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Excited for more conversations here at AWP26? Us too!

Check out this ALTA-sponsored panel starting later: "Translating the Dead," feat. Diana Arterian, Aaron Coleman, Chloe Garcia Roberts, C. Francis Fisher, Umair Kazi. Starting at 12:10pm!

Do you want to go home with a bundle of books in translation? Then play Bookfair Bingo with us at AWP26!

It's easy: Just come by booth 1066 to get your Bingo card. Visit the participating organizations to get Bingo, and then bring your card back to get entered into the raffle to win!

On Translating Fatemeh Shams Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

“Confronted by the eventuality of becoming, herself, a translated subject, Shams makes translation itself her subject.”

Author and translator Armen Davoudian reflects on Iranian poet Fatemeh Shams’s perspective on translation as someone in exile. At Poetry Foundation:

Starting soon: Don't miss our sponsored panel "Poetry in Translation: Sound & Musicality Around the World" feat. Sergio Waisman, Kristin Dykstra, Anna Deeny Morales, Karen Bishop, and Vivek Narayanan, starting at 10:35am!

Are you at AWP26? Join us for an offsite translator meetup! 🎉

Spend a few hours with us at Crossbar Der Biergarten (8 E Cross St, a 15-minute walk from the convention center) for some friendly translation chat! Food and drinks available for purchase 🍔 🥤

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Can't get enough of translation events at AWP26? Us either!

We've curated a list of translation-related events over the next few days at AWP here in Baltimore, MD. Check it out - and see you there! 😎

The Modern Literature Society Interview: Translator Ginny Tapley Takemori Takemori translated Convenience Store Woman and much other Japanese literature. TMLS will continually connect with the world's top literary translators.

“I prefer to keep the flavour of the original without making it too Anglicized.”

Ginny Tapley Takemori speaks about her translation practice, literary genre, and cats. Read the full interview at The Modern Literature Society:

Are you at AWP26? Do you want to win a bundle of books in translation? Here's your chance!

Come by booth 1066 to say hi to us and get your card to play Bookfair Bingo. Visit the booths on the card, get Bingo, and voila - you'll be entered into the raffle to win books from participating presses! 📚️

We're at AWP26, and we can't wait for this party to get started!

Join us at our first sponsored event at AWP, "Collaborative Translation: Creativity & Practice" starting at 9am! Feat. Cynthia Hogue, Katie Farris, Mary Jo Bang, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Khaled Mattawa

F: ALTA2025 Neshat Sadatmansoori Translator's Note — Exchanges By Neshat Sadatmansoori

“People actually remember Na’lbandian precisely for his deliberate spelling errors, and […] that tendency has seeped into the Persian-speaking collective unconscious.”

2025 ALTA mentee Neshat Sadatmansoori speaks on translating Abbas Na’lbandian’s idiosyncrasies. At Exchanges:

ALTA is excited to be going to the Association for Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference this week!

Check out these resources we've put together for you: our sponsored panels, an offsite translator meetup, Bookfair Bingo, and more! buff.ly/XdjKdwl

Say hi to ALTA at booth 1066! 👋

“Even an Angel Would Smell Like Grilled Meat When Burnt in a Fire”: Lee Heejoo's Holy Boy - Words Without Borders "Lee's prose wields Angela Carter’s baroque Gothic sensuality and Ottessa Moshfegh’s deadpan brutality," writes critic Yoojung Chun.

“Lee doesn’t moralize about fandom. She simply asks: What if we took these women seriously?”

ALTA member Yooj Chun reflects on K-Pop, fandom, and power in Lee Heejoo’s HOLY BOY, translated from Korean by Joheun Lee. At WWB: buff.ly/x6rBJjc

ATA's Lewis Galantière Award is bestowed biennially in even-numbered years for a distinguished book-length literary translation from any language, except German, into English. Submit a nomination by March 1 at https://bit.ly/4kZGXEc!
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Nothing Is Real, Everything Is Real: An Interview with Michelle Steinbeck and Jen Calleja Michelle Steinbeck and Jen Calleja on fascism, femicide, and ghosts.

