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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.

Application form for PEN Presents x SALT
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