American Literary Translators Association
@littranslate.bsky.social
The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) promotes literary translation through advocacy, education and services to literary translators.
https://literarytranslators.org/
https://literarytranslators.org/
Did you know? When you donate $50 or more to ALTA by December 19, you'll be entered into a raffle to win a virtual feedback round on a short literary translation with award-winning translator Heather Cleary!
Learn more here, and donate by December 19: alta.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/20...
Learn more here, and donate by December 19: alta.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/20...
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Did you know? When you donate $50 or more to ALTA by December 19, you'll be entered into a raffle to win a virtual feedback round on a short literary translation with award-winning translator Heather Cleary!
Learn more here, and donate by December 19: alta.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/20...
Learn more here, and donate by December 19: alta.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/20...
😱 Last chance! Applications for the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program close TODAY!
Emerging translators, don't miss your chance to work 1-on-1 with an experienced translator on a translation of your choosing, at no cost to you. Apply by 11:59pm PT! alta.submittable.com/submit/
Emerging translators, don't miss your chance to work 1-on-1 with an experienced translator on a translation of your choosing, at no cost to you. Apply by 11:59pm PT! alta.submittable.com/submit/
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
😱 Last chance! Applications for the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program close TODAY!
Emerging translators, don't miss your chance to work 1-on-1 with an experienced translator on a translation of your choosing, at no cost to you. Apply by 11:59pm PT! alta.submittable.com/submit/
Emerging translators, don't miss your chance to work 1-on-1 with an experienced translator on a translation of your choosing, at no cost to you. Apply by 11:59pm PT! alta.submittable.com/submit/
📣 Emerging translators! Don't miss your chance to work 1-on-1 with a translation mentor next year: Apply to the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program! 13 mentorships are available (at no cost to the emerging translator!).
Time is running out: Apply by this Sunday, 11/30: buff.ly/EQW9BRV
Time is running out: Apply by this Sunday, 11/30: buff.ly/EQW9BRV
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
📣 Emerging translators! Don't miss your chance to work 1-on-1 with a translation mentor next year: Apply to the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program! 13 mentorships are available (at no cost to the emerging translator!).
Time is running out: Apply by this Sunday, 11/30: buff.ly/EQW9BRV
Time is running out: Apply by this Sunday, 11/30: buff.ly/EQW9BRV
📣 Emerging translators! Don't miss your chance to work one-on-one with a translation mentor next year: Apply to the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program! There are 13 mentorships available (at no cost to the emerging translator!). But time is running out: Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/EQW9BRV
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
📣 Emerging translators! Don't miss your chance to work one-on-one with a translation mentor next year: Apply to the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program! There are 13 mentorships available (at no cost to the emerging translator!). But time is running out: Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/EQW9BRV
🎤 Happening soon! Don't miss the ALTA48 Keynote Address with Karen Emmerich, held 10:45am - 12:00pm in Sabino-Pima (1st floor of the conference hotel). We look forward to seeing you there!
Learn more about Karen Emmerich here: buff.ly/tFNLxMg
Learn more about Karen Emmerich here: buff.ly/tFNLxMg
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🎤 Happening soon! Don't miss the ALTA48 Keynote Address with Karen Emmerich, held 10:45am - 12:00pm in Sabino-Pima (1st floor of the conference hotel). We look forward to seeing you there!
Learn more about Karen Emmerich here: buff.ly/tFNLxMg
Learn more about Karen Emmerich here: buff.ly/tFNLxMg
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 National Translation Award in Poetry: DOCUMENT SHREDDING MUSEUM by Afrizal Malna, translated from Indonesian by Daniel Owen, pub. World Poetry Books!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 National Translation Award in Poetry: DOCUMENT SHREDDING MUSEUM by Afrizal Malna, translated from Indonesian by Daniel Owen, pub. World Poetry Books!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 National Translation Award in Prose: SAND-CATCHER by Omar Khalifah, translated from Arabic by Barbara Romaine, pub. Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 National Translation Award in Prose: SAND-CATCHER by Omar Khalifah, translated from Arabic by Barbara Romaine, pub. Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 ALTA First Translation Prize: TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King @linkinglionking.bsky.social, ed. Yuka Igarashi, pub. Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 ALTA First Translation Prize: TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King @linkinglionking.bsky.social, ed. Yuka Igarashi, pub. Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award (SUFTA): CROSSING WATERS by Luisa Etxenike, translated from Spanish by Lilit Žekulin Thwaites @lzt-zhuk.bsky.social, pub. Sundial House!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award (SUFTA): CROSSING WATERS by Luisa Etxenike, translated from Spanish by Lilit Žekulin Thwaites @lzt-zhuk.bsky.social, pub. Sundial House!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize: JUST LIKE by Lee Sumyeong, translated from Korean by Colin Leemarshall, pub. Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize: JUST LIKE by Lee Sumyeong, translated from Korean by Colin Leemarshall, pub. Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA): VERDIGRIS by Michele Mari, translated from Italian by Brian Robert Moore @brianrobmoore.bsky.social, pub. And Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA): VERDIGRIS by Michele Mari, translated from Italian by Brian Robert Moore @brianrobmoore.bsky.social, pub. And Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
Help us celebrate this year's ALTA Travel Fellows!
