{"id":412362,"date":"2019-01-15T14:34:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T19:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=412362"},"modified":"2019-01-15T14:39:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T19:39:10","slug":"scbwi-opens-work-in-progress-grants-to-translators-of-childrens-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2019\/01\/15\/scbwi-opens-work-in-progress-grants-to-translators-of-childrens-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"SCBWI Opens Work in Progress Grants to Translators of Children’s Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time, the Society of Children’s Book Writers<\/a> and Illustrators (SCBWI) has opened its Work in Progress (WIP) grants to translators of children’s literature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Beginning this year, translators can\u00a0follow the instructions\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>here<\/a>\u00a0to submit to the WIP Translation category. Submissions will be accepted\u00a0March 1\u2013March 31, Midnight PDT 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Translators should apply in the Translation category of the Work in Progress (WIP) program. They should submit a translation into English of a text that fits one of the following categories: Picture Book, Chapter Books\/Early Readers, Middle Grade, Young Adult Fiction, Nonfiction. As part of the cover page\/synopsis, they should identify the text’s category. In addition, they should give its genre, original author and language, original publisher and publication date (if published), and rights status (if known). Finally, they should describe why the text needs to be translated into English for young readers now. What is its relevance for the market?<\/span><\/p>\n

Two other notes, based on questions that have come up:<\/span><\/p>\n