Circulation of European Literary Works

The priorities of this call are to:

• Strengthen the transnational circulation and diversity of European literary works;
• Encourage the translation, publication and promotion of works of fiction written in less widely spoken languages in order to increase their distribution in wider markets in Europe and beyond;
• Enlarge the audience for European books, especially to young people by actively encouraging them to discover the diversity of European literature;
• Contribute to strengthening the competitiveness of the book sector by encouraging cooperation between different actors within the book value chain- including booksellers and libraries;
• Promote the literary translator profession and the principles of visibility, good working conditions and fair remuneration of translator. In this respect publishers should ensure that the name of the translator(s) is in the published book, preferably on the cover, as well as the source language.
• NB: in order to continue to provide support to Ukraine in the field of books, projects aimed at providing books in the Ukrainian language to Ukrainian refugees and displaced people will be encouraged.
• Include the cross-cutting issues of inclusion and diversity (notably gender balance), and the greening of Creative Europe.

• Applications submitted by single applicants and proposals submitted by a consortium are allowed.
• A consortium must be of at least 2 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities).
• In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be:
  • legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • established in one of the eligible countries, that is in:
    • Creative Europe Participating Countries:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories
      (OCTs))
    • non-EU countries:
    • listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative
      Europe Programme (list of participating countries)
  • other eligibility conditions:
  • Applicant (i.e. the Coordinator) must have had a legal existence for at least 2 years on the date of the deadline for submission.
  • Applicant (i.e. the Coordinator) must be active in the publishing and book sector.

• Translation, publication, promotion and distribution activities as well as activities addressing the themes and priorities described above.
• The proposed activities should be grouped, in the application form part B, in coherent work packages (i.e. major sub-division of the project).
• Each work package must have a corresponding list of activities, deliverables, milestones and critical risks (see section 10).
• The action will support around 40 projects, implemented either by a single entity (mono-beneficiary) or by a grouping of organisations (multi-beneficiary). Each project must be based on a sound editorial and promotional strategy covering a package of at least 5 eligible works of fiction translated from and into eligible languages, and must include the following elements
• Each project must be based on a sound editorial and promotional strategy covering a package of at least 5 eligible works of fiction translated from and into eligible languages, and must include the following elements:
  • the proposed package contributes to the diversity of literature in the target country (or countries) by including works of fiction from countries that are underrepresented, and in particular, works written in lesser-used languages,
  • the format of the book and the distribution strategy help ensure wide and easy access to the works
  • the promotion strategy allows for an enlargement of the readership,
  • the project encourages collaboration between authors, translators, publishers, distributors, booksellers, libraries, festivals, literary events, and so on.
  • the project contributes to raising the profile of translators and respects the principle of fair remuneration,
  • the project addresses the Creative Europe programme cross-cutting issues and the Culture Strand 2024 priorities of inclusion and diversity (notably gender balance), and the greening of Creative Europe.

• Project budget (maximum grant amount):
  • Small-scale: projects proposing translation of at least 5 books can receive up to €100,000.
  • Medium-scale: projects proposing translation of at least 11 books can receive up to €200,000.
  • Large scale: projects proposing translation of at least 21 books can receive up to €300,000.
• The total grant per project cannot exceed €200,000 for single applicants and €300,000 for proposals submitted by a consortium.