Please complete the below form to register your interest in the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators.

After registering, you will be able to access creative translation teaching resources in six languages (French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian, and Spanish) as well as details of our annual programme of webinars. The competition tasks will be released on Monday 2 February 2026 and the deadline for schools to submit entries will be Friday 27 March 2026.

Here you can also confirm if you would like to receive information about our International Book Club for Schools, Re-viewing the World, and Creative Translation Workshops run in schools by undergraduate ambassadors. In-person workshops will be available to schools in certain areas of the UK, and we hope to offer virtual workshops to schools in other areas.

The data on this form relates to your registration of interest in the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators. The date and time of your submission, your identity and the details of your school will all be stored, but will not be used for any purpose other than administering the competition and recording your registration to the competition.

If you experience any problems completing and submitting the online form, please contact us by email on translation.exchange@queens.ox.ac.uk.

Anthea Bell Prize
Are you a Subject or Curriculum Lead?
Area
Please indicate the geographical area in which your school is located. International Schools can register to receive resources but are not currently eligible to enter the competition.
Type of School
Is your school part of an academy chain?
If you answered 'Other', or if you feel your school does not fit into the categories offered above, please specify the school type.
Schools in Wales
The competition runs from French into Welsh across all levels. Bilingual French-Welsh/English resources are available for levels 1 and 2; more resources and languages will be added in 2023-24. Please indicate if your students will translate into Welsh.
Mandarin Teachers
If you are a Mandarin teacher, is your school part of the Swire Chinese Language Programme?
Mandarin Teachers
If you are a Mandarin teacher, is your school part of the Mandarin Excellence Programme?
Languages
Please indicate for which language(s) you are interested in receiving resources and competition tasks.
Translation Exchange Initiatives
If you are interested in receiving information about other programmes for schools run by the Translation Exchange, please indicate this by checking the relevant box(es) below. You can find out more about all of these by following the links given above.