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Charity promoting literary translation and multilingualism through annual prize for poetry translation & school workshops. #SSTPoetryPrize #CreativeTranslation
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The Stephen Spender Trust @stephenspender.bsky.social · Jul 15
Calling all International Language teachers in Wales! Be part of our exciting new project funded by the Welsh Government!

Register interest in the professional learning programme: forms.office.com/e/rP9UruPsrr

Full details: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f...

#CurriculumForWales #edusky
Blue background. Image heading reads “Literature Fires the Imagination”. Next to it is a colourful cartoon pair of hands holding up 6 books in bright colours, with a hot air balloon and white clouds above. Image text reads “Calling IL teachers in Wales! Fire your learners’ imaginations with our new programme of Creative Translation professional learning and tools for primary and secondary IL practitioners. Register now!” Image footnote reads “We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org ”. SST logo in blue bottom left. Logo of the Welsh government bottom right “Ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Funded by Welsh Government.”
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The Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators is now OPEN! 🎉

Over the next few weeks, secondary school students aged 11-18 will be translating short competition texts from six languages. 📚

🔗 For more information, visit: www.queens.ox.ac.uk/research-at-...

#AntheaBellPrize #CreativeTranslation
QTE Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators Now Open for Submissions
February 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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Submissions are now open for our “other tongue, mother tongue” issue. We’re looking for poetry by migrants worldwide in any language but English. We pay contributors.
Guidelines: othersideofhope.com/submissions-...
February 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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Teachers of MFL in the UK, we've got two questions for you..​.
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➡️ Have you registered for the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators?​

➡️ Did you know we're running a webinar next week all about the competition, including how to get involved?​

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Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators | What do teachers say? | Engaging with this competition has been an inspirational, motivational ​ and confidence-boosting experience for our students. | It's just a great initiative in every way. It opens the world of languages to students beyond the confines of examination syllabi. | The Prize is very inclusive and engaging – no student felt excluded. | With the well-planned and engaging resources... I have the feeling that I don’t have Year 8 pupils in front of me, but Sixth Form students. | The Queen's College Translation Exchange
January 28, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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I’ll be sharing some tips and insights into the judging process for the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators this Thursday – come join us!
translationexch.bsky.social The Queen's Translation Exchange @translationexch.bsky.social · Dec 11
We are delighted to invite MFL teachers to attend our 2026 webinar series, organised as part of the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators competition launch. Come along to learn about the Prize, meet the judges, and try your hand at creative translation from Mandarin! Full details below 🔽
Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators Webinar Programme 2026 Teaching Creative Translation from Mandarin In Collaboration with Paper Republic Wednesday 7 January, 4:30PM Meet the Judges Thursday 22 January, 4:30PM Competition Information Evening Tuesday 3 February, 4:30PM Organised by the Queen’s Translation Exchange
January 20, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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✨ Applications are open for the John Dryden Translation Competition ✨

Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.

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January 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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The Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators launches TWO WEEKS TODAY!​ Our national competition will open for entries on Monday 2 February, when students aged 11-18 will have the opportunity to translate poetry, fiction and non-fiction from French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian and Spanish 📝
Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators Are you a risk taker? A problem solver? A critical thinker? A creative writer? Take part in the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators, a national translation competition for secondary school students aged 11-18. Monday 2 February - Friday 27 March Winners announced in June 2026 Translate poetry, fiction and non-fiction from: - French (into English and Welsh) - German - Italian - Mandarin - Russian (including beginners') - Spanish
January 19, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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Join us to celebrate a new translation of A Doll’s House, Men of Honour & When We Dead Awaken, tracing the dialogue between Henrik Ibsen and Laura Kieler.