“I think that literature can be part of bearing witness, which is important when bearing witness is being criminalized globally.”

Writer Michelle Steinbeck and translator Jen Calleja speak about translation, necromancy, and urchins and leeches. At PEN Transmissions: buff.ly/CPkIVKN

Sharenting - Words Without Borders A family dinner takes a sinister turn, bringing to the surface questions of privacy and consent, in this timely excerpt from Mélanie Werder-Avilés’s play.

“I didn’t get a gift bag from my own birth!”

2025 ALTA Travel Fellow Elete Nelson-Fearon’s lively translation of Mélanie Werder-Avilés’s play SHARENTING will stay with you long after the first read. At Words Without Borders: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Judging for the 2026 ALTA Travel Fellowships with my judgy fellows Anushka Sen and
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Can you believe AWP26 is next week?! We're excited to be joined by these orgs there for Bookfair Bingo!

This is your chance to win a bundle of recently-published books in translation. Fill out your card by visiting participating orgs and you’ll be entered into a raffle. Booth 1066 to learn more!

From “Trifero” by Ray Loriga - Words Without Borders Two newlyweds become enraptured and inseparable in this story by Spanish writer Ray Loriga.

“In bed, after cognac and the polka, Lotte encountered the sophisticated animal she already knew. Skillful as a pianist with his scales and wild to the point of brutality in his attacks.”

ALTA member Sam Schnee translates Ray Loriga’s short story on a couple madly in love. At WWB: buff.ly/uDhoMEg

The International Booker Prize 2026 | The Booker Prizes The longlist for the International Booker Prize 2026, supported by Bukhman Philanthropies, has been announced, featuring stories of witchcraft, warfare, trauma, transformation and more

🎉 The longlist for the International Booker Prize has been announced! Congratulations to all on the list, including ALTA members Robin Myers, David McKay, Charlotte Mandell, Izidora Angel and Padma Viswanathan and past ALTA award winners Martin Aitken, Lin King and Jordan Stump!

Longlist for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award Revealed With books nominated by 80 libraries from 35 countries, four novels by Irish authors are in the running for the €100,000 prize sponsored by Dublin City Council.

🎉 ALTA member Antonia Lloyd-Jones is longlisted for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award for her translation of Olga Tokarczuk’s THE EMPUSIUM! Read the full longlist at Dublin City Council: www.dublincity.ie/library/blog...

Meet Our Grantee-Partner: American Literary Translators Association Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

🤩 We're thrilled to be featured as a grantee-partner by @poetry.foundation! Learn more about the work ALTA does & how the Poetry Foundation has helped sustain our support of poetry in translation. And learn more about the Poetry Foundation's work to support others in our community!

Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award: D. P. Snyder, Jacob Rogers, @willmorningstar.bsky.social

ALTA Travel Fellowships: Anushka Sen, @calvino.bsky.social, @michellemirabella.bsky.social

ALTA First Translation Prize: Kristen Vida Alfaro, @tesslewis.bsky.social, @wendycall.bsky.social

Italian Prose in Translation Award: Candice Whitney, @dzimhiks.bsky.social, Sherry Roush

Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize: Judy Halebsky, Rohini Chowdhury, Thuý Đinh

We are honored to have these judges serving in 2026 on these prize juries:

National Translation Award in Poetry: @kkovacik.bsky.social, Karen Leeder, Robyn Creswell

National Translation Award in Prose: @addieleak.bsky.social, Eva Apelqvist, Hanna Leliv, @kalyanasc.bluesky.social, Priscilla Layne

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🎉 ALTA is delighted to get to introduce you to the judges of the 2026 ALTA awards!

Learn about the awards and our judges here: buff.ly/gUwdYHE

And don't forget: Submissions to these prizes close on March 16 - just three weeks away! Learn more and submit here: buff.ly/6vmvmr8

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The feeling is so mutual, friends! 🤩☺️ Thank you for this wonderful feature, and your crucial support!

Don't miss your chance: There are just a few weeks left to submit books and applications to the 2026 ALTA awards!

Help us celebrate excellence in translation this year, and submit by March 16! Learn about the awards and submit here: alta.submittable.com/submit/