or the Ukrainian people or is deemed to be of significant interest to the global Ukrainian community.
The Awards Jury will take into consideration not only the quality of the translation, but also all aspects of the published book — the work of the original author, translator(s), editor, and publisher.
The Award aspires to honour excellence in the collaboration of translators, editors, and publishers, and to encourage support for quality literature relevant to the global Ukrainian community and representative of the diverse Ukrainian experience.
Value
Each Translated Book Award is worth $10,000 Canadian dollars, with both the translator and author each receiving $5,000 CAD.
Depending on the number of worthy submissions received, more than one Translated Book Award may be awarded in a given year, up to a maximum of five that year.