International Armenian Literary Alliance
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IALA supports and celebrates writers by fostering the development and distribution of Armenian literature in the English language.
“An affectingly gentle immigration story set against a pitiless backdrop.”
We’re thrilled to share that IALA member Rebecca Rose Mooradian’s children’s book, "Rose by the Sea: An Armenian Journey of Courage and Hope," has received a glowing review from Kirkus Reviews!
Read it here: bit.ly/45VV8nd
We’re thrilled to share that IALA member Rebecca Rose Mooradian’s children’s book, "Rose by the Sea: An Armenian Journey of Courage and Hope," has received a glowing review from Kirkus Reviews!
Read it here: bit.ly/45VV8nd
ROSE BY THE SEA | Kirkus Reviews
Having lost their parents in the Armenian genocide, two sisters must make their way to safety.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:15 PM
“An affectingly gentle immigration story set against a pitiless backdrop.”
We’re thrilled to share that IALA member Rebecca Rose Mooradian’s children’s book, "Rose by the Sea: An Armenian Journey of Courage and Hope," has received a glowing review from Kirkus Reviews!
Read it here: bit.ly/45VV8nd
We’re thrilled to share that IALA member Rebecca Rose Mooradian’s children’s book, "Rose by the Sea: An Armenian Journey of Courage and Hope," has received a glowing review from Kirkus Reviews!
Read it here: bit.ly/45VV8nd
Congratulations to IALA advisory board member Lory Bedikian for being awarded the 2024 Anahid Literary Prize! 👏 🏆
Learn more in Armenian Weekly: bit.ly/45ZimJc
Learn more in Armenian Weekly: bit.ly/45ZimJc
Lory Bedikian and Aaron Poochigian awarded Anahid Literary Prize
NEW YORK — The Anahid Literary Prize has been awarded to Lory Bedikian for 2024 and Aaron Poochigian for 2025. The award is given to a writer of Armenian descent writing in English, in early or mid-ca...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Congratulations to IALA advisory board member Lory Bedikian for being awarded the 2024 Anahid Literary Prize! 👏 🏆
Learn more in Armenian Weekly: bit.ly/45ZimJc
Learn more in Armenian Weekly: bit.ly/45ZimJc
We are so excited to see that two of our Literary Lights 2025 books, @nancykric.bsky.social's The Burning Heart of the World and Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian's Forest Euphoria, have made @miznaarabart.bsky.social's "Favorite SWANA Books of 2025" list! 📚 🌟
Check it out: bit.ly/3Z327at
Check it out: bit.ly/3Z327at
Favorite SWANA Books of 2025: Reflections on Literary Abundance from Mizna Community + Staff - Mizna
This year has been a big year for books by SWANA authors. Big in the sense that we’ve seen an impressive volume of work published in English this year, but also in the sense that those works have rece...
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January 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
We are so excited to see that two of our Literary Lights 2025 books, @nancykric.bsky.social's The Burning Heart of the World and Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian's Forest Euphoria, have made @miznaarabart.bsky.social's "Favorite SWANA Books of 2025" list! 📚 🌟
Check it out: bit.ly/3Z327at
Check it out: bit.ly/3Z327at
✨ Thank you for making our 2025 holiday fundraiser a success! ✨
Because of your generosity, we met our goal of raising $5,000. We are deeply grateful to everyone who gave, shared, and cheered us on. Your support keeps Armenian literature thriving, and we truly couldn’t do this work without you.
Because of your generosity, we met our goal of raising $5,000. We are deeply grateful to everyone who gave, shared, and cheered us on. Your support keeps Armenian literature thriving, and we truly couldn’t do this work without you.
January 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
✨ Thank you for making our 2025 holiday fundraiser a success! ✨
Because of your generosity, we met our goal of raising $5,000. We are deeply grateful to everyone who gave, shared, and cheered us on. Your support keeps Armenian literature thriving, and we truly couldn’t do this work without you.
Because of your generosity, we met our goal of raising $5,000. We are deeply grateful to everyone who gave, shared, and cheered us on. Your support keeps Armenian literature thriving, and we truly couldn’t do this work without you.
