Call on the Circulation of European Literary Works

 This call supports projects focused on:

• Translating, publishing, and promoting diverse European literary works.
• Supporting literary translators with fair remuneration and promoting best practices.
• Enhancing collaboration across the book value chain (authors, translators, publishers, booksellers, libraries, etc.).
• Promoting cultural and linguistic diversity across the EU, with a special focus on greening, digital transition, inclusion, and gender equality.

Deadline: 11 February 2025, 17:00 Brussels time

Webinar on Circulation of EU Literary Works 2025

• Tuesday 3rd December
• 9am to 11am Irish time (10am to 12pm CET)
• No registration – join webinar here

EACEA will host a webinar on the Circulation of European Literary Works 2025 funding call on 3rd December from 9am to 11am Irish time (10am to 12pm CET). You don’t need to register in advance, just go the EACEA event page and click the Join the Meeting button.

The webinar is open to everyone. It will  cover important aspects of the call including how to apply, eligibility criteria, and the types of projects that qualify for support. The language of the meeting will be English. Please note that this webinar meeting will not be recorded.

Eligibility 

Interested organisations can apply individually or as a consortium of at least 2 eligible organisations. Each project must have a sound editorial, distribution and promotion strategy and propose a minimum of 5 eligible works of fiction written by authors who are nationals of, or residents in, or recognised as part of the literary heritage of an eligible country.

Applicants can apply with projects of different sizes:

• Small scale: projects proposing at least 5 translations of eligible works 
• Medium scale: projects proposing at least 11 translations of eligible works
• Large scale: projects proposing at least 21 translations of eligible work

Themes and Priorities

In line with the current cultural policy priorities, applicants should propose projects contributing to the European Union overarching priorities and meeting the specific priorities of the call:

1. EU Overarching priorities.

Applicants must describe in their application how, in the design and implementation of their projects, they intend to contribute to the EU’s efforts in terms of greening and digital transition and respond to the priority of inclusion and gender equality and international dimension.

2. The following specific priorities:

• to increase the transnational circulation and the diversity of European literary works, through the translation, publication, distribution and promotion of works of fiction written in less widely spoken languages.
• to promote reading and the linguistic and cultural diversity of European literature to a large audience.
• to support the profession of literary translator in line with the principles of good working conditions and fair remuneration.
• to increase the competitiveness of the book sector by encouraging cooperation between different actors within the book value chain, notably between publishers, booksellers, and libraries.

This action complements the other Creative Europe supports to the book and publishing sector such as the Day of European Authors (reading promotion and discovery of European literature) and the European Union Prize for Literature (promotion of European emerging authors). Applicants are encouraged to look for synergies with these actions.

In addition, and as part of the EU exceptional support to Ukraine, projects aimed at providing literary works in the Ukrainian language to Ukrainian refugees and displaced people will be encouraged. In this context, the printing in Ukrainian of (non-translated) Ukrainian literary works will be eligible.

In order to support the literary translation profession in accordance with the principles of good working conditions and fair remuneration, it is recommended that between 20 and 30% of the total project budget is allocated to the remuneration of translators and that translators are given recognition and visibility, in particular by naming them, preferably on the cover page.

Furthermore, in order to preserve linguistic diversity, in particular lesser-used languages, the quality of translation and the profession of literary translator, publishers must contract professional literary translators, who must be referenced in the Creative Europe database. In this respect, publishers must comply with national standards and best practices.

Scope:

Translation, publication, promotion, and distribution activities as well as activities addressing the themes and priorities described above. More specifically:

• Work packages of eligible works of fiction to be translated, published, distributed and promoted, based on a sound editorial, distribution and promotion strategy.
• Activities to facilitate collaboration between different actors of the book and publishing value chain – authors, translators, publishers, disributors, booksellers, libraries, literary events or festivals.