2026 Mentorships

ALTA’s Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator on a project selected by the emerging translator. The goal of the program is for mentors to walk alongside their mentee and provide support as the mentee creates a literary translation of high caliber.

13 mentorships are offered in 2026 by ALTA in partnership with the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, the Polish Cultural Institute New York, the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global, the South Asian Literature in Translation (SALT) Project, the Swedish Arts Council, the Taiwan Academy of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles, and the Yanai Initiative.

Each 2026 mentorship lasts from February 2026 to January 2027, and will include a presentation at the 2026 ALTA conference. The award covers ALTA49 conference registration, as well as travel to the conference location and on-site accommodations, up to $1,500.

Read more about the 2026 program and mentors.

Applications open September 2 and are due by November 30, 2025.

Please review guidelines and eligibility criteria before applying.