The CEI Award for Young Writers is promoted by the Central European Initiative (CEI) and the Slovene Writers’ Association (SWA) within the Vilenica International Literary Festival.
The Award aims at promoting the young generation of writers and supporting the circulation of their literary works through the translation in the languages of the CEI countries. The Award envisages the translation into Slovene by the SWA within the Vilenica CEI Collection in 2025 and the translation into another CEI language of the candidate’s choice. Additional translations could be explored for the future editions of the Award.
The CEI Award for Young Writers includes cash and in-kind prizes, among them a cash prize (5,000 EUR) to cover the full translation of the submitted work and of an excerpt into the language of one of the CEI Member States to be selected by the author and the publishing house, considering the specifics of the work.
The Call for Applications is open to writers under 40 (born after 1984 – from 1 January 1985 onwards) from the CEI Member States: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
Applicants must have at least one work published in a book form. The submitted work for the translation must be a literary work (all genres and themes). The application must be supported by the national publisher of the work with which the author is applying.
Applications shall be submitted by 16 June 2024 (23:59 CEST).
For further information, see Vilenica website.