L to R:
📚 Elete Nelson-Fearon (Arabic, Spanish)
📚 Mariana Ortigão (European Portuguese, Spanish)
📚 Marianna Suleymanova (Russian)
📚 Catherine Xinxin Yu, 2025 Jansen Memorial Travel Fellow (Chinese, Italian)
+ Fellows Mentor Russell Valentino!
L to R:
📚 Elete Nelson-Fearon (Arabic, Spanish)
📚 Mariana Ortigão (European Portuguese, Spanish)
📚 Marianna Suleymanova (Russian)
📚 Catherine Xinxin Yu, 2025 Jansen Memorial Travel Fellow (Chinese, Italian)
+ Fellows Mentor Russell Valentino!
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Help us celebrate this year's ALTA Travel Fellows!
L to R:
📚 Elete Nelson-Fearon (Arabic, Spanish)
📚 Mariana Ortigão (European Portuguese, Spanish)
📚 Marianna Suleymanova (Russian)
📚 Catherine Xinxin Yu, 2025 Jansen Memorial Travel Fellow (Chinese, Italian)
+ Fellows Mentor Russell Valentino!
L to R:
📚 Elete Nelson-Fearon (Arabic, Spanish)
📚 Mariana Ortigão (European Portuguese, Spanish)
📚 Marianna Suleymanova (Russian)
📚 Catherine Xinxin Yu, 2025 Jansen Memorial Travel Fellow (Chinese, Italian)
+ Fellows Mentor Russell Valentino!
We're delighted today to shout out to the Authors Guild for being a sponsor of our annual conference, ALTA48: Visions and Versions, which starts this Weds! This crucial support helps make this gathering - the largest in the US dedicated to literary translation - possible. Thank you! buff.ly/zmgk0eH
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We're delighted today to shout out to the Authors Guild for being a sponsor of our annual conference, ALTA48: Visions and Versions, which starts this Weds! This crucial support helps make this gathering - the largest in the US dedicated to literary translation - possible. Thank you! buff.ly/zmgk0eH
⏱️ 1 month left! Emerging translators: Apply for the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program for your chance to work closely with an experienced translator on a project of your choosing! Program offered at no cost to the translators selected. Learn more and apply by 11/30! buff.ly/npHAOBE
October 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
⏱️ 1 month left! Emerging translators: Apply for the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program for your chance to work closely with an experienced translator on a project of your choosing! Program offered at no cost to the translators selected. Learn more and apply by 11/30! buff.ly/npHAOBE
🎉 We are delighted to announce the shortlists for the 2025 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose!
2025 marks the 27th year for the NTA, and the 11th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.
View the lists here: literarytranslators.org/the-2025-nat...
2025 marks the 27th year for the NTA, and the 11th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.
View the lists here: literarytranslators.org/the-2025-nat...
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🎉 We are delighted to announce the shortlists for the 2025 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose!
2025 marks the 27th year for the NTA, and the 11th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.
View the lists here: literarytranslators.org/the-2025-nat...
2025 marks the 27th year for the NTA, and the 11th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.
View the lists here: literarytranslators.org/the-2025-nat...
📣 Exciting news: A Polish mentorship with mentor Bill Johnston has been added to the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program!
This program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship btw. an experienced & an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
This program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship btw. an experienced & an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
October 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📣 Exciting news: A Polish mentorship with mentor Bill Johnston has been added to the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program!
