The Bai Meigui Translation Prize is a translation prize awarded annually by the Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing, at the University of Leeds.

About the Prize

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.

Winners of the Prize

1st Bai Meigui Prize (2015)

Winners: Natascha Bruce and Michael Day
Genre: surreal short story ''Chicken'' by Dorothy Tse
Prize: 1 week at a translation summer school, and publication in Structo magazine
Judges: Nicky Harman, Jeremy Tiang, Helen Wang

2nd Bai Meigui Prize (2016)

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''
Judges: Nicky Harman, Dave Haysom, Helen Wang

3rd Bai Meigui Prize (2017)

Winner: Helen Tat and Liu Jia
Genre: Poetry by Chi Lingyun, Qin Xiaoyu, Xu Xiangchou
Prize: Publication in ''Stand'' magazine
Judges: Canaan Morse, Eleanor Goodman, Heather Inwood

4th Bai Meigui Prize (2018)

Winner: Jasmine Alexander
Genre: Children's picture book, ''Happy Mid-Autumn Festival'' by Meng Yanan
Prize: Publication of bilingual picture book with Balestier Press
Judges: Minjie Chen, Helen Wang, Adam Lanphier
See: ''Happy Mid-Autumn Festival'', by Meng Yanan, tr. Jasmine Alexander (Balestier Press, 2018) ISBN 978-1911221326

5th Bai Meigui Prize (2019)

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

6th Bai Meigui Prize (2020)

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
See: ''Sleepy Sleepy New Year'', by Meng Yanan, tr. Izzy Hasson (Balestier Press, 2020) ISBN 978-1911221777

7th Bai Meigui Prize (2021)

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

References

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