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Armory Square Prize
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A literary prize sponsored by Armory Square Ventures for the translation of writing from South Asia.

🔗 https://www.armorysv.com/translation-prize
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Last week, we were thrilled to celebrate the first 3 years of the Armory Square Prize at @wwborders.bsky.social's annual gala at the Edison Ballroom in New York City! Novelist @meghamaj.bsky.social was our gracious table host.

Stay tuned for Prize round 4 updates soon!
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Last month, Syracuse University's South Asia Center invited founding Armory Square Prize jury member @shreedaisy.bsky.social to lead a workshop on translation's role in teaching and researching South Asia and other parts of the world. She had to stop by historic Armory Square while she was in town!
October 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Two Month Review, from our friends @openletterbooks.bsky.social, spent the summer reading jury member @shreedaisy.bsky.social's translation of Tomb of Sand.
Jury chair @jasongrunebaum.bsky.social & prize founder Pia Sawhney came by these episodes to chat all things translation. Give them a listen!
September 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Opportunity alert! Our friends @southasiaspeaks.bsky.social are accepting applications for their fellowship program now through Sept. 30 from emerging translators living in South Asia.
Learn more & apply here: www.southasiaspeaks.org/fellowship/. Good luck to all!
September 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Meet 2025 Armory Square Prize shortlist translator Ciara Mandulee Mendis. A Sri Lankan writer who has won multiple awards, including the State Literary Award, her work appears in several international journals. She translates into and out of both Sinhala and English. Congrats!
July 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Meet 2025 Armory Square Prize shortlist translator Subhashree Beeman. A translator working from Tamil and French into English, she is winner of the 2024 PEN/Heim Translation Grant and 2024 SALT/ALTA Emerging Literary Translation Mentorship. Her entry earned Special Mention from our jury. Congrats!
July 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Meet 2025 Armory Square Prize shortlist translator Sumathy Sivamohan. She is Professor in English at the University of Peradeniya and an acclaimed film maker, dramatist, performer, poet and translator. In 2011, she received the Premchand Fellowship from the Sahithya Akademi of India. Congrats!
July 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Meet 2025 Armory Square Prize shortlist translator Punarvasu Joshi. A nanotechnology researcher turned translator, he has translated 40 Hindi short stories for a 2-volume anthology titled ‘A Journey In Time.' His recent translation is the novel ‘The Madhouse,’ which came out in January. Congrats!
July 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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The video of our live shortlist readings & winner announcement is online now from @himalmag.bsky.social! Come for the engaging panel discussion on Caste, Gender and Resistance in Southasian Speculative Fiction, stay for five incredible pieces of translation.
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Himal Fiction Fest 2025: Caste, Gender and Resistance in Southasian Speculative Fiction
YouTube video by Himal Southasian
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June 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Get to know the 2025 Armory Square Prize Shortlist: Badalta Hua Desh by Manoj Kumar Pandey, translated by Punarvusu Joshi
June 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Our 2025 shortlist and winner were announced this morning during a joint livestream event with our friends at @himalmag.bsky.social! Our thanks to the folks at Himal and to our five finalists for sharing their work and time with us.
Meet the full shortlist here: www.armorysv.com/2025-prize-w...
2025 Armory Square Prize Winner and Shortlist — Armory Square Ventures
Launched in July of 2022, the Armory Square Prize is an effort to remedy the stark disparities in literary translation worldwide and support compelling storytellers from the Indian Subcontinent by rai...
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June 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Congratulations to Mehdi Khawaja, winner of this year's Armory Square Prize! His translation of Akhtar Mohiuddin's To Each Their Own Hell was chosen by our jury as this year's top entry in a very impressive field of translated works.
June 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Save the date! We'll be joining our friends at @himalmag.bsky.social on 6/16 to announce the 2025 Armory Square Prize winner during this engaging Fiction Fest event.
Join us for the panel, readings from our 5 finalists and the live announcement of our winner! RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Flyer for Himal Fiction Fest panel event "Caste, Gender and Resistance in Southasian Speculative Fiction." The flyer features small photos of the six panelists: Priteegandha Naik, Bina Shah, Rakesh Khanna, Rashmi Ruth Devadasan, R T Samuel, and Lavanya Lakshminarayan. Taking place Monday 16 June 2025 at 19:30 IST / 10:00 EST
June 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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A finalist for the @‌armorysqprize.bsky.social , this story by Anuradha Sarma Pujari (tr. @arunikashyap.bsky.social ) narrates the intense atmoshpere at a student hostel in Delhi. buff.ly/FuK7y0q
A long illuminated hallway with the text “'Colonel Gulchand Singh’s Disputed Property' by Anuradha Sarma Pujari, translated from Assamese by Aruni Kashyap. Finalist for the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation” and the quote “What kept them here? The unhindered freedom of Singh Hostel, the quaint atmosphere, and the strong friendships. And he was nineteen. And free. And away from home. His transition wasn’t that easy even though he was ready for life’s adventures.”
April 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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In this @‌armorysqprize.bsky.social -shortlisted story by Abha Purbey (translated from Angika Tejaswi Rawal & Shivangi Pandey), the manager of a farm finds the stress of his life intolerable. Read “A Working Man”: buff.ly/HTh0SMd
An aerial shot of a man working in a field with the quote “ She broke the silence. ‘I hear you’re manager now? Is this how the high and mighty live? The sheets are on the clothesline, and Manager Babu is on a straw mat on the floor. The stink from the next alley fills your room, and the incense sticks lie in a corner'“ and the text “'A Working Man' by Abha Purbey, translated from Angika by Tejaswi Rawal & Shivangi Pandey. Finalist for the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation”
May 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Time's almost up! Just 4 days remain to submit for the 2025 Armory Square Prize, open to translators working with any South Asian language.

