PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants
From PEN America
Grants to help translate book-length fiction, poetry or creative nonfiction into English.
- Amount
- Up to $4,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists
- Where you must live
- Not found
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- Not stated on the funder's page
- Kind
- Grant
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What is offered
Money to you
- Over the 24 years of its existence, the Fund has given grants of $2,000–$4,000 to 270 translations from over 50 languages, including Armenian, Basque, Estonian, Farsi, Finland-Swedish, Lithuanian and Mongolian, as well as French, Spanish,...
- Each project will receive a grant of $4,000 to support the translation’s completion.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 27, 2026.
Eligibility
Page: "There are no restrictions on the nationality or citizenship of the translator, but the works must be translated into English." "Projects may have a maximum of two translators but are limited to one original author." Translators who have previously received a PEN/Heim grant "are ineligible to reapply for three years after receiving a grant".
What to send
Sample translation; publisher interest
Checked against the funder's page. Always confirm details there before you apply.
Complete: all key details were found.
Source: https://pen.org/literary-grants/pen-heim-grants/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on October 3, 2026.
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