The Ukrainian Book Institute has launched the applications call for the Translate Ukraine 2025 Program. We invite both Ukrainian and foreign publishers who plan to translate, publish, and distribute works of contemporary Ukrainian literature to participate!

For participation in the competitive selection, the Institute shall consider projects of the translations of contemporary Ukrainian literature or works of public domain:

- written in Ukrainian;

- published by a Ukrainian publisher/publishers as of the date of application;

- to be fully completed and published by the end of 2025;

- to be published with the print run of at least 300 copies.

 Priority directions: classical and contemporary Ukrainian literature, in particular literature addressing Russia’s war against Ukraine, decolonization, Ukrainian history from various periods, Ukrainian culture, traditions, and daily life, etc.

As part of the program, the UBI will reimburse expenses for:

- Acquiring translation rights for Ukrainian literary works or paying royalties for their use;

- Creating intellectual property — translating Ukrainian literary works into other languages;

-  Publishing Ukrainian literary works in other languages, including editorial processing, layout design, and creating electronic editions.

The maximum reimbursable amount by the Institute to the publisher is €8,000 or the equivalent in Ukraine's national currency, hryvnia.

 Applications are accepted exclusively via email: [email protected]

 Questions can be sent to: [email protected]

 Project coordinators: Olena Odynoka (+380966078391), Bohdan Kyrychenko.

For more details, please use the following link: https://ubi.org.ua/en/news/kategoriya-1/translate-ukraine-2025-priyom-zayavok-do-programi-pidtrimki-perekladiv-vidkrito