🗓 19 Jan | 5-7pm
📍 Seminar Room 8, St Anne’s College
🥂 Drinks reception

#BookLaunch #TranslationStudies #WomenWriters
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Happy New Year! 🎉 We're kicking off 2026 with the Anthea Bell Prize webinar series for MFL teachers. Registration is free and open to all, whether you're new to the Prize or run it every year in your school. More information can be found in the thread below 🧵
translationexch.bsky.social The Queen's Translation Exchange @translationexch.bsky.social · Dec 11
We are delighted to invite MFL teachers to attend our 2026 webinar series, organised as part of the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators competition launch. Come along to learn about the Prize, meet the judges, and try your hand at creative translation from Mandarin! Full details below 🔽
Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators Webinar Programme 2026 Teaching Creative Translation from Mandarin In Collaboration with Paper Republic Wednesday 7 January, 4:30PM Meet the Judges Thursday 22 January, 4:30PM Competition Information Evening Tuesday 3 February, 4:30PM Organised by the Queen’s Translation Exchange
January 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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After a successful 5 years at the University of Bristol, our online literary translation summer school is moving to St Edmund Hall, University of #Oxford. Once again, we have a line-up of stellar tutors and inspiring speakers!
January 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Deadline EXTENDED! Register by 12 January for the final spots on the Jan-Feb courses: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Learn more about the Literature Fires the Imagination project: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f...

#CreativeTranslation #edusky #curriculumforwales
stephenspender.bsky.social The Stephen Spender Trust @stephenspender.bsky.social · Jul 15
Calling all International Language teachers in Wales! Be part of our exciting new project funded by the Welsh Government!

Register interest in the professional learning programme: forms.office.com/e/rP9UruPsrr

Full details: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f...

#CurriculumForWales #edusky
Blue background. Image heading reads “Literature Fires the Imagination”. Next to it is a colourful cartoon pair of hands holding up 6 books in bright colours, with a hot air balloon and white clouds above. Image text reads “Calling IL teachers in Wales! Fire your learners’ imaginations with our new programme of Creative Translation professional learning and tools for primary and secondary IL practitioners. Register now!” Image footnote reads “We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org ”. SST logo in blue bottom left. Logo of the Welsh government bottom right “Ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Funded by Welsh Government.”
January 8, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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ICYMI: @grantamag.bsky.social published poems from the Poetry in Translation Prize shortlist. The inaugural winner of the prize will be announced in January 2026. Read them here: granta.com/the-poetry-i...
The Poetry in Translation Prize | 2025 | Granta
The Poetry in Translation Prize, founded by Fitzcarraldo Editions, New Directions and Giramondo, is a...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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We are delighted to invite MFL teachers to attend our 2026 webinar series, organised as part of the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators competition launch. Come along to learn about the Prize, meet the judges, and try your hand at creative translation from Mandarin! Full details below 🔽
Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators Webinar Programme 2026 Teaching Creative Translation from Mandarin In Collaboration with Paper Republic Wednesday 7 January, 4:30PM Meet the Judges Thursday 22 January, 4:30PM Competition Information Evening Tuesday 3 February, 4:30PM Organised by the Queen’s Translation Exchange
December 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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What do Ursula Le Guin, Diana Bellessi, and Karan Kurose have in common?

They're all featured in our essay anthology, Living in Language: International reflections for the practising poet!

For this week only, read two of the essays from the anthology on the PTC website FOR FREE!

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December 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Exciting news! 📣

We are delighted to announce the workshop strands for the BCLT Literary Translation Summer School 2026. Next year’s Summer School will take place online from Monday 20 July – Friday 24 July 2026. Bursaries are available.

Find out more and apply:
www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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There's still time to register for free Creative Translation training!

Register by 5 Jan to book your place on the final spots for the Jan-Feb courses: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Learn more about the Literature Fires the Imagination project: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f...

