International Armenian Literary Alliance
@armenianliterary.org
IALA supports and celebrates writers by fostering the development and distribution of Armenian literature in the English language.
We are honored to introduce International Armenian Literary Alliance’s newest advisory board members, Jennifer Manoukian and Alene Terzian-Zeitounian! ✨ 👏
Learn more about them: bit.ly/45FIBV6
Learn more about them: bit.ly/45FIBV6
January 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
We are honored to introduce International Armenian Literary Alliance’s newest advisory board members, Jennifer Manoukian and Alene Terzian-Zeitounian! ✨ 👏
Learn more about them: bit.ly/45FIBV6
Learn more about them: bit.ly/45FIBV6
Told in interwoven historical, contemporary, and fantastical sequences, IALA member @nadinetakvorian.bsky.social's debut, Armaveni, is a gripping graphic novel and a much-needed historical document on the Armenian Genocide. 📕 ✨
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/49YPodK
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/49YPodK
January 29, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Told in interwoven historical, contemporary, and fantastical sequences, IALA member @nadinetakvorian.bsky.social's debut, Armaveni, is a gripping graphic novel and a much-needed historical document on the Armenian Genocide. 📕 ✨
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/49YPodK
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/49YPodK
Join us for the launch of Literary Lights 2026!✨
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Peter Balakian will read from and discuss his new book, New York Trilogy, with writer, critic, editor, and translator Diana Arterian at this virtual event.
Register: bit.ly/3NFhoMc
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Peter Balakian will read from and discuss his new book, New York Trilogy, with writer, critic, editor, and translator Diana Arterian at this virtual event.
Register: bit.ly/3NFhoMc
January 26, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Join us for the launch of Literary Lights 2026!✨
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Peter Balakian will read from and discuss his new book, New York Trilogy, with writer, critic, editor, and translator Diana Arterian at this virtual event.
Register: bit.ly/3NFhoMc
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Peter Balakian will read from and discuss his new book, New York Trilogy, with writer, critic, editor, and translator Diana Arterian at this virtual event.
Register: bit.ly/3NFhoMc
Literary Lights 2026 is here! ✨ Our 4th annual series spotlights new work by Armenian authors with readings and conversation, online & in person. Presented by IALA, NAASR & the Zohrab Information Center.
Learn more about our line-up: armenianliterary.org/ll26/
Learn more about our line-up: armenianliterary.org/ll26/
January 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Literary Lights 2026 is here! ✨ Our 4th annual series spotlights new work by Armenian authors with readings and conversation, online & in person. Presented by IALA, NAASR & the Zohrab Information Center.
Learn more about our line-up: armenianliterary.org/ll26/
Learn more about our line-up: armenianliterary.org/ll26/
On March 3, the Zohrab Center will host a poetry workshop with Quarter Tone Poets, led by IALA advisory board member @raffijoe.bsky.social, exploring Western Armenian through music and language. 🎶✍️
Poet Lola Koundakjian will also join Jesse Arlen for a craft talk + guided writing with live music.
Poet Lola Koundakjian will also join Jesse Arlen for a craft talk + guided writing with live music.
January 22, 2026 at 9:13 PM
On March 3, the Zohrab Center will host a poetry workshop with Quarter Tone Poets, led by IALA advisory board member @raffijoe.bsky.social, exploring Western Armenian through music and language. 🎶✍️
Poet Lola Koundakjian will also join Jesse Arlen for a craft talk + guided writing with live music.
Poet Lola Koundakjian will also join Jesse Arlen for a craft talk + guided writing with live music.
When 45-year-old Mari Sarkisian Wyatt, a freelance copy editor, decided to have a third child, she had no idea what she was getting into, except that a woman her age had a success rate of less than 5% without help.
📚 Learn more here: bit.ly/4bQirma
📚 Learn more here: bit.ly/4bQirma
January 21, 2026 at 8:39 PM
When 45-year-old Mari Sarkisian Wyatt, a freelance copy editor, decided to have a third child, she had no idea what she was getting into, except that a woman her age had a success rate of less than 5% without help.
📚 Learn more here: bit.ly/4bQirma
📚 Learn more here: bit.ly/4bQirma
✨ 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.
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.
🚨 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
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! ✨
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
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
This year, our judge also selected two runners up, applicants who hold great promise: Karen Babayan and Lena Dakessian Halteh! 👏👏
Thank you to all applicants and to our judge! ✨
Thank you to all applicants and to our judge! ✨
December 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This year, our judge also selected two runners up, applicants who hold great promise: Karen Babayan and Lena Dakessian Halteh! 👏👏
Thank you to all applicants and to our judge! ✨
Thank you to all applicants and to our judge! ✨
Announcing the winner and runners up of IALA’s 2025 Creative Writing Grant!
Congrats to @nevdon.bsky.social, recipient of this year’s $2,500 grant for his work-in-progress Intercessoress of Snakes: Volume I of the Autobiography of Stephan Bagradian 1902–1929! 👏
Learn more: bit.ly/4j3SuRR
Congrats to @nevdon.bsky.social, recipient of this year’s $2,500 grant for his work-in-progress Intercessoress of Snakes: Volume I of the Autobiography of Stephan Bagradian 1902–1929! 👏
Learn more: bit.ly/4j3SuRR
December 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Announcing the winner and runners up of IALA’s 2025 Creative Writing Grant!
Congrats to @nevdon.bsky.social, recipient of this year’s $2,500 grant for his work-in-progress Intercessoress of Snakes: Volume I of the Autobiography of Stephan Bagradian 1902–1929! 👏
Learn more: bit.ly/4j3SuRR
Congrats to @nevdon.bsky.social, recipient of this year’s $2,500 grant for his work-in-progress Intercessoress of Snakes: Volume I of the Autobiography of Stephan Bagradian 1902–1929! 👏
Learn more: bit.ly/4j3SuRR
Pick up your copy of IALA member @nicoleharoutunian.bsky.social's novel-in-stories, Choose This Now, which takes on art, labor, romantic love, pregnancy, and parenthood—and the role of friendship in forging a life.
📚 Find it featured in our 2025 Holiday Book Guide here: bit.ly/4oiSPB8
📚 Find it featured in our 2025 Holiday Book Guide here: bit.ly/4oiSPB8
December 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Pick up your copy of IALA member @nicoleharoutunian.bsky.social's novel-in-stories, Choose This Now, which takes on art, labor, romantic love, pregnancy, and parenthood—and the role of friendship in forging a life.
📚 Find it featured in our 2025 Holiday Book Guide here: bit.ly/4oiSPB8
📚 Find it featured in our 2025 Holiday Book Guide here: bit.ly/4oiSPB8