Grant for the Publication of Taiwanese Works in Translation (GPT) is set up by The Ministry of Culture to encourage the publication of Taiwanese works in translation overseas, to raise the international visibility of Taiwanese cultural content, and to help Taiwan's publishing industry expand into non-Chinese international markets.
GPT 2023-2 is now inviting legally registered or incorporated foreign publishing house (legal entity) to take this opportunity：Submitting your project aiming at Taiwanese works in translation to be published in print in your country before January 14st 2026. The Taiwanese works to be translated must meet the following requirements：(1) Use traditional characters, (2) written by a natural person holding an R.O.C.(Taiwan) identity card, and (3) has been assigned an ISBN in Taiwan. All genres will be considered. Priority is given to projects with books that have won the Golden Tripod Award, the Golden Comic Award, the Taiwan Literature Award, books on Taiwan’s culture and history, or series of books. Marketing and promotion fees are no longer limited to subsidizing international air tickets, but those who apply for this funding must propose a specific marketing promotion plan and complete the implementation before submitting the grant project results; those whose plans include talks or book launching events attended by authors in person will be given priority for grants. The maximum grant available for each project is NT$ 600,000.
GPT 2023-2 is now call for submissions online (December 15st 2023 - January 14st 2024, according to Taiwan time GMT+8). For more information please visit the official website (https://grants.moc.gov.tw/Web_ENG/). Check Books From Taiwan (https://booksfromtaiwan.tw/) for shortlists and abstracts of aforementioned award-winning books.