See guidelines and submit here: www.armorysv.com/translation-...
Armory Square Prize for Literary Translation — Armory Square Ventures
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April 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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🚨Deadline extended!🚨 To ensure that all qualified translators are able to submit their work for this year's prize, we are extending the deadline by two weeks. All submissions must be received by end of day on April 15.
Guidelines and submission form here: www.armorysv.com/translation-...
A text box with a blue watercolor background. The text reads "Deadline extended! The deadline to apply for the 2025 Armory Square Prize is now April 15, 2025. All submissions must be received by 11:59pm EST on April 15 to be considered for this year's prize."
April 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Get inspired to submit for this year's Armory Square Prize while you check out the previous years' shortlists on @wwborders.bsky.social. We're thrilled that every shortlisted writer's work is featured by Words Without Borders: wordswithoutborders.org/read/collect...
The Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation Archives - Words Without Borders
This collection presents the winner of and finalists for the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation.
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March 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Time's running out to apply for this year's Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation! See submission guidelines and apply here: www.armorysv.com/translation-...
A text graphic with blue waves against a blue background. The text reads: One week left! Submissions for the 2025 Armory Square Prize must be received by April 1. Translators working in any South Asian language are encouraged to apply.
March 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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2024 Prize shortlisted translator Aditya Vikram Shrivastava is on @wwborders.bsky.social this week!

Submissions for the 2025 Prize are now open - see guidelines and more info at the link in bio.
wwborders.bsky.social Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · Feb 20
In this rollicking novel excerpt by Mridula Garg (tr. Aditya Vikram Shrivastava), two sisters persuade their uncle to take them for a motorcycle ride. Read this finalist for the 2024 Armory Square Prize on WWB: https://buff.ly/4hHw4EF
The quote “Juggi Chacha had learned to drive a motorcycle only recently. That’s why all his attention was focused on driving; otherwise, a few of those Romeos would have seen where their ogling got them” and the text “'Saira Banu on Chacha’s Motorcycle' by Mridula Garg, translated from Hindi by Aditya Vikram Shrivastava. Finalist for the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation” with a photograph of a figure on a motorcycle in traffic.
February 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Writers and translators: submissions to the Armory Square Prize are now open! Don't forget to submit (and to check out past Armory Square winners and finalists on WWB, of course).
armorysqprize.bsky.social Armory Square Prize @armorysqprize.bsky.social · Jan 17
📢 Submissions are now open for the 2025 Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation! The prize is open to English translators working with any work in any South Asian language.
Learn more and apply here: www.armorysv.com/2025-submiss...
2025 Submissions Call — Armory Square Ventures
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February 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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📢 Submissions are now open for the 2025 Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation! The prize is open to English translators working with any work in any South Asian language.
Learn more and apply here: www.armorysv.com/2025-submiss...
2025 Submissions Call — Armory Square Ventures
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January 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM