The Firecracker Awards from CLMP go to both books and their independent presses, as well as to literary magazines.
Independent Publishing: CLMP Honors 2021 ‘Firecracker Award’ Winners
A work by Aoko Matsuda in its English translation by Polly Barton leads the 2021 CLMP ‘Firecracker Awards’ honorees.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award Winner Iman Mersal: ‘Reading the Past’
A lost novelist, ‘her whispering voice, fleeing depression,’ led this Egyptian poet to one of the biggest literary prizes in the world.
US National Endowment for the Arts: $1.2 Million in Translation, Creative Writing Fellowships
In the US, the National Endowment for the Arts today announces the recipients of its 2020 translation and creativing writing grants totaling $1.2 million.