Sign up for IALA board member Arthur Kayzakian's workshop, Ghost[ed], which is taking place tomorrow at 7 pm ET! ✍⏰
Hosted by Mission Belonging, this virtual poetry workshop explores themes of erasure, exile, and fragmentation.
Learn more and register: bit.ly/45ecuM1
Hosted by Mission Belonging, this virtual poetry workshop explores themes of erasure, exile, and fragmentation.
Learn more and register: bit.ly/45ecuM1
Ghost[ed] with Arthur Kayzakian | Mission Belonging (in partnership with Strathmore)
A virtual poetry workshop on erasure, exile, and fragmentation invites poets to dismantle and reimagine texts through absence and disruption. Participants experiment with language as disappearance, re...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Sign up for IALA board member Arthur Kayzakian's workshop, Ghost[ed], which is taking place tomorrow at 7 pm ET! ✍⏰
Hosted by Mission Belonging, this virtual poetry workshop explores themes of erasure, exile, and fragmentation.
Learn more and register: bit.ly/45ecuM1
Hosted by Mission Belonging, this virtual poetry workshop explores themes of erasure, exile, and fragmentation.
Learn more and register: bit.ly/45ecuM1
New York writers! 🍎
Need weekend plans? Join IALA members @nicoleharoutunian.bsky.social, Aida Zilelian, and Shushanik Karapetyan on January 11th for a special reading centered on motherhood. More details below.
Need weekend plans? Join IALA members @nicoleharoutunian.bsky.social, Aida Zilelian, and Shushanik Karapetyan on January 11th for a special reading centered on motherhood. More details below.
January 9, 2026 at 8:08 PM
New York writers! 🍎
Need weekend plans? Join IALA members @nicoleharoutunian.bsky.social, Aida Zilelian, and Shushanik Karapetyan on January 11th for a special reading centered on motherhood. More details below.
Need weekend plans? Join IALA members @nicoleharoutunian.bsky.social, Aida Zilelian, and Shushanik Karapetyan on January 11th for a special reading centered on motherhood. More details below.
⏰ 13 hours left and $575 to go!
We’re so close to reaching our fundraiser goal, and your support can help us cross the finish line.
If you’ve been meaning to give, now is the moment. Let’s close this fundraiser with a bang!
✨ Donate today: givebutter.com/IALA25
We’re so close to reaching our fundraiser goal, and your support can help us cross the finish line.
If you’ve been meaning to give, now is the moment. Let’s close this fundraiser with a bang!
✨ Donate today: givebutter.com/IALA25
Another story is possible. Let’s write it together.
This Giving Tuesday and holiday season, choose to invest in the future of Armenian literature. Your support is truly the difference.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
⏰ 13 hours left and $575 to go!
We’re so close to reaching our fundraiser goal, and your support can help us cross the finish line.
If you’ve been meaning to give, now is the moment. Let’s close this fundraiser with a bang!
✨ Donate today: givebutter.com/IALA25
We’re so close to reaching our fundraiser goal, and your support can help us cross the finish line.
If you’ve been meaning to give, now is the moment. Let’s close this fundraiser with a bang!
✨ Donate today: givebutter.com/IALA25
🚨 We’re just $725 away from reaching our holiday fundraiser goal! 🚨
Tomorrow is the final day of our fundraising campaign, and we’re counting on you to help us cross the finish line! ⏰
Donate here: givebutter.com/IALA25
Tomorrow is the final day of our fundraising campaign, and we’re counting on you to help us cross the finish line! ⏰
Donate here: givebutter.com/IALA25
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 PM
🚨 We’re just $725 away from reaching our holiday fundraiser goal! 🚨
Tomorrow is the final day of our fundraising campaign, and we’re counting on you to help us cross the finish line! ⏰
Donate here: givebutter.com/IALA25
Tomorrow is the final day of our fundraising campaign, and we’re counting on you to help us cross the finish line! ⏰
Donate here: givebutter.com/IALA25
Almost there! We are $1,400 away from meeting our holiday fundraiser goal! ✨
Every tax-deductible donation will be used directly to fund programs and opportunities for Armenian writers worldwide.
💌 Donate here: givebutter.com/IALA25
Every tax-deductible donation will be used directly to fund programs and opportunities for Armenian writers worldwide.
