Scott Moncrieff Prize

Scott Moncrieff Prize
Awarded forThe best translation into English of a full-length French work of literary merit.
Sponsored byInstitut Français du Royaume-Uni (current)
Country (Translations must be first published in the UK)
Presented byTranslators Association (via the Society of Authors)
Websitehttps://societyofauthors.org/prizes/translation-prizes/french-scott-moncrieff-prize/

The Scott Moncrieff Prize, established in 1965, and named after the translator C. K. Scott Moncrieff, is an annual £3,000 literary prize for French-to-English translation, awarded to one or more translators every year for a full-length work deemed by the Translators Association to have "literary merit". The runner-up receives £1,000. The Prizes is currently sponsored by the Institut Français du Royaume Uni. Only translations first published in the United Kingdom are considered for the accolade.

Sponsors of the prize have included the French Ministry of Culture, the French Embassy, and the Arts Council of England.

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