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The Austrian Cultural Forum New York, in collaboration with the Dietrich W. Botstiber Foundation and Words Without Borders, is pleased to announce the Austrian Cultural Forum Translation Prize: An award aimed at the promotion of intercultural exchange between the Republic of Austria and the United States. This initiative supports translators of contemporary Austrian Literature into English with a grant of EUR 3000.
The Award Ceremony of the Translation Prize will take place in December. A distinguished jury will present the winner, as well as the translated work.
Applications are evaluated by a transatlantic advisory board, comprised of Hannah Liko (Deputy Director, ACFNY), Sigrid Löffler (literary critic), Fatima Naqvi (Rutgers University), Michael Orthofer (The Literary Saloon), Daniela Strigl (University of Vienna), Martin Rauchbauer (Director, Deutsches Haus at NYU) and Andreas Stadler (Director, ACFNY).
Scope and Eligibility
The ACF Translation Prize supports translations of contemporary Austrian fiction, poetry, and drama that have preferably not appeared previously in English. The award will be disbursed upon the formal acceptance of the manuscript by a publishing house, which must occur within a period of three years.
Applicants were asked to submit the following material with their application:
1. Completed cover sheet (download here).
2. 20-page, single-spaced sample of the translation.
3. Description of the project and its significance.
4. Biography and bibliography of the author, including information on translations of his or her work into other languages.
5. CV of the translator.
Please note that translations of theater plays can not be submitted.
Applications are accepted annually between July 1 and September 1. Early submissions are strongly recommended. Please submit the completed application material by email to translation@acfny.org after July 1.
Visit www.translationprize.org
The Ernst Mach grant worldwide is open to postgraduates pursuing a doctoral/PhD programme outside Austria, postgraduates and post-docs wishing to do research in Austria with a view to an academic career and who have completed their studies (at an university outside Austria), or post-docs who are working as lecturers at a university outside Austria.
Target group: postgraduates, PhD holders Country of origin all (except Austria)
Area of study or research: all disciplines
Duration: 1 – 9 months
Grant benefit paid: monthly grant rate of € 940,– or € 1.040,–, travel costs subsidy for scholars from non-European developing countries
Closing date for applications: March 1st (for the following academic year)
Age limit: 35 years
For further information, please visit the scholarships.at site >> here.
Students who are participating in a master programme at a university outside Europe or have successfully completed at least four semesters of studies within a bachelor- or diploma programme at the time of taking up the grant can apply.
Target group: undergraduates and graduates
Country of origin: non-European countries
Area of study or research: all disciplines
Duration: 4 – 10 months
Grant benefit paid: monthly grant rate € 940,–, travel costs subsidy for scholars from non-European developing countries
Closing date for applications: March 1st (for the following academic year)
Age limit: 35 years
For further information, please visit the scholarships.at site >> here.
Franz Werfel, who was born 1890 in Prague and died 1945 in California, is one of the most famous representatives of Austrian Literature. Therefore the Franz Werfel Grant addresses itself to young university teachers whose work focuses on Austrian Literature. Those in receipt of a Werfel grant can work as visiting researchers at university departments and carry out specialist studies in libraries, archives or at research institutions. After consuming at least 12 scholarship months the candidate can apply for the admission to the follow-on-support program
Target group: University lecturers who are primarily occupied with Austrian literature
Country of origin: all (except Austria)
Area of study or research: Linguistics and Literature Sciences
Duration 4 – 9 months, an extension up to 18 months is possible
Grant benefit paid: monthly grant rate € 1.040,–, monthly book allowance of € 93,–, travel costs subsidy for applicants from non-European developing countries
Closing date for applications: March 1st (for the following academic year)
Age limit: 35 years
For further information, please visit the scholarships.at site >> here.
The grant is named after the Austrian historian Richard Plaschka (1925–2001), university professor for Eastern European history at the University of Vienna (1967–1993), rector of the university in 1981/1982 and head of the Austrian East and Southeast Europe Institute from 1958 to 1988. University lecturers in the field of history who are primarily occupied with Austria-related topics are eligible. Recipients of a Plaschka grant can work as visiting researchers at university departments and carry out specialist studies in libraries, archives or at research institutions. After consuming at least 12 scholarship months the candidate can apply for the admission to the follow-on-support programme.
Target Group: University lecturers who are primarily occupiedwith Austria-related topics
Country of origin: all (except Austria)
Area of study or research: Historical Sciences
Duration: 4 – 9 months, an extension up to 18 months is possible
Grant benefit paid: monthly grant rate € 1.040,–, monthly book allowance € 93,–, travel costs subsidy for applicants from non-European developing countries
Closing date for applications: March 1st (for the following academic year)
For further information, please visit the scholarships.at site >> here.
