We couldn't be more grateful for our enduring partnership with @wwborders.bsky.social. Every year, all of the works shortlisted for our Prize are excerpted there, creating this beautiful home showcasing the depth and breadth of South Asian literature. Thank you, WWB! See it here: bit.ly/ASPrizeWWB

Kumudu Kumarasinghe’s “Aachchi, Who Never Aged” (tr. Ciara Mandulee Mendis), a 2025 @armorysqprize.bsky.social Prize finalist, is the story of an aged woman working without pause to feed a family she cannot control. Read it on WWB: buff.ly/eYnau4u

Congratulations to our 2026 Armory Square Prize winner, Rohan Chhetri!🎉 His translation of Parijat's 1964 novel Shirishko Phool (Flowers of the Siris Tree) was chosen by our jury as the best retranslation of a modern work of South Asian literature. Read more: www.armorysquareprize.com/2026-winner

Meet the 2026 Armory Square Prize shortlist: Rahul Soni. A writer, editor, and translator, his translation of Dharmvir Bharati's The Seventh Horse of the Sun is a finalist for this year's prize. Congratulations to our finalists! The winner will be announced June 8.

Meet the 2026 Armory Square Prize Shortlist: Vaibhav Sharma. A translator of Hindi and English from India, his translation of Kamleshwar's The Town of Fifty-Seven Streets is a finalist for this year's prize. Congratulations to our finalists! The winner will be announced June 8.

Meet the 2026 Armory Square Prize shortlist: Matt Reeck. A Guggenheim Fellow and translator from French, Hindi, Korean, and Urdu, his translation of Ranendra's The Lost Golden Land is a finalist for this year's prize. Congratulations to our finalists! The winner will be announced June 8.

Meet the 2026 Armory Square Prize Shortlist: Sayari Debnath. A literary translator from Bengali and Hindi into English, her translation of Jibanananda Das's The Spirit-woman’s Fairytale and Other Stories is a finalist for this year's prize. Congratulations! The winner will be announced June 8.

Meet the 2026 Armory Square Prize Shortlist: Rohan Chhetri. A poet, translator, and editor based in Houston, his translation of Parijat's Flowers of the Siris Tree is a finalist for this year's prize. Congratulations to our finalists! The winner will be announced June 8.

Join us for the live announcement of this year's Prize winner at the link below!

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An online launch event on 8 June, will feature a panel discussion with the International Booker Prize-winning writer and translator Deepa Bhasthi and the scholar, poet, and translator Parwana Fayyaz. Register here : https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/0oo_atO-Q6WmLjqZ9W4EIA#/registration

We are pleased to announce that we have selected our shortlist for this year's prize. Congratulations to our five finalists! The winner will be announced live on June 8 as part of @himalsouthasian.bsky.social's Fiction Fest. See the announcement here: www.armorysquareprize.com/2026-prize-s...

It's here! Happy pub day to @sanarch.bsky.social, whose translation of Fahmida Riaz's Fortress of the Forgotten Ones, the 2024 winner of the Armory Square Prize, is officially available today. We couldn't be prouder to hold this incredible work in our hands. www.openletterbooks.org/products/for...

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Time's almost up! Apply to the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation today before it's too late. Find submission guidelines and application form here: www.armorysv.com/translation-...

⏰ Time is running out to submit your application to this year's Armory Square Prize! The deadline is March 16. Questions about this year's theme, eligibility, rights, or anything else? Reach out to us: submissions@armorysv.com

Just 10 days left to get your applications in for this year's Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation! Application info here: www.armorysv.com/translation-...

For those who missed our masterclass with @sanarch.bsky.social, the replay is now available to watch on demand: youtu.be/4RGESWTI5oc Get inspired to submit your work for the next Armory Square Prize (deadline: March 16) and learn all about @himalsouthasian.bsky.social's upcoming Fiction Fest!

Translators Masterclass with Armory Square Prize winner Sana R. Chaudhry | Himal Southasian

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Our masterclass is coming up tomorrow! Register to join us bit.ly/ASprizemasterclass

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How do you win a translation prize—and what happens when you do? 2024 winner @sanarch.bsky.social will discuss her process and craft in partnership with @himalsouthasian.bsky.social and @openletterbooks.bsky.social on February 16. RSVP to join us at bit.ly/ASprizemasterclass!