💌 Donate here: givebutter.com/IALA25
January 7, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Almost there! We are $1,400 away from meeting our holiday fundraiser goal! ✨
Every tax-deductible donation will be used directly to fund programs and opportunities for Armenian writers worldwide.
💌 Donate here: givebutter.com/IALA25
Every tax-deductible donation will be used directly to fund programs and opportunities for Armenian writers worldwide.
💌 Donate here: givebutter.com/IALA25
"before giving in / to the knotted drift / of darkness / i swore you said / i’m sorry"
New year, new poetry. 💪
Get your poetry fix for the day by reading IALA member @jeffire.bsky.social's poem, erratum, in the Loch Raven Review!
Check it out: bit.ly/49eqNmg
New year, new poetry. 💪
Get your poetry fix for the day by reading IALA member @jeffire.bsky.social's poem, erratum, in the Loch Raven Review!
Check it out: bit.ly/49eqNmg
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
"before giving in / to the knotted drift / of darkness / i swore you said / i’m sorry"
New year, new poetry. 💪
Get your poetry fix for the day by reading IALA member @jeffire.bsky.social's poem, erratum, in the Loch Raven Review!
Check it out: bit.ly/49eqNmg
New year, new poetry. 💪
Get your poetry fix for the day by reading IALA member @jeffire.bsky.social's poem, erratum, in the Loch Raven Review!
Check it out: bit.ly/49eqNmg
Happy Armenian Christmas! 🌟
We are $1,575 away from reaching our holiday fundraiser goal! Every tax-deductible donation helps us continue this vital work. 💌
Give today: givebutter.com/IALA25
We are $1,575 away from reaching our holiday fundraiser goal! Every tax-deductible donation helps us continue this vital work. 💌
Give today: givebutter.com/IALA25
January 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Happy Armenian Christmas! 🌟
We are $1,575 away from reaching our holiday fundraiser goal! Every tax-deductible donation helps us continue this vital work. 💌
Give today: givebutter.com/IALA25
We are $1,575 away from reaching our holiday fundraiser goal! Every tax-deductible donation helps us continue this vital work. 💌
Give today: givebutter.com/IALA25
Five years ago, we founded IALA with a mission to create a global literary platform that unites and uplifts Armenian writers. We believed that if brought together, Armenian writers would support each other. Today, with your support, our vision has been realized and more! ✨
January 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Five years ago, we founded IALA with a mission to create a global literary platform that unites and uplifts Armenian writers. We believed that if brought together, Armenian writers would support each other. Today, with your support, our vision has been realized and more! ✨
Don’t miss this fascinating interview in Cleaver Magazine, where IALA board members Gregory Djanikian and Arthur Kayzakian discuss Djanikian’s poetry collection, Nostalgia for the Future: New and Selected Poems.
Find it here: bit.ly/44Sngat
Find it here: bit.ly/44Sngat
Gregory Djanikian, author of Nostalgia for the Future • Interviews
Gregory Djanikian was for many years the Director of Creative Writing at the University of Pennsylvania until his retirement in 2018.
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December 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Don’t miss this fascinating interview in Cleaver Magazine, where IALA board members Gregory Djanikian and Arthur Kayzakian discuss Djanikian’s poetry collection, Nostalgia for the Future: New and Selected Poems.
