Circulation of European literary works
Summary
The Creative Europe (CREA) call, identifier CREA-CULT-2027-LIT, supports projects to translate, publish, distribute and promote European literary works. Applicants must be public or private legal entities established in an eligible programme country and active in the publishing and book sector. Eligible countries include EU Member States and their overseas countries and territories, as well as eligible EEA countries and countries associated with the programme; the participating-country list determines eligibility for the latter groups. Each project must include at least 5 European literary works to be translated, published, distributed and promoted.
The call’s total budget is €5,000,000 and the funding rate is 60%. Individual applicants may receive up to €200,000 per project; consortia of at least 2 eligible organisations may receive up to €300,000. Small-scale projects proposing at least 5 translations may receive up to €100,000; medium-scale projects proposing at least 11 may receive up to €200,000; and large-scale projects proposing at least 21 may receive up to €300,000, for consortia only. These are per-project ceilings, not guaranteed grants.
Proposals must explain how they contribute to the EU’s overarching priorities and the call’s priorities: transnational circulation and diversity of works, particularly those written in less translated languages; promoting reading and linguistic and cultural diversity; and cooperation across the book and publishing value chain. Support for translators should follow good working conditions and fair remuneration. Allocating 20–30% of the total project budget to translators is recommended for the novel literary genre, not stated as a general mandatory condition. Machine translation is excluded; publishers must contract professional human literary translators and enter their details in the Creative Europe Database. Translators’ names must be visible in published books, preferably on the cover, and the source language must be clearly stated. Activities facilitating circulation of books from or into Ukraine and books in Ukrainian for Ukrainian refugees and displaced people are encouraged; printing non-translated Ukrainian books is eligible.
Proposals opened on 21/10/2026 and are due by 27/01/2027; no closing time is stated. National contact: Organisation of European Programmes & Cultural Relations, Nenad Mbogntanovitz, Business Planning Coordinator, Ifigenias 27, 2007 Acropolis, Nicosia, +357 7000 1300, [email protected] / [email protected]. For technical problems with the Creative Europe Database: [email protected]; for other issues: [email protected]. The call is available through Funding & Tenders.
How to apply
The call is open and funds projects to translate, publish, distribute and promote European literary works. It is for eligible legal entities active in the publishing and book sector, applying individually or as a consortium. EU funding is 60%; the call’s total budget is €5,000,000, not an amount per beneficiary. The summary states an expected EU contribution of €100,000–€300,000 per project, while the detailed rules set maximum amounts by project scale and category. The submission deadline is 27/01/2027.
- Choose a category: individual applicant (category 1) or a consortium of at least 2 eligible organisations (category 2). The maximum grant is €200,000 for an individual applicant and €300,000 for a consortium. Choose a scale according to the number of works to be translated: small, at least 5 works, up to €100,000; medium, at least 11 works, up to €200,000; large, at least 21 works, up to €300,000 and consortium only. EU funding is 60%.
- Design a project that includes at least 5 European literary works to be translated, published, distributed and promoted, with a robust publishing strategy and an effective distribution plan. Works may include novels, short stories, theatre or radio plays, poetry, literary reportage, comic books, or children’s and youth literature. For this call, European literary works are works by authors linked to an eligible country through nationality or place of residence, or recognised as belonging to the European literary heritage.
- Describe in the application how the design and implementation contribute to the EU’s overarching priorities, and propose contributions to the specific priorities: transnational circulation and diversity, notably of works in less translated languages; promotion of reading and linguistic and cultural diversity; support for literary translators and cooperation across the book value chain. Machine translation is excluded; publishers must contract professional human literary translators and clearly enter their details in the overview of translations in the Creative Europe Database. Publishers should ensure translators are visibly credited in published books, preferably on the cover, and that the source language is clearly mentioned. For projects in the novel literary genre, allocating 20–30% of the total project budget to translators’ remuneration is recommended. Activities facilitating the circulation of books from and/or into Ukraine, translations into or from Ukrainian, and providing Ukrainian-language books to Ukrainian refugees and displaced people are encouraged but not mandatory; printing in Ukrainian of non-translated Ukrainian books is also eligible.
- Submit the proposal by 27/01/2027.
- Applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- Be legal entities, public or private.
- Be established in an eligible country: an EU Member State, including overseas countries and territories (OCTs), an eligible EEA country, or a country associated to the Creative Europe Programme.
- Be active in the publishing and book sector.
- Each project must include at least 5 European literary works to be translated, published, distributed and promoted.
- A consortium (category 2) must consist of at least 2 eligible organisations.
