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The International Booker Prize
Booker Prize Foundation
Celebrates translated fiction and its translators on equal footing.
Free entryEnglish (translated)NovelShort StoryTranslated
- Prize
- £50,000 split equally between author and translator
- Entry fee
- Free (publisher submission)
- Deadline
- Varies (annual)
- Who can enter
- Fiction translated into English, published in UK/Ireland; publisher-submitted
- Status
- Published (translation)
- Genre
- Literary / Any, Translated
⚠️ Deadlines, fees and prizes change each year — and many prestige prizes are by nomination or publisher submission, not open entry. Always confirm the current details on the official site before you enter. Last checked 2026-06.
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