Find it here: bit.ly/44Sngat
Find it here: bit.ly/44Sngat
The year is coming to a close, and we need your support to continue IALA’s work! If Armenian literature matters to you, now is the time to show it with your tax-deductible donation. 🇦🇲 🎁
💌 Donate: givebutter.com/IALA25
💌 Donate: givebutter.com/IALA25
December 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The year is coming to a close, and we need your support to continue IALA’s work! If Armenian literature matters to you, now is the time to show it with your tax-deductible donation. 🇦🇲 🎁
💌 Donate: givebutter.com/IALA25
💌 Donate: givebutter.com/IALA25
Learn more about IALA advisory board member Gregory Djanikian's poetry collection, Nostalgia for the Future: New and Selected Poems by checking out our 2025 Holiday Book Guide! ✨ 📚
Find it here 👉 bit.ly/4oiSPB8
Find it here 👉 bit.ly/4oiSPB8
December 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Learn more about IALA advisory board member Gregory Djanikian's poetry collection, Nostalgia for the Future: New and Selected Poems by checking out our 2025 Holiday Book Guide! ✨ 📚
Find it here 👉 bit.ly/4oiSPB8
Find it here 👉 bit.ly/4oiSPB8
Congratulations to IALA advisory board member @raffijoe.bsky.social on his Pushcart Prize nomination! Wartanian was nominated for his poem, "ERASURE: George W. Bush Address on Signing the USA Patriot Act," published in the Washington Writers' Publishing House's anthology, America's Future! 👏 ✨
December 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Congratulations to IALA advisory board member @raffijoe.bsky.social on his Pushcart Prize nomination! Wartanian was nominated for his poem, "ERASURE: George W. Bush Address on Signing the USA Patriot Act," published in the Washington Writers' Publishing House's anthology, America's Future! 👏 ✨
Programs like our annual Young Armenian Poets Awards are only possible with your support. With your tax-deductible gift, you can help us uplift the next generation of Armenian writers!
Donate: givebutter.com/IALA25
Donate: givebutter.com/IALA25
December 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Programs like our annual Young Armenian Poets Awards are only possible with your support. With your tax-deductible gift, you can help us uplift the next generation of Armenian writers!
Donate: givebutter.com/IALA25
Donate: givebutter.com/IALA25
From poetry and fiction to thought-provoking book reviews, art, life writing, and in-depth interviews, this landmark Armenian edition of @wasafirimag.bsky.social is a rich tapestry of modern Armenian voices. 🇦🇲 📕
Find it in our 2025 Holiday Book Guide: bit.ly/4oiSPB8
Find it in our 2025 Holiday Book Guide: bit.ly/4oiSPB8
December 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
From poetry and fiction to thought-provoking book reviews, art, life writing, and in-depth interviews, this landmark Armenian edition of @wasafirimag.bsky.social is a rich tapestry of modern Armenian voices. 🇦🇲 📕
Find it in our 2025 Holiday Book Guide: bit.ly/4oiSPB8
Find it in our 2025 Holiday Book Guide: bit.ly/4oiSPB8
🚨 We’re $2,955 away from our holiday fundraiser goal!
IALA mentee Rachel Reed’s story shows what your support makes possible—mentorship, community, and real opportunities for Armenian writers & translators.
Every tax-deductible gift helps.
🔗 Donate: givebutter.com/IALA25
IALA mentee Rachel Reed’s story shows what your support makes possible—mentorship, community, and real opportunities for Armenian writers & translators.
Every tax-deductible gift helps.
🔗 Donate: givebutter.com/IALA25
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🚨 We’re $2,955 away from our holiday fundraiser goal!
IALA mentee Rachel Reed’s story shows what your support makes possible—mentorship, community, and real opportunities for Armenian writers & translators.
Every tax-deductible gift helps.
🔗 Donate: givebutter.com/IALA25
IALA mentee Rachel Reed’s story shows what your support makes possible—mentorship, community, and real opportunities for Armenian writers & translators.
Every tax-deductible gift helps.
🔗 Donate: givebutter.com/IALA25
How can visual art inspire poetry? 🎨📖
In episode 155 of the Artful Engager, IALA member Tina Demirdjian discusses ARTful Conversations—her poetry workshop series at the Brand Library & Art Center.
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/491HCzf
In episode 155 of the Artful Engager, IALA member Tina Demirdjian discusses ARTful Conversations—her poetry workshop series at the Brand Library & Art Center.
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/491HCzf
Exploring Poetry Through Museums and Visual Art with Tina Demirdjian - The Art Engager
In this episode of The Art Engager Claire Bown talks with Tina Demirdjian, a poet and educator who has spent over 30 years transforming how people conne...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
How can visual art inspire poetry? 🎨📖
In episode 155 of the Artful Engager, IALA member Tina Demirdjian discusses ARTful Conversations—her poetry workshop series at the Brand Library & Art Center.
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/491HCzf
In episode 155 of the Artful Engager, IALA member Tina Demirdjian discusses ARTful Conversations—her poetry workshop series at the Brand Library & Art Center.
