Every year, the Czech Ministry of Culture awards grants to support the publication of Czech prose, poetry, drama, essays, comics and children’s literature abroad.

Publishers can apply for funding for:

• translation costs (up to 50% of the total cost of publishing)
• graphic design, typesetting and printing costs (up to 50% of the total cost of publishing)
• copyright costs (up to 15% of the total cost of publishing)
• promotion costs (up to 25% of the total cost of publishing)

In total, the grant can cover up to 70% of the total cost of publishing.

Publishers, agents and translators can apply for funding for:

• the translation of an excerpt of between 10–25 standard pages of text (a standard page is 1800 characters with spaces)

Magazines can apply for funding for:

• publishing costs of an issue where at least 50% of the total content is dedicated to original Czech literature. In total, the grant can cover up to 70% of the total cost of publishing.

Deadlines

15th May for books and excerpts to be published in the same year as the application is submitted

15th November for books and excerpts to be published in the following year after the application is submitted

Application forms

• Book (download here)
• Extract (download here)
• Magazine (download here)

The application can be submitted by e-mail: translation.abroad@mk.gov.cz, or it can also be delivered physically to the address indicated in the application.

If support is granted, the publisher must include the logo of the Ministry of Culture in the book, along with the following statement: “The publication of this book was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.”