[Julie Steiner]

The ballots you post below will decide THREE prizewinners from the main Translation Bake-Off event finalists, ONE prizewinner for translation of Meleager's bee poem, and ONE prizewinner for translation of Meleager's first mosquito poem.

The authors of those five prizewinning entries will receive either a copy of the Able Muse Translation Anthology Special Issue...or, if they already own this, their choice of a book from the Able Muse Press catalog.

The quality of the Meleager translations was so good that I'd like to see more than one bee and one mosquito recognized for excellence. So I'll announce who the top three vote-getters were for those, too. (The second- and third-place winners for the Meleager translations will have to be content with receiving undying glory, though--no tangible prize.)

If you don't yet have time to evaluate the entries for all three contests, you can vote a partial ballot now, and edit in the rest of your picks anytime before 14 October. I won't tally the votes until then. (And if you never get around to to finishing, the parts you did vote will still count.)

2014 TRANSLATION BAKE-OFF MAIN EVENT FINALISTS:

1A--Ariosto's fly
1B--Neruda's insect
1C--Boye's butterflies
1D--Rimbaud's lice
1E--Anonymous bookworm
1F--Kosztolányi's 3 insects
1G--Leal's butterflies
1H--Gautier's cricket

MELEAGER'S BEE POEM CHALLENGE ENTRIES:
(Compare these to the original and prose crib here.)

Post #4 by Maryann Corbett
Post #7 by Mary McLean
Post #8 by Susan McLean
Post #13 (scroll down to entry) by Birthe Myers
Post #14 by Roger Slater (Bob Schechter)
Post #19 by Ann Drysdale
Post #20 by Susan McLean
Post #21 by RCL (Ralph Larosa)
Post #22 by John Whitworth
Post #23 by Ann Drysdale
Post #24 by Sharon Fish Mooney

MELEAGER'S FIRST MOSQUITO POEM CHALLENGE ENTRIES:
(Compare these to the original and prose crib here.)

Post #3 by Ann Drysdale
Post #6 by Mary McLean
Post #7 by RCL (Ralph Larosa)
Post #8 by Brian Allgar
Post #9 by Sharon Fish Mooney
Post #10 by Susan McLean
Post #11 by Ann Drysdale

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For your convenience, you may cut and paste (and fill in!) the following ballot.

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MY FAVORITE TRANSLATIONS AMONG THE 2014 BAKE-OFF FINALISTS:

#1 (3 points):
#2 (2 points):
#3 (1 point):

MY FAVORITE TRANSLATIONS OF MELEAGER'S BEE POEM:

#1 (3 points):
#2 (2 points):
#3 (1 point):

MY FAVORITE TRANSLATIONS OF MELEAGER'S FIRST MOSQUITO POEM:

#1 (3 points):
#2 (2 points):
#3 (1 point):