How do you win a translation prize—and what happens when you do? 2024 winner @sanarch.bsky.social will discuss her process and craft in partnership with @himalsouthasian.bsky.social and @openletterbooks.bsky.social on February 16. RSVP to join us at bit.ly/ASprizemasterclass!

🚨 The deadline for submissions for the 2026 Armory Square Prize has been extended! You now have until March 15 to be considered for our prize. Questions about this year's theme, or wondering if your work is eligible? Email us: submissions@armorysv.com.

It's here! Submissions opened today for the fourth Armory Square Prize, available to translators working with any South Asian language. This year, our prize focus is on retranslations of literature written after 1930. See the submissions call and apply here: www.armorysv.com/2026-submiss...

Last week, we were thrilled to celebrate the first 3 years of the Armory Square Prize at @wwborders.bsky.social's annual gala at the Edison Ballroom in New York City! Novelist @meghamaj.bsky.social was our gracious table host. Stay tuned for Prize round 4 updates soon!

Last month, Syracuse University's South Asia Center invited founding Armory Square Prize jury member @shreedaisy.bsky.social to lead a workshop on translation's role in teaching and researching South Asia and other parts of the world. She had to stop by historic Armory Square while she was in town!

Two Month Review, from our friends @openletterbooks.bsky.social, spent the summer reading jury member @shreedaisy.bsky.social's translation of Tomb of Sand. Jury chair @jasongrunebaum.bsky.social & prize founder Pia Sawhney came by these episodes to chat all things translation. Give them a listen!

Opportunity alert! Our friends @southasiaspeaks.bsky.social are accepting applications for their fellowship program now through Sept. 30 from emerging translators living in South Asia. Learn more & apply here: www.southasiaspeaks.org/fellowship/. Good luck to all!

Meet 2025 Armory Square Prize shortlist translator Ciara Mandulee Mendis. A Sri Lankan writer who has won multiple awards, including the State Literary Award, her work appears in several international journals. She translates into and out of both Sinhala and English. Congrats!

Meet 2025 Armory Square Prize shortlist translator Subhashree Beeman. A translator working from Tamil and French into English, she is winner of the 2024 PEN/Heim Translation Grant and 2024 SALT/ALTA Emerging Literary Translation Mentorship. Her entry earned Special Mention from our jury. Congrats!

Meet 2025 Armory Square Prize shortlist translator Sumathy Sivamohan. She is Professor in English at the University of Peradeniya and an acclaimed film maker, dramatist, performer, poet and translator. In 2011, she received the Premchand Fellowship from the Sahithya Akademi of India. Congrats!

Meet 2025 Armory Square Prize shortlist translator Punarvasu Joshi. A nanotechnology researcher turned translator, he has translated 40 Hindi short stories for a 2-volume anthology titled ‘A Journey In Time.' His recent translation is the novel ‘The Madhouse,’ which came out in January. Congrats!

The video of our live shortlist readings & winner announcement is online now from @himalmag.bsky.social! Come for the engaging panel discussion on Caste, Gender and Resistance in Southasian Speculative Fiction, stay for five incredible pieces of translation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghi6...

Himal Fiction Fest 2025: Caste, Gender and Resistance in Southasian Speculative Fiction

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Get to know the 2025 Armory Square Prize Shortlist: Badalta Hua Desh by Manoj Kumar Pandey, translated by Punarvusu Joshi

Our 2025 shortlist and winner were announced this morning during a joint livestream event with our friends at @himalmag.bsky.social! Our thanks to the folks at Himal and to our five finalists for sharing their work and time with us. Meet the full shortlist here: www.armorysv.com/2025-prize-w...

2025 Armory Square Prize Winner and Shortlist — Armory Square Ventures

Launched in July of 2022, the Armory Square Prize is an effort to remedy the stark disparities in literary translation worldwide and support compelling storytellers from the Indian Subcontinent by rai...

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