[Mendele] Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements--CIYCL 2010-11 Yiddish-Into-English Poetry Translation Contest

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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:46:34 -0700
From: Miri Koral, CIYCL Director <miriam at yiddishinstitute.org>

Announcing the CIYCL 2010-11 Sixth International Yiddish-Into-English 
Poetry Translation Contest!

Der 2010-11 Zekster Internatsionaler Yidish-tsu-English Poezye 
Iberzetsungs Konkurs

>From - Miri Koral, CIYCL Director

The California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language (CIYCL) is 
calling all poetry mavens!  Do you have a favorite Yiddish poet or a poem 
that has yet to reach the English-speaking masses? Or have you come across 
a published translation of a wonderful Yiddish poem that perhaps mangles 
the poetic intentions of its creator? This is your chance for redemption. 
Find that very special poem that you would like shared with a much wider 
audience and make it come alive. Just as the Golem rose to life by the 
sacred words of its creator, breathe new life into your Yiddish poem of 
choice. Dazzle us with your cross-cultural understanding of the Yiddish 
and English languages. Impress us with your knowledge of the delicate 
intricacies and nuances of the mameloshn.

First place winners will receive $360, plus publication on the CIYCL
website and newsletter. It also will appear in Der Bay.

Second place winners will receive $50 plus publication on our website.

This contest is
sponsored by Lee Chesnin, CIYCL Board Member Stephen O. Lesser and the 
IAYC.
Winners will be announced at the CIYCL Yiddish poetry event on April 10 in 
Los Angeles.

Contest Rules: Your single entry of up to two pages must include the 
original Yiddish poem (in Yiddish characters) and your own, never before 
published English translation. Entries over the required length will be 
disqualified.  Submissions must be received no later than January 17, 
2011.
For submissions by mail:
CIYCL
333 Washington Blvd., #118,
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
For submissions by e-mail:
miriam at yiddishinstitute.org
Editor~Rs note: The Fifth CIYCL Contest First Place Winner was Michael 
Steinlauf who translated Avrum Sutzkever's "Poem From a Diary" (1974)
  It can be found on
CIYCL~Rs website at: http://yiddishinstitute.org/firstplace2010.html

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