This program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship btw. an experienced & an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
This program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship btw. an experienced & an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
🎉 ALTA is delighted to announce the 2025 shortlists for the following prizes:
🏆ALTA First Translation Prize
🏆Italian Prose in Translation Award
🏆Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
🏆Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award
Congrats to all on these lists! buff.ly/tVFTq3h
🏆ALTA First Translation Prize
🏆Italian Prose in Translation Award
🏆Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
🏆Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award
Congrats to all on these lists! buff.ly/tVFTq3h
September 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎉 ALTA is delighted to announce the 2025 shortlists for the following prizes:
🏆ALTA First Translation Prize
🏆Italian Prose in Translation Award
🏆Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
🏆Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award
Congrats to all on these lists! buff.ly/tVFTq3h
🏆ALTA First Translation Prize
🏆Italian Prose in Translation Award
🏆Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
🏆Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award
Congrats to all on these lists! buff.ly/tVFTq3h
We at ALTA are excited to announce the 2025 ALTA Travel Fellows! buff.ly/4FBPAIE
📚 Catherine Xinxin Yu, 2025 Peter K. Jansen Memorial Travel Fellow (Chinese, Italian)
📚 Elete Nelson-Fearon (Arabic, Spanish)
📚 Mariana Ortigão (European Portuguese, Spanish)
📚 Marianna Suleymanova (Russian)
📚 Catherine Xinxin Yu, 2025 Peter K. Jansen Memorial Travel Fellow (Chinese, Italian)
📚 Elete Nelson-Fearon (Arabic, Spanish)
📚 Mariana Ortigão (European Portuguese, Spanish)
📚 Marianna Suleymanova (Russian)
September 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We at ALTA are excited to announce the 2025 ALTA Travel Fellows! buff.ly/4FBPAIE
📚 Catherine Xinxin Yu, 2025 Peter K. Jansen Memorial Travel Fellow (Chinese, Italian)
📚 Elete Nelson-Fearon (Arabic, Spanish)
📚 Mariana Ortigão (European Portuguese, Spanish)
📚 Marianna Suleymanova (Russian)
📚 Catherine Xinxin Yu, 2025 Peter K. Jansen Memorial Travel Fellow (Chinese, Italian)
📚 Elete Nelson-Fearon (Arabic, Spanish)
📚 Mariana Ortigão (European Portuguese, Spanish)
📚 Marianna Suleymanova (Russian)
ALTA, in collaboration with the Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre in Tucson, AZ, is excited to announce the winner of the 5th annual Plays in Translation Contest!
The winner of the 2025 competition is "The Precursors" by Luis Sorolla, translated from Spanish by Don Bogen.
buff.ly/vvg1AXR
The winner of the 2025 competition is "The Precursors" by Luis Sorolla, translated from Spanish by Don Bogen.
buff.ly/vvg1AXR
September 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
ALTA, in collaboration with the Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre in Tucson, AZ, is excited to announce the winner of the 5th annual Plays in Translation Contest!
The winner of the 2025 competition is "The Precursors" by Luis Sorolla, translated from Spanish by Don Bogen.
buff.ly/vvg1AXR
The winner of the 2025 competition is "The Precursors" by Luis Sorolla, translated from Spanish by Don Bogen.
buff.ly/vvg1AXR
🎉 We are delighted to announce the longlists for the 2025 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose!
2025 marks the 27th year for the NTA, and the 11th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.
View the lists here: buff.ly/PJoX7du
2025 marks the 27th year for the NTA, and the 11th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.
View the lists here: buff.ly/PJoX7du
September 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🎉 We are delighted to announce the longlists for the 2025 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose!
2025 marks the 27th year for the NTA, and the 11th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.
View the lists here: buff.ly/PJoX7du
2025 marks the 27th year for the NTA, and the 11th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.
View the lists here: buff.ly/PJoX7du
The mentorships are offered by ALTA in partnership with @ltikorea.bsky.social, the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global, @saltatchicago.bsky.social, the Swedish Arts Council, the Taiwan Academy of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles, and @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social.
September 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The mentorships are offered by ALTA in partnership with @ltikorea.bsky.social, the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global, @saltatchicago.bsky.social, the Swedish Arts Council, the Taiwan Academy of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles, and @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social.
📣 The 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open!
The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
September 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📣 The 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open!
The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
🎉 ALTA has been awarded a $5K Festival Grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts to support Arizona Translates!, a series of events held by ALTA & local partners, aimed at bringing literature from around the world to the Tucson community! All events are free & open to the public, held Nov 5-8.
August 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🎉 ALTA has been awarded a $5K Festival Grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts to support Arizona Translates!, a series of events held by ALTA & local partners, aimed at bringing literature from around the world to the Tucson community! All events are free & open to the public, held Nov 5-8.
Happening next month! Check out this webinar hosted by the Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters (CATI), featuring @katedeimling.bsky.social: buff.ly/hJE2rxz
August 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Happening next month! Check out this webinar hosted by the Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters (CATI), featuring @katedeimling.bsky.social: buff.ly/hJE2rxz