#edusky
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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📣ANNOUNCING THE 2025 POETRY IN TRANSLATION PRIZE SHORTLIST📣
Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions are pleased to announce the shortlist for the inaugural Poetry in Translation Prize.
Read more about the shortlist here: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/2025/12/anno...
Announcing the shortlist for the Poetry in Translation Prize | Fitzcarraldo Editions
Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions are pleased to announce the shortlist for the inaugural Poetry in Translation Prize, selected from 259 submissions in more than 55 languages. The Po...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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It’s that time of year again… Welcome to the Anthea Bell Prize Christmas Draw for Teachers! 🎄

Tell us about your experience of the Anthea Bell Prize so far this year by 23:59 on Sunday 14th December 2025 and you will be entered into our Christmas Draw...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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The #PoetryByHeart festive elves have been busy packing up our competition packs to send out to schools. That's over 2,000 packs bursting with resources! If you haven't registered for our 2026 competition, there's still time ❤️

Head over to our website for more - poetrybyheart.org.uk/register
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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OUT NOW!

The Antidote to Agony: Focus on the Poetry of Greece and Cyprus

Guest-edited by Jessica Sequeira

Featuring artwork by Phoebe Giannisi ('Aegis')

Buy this issue: buy.stripe.com/5kQeVedZOgRY...

See full contents: modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/the...
A brown goatskin on a pale background with handwritten black and red horizonal lines of poetry in Greek script. Some sections are upside down. There are also some red curving lines of Greek poetry which follow the ridges and edges of the goatskin which make it look like a map. The image spreads from the front to the back cover. A brown goatskin on a pale background with handwritten black and red horizonal lines of poetry in Greek script. Some sections are upside down. There are also some red curving lines of Greek poetry which follow the ridges and edges of the goatskin which make it look like a map. The image spreads from the front to the back cover.
December 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Your annual reminder that we have a bank of festive poetry learning resources, free to download on our resources site Poetryclass! Teachers, students, parents & poetry learners everywhere, check them out at bit.ly/FestivePoetryResources

We'll be adding a special new poem & resource soon... 👀 🎄 ⛄
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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stephenspender.bsky.social The Stephen Spender Trust @stephenspender.bsky.social · Nov 19
Congratulations to all winners and commendees, and thank you to everyone who entered the Stephen Spender Prize 2025!

Read the winning translations, judges’ commentaries and more: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...

#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight #youngpoets @georgianasseh.bsky.social
Yellow background. Cartoon hands hold up a sign which says “Stephen Spender Prize”. Image text reads “Stephen Spender Prize 2025, 1 May – 31 July”. Brightly coloured confetti on either side. Image footnote reads "We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org”. SST logo in yellow bottom left.
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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What an honour it has been to judge the Stephen Spender Trust’s #PortugueseSpotlight Prize, with entries by KS1–5 students from across the UK! Today’s celebration event with winners and commendees, teachers and judges, truly illustrated the transformative power of creative translation.
stephenspender.bsky.social The Stephen Spender Trust @stephenspender.bsky.social · Nov 19
Congratulations to all winners and commendees, and thank you to everyone who entered the Stephen Spender Prize 2025!

Read the winning translations, judges’ commentaries and more: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...

#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight #youngpoets @georgianasseh.bsky.social
Yellow background. Cartoon hands hold up a sign which says “Stephen Spender Prize”. Image text reads “Stephen Spender Prize 2025, 1 May – 31 July”. Brightly coloured confetti on either side. Image footnote reads "We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org”. SST logo in yellow bottom left.
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Congratulations to all winners and commendees, and thank you to everyone who entered the Stephen Spender Prize 2025!

Read the winning translations, judges’ commentaries and more: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...

#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight #youngpoets @georgianasseh.bsky.social
Yellow background. Cartoon hands hold up a sign which says “Stephen Spender Prize”. Image text reads “Stephen Spender Prize 2025, 1 May – 31 July”. Brightly coloured confetti on either side. Image footnote reads "We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org”. SST logo in yellow bottom left.
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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This Wednesday 19 November!

Join us online 6pm-7:30pm to celebrate the winners of the Stephen Spender Prize 2025 and another wonderful year of #CreativeTranslation at the Stephen Spender Trust.

Book tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stephen-sp...

#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight #youngpoets
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November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM