The American Literary Translators Association

ALTA is going to the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference! The AWP22 conference will take place March 23-26, 2022, in Philadelphia, PA. Come visit us at booth T848, and play Bookfair Bingo with us this year for your chance to win free books in translation! Plus, you won't want to miss the ALTA-sponsored events at AWP, or the translation-related panels you'll find there. 

Each year, a number of fellowships between $500 and $1,000 are awarded to emerging translators to help them participate in the annual ALTA conference. Included in these Fellowships is the Peter K. Jansen Memorial Travel Fellowship, which is preferentially awarded to an emerging translator of color or a translator working from an underrepresented diaspora or stateless language. ALTA Travel Fellows are invited to read their translated work at a keynote event. Applications are open this year until April 18 at 11:59pm PT. 

This year, we are delighted to have Todd Portnowitz, Maureen Shaughnessy, and Joyce Zonana as our 2022 Travel Fellowship judges!

The Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize, which was inaugurated in 2009, recognizes the importance of Asian translation for international literature and promotes the translation of Asian poetry into English. Both translators and publishers are invited to submit titles, and submissions are open this year until April 18.

We’re thrilled to spotlight our 2022 judges Annelise Finegan, Soeun Seo, and Emily Jungmin Yoon! 

The National Translation Award (NTA) is awarded annually in poetry and in prose to literary translators who have made an outstanding contribution to literature in English by masterfully recreating the artistic force of a book of consummate quality. 2022 marks the twenty-fourth year of the NTA and the eighth year in which the NTA is awarded separately in poetry and prose. Submissions for the National Translation Award in Poetry are being accepted until April 18, 2022.

We are honored to spotlight this year’s National Translation Award in Poetry judges, Hélène Cardona, Boris Dralyuk, and Archana Venkatesan!