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The Bai Meigui Translation Prize is a translation prize awarded annually by the Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing, [1] [2] at the University of Leeds.
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The Bai Meigui Translation Prize is a translation prize awarded annually by the Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing, [1] [2] at the University of Leeds.
The aim of the prize is to introduce Chinese writers to English readers, and develop literary translators working from Chinese to English. The judges are practising literary translators. The literary genre and prize change annually, but the Centre always seeks to develop the translator by publishing the translation, thereby giving exposure to both writer and translator, and when possible, offering further training in literary translation.[ citation needed ]
Winners: Natascha Bruce [3] and Michael Day
Genre: surreal short story Chicken by Dorothy Tse
Prize: 1 week at a translation summer school, and publication in Structo magazine [4]
Judges: Nicky Harman, Jeremy Tiang, Helen Wang [5]
Winner: Luisetta Mudie
Genre: Literary non-fiction piece by Li Jingrui
Prize: 1 week at a translation summer school, and publication on Read Paper Republic [6] [7]
Judges: Nicky Harman, Dave Haysom, Helen Wang [8]
Winner: Helen Tat and Liu Jia
Genre: Poetry by Chi Lingyun, Qin Xiaoyu, Xu Xiangchou
Prize: Publication in Stand magazine [9]
Judges: Canaan Morse, Eleanor Goodman, Heather Inwood [10]
Winner: Jasmine Alexander
Genre: Children's picture book, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival by Meng Yanan
Prize: Publication of bilingual picture book with Balestier Press [11]
Judges: Minjie Chen, Helen Wang, Adam Lanphier [12]
See: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, by Meng Yanan, tr. Jasmine Alexander (Balestier Press, 2018) ISBN 978-1911221326
Winner: Bill Leverett
Genre: short story by Chan Ho-kei
Prize: Publication in Pathlight journal of Chinese contemporary literature
Judges: Jeremy Tiang, Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, Natascha Bruce [13] [14]
Winner: Izzy Hasson
Genre: Children's picture book, Sleepy Sleepy New Year by Meng Yanan
Prize: Publication of bilingual picture book with Balestier Press
Judges: Minjie Chen, Colin Goh, Helen Wang [15]
See: Sleepy Sleepy New Year, by Meng Yanan, tr. Izzy Hasson (Balestier Press, 2020) ISBN 978-1911221777
Winner: Francesca Jordan
Genre: Literature from Taiwan, a piece by Yang Shuangzi 楊双子
Prize: Bursary for the ‘Bristol Translates’ Literary Translation Summer School
Judges: Susan Wan Dolling, Mike Fu, Darryl Sterk [16]
Winner: Hongyu Jasmine Zhu
Genre: Picture book from Taiwan
Prize: Mentorship by Helen Wang, and publication of bilingual picture book with Balestier Press
Judges: Nicky Harman, Amanda Ruiqing Flynn, Jennifer Feeley [17]
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