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/491HCzf
We know times are tough. As arts funding declines, IALA depends on our community to continue uplifting Armenian writers worldwide. If you’re able, please consider a tax-deductible donation this holiday season.
💌 Give today: givebutter.com/IALA25
💌 Give today: givebutter.com/IALA25
Another story is possible. Let’s write it together.
This Giving Tuesday and holiday season, choose to invest in the future of Armenian literature. Your support is truly the difference.
givebutter.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We know times are tough. As arts funding declines, IALA depends on our community to continue uplifting Armenian writers worldwide. If you’re able, please consider a tax-deductible donation this holiday season.
💌 Give today: givebutter.com/IALA25
💌 Give today: givebutter.com/IALA25
IALA 2024 mentee Melineh Ani Yemenidjian's The Split Pomegranate is an honest collection that follows an Armenian American woman seeking balance through mental health struggles, inherited wounds, and the complicated joys of love and heritage.
📚 Find it in our 2025 Holiday Book Guide: bit.ly/4oiSPB8
📚 Find it in our 2025 Holiday Book Guide: bit.ly/4oiSPB8
December 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
IALA 2024 mentee Melineh Ani Yemenidjian's The Split Pomegranate is an honest collection that follows an Armenian American woman seeking balance through mental health struggles, inherited wounds, and the complicated joys of love and heritage.
📚 Find it in our 2025 Holiday Book Guide: bit.ly/4oiSPB8
📚 Find it in our 2025 Holiday Book Guide: bit.ly/4oiSPB8
Announcing the winners of IALA's 2025 Israelyan Western Armenian Translation Grant: Maral Aktokmakyan and Rupen Janbazian!
📚 Learn more: bit.ly/44uqjpa
📚 Learn more: bit.ly/44uqjpa
December 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Announcing the winners of IALA's 2025 Israelyan Western Armenian Translation Grant: Maral Aktokmakyan and Rupen Janbazian!
📚 Learn more: bit.ly/44uqjpa
📚 Learn more: bit.ly/44uqjpa
We're almost halfway there! 🚨
Help us achieve our goal of raising $5,000 so we can continue to provide programs and resources to Armenian writers everywhere! 📚 ✨
Your tax-deductible donation will make all the difference.
🎁 Give today: givebutter.com/IALA25
Help us achieve our goal of raising $5,000 so we can continue to provide programs and resources to Armenian writers everywhere! 📚 ✨
Your tax-deductible donation will make all the difference.
🎁 Give today: givebutter.com/IALA25
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We're almost halfway there! 🚨
Help us achieve our goal of raising $5,000 so we can continue to provide programs and resources to Armenian writers everywhere! 📚 ✨
Your tax-deductible donation will make all the difference.
🎁 Give today: givebutter.com/IALA25
Help us achieve our goal of raising $5,000 so we can continue to provide programs and resources to Armenian writers everywhere! 📚 ✨
Your tax-deductible donation will make all the difference.
🎁 Give today: givebutter.com/IALA25
Announcing the winner of IALA’s 2025 Israelyan Eastern Armenian Translation Grant: Nazareth Seferian!
Seferian will be awarded $3,000 for his translation of Secret of the Dragon Stone: Stone’s End «Վիշապաքարի գաղտնիքը․ Քարի վերջը» by Artavazd Yeghiazaryan.
Learn more: bit.ly/4pEShqV
Seferian will be awarded $3,000 for his translation of Secret of the Dragon Stone: Stone’s End «Վիշապաքարի գաղտնիքը․ Քարի վերջը» by Artavazd Yeghiazaryan.
Learn more: bit.ly/4pEShqV
December 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Announcing the winner of IALA’s 2025 Israelyan Eastern Armenian Translation Grant: Nazareth Seferian!
Seferian will be awarded $3,000 for his translation of Secret of the Dragon Stone: Stone’s End «Վիշապաքարի գաղտնիքը․ Քարի վերջը» by Artavazd Yeghiazaryan.
Learn more: bit.ly/4pEShqV
Seferian will be awarded $3,000 for his translation of Secret of the Dragon Stone: Stone’s End «Վիշապաքարի գաղտնիքը․ Քարի վերջը» by Artavazd Yeghiazaryan.
Learn more: bit.ly/4pEShqV