The foreign ministries of Estonia and Latvia are announcing the annual Latvian and Estonian Language Promotion Award.
The aim of the award is to enhance knowledge of the Latvian and Estonian languages and to recognise the achievements of Latvian and Estonian translators, linguists, teachers and managers of language learning projects in the promotion of the Latvian and Estonian languages. The foreign ministries of Estonia and Latvia will announce the winner jointly.
In line with the regulation of the Language Promotion Award, everyone can submit candidates who have contributed to Estonian or Latvian language in 2024 with translation or academic work, or by managing a language-learning project (including journalistic programmes, articles and broadcasts on language promotion) in Estonia or Latvia. Candidates can include journalists, teachers, university teachers or institutions that have been engaged in teaching Estonian in Latvia or Latvian in Estonia.
The monetary value of the Award is €5 000 and the Award Fund receives equal contributions from the ministries of foreign affairs of Latvia and Estonia. The jury of the prize includes representatives from the foreign ministries of both countries as well as language and literature experts.
The Language Promotion Award is presented for the fifteenth time. Previous winners are Maima Grīnberga (2009, 2012), Guntars Godinš (2010, 2013, 2018), Kalev Kalkun (2011), Margus Konnula alias Contra (2014), Valts Ernštreits (2015), Livia Viitol (2016), Rūta Karma (2017), Ilze Tālberga (2019), Lembit Vaba (2020), Daila Ozola (2021), Hea Lugu Publishers (2022) and Karl Pajusalu (2023).
The deadline for submitting candidates for achievements in 2024 is 26 May 2025.
Please send the application and the candidate’s CV by emailing [email protected] or by regular mail with the keyword “Language Award” to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islandi väljak 1, Tallinn, 15049, Estonia.
The application form and the regulation on the Language Promotion Award can be downloaded here.
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