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Fantastic news for emerging translators all over the world: ‘Close Approximations,’ Asymptote<\/i>\u2019s hugely popular translation contest, is back! Open to translators at the beginning of their careers, this contest invites translations in three genres: poetry, fiction, and\u2014a new category this year\u2014literary nonfiction. The winner and runner-up of each category will walk away with 1,000 USD and 500 USD respectively.<\/p>\n

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In addition to winning some serious prize money, they will also be featured in our April 2016 issue, joining an exceptional roster of translators published in our pages, including J.M. Coetzee, Lydia Davis, Susan Bernofsky, Robert Chandler, Ros Schwartz, Daniel Hahn, Pierre Joris, Rosmarie Waldrop and Howard Goldblatt.<\/p>\n

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We are thrilled to announce the panel of experts judging this second installment:<\/p>\n

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\"\"Michael Hofmann<\/b> (Poetry) was born in Germany, and grew up in England, Scotland, Austria and the US. He has published six books of poetry, including Nights in the Iron Hotel<\/i>, Acrimony<\/i> and a Selected Poems<\/i>, winning a Cholmondeley Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and an English Arts Council grant. In addition to numerous prose translations (all from German), he has translated volumes from Durs Gr\u00fcnbein (Ashes for Breakfast<\/i>), G\u00fcnter Eich (Angina Days<\/i>), and Gottfried Benn (Impromptus<\/i>). He reviews for Poetry<\/i> and the London Review of Books<\/i>, and has brought out two critical collections: Behind the Lines<\/i> (2001) and Where Have You Been?<\/i> (2014) and introduced and edited the anthology Twentieth Century German Poetry<\/i> (2006). He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Deutsche Akademie der K\u00fcnste, and has taught at the University of Florida for 20 years.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Ottilie Mulzet<\/b> (Fiction) translates from Hungarian and Mongolian. Her translation of L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai\u2019s Seiobo There Below<\/i> won the Best Translated Book Award in 2014, and in 2015, she shared the Translator\u2019s Prize with poet and fellow translator George Szirtes for L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai\u2019s lifetime achievement Man Booker International Prize. Forthcoming translations include: Destruction and Sorrow beneath the Heavens<\/i>, by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai (Seagull Books, 2016), The Dispossessed<\/i>, by Szil\u00e1rd Borb\u00e9ly (HarperCollins, 2016), and Lazarus<\/i>, by G\u00e1bor Schein (Seagull Books, 2017). Some of Ottilie\u2019s interviews about the work of L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai can be found at Quarterly Conversation<\/i><\/a>; for other critical writings, see Hungarian Literature Online<\/a><\/i>. In addition, she is completing a dissertation about Mongolian riddles, and a book of translations of Mongolian Buddhist legends.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Margaret Jull Costa<\/b> (Nonfiction) has been a literary translator for nearly thirty years and has translated works by such writers as E\u00e7a de Queiroz, Jos\u00e9 Saramago and Javier Mar\u00edas. She has won various prizes, most recently the Marsh Award for Children\u2019s Fiction in Translation for Bernardo Atxaga\u2019s The Adventures of Shola<\/i>. In 2013, she was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 2014, was awarded an OBE for services to literature. In 2015, she was given an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Leeds.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBeing chosen as a runner-up in Asymptote<\/i>\u2019s ‘Close Approximations’ instantly opened up new opportunities for publishing exciting new translations and collaborating with editors at other journals. These fresh opportunities bear witness to Asymptote<\/i>\u2019s remarkable profile: editors know that Asymptote<\/i> is the place to look for up-and-coming translations across the globe. A special dimension to Asymptote<\/i> is that translators have a real place and presence in its pages, rather than disappearing behind the author\u2019s name: the translator is honored as writer. I am honored and excited to be a part of Asymptote<\/i>\u2019s tireless and heroic endeavors on behalf of world literature, and I look forward to thanking the journal soon in a full-length translation of Sylvie Kand\u00e9\u2019s The Neverending Quest for the Other Shore<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2014Alexander Dickow, runner-up in the poetry category of the 2013 ‘Close Approximations’ contest<\/p>\n

