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IALA supports writers and translators globally by fostering the development and distribution of Armenian literature in English, and in translation.
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🎃 Join IALA's Yerevan Chapter next Saturday, October 31, for our next Work in Progress session—a chance to connect with fellow writers, share what you’re working on, and make a little magic on the page. 🕸️The only thing scarier than a blank page is never filling it! Register at the link in our bio. #IALA #armliterary #armenian #literature #writing #publishing #wip #workinprogress #community #yerevan #bookstagram #poetry by @arm.lit
🏳️‍🌈 What does a queer Armenian love story look like? Join IALA’s Queer Literature Committee for a creative writing workshop facilitated by bestselling author Taleen Voskuni, exploring the many ways queer Armenian love can be experienced, remembered, and imagined. Through guided writing prompts, participants will have the opportunity to share their stories in a supportive, welcoming space, celebrating both the experiences that connect us and those that make each story unique. 📅 Sunday, November 8, 2026 ⏰ 9:00 AM PT | 12:00 PM ET | 9:00 PM AMT 🔗 Register at the link in our bio. Whether your story is joyful, complicated, or unfinished, this workshop is an invitation to write it down, speak it aloud, and celebrate the richness of queer Armenian love. 🩷 Presented by IALA’s Queer Literature Committee and cosponsored by Pink Armenia and GALAS | LGBTQ+ Armenian Society. #IALA #armliterary #armenian #literature #writing #publishing #poetry #pride #queerlit #workshop #lgbtq by @arm.lit
The powerful true story of a parent’s unflagging battle on behalf of a beloved son struggling with PTSD, mental illness, and addiction, and a family who bore the burdens of war for decades. Laura Kalpakian's new book, Undesirable: The Vietnam War and a Father’s Battle for Justice, demands that we ask what we—and our government—owe to our veterans for the physical, psychological, and emotional sacrifices they and their families make. 📖 Learn more at the link in our bio. #IALA #armliterary #armenianculture #literature #writing #Publishing #Memoir #newrelease #books #bookstagram #tbr by @arm.lit
"I looked at my feet; they were rooted in the ground like the pillars of a house, I am the child of the builder, who puts stone upon stone to build a fortress." Take a look at our third 2026 YAPA winner, Diana Shavinyan! 🏆 Diana is an 18-year-old student from Abovyan, Armenia with a real passion for theater and preserving Armenian identity. 📖 Read her winning poem, "Who Am I?" and learn more about what judge Armine Iknadossian had to say about it at the link in our bio! #IALA #armliterary #armenian #literature #writing #publishing #poetry #YAPA by @arm.lit
“What she cannot return to, she gives instead.” Our next winner of the 2026 Young Armenian Poets Awards In Honor of Tamar Asadourian, is Michelle Pinkerton-Babayan! 🏆 Originally from Kazakhstan and only fourteen years old, Michelle now studies in Yerevan. Her winning poem, “My Grandmother (Tatik),” offers a moving meditation on Armenianness as something that transcends nostalgia—a living inheritance carried through the bonds between generations. 🔗 Read it at the link in our bio! #IALA #armliterary #armenian #literature #writing #publishing #poetry #YAPA #bookstagram #writingcommunity by @arm.lit
We are pleased to announce one of the winners of our 2026 Young Armenian Poets Awards contest in honor of Tamar Asadourian and in collaboration with h-pem: Alina Avanesova! 🏆 In her winning poem, "a map without borders," seventeen-year old student Alina Avanesova explores what it means to bear the historical weight of our heritage and how we can consider the future as home. YAPA judge Gregory Djanikian called it "a moving and forceful call for our continuing endurance as we braid what has been with what longs to become.” 🔗 Read her full poem at the link in our bio! #IALA #armliterary #armenian #literature #writing #publishing #poetry #contestwinner #YAPA #bookstagram by @arm.lit
As we prepare to announce the winners of the 2026 Young Armenian Poets Awards in Honor of Tamar Asadourian, we begin with a reflection from YAPA director Alan Semerdjian on the young voices, shared histories, and enduring connections that shape our future. This year’s submissions explore the future not simply as a destination, but as an inheritance: a living conversation between generations, a connection to language and culture, and a testament to the love and resilience that bind Armenian communities across the world. 🌍 🇦🇲 ✍ Read Semerdjian's full statement and join us to hear the 2026 YAPA winners read their work at IALA’s Emerging Writers Showcase on October 24, 2026 at the link in our bio. #IALA #armliterary #armenian #literature #writing #publishing #poetry #YAPA by @arm.lit
Missed our recent Literary Lights 2026 event with Aram Saroyan? We've got you covered! You can watch his full discussion with poet and IALA board member @shahemankerian about his new memoir, Before I Forget, on our YouTube channel. 🎬 Watch it at the link in our bio. #IALA #armliterary #armenian #literature #writing #publishing #books #memoir by @arm.lit
It's that time of year! ✨ Join us for our sixth annual Emerging Writers Showcase — a reading that celebrates the work of rising Armenian writers — hosted by Shahe Mankerian, IALA’s Mentorship Program director. The showcase will feature readings by the participants of our 2026 Mentorship Program, and the winners of IALA’s 2026 Young Armenian Poets Awards in Honor of Tamar Asadourian. 🗓️ October 24, 2026 🕔 9:00 AM PT | 12:00 PM ET | 8:00 PM AMT 🔗 Register at the link in our bio! We are very excited to welcome these new voices into our growing literary community! #IALA #armliterary #armenian #literature #writing #Publishing #bookstagram #writers #poetry #translation by @arm.lit
Get your poetry fix by checking out IALA advisory board member Peter Balakian's two poems, "Pace and Tempo" and "My Mother's Sink," published in @plumepoetry's Issue #179. ✍ Read them at the link in our bio! #IALA #armliterary #armenian #literature #writing #poetry #publishing #poem by @arm.lit
🚨 TOMORROW! 🚨 Don't forget to join us for our next Literary Lights 2026 event featuring Aram Saroyan, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Before I Forget, in conversation with Shahe Mankerian, the 2026–2028 Altadena Poet Laureate Editor-in-Chief. Learn more and register at the link in our bio. #IALA #armliterary #armenian #literature #writing by @arm.lit
Join us for the fifth installment of the Sarkisian Workshop Series: Authorship Against Authority: Crafting Insurgencies with Sarah Aziza. ✨ In what ways are our writing practices captive to disciplines of legitimacy and legibility? How do our craft choices reflect internalized hierarchies of acceptable experiences, languages, and points of view? In this workshop, we will consider cultural conventions around “authority” in authorship, and consider how we might subvert these to create new, insurgent forms. 🗓️ October 18, 2026 🕔 9:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Eastern | 8:00 PM Armenia Time 🔗 Learn more and register at the link in our bio! #IALA #armliterary #armenian #literature #writing #publishing #books #workshop #SWS #sarkisianworkshopseries #bookstagram by @arm.lit

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