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IALA Israelyan English Translation Grant 2026

The Israelyan English Translation Grant from the International Armenian Literary Alliance will award $3,500 to one translator working from an English source text into Eastern Armenian, whose work-in-progress shows exceptional literary and…

Workshop Series Balakian
Sarkisian Workshop Series: Poems that Ingest the Difficult World with Peter Balakian

Join us for the fourth installment of the Sarkisian Workshop Series: Poems that Ingest the Difficult World with Peter Balakian. The virtual workshop will take place on September 20, 2026, at 9:00 AM…

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Sarkisian Workshop Series: Can Storytelling Save Us?

IALA and Mizna present the Sarkisian Workshop Series 2026: Can Storytelling Save Us?  Funded by the Sarkisian Foundation for the Arts and Engineering, the series offers six writing workshops that include literary…

Everything Has Been Moved, Even the Dead by Jen Siraganian

In her debut collection, Everything Has Been Moved, Even the Dead, Jen Siraganian traces a self shaped by history, fragmentation, and memory as she weaves her family’s past in the Middle East with her…

The Book of Genocides by Dana Mashoian Walrath

In this haunting graphic narrative, an award-winning writer, artist, and descendant of genocide survivors brings history’s darkest horrors to life, calling on us to remember, repair, and resist. The Book of Genocides is…

Yerevan Chapter WIP Session
IALA Yerevan Chapter Presents: Work-in-Progress Sessions

IALA’s Yerevan Chapter, led by Angela Hassassian and Nazareth Seferian, is pleased to introduce its new initiative—Work-in-Progress Sessions—a dedicated space for creative writers and literary translators to develop and discuss projects.  …

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