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 2020 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 Oct. 2022.
The so-called Taiwanese works must meet the following requirements：
(1) Use traditional characters,
(2) written by a natural person holding an R.O.C. 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, or the Taiwan Literature Award. The maximum grant available for each project is NT$600,000.
GPT 2020 is now call for submissions online (2020 Oct 1st – Oct 31th). 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.
Feel free to contact MOC, Taiwan by E-mail (books@moc.gov.tw) if you require further assistance.
