Translations

Please submit up to three prose pieces OR up to six poems in one document via our Submittable page (adroit.submittable.com). 

Prose submissions may be up to 9,000 words per entry of between 1-3 pieces. There is no length limit for poetry.

Your translation should be accompanied by a translator’s note explaining the significance of the work and providing a brief biography of the author, followed by a summary of your previous publications and a few words about how you came to learn about the work. You should include this information in your cover letter in Submittable and include it in the uploaded file. 

You must secure the right to publish your translation before submitting it to us. If your translation is accepted for publication by Adroit, you will be required to document that you have obtained the English-language rights to the work from the copyright holder (unless the work is in the public domain).

Please include a word count at the top of each submission.

You are welcome to submit no more than two (2) times per reading period. Additional submissions will be returned unread.

No AI-generated or AI-assisted work will be considered or tolerated. This means you can use AI to research or make notes on a poem or piece, but every sentence, line, word and punctuation mark must come from you. For anything that is inspired by another author or resource, you must provide attribution or sourcing. 

Happy submitting, and thanks in advance!