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Circulation of European literary works Ανοιχτή Κατηγορία Προγράμματος (EU) Ανταγωνιστικά Προγράμματα ΕΕ Όνομα Προγράμματος Δημιουργική Ευρώπη Περιγραφή Προγράμματος Το πρόγραμμα «Δημιουργική Ευρώπη» υποστηρίζει τους τομείς του πολιτισμού και των οπτικοακουστικών μέσων. Λεπτομέρειες για το Πρόγραμμα Κωδικός Αναγνώρισης CREA-CULT-2027-LIT Πρόσκληση/Προκήρυξη Circulation of European literary works Συνοπτική Περιγραφή Πρόσκλησης Η παρούσα δράση θα στηρίξει έργα που αποσκοπούν στη μετάφραση, έκδοση, διανομή και προώθηση ευρωπαϊκών λογοτεχνικών έργων . Η δράση συμπληρώνει άλλες πρωτοβουλίες στήριξης του τομέα του βιβλίου και των εκδόσεων στο πλαίσιο του Creative Europe, όπως η προώθηση της ανάγνωσης στο νεανικό κοινό μέσω της Ευρωπαϊκής Ημέρας Συγγραφέων (European Authors Day) και το Βραβείο Λογοτεχνίας της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης (European Union Prize for Literature) , το οποίο απευθύνεται σε ανερχόμενους Ευρωπαίους συγγραφείς. Τα έργα που καλύπτονται από την παρούσα πρόσκληση υποβολής προτάσεων είναι ευρωπαϊκά λογοτεχνικά έργα , όπως μυθιστορήματα, διηγήματα, θεατρικά και ραδιοφωνικά έργα, ποίηση, λογοτεχνικά ρεπορτάζ, κόμικς, καθώς και λογοτεχνία για παιδιά και νέους. Για τους σκοπούς της παρούσας πρόσκλησης, ο όρος «ευρωπαϊκά λογοτεχνικά έργα» αναφέρεται σε έργα συγγραφέων που συνδέονται με επιλέξιμη χώρα του προγράμματος Creative Europe, είτε μέσω της εθνικότητάς τους είτε μέσω του τόπου διαμονής τους, ή σε συγγραφείς που αναγνωρίζονται ως μέρος της ευρωπαϊκής λογοτεχνικής κληρονομιάς. Οι επιλέξιμες χώρες περιλαμβάνουν τα κράτη μέλη της ΕΕ, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των υπερπόντιων χωρών και εδαφών (OCTs), καθώς και χώρες εκτός ΕΕ , όπως οι επιλέξιμες χώρες του Ευρωπαϊκού Οικονομικού Χώρου (ΕΟΧ) και οι χώρες που είναι συνδεδεμένες με το πρόγραμμα Creative Europe. Αναλυτική Περιγραφή Πρόσκλησης Αναλυτική περιγραφή στο αγγλικό κείμενο. Συνολικός Προϋπολογισμός Πρόσκλησης €5.000.000 Ποσοστό Χρηματοδότησης από ΕΕ ή άλλους Φορείς / Ύψος Επιχορήγησης ή Δανείου 60% Αναμενόμενη συνεισφορά ΕΕ ανά έργο: €100.000 – €300.000 Περισσότερες πληροφορίες στο αγγλικό κείμενο. Θεματικές Κατηγορίες Πολιτισμός Δικαιούχοι Διεθνείς Οργανισμοί Επιχειρήσεις Ιδιωτικοί Φορείς Κρατικοί Οργανισμοί και Κρατικές Επιχειρήσεις Μη Κερδοσκοπικοί Οργανισμοί Σημειώσεις για δικαιούχους Αναλυτική περιγραφή στο αγγλικό κείμενο. Έναρξη Υποβολής Προτάσεων 21/10/2026 Λήξη Υποβολής Προτάσεων 27/01/2027 Εθνικό Σημείο Επαφής Οργανισμός Ευρωπαϊκών Προγραμμάτων & Πολιτιστικών Σχέσεων Νέναντ Μπογκντάνοβιτς Συντονιστής Επιχειρησιακού Προγραμματισμού Διεύθυνση: Ιφιγένειας 27, 2007 Ακρόπολη, Λευκωσία Tηλέφωνο : +357 7000 1300 Ηλεκτρονική Διεύθυνση: [email protected] / [email protected] Σημείο Επαφής EE Σε περίπτωση τεχνικών προβλημάτων με τη Βάση Δεδομένων Creative Europe (Creative Europe Database), μπορείτε να επικοινωνείτε στη διεύθυνση [email protected] . Για οποιαδήποτε άλλα ζητήματα, μπορείτε να επικοινωνείτε μέσω της αρμόδιας ηλεκτρονικής διεύθυνσης: [email protected] . Ιστοσελίδα Funding & Tenders Call document Official English call details: https://www.fundingprogrammesportal.gov.cy/en/call/circulation-of-european-literary-works-en-2026/ Opened Programme Category EU Competitive Programmes Programme Name Creative Europe (CREA) Programme Description The Creative Europe Programme supports the culture and audiovisual sectors. Programme Details Identifier Code CREA-CULT-2027-LIT Call Circulation of European literary works Summary This action will support projects that will translate, publish, distribute, and promote European Literature. This action complements the other Creative Europe support actions to the book and publishing sector, such as reading promotion through the European Authors Day to younger audiences and the European Union Prize for Literature targeting European emerging authors. The works covered by this call for proposals are European literary works , such as novels, short stories, theatre plays and radio plays, poetry, literary reportage, comic books as well as children and youth literature. For the purposes of this call for proposals ‘ European literary works’ refers to works written by authors who are linked to an eligible country (Creative Europe 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 )], by their nationality or place of residence, or who are recognised as belonging to the European literary heritage. Detailed Call Description Themes and priorities In line with the current cultural policy priorities, applicants should propose projects contributing to: 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 Overarching priorities. 