The Scott Moncrieff Prize is an annual award of £1,000 for translations into English of full length French works of literary merit and general interest.

Established in 1965, and named after the celebrated translator of Proust’s Á la Recherche du Temps Perdu, the prize is generously sponsored by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni.  

The 2022 Scott Moncrieff Prize is now open for submissions.

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• The deadline for submissions is 28 February 2022.
• Entries must be translations from French into English.
• The original must have been published within the last 150 years.
• Entries must have been published in 2021.
• Full Terms and Conditions are listed at the start of the entry form.
• Presented at a ceremony in 2023.