CONTEST FOR CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN WRITERS

The contest is for publication of contemporary Bulgarian novel in English language. All candidates should be Bulgarian citizens with at least one published novel. Each writer can apply with one translated excerpt from a novel. Closing date: 20 September 2010
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CONTEST FOR TRANSLATORS

The Elizabeth Kostova Foundation and Open Letter Books are very pleased to offer a Fellowship for a Bulgarian literary translator. The applying translators should meet the following requirements: be literary translators working from Bulgarian into English; be Bulgarian citizens; have at least three published translation of fiction work from English into Bulgarian or vice versa.
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LAUNCH:: NEW WEBSITE PRESENTING CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN WRITERS IN ENGLISH

Contemporary Bulgarian Writers in English presents up-to-date profiles of living Bulgarian authors of fiction and short stories.
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FICTION PAGES

The Elizabeth Kostova Foundation and Vagabond, Bulgaria's English Monthly, cooperate in order to enrich the English language with translations of contemporary Bulgarian writers. Each month we give you the chance to read a selected excerpt of a Bulgarian writer. Some of the presented writers will be translated in English for the first time. Enjoy our fiction pages.
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Activities
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To achieve its goals the Foundation implements the following activities:

  • Annual creative writing seminar
  • Translation awards and scholarships
  • Creative writing competitions
  • Seminars, conducted by Bulgarian or English native-speaking writers
  • Public readings and lectures on literary craft
  • Mainstream media coverage of Bulgarian writers and their work, and of literary craft
  • Support of Bulgarian educational programmes in creative writing
  • Projects that foster connections among Bulgarian writers and between Bulgarian writers and their colleagues abroad
  • Opportunities for Bulgarian writers to volunteer for activities that help build their own communities and readership
  • Long-term development of literary translators of Bulgarian from the U.S. and the U.K.