Variations on a Theme 2017
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the inaugural ACF London Translation Prize and ACF London Writing Prize and to invite you to a prize-giving reception to hear readings from the winners and commended entrants. This will also be the closing event for our translator in residence and organiser of the prizes, Jen Calleja.
The winner of the ACF London Translation Prize is Jackie Smith for her translation of the opening of the novel Am Rand by Hans Platzgumer. Two translators were also commended for their submissions: Karen Leeder for her translation of an extract of Raoul Schrott's Das Geschlecht der Engel and Jonathan Blower for his translation of an extract of Hermann Bahr's Dalmatinische Reise. The judges were translator Jamie Bulloch, publisher of Structo magazine Euan Monaghan, and ACF London translator in residence Jen Calleja.
The winner of the ACF London Writing Prize is Paul McQuade for his short story The Wound in the Air, with commendations awarded to Cornelius Fitz for his short story A Foot in Meinong's Jungle and Aleksi Koponen for his short story Climanen/Nodus. Along with Euan Monaghan and Jen Calleja, the writer Eley Williams was also a judge for the prize.
Reading at the prize reception will be Jackie Smith, Karen Leeder, Jonathan Blower and Paul McQuade (via video).
http://www.acflondon.org/literature-and-books/variations-theme-2017/