2. The following specific priorities: Increasing the transnational circulation and the diversity of European literary works, notably through the translation, publication, distribution and promotion of works written in less translated languages; Promoting reading and the linguistic and cultural diversity of European literature to a large audience, through increasing discoverability of the literary works supported; Supporting the profession of literary translator, in line with the principles of good working conditions and fair remuneration publishers should ensure that the names of the translators appear visibly in published books, and preferably on the cover, and that the source language is also clearly mentioned; Increasing the competitiveness of the book sector by encouraging cooperation between different actors within the book value chain, notably between publishers, booksellers, and libraries. In addition, as part of the exceptional support to Ukraine, applicants are encouraged to propose activities facilitating the circulation of books from and/or into Ukraine, as well as their translation into or from Ukrainian. In addition, projects aimed at providing books in the Ukrainian language to Ukrainian refugees and displaced people will be encouraged. In this context, the printing in Ukrainian of (non-translated) Ukrainian books will be eligible. To support the profession of literary translator, in accordance with the principles of good working conditions and fair remuneration, it is recommended that between 20 and 30%[This percentage will apply to novel literary genre.] of the total project budget is allocated to the remuneration of translators and that translators are given recognition and visibility, particularly being credited, preferably on the cover page. To preserve the profession of literary translator, and the quality of translation, machine translation is excluded from this call. Publishers will have to sign contracts with professional human literary translators, and the data about the chosen translators must be clearly indicated in the overview of translations in the Creative Europe Database (see section 5. Admissibility and documents). In this regard, publishers should respect national standards and follow best practices, referring to and using, the ‘Translators on the cover’ report and, as an example, the ‘Guidelines for fair translation contracts’ drawn up by CEATL . Scope: Translation, publication, promotion, and distribution activities as well as activities addressing the themes and priorities described above. More specifically: Activities relating to literary works to be translated, published and promoted, as part of a robust publishing strategy and an effective distribution plan. Activities aimed at facilitating collaboration between the various stakeholders in the book and publishing value chain: authors, translators, publishers, distributors, booksellers, libraries, literary events and festivals. Call Total Budget €5.000.000 Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan 60% Applicants will have to choose between the following categories of projects: category 1: individual applicant category 2: consortium composed of a minimum of 2 eligible organisations. The maximum grant per project for individual applicant (category 1) is of €200.000 and for consortium (category 2) is of €300.000 . The ceilings apply according to the size of the project: small scale: projects proposing translations of at least 5 literary works can receive up to €100.000 . medium scale: projects proposing translations of at least 11 literary works can receive up to €200.000. large scale: projects proposing translations of at least 21 literary works can receive up to €300.000 (consortium only). Thematic Categories Culture Eligibility for Participation Businesses International Organisations Non Profit Organisations Private Bodies State-owned Enterprises Eligibility For Participation Notes In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must: be legal entities (public or private bodies). be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.: 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(s) must be active in the publishing and book sector . Each project must include at least 5 European literary works to be translated, published, distributed, and promoted. Call Opening Date 21/10/2026 Call Closing Date 27/01/2027 National Contact Point(s) Organisation of European Programmes & Cultural Relations Νenant Μbogntanovitz Business Planning Coordinator Address: Ifigenias 27, 2007 Acropolis, Nicosia Telephone: +357 7000 1300 Email: [email protected] / [email protected] EU Contact Point In case of technical problems with the Creative Europe Database , please contact [email protected] For any issues, please contact the functional mailbox: [email protected] Website Funding & Tenders Call document
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