Workshops & Contests

We host annual poetry contests and offer preparatory workshops to help participants get ready.

Workshops

We offer preparatory workshops to assist participants in submitting their pieces. These workshops are led by professors and professional writers.

Contests

We host annual poetry translation contests that encourage students to translate a piece of work from any language or form into another.

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Each participant receives one preparatory edit for their submitted pieces. Revisions are provided by undergraduate students majoring in English and professional writers of all ages.

Past Workshops

We invited professional writers to provide an overview and guidelines of the competition.

Julia Zhang

- Freshman at Wellesley College, majoring in English and Creative Writing

- Translating recent works by Chen Dong Dong into English

- Editor at The Wellesley Review and Gener Asians

Workshop content

- Weinberger's "19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei

Workshop time

- 12.21 7pm GMT+8

The Zoom link will be available shortly.

Past & Ongoing Contests

Review Past Entries

To explore the differences and similarities in diverse linguistic expressions of poetry, we hosted the Poetry Translation Contest.

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Each participant in the Poetry Translation Contest is entitled to one feedback session from experienced writers.

Standard revisions cost 3 USD or 20 RMB, while expedited revisions cost 5 USD or 35 RMB. All proceeds support project operations and non-profit activities.

Standard revisions are completed in 10 business days; expedited revisions in 5 business days.

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Submit for the Current Season

Our latest season of the Poetry Translation Contest is now open.

Click here to submit your entry.

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