On September 9th, the Commission of experts gathered and assessed 12 applications from foreign publishers and 11 applications from translators for publishing literary works of Latvian authors abroad. This competition was financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and The State Culture Capital Foundation, and supported projects in different languages. The Commission was composed of five experts: literary critic Anda Baklāne, translator and publisher Pēteris Jankavs, translator Dace Meiere, writer and translator Vilis Kasims and executive manager of the "Latvian Literature" platform Inga Bodnarjuka-Mrazauskas.
In total, 9 project proposals from foreign publishers and 11 proposals from translators were awarded. Please see the list of supported projects below. Together experts decided to support foreign publishers with amount of 23818,14 EUR and translators with amount of 15138,96 EUR.
Next contest will be announced in February 1st, 2020.
RESULTS FOR PUBLISHERS:
| Nr. | Author | Literary Work | Language | Publisher | Support from the Latvian Literature platform |
| 1 | Anete Melece | Kiosks / Kiosk | Chinese | San Min Book Co Ltd. | 3000 |
| 2 | Various Authors | Bikibuki / Bicki-Books #2 | English | The Emma Press Ltd. | 5585,14 |
| 3 | Māra Zālīte "Pieci pirksti" | Pieci Pirksti / Five Fingers | Ukrainian | Yaroslaviv Val Publishing House | 2200 |
| 4 | Nora Ikstena | Mātes piens / Soviet Milk | Arabic | Mamdouh Adwan publishing house | 1700 |
| 5 | Rūta Briede | Kaiju karalienes noslēpums / The Mystery of the Queen of Seagulls | Korean | Mirae Media & Books Co | 2450 |
| 6 | Valentīns Jākobsons | Brokastis pusnaktī / Breakfast in the Midnight | French | Editions du Cygne | 2058 |
| 7 | Juris Zvirgzdiņš | Tobiass, Čārlijs un Neredzamais spoks / Tobias, Charlie and the Invisible Ghost | Armenian | Vernatun Media | 2725 |
| 8 | Vladis Spāre | Tu nevari dabūt visu, ko gribi / You Cannot Get All You Want | Russian | ANO Redaktsiya jurnala "Inostrannaya Literatura" | 3000 |
| 9 | Ingmāra Balode | alba / alba | Ukrainian | FOP Zavadskyi Iurii Romanovych | 1100 |
| TOTAL: | 23818,14 |
RESULTS FOR TRANSLATORS:
| Nr. | Author | Literary Work | Language | Translator | Publisher |
| 1 | Māra Zālīte | Klusās vētras un citi dzejoļi | Ukrainian | Viktor Melnyk | Prosvita Publishing Center |
| 2 | Māris Bērziņš | Svina garša | Russian | Jurijs Kasjaničs | Text Publishers |
| 3 | Vizma Belševica | Bille | Finnish | Mirja Hovila | Paperiporo |
| 4 | Semjons Haņins | Bet ne ar to/No ne tem | Belarussian | Andrei Khadanovich | The Lohvinau Publishing House |
| 5 | Agnese Vanaga | Plastmasas huligāni | English | Žanete Vēvere-Pasqualini | Helvetiq |
| 6 | Zane Zusta | Tarakāni manā galvā | Lithuanian | Audrius Musteikis | Terra Publica |
| 7 | Krišjānis Zeļģis | Zvēri | German | Kasnitz Adrian | Parasitenpresse |
| 8 | Juris Zvirgzdiņš | Tobiass, Čārlijs un Neredzamais spoks | Armenian | Naira Khachatryan | Vernatun |
| 9 | Anete Melece | Kiosks | Estonian | Margus Konnula | Paike Ja Pilv |
| 10 | Ingmāra Balode | alba | Ukrainian | Māris Salējs | FOP Zavadskyi Iurii Romanovych |
| 11 | Nora Ikstena | Mātes piens | Arabic | Dahouk RUKIYA | Mamdouh adwan publishing house |