More than ten years ago, in 1997, the WAGNER FORUM GRAZ, led by Heinz Weyringer and Walter Bernhart, developed the idea of organizing a competition in the field of the musical theatre, but a competition which, different from most others in the field, would not concentrate on the musical side of works but focus on stage direction and stage design. This idea was inspired by the fact that contemporary practice puts remarkable weight on these two features of theatrical production, which have the greatest potential of innovation in the musical theatre today.
From the outset it has been the most distinctive feature of the RING AWARD that, at the finals, actual performances take place on a large stage and that, accordingly, not only conceptions are submitted for assessment, but contestants are judged by their capacity for producing live realizations of their conceptions. It is this real-life aspect of the RING AWARD which turns it into a unique event – also from the viewpoint of audience experience – but, at the same time, also into a daunting financial challenge. It is an invaluable advantage and needs to be most gratefully acknowledged that the public authorities of the Province of Styria and the City of Graz have early on recognized the unique position of the RING AWARD in the arts world and have been willing to support it generously as a significant instrument for encouraging young artists on an international scale. Yet it would be impossible to operate the RING AWARD without the very active participation – in cooperation with the WAGNER FORUM GRAZ – of BÜHNEN GRAZ, the official local theatre organization with all its subdivisions, and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.
The RING AWARD has so far seen five runs, with a constant increase in numbers of participating contestants and nations, in 2008 holding at 158 participants from 22 nations. On account of its origin in the WAGNER FORUM GRAZ, the first two competitions (1997 and 2000) were based on works by Richard Wagner, the Rhinemaidens scene from Rheingold and the second act of Parsifal, respectively. Later themes were the Antonia act of Contes d’Hoffmann (2002), the second act of Le nozze di Figaro (2005), and the last act of Rigoletto (2008). The latest competition, with its finals coming up in June 2011, is based on Die Fledermaus (The Bat). Thus the contestants have been faced with a wide range of musico-theatrical challenges, and in future it may widen even more.
A quantified confirmation of the need of a competition on such a singular scale is given by the fact that so far 682 young artists from 40 different nations have participated in it.
In November 2011, the Béla Bartók International Music Society and the Collegium Hungaricum in Vienna will host the second annual International Béla Bartók Piano Competition. The competition is open to musicians born between 1983 and 2004. Original Piano Compositions with a relative degree of difficulty are required: A composition by Béla Bartók, a composition by Johann Sebastian Bach or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a composition of choice. All three compositions have to be played in one sitting on a Bösendorfer piano.
The application deadline is September 30, 2011.The winners will be selected by an international jury, and will receive prizes and diplomas.
For further information, and to apply, please visit http://www.belabartok.at./de/index.html
Omi International Arts Center, a not-for-profit organization, provides residency programs for visual, literary and performing artists, offers Arts and Education programming to the public. Created in 1992, Ledig House International Writers Residency is named after the German publisher Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt. Ledig House has hosted hundreds of writers and translators from roughly 50 countries around the world.
The residency program is located approximately two and a half hours north of New York City in the town of Omi, in the scenic Hudson River Valley. Writers and translators from all fields are encouraged to apply for a residence lasting up to two months.
The residencies include room and board and opportunities to meet with New York City publishing professionals. During each session, several guests from the New York publishing community are invited for dinner and discussion. Fellows are offered a variety of public reading opportunities both on campus and in NYC while in residence. All writers should be proficient in English. Bicycles, a swimming pool and nearby tennis court are available for use.
The 2012 sessions are offered from the March 23 through June 8, 2012 (spring session) and from September 14 through the November 16, 2012 (fall session).
How to Apply:
All applications must be submitted electronically at OMI’s website. They must include:
- A brief statement about your work history, referencing publications, performances and writing credits (a maximum of 2 pages – CV format).
- A writing sample (no more than 50 pages). Indicate if the writing is published or unpublished. Please provide details if it has been published.
- A one-page description of the work to be undertaken while residing at Ledig House.
- A letter of recommendation, which must be submitted separately. The letter can be provided by a fellow writer, teacher, editor, literary agent, or any informed individual who can speak to the applicant's character and work.
- A cover letter.
Detailed information on the application process and all necessary documents is available at www.artomi.org/
Questions pertaining to the application may be directed to: dwgibson@artomi.org
Applications and letter of recommendation for 2012 must be received by October 20, 2011.
The Neue Galerie Graz will host a comprehensive solo exhibition of the painter, graphic artist, illustrator and author Wilhelm Thöny (1888, Graz – 1949, New York).
In 2012 we will present an extensive survey of his oeuvre as well as an update of the current research status.
On behalf of this project we request your support! We are looking for further works of Wilhelm Thöny and any further informations on this artist. As a matter of course, all informations will be treated in confidence.
For details please contact:
Mag. Angela Fink, Weinzöttlstraße 16, 8045 Graz, Austria
0043-316-8017 9314 / angela-theresia.fink@museum-joanneum.at
