PEN Presents x SALT is open until 11.59pm BST on 31 May 2025.
PEN Presents supports and showcases sample translations, funding the often-unpaid work of creating samples, giving UK publishers access to titles from underrepresented languages and regions, and helping diversify the translated literature landscape.
This round of PEN Presents is a partnership between English PEN and the South Asian Literature in Translation project (SALT).
PEN Presents x SALT is open to translators anywhere in the world, for translations of works originally published in any official or unofficial language of South Asia, whose authors are citizens of a South Asian country, resident in South Asia, or of south Asian heritage, and for work of any form, genre, style and era.
A shortlist of 24 applicants will receive grants of £500 to create 5,000-word sample translations of their proposed works, with a final selection of 12 samples selected as PEN Presents x SALT winners, given editorial support from English PEN, and promoted to English PEN’s network of UK publishers.
Read more about the application process, timeline, assessment criteria, and eligibility criteria below.