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HOW TO APPLY<\/b><\/p>\n

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Submit between 5 to 10 pages of translated poetry or between 10 to 25 pages of translated fiction or nonfiction via the ‘Contest’ option of our Submittable page<\/a>, in the appropriate category. Our submissions window opens on 1 August 2015 and closes on 15 December 2015<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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Be sure to note the following guidelines:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 All text must be formatted in a standard 12-point font.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Poetry entries must be single-spaced unless otherwise necessary. Fiction and nonfiction entries must be double-spaced.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 The page minimums and maximums only apply to the translated pages; the original text does not contribute to the 10-page poetry and 25-page fiction and nonfiction maximums.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Each submission must contain a translation or translations of work by one single poet or author only<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 If submitting an excerpt of a novel or memoir, please pick one continuous excerpt that can stand on its own.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 For the nonfiction category, we will consider only literary<\/i> nonfiction. If you are in doubt of what constitutes this genre, please browse through the nonfiction articles published in our archive here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Via Submittable, you will be asked for information pertaining to the Title of the Work, the Original Poet\/Author, the Original Language, the Country of Publication, the Translator(s), Bios of both Author and Translator(s), as well as your contact details.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Your submission should be saved as one single Word Document under the file name [GENRE\u2014Original Language\u2014last name of translated poet\/author].doc or [GENRE\u2014Original Language\u2014last name of translated poet\/author].docx (e.g. POETRY\u2014Korean\u2014KIM.docx).<\/p>\n

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\u2022 The document should begin with three lines bearing the following information only<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 the title of the translated work<\/p>\n

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\u2022 the poet\/author of the original work<\/p>\n

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\u2022 the language from which the work has been translated<\/p>\n

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\u2022 IMPORTANT<\/b>: Please DO NOT include the name(s) of the translator(s) anywhere in this Word document (e.g. in the header or footer of the document).<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Following this information, please include:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 the English translation (between 5 to 10 pages for poetry or between 10 to 25 pages for fiction and nonfiction), followed by<\/p>\n

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\u2022 the original text of the work(s).<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Only if absolutely necessary, a PDF scan can be sent to contest@asymptotejournal.com with the subject header \u201cGenre\u2014Original Language\u2014PDF of Original for [lastname of translated poet\/author]\u201d (e.g. NONFICTION\u2014SWAHILI\u2014PDF of Original for ADICHIE), in lieu of this original text.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 There will be a nonrefundable contest fee of 15 USD to be paid via Submittable.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Unless the work you are translating has already entered public domain, we ask that you obtain a statement from the holder of the copyright for the work under translation verifying that the rights are available before<\/i> you submit your contest entry. We will ask you to furnish this statement if your work is selected.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Works enter the public domain generally 50 to 76 years after the author\u2019s death, depending on the country<\/a> where the work was published. The onus is on you to verify if the work in question has indeed entered the public domain, if it comes to that. We will not entertain any queries with regard to the copyright status of a work.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 We ask that submissions be limited to translations of writers who have yet to appear widely in English but are generally available in their native tongue. As an example, Sappho is considered widely published in English, even if freshly translated. In contrast, an author with only a small fraction of his or her work published in English translation (or none at all) would be a perfect candidate for the contest.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Translations must be into English, but may come from any language besides English. Although we especially welcome contemporary work translated from underrepresented languages, neither the work\u2019s original language or its contemporaneity will be a factor in the judging.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Self-translations are not permitted.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Translations must not have been previously published. \u201cPublication\u201d here includes appearances in limited-circulation or defunct print publications\/online outlets.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Simultaneous submissions are not allowed.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 If a translation is slated for publication in a title that is forthcoming after April 2016, it may be submitted for consideration.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Up to two entries are allowed per individual for poetry and up to three entries each are allowed per individual for fiction and nonfiction. If submitting more than one entry, please upload each as a separate Submittable submission (Note that the contest fee will apply to each).<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Multiple submissions across different genres are allowed.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Collaborative translations are allowed.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Preference will be given to translators who are early in their careers. (If you have published only one book-length translation or none so far, we will consider you „early in your career.”)<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Persons who have served or are currently serving as editors or interns at Asymptote<\/i> are not eligible to enter this contest.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Members of Asymptote<\/i>\u2019s support team and past contributors are eligible.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Previous ‘Close Approximations’ contest winners and runners-up are not eligible to enter this contest.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Translators of shortlisted works may be contacted for publication in a future issue.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 We reserve the right to disqualify or reject any entry that we determine, in our sole and absolute discretion, does not meet the above criteria.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 The judges’ decisions are final.<\/p>\n

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The results will be announced in our April 2016 issue, slated for release on 15 April, 2016.<\/p>\n

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Find the results of the first \u2018Close Approximations\u2019 contest (as well as links to the winning entries) here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Queries about the contest can be sent to contest@asymptotejournal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Are you excited about this opportunity? Help spread the word by downloading our flyer here<\/a> and putting it up at your university department\/a local bookstore!<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

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