The American Literary Translators Association is delighted to introduce you to the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program mentors!

There are 12 mentors in 2026:

  • Children’s Literature from a South Asian Language, with mentor Lawrence Schimel
  • Japanese, with mentor Takami Nieda
  • Kannada, with mentor Deepa Bhasthi
  • Korean Poetry, with mentor Jack Jung
  • Korean Prose, with mentor Janet Hong
  • Literature from Taiwan, with mentor Lin King
  • Malayalam, with mentor Jayasree Kalathil
  • Marathi, with mentor Sachin Ketkar
  • Poetry from Hong Kong, with mentor Jennifer Feeley
  • Prose from Hong Kong, with mentor Jacqueline Leung
  • Sinhala, with mentor Liyanage Amarakeerthi
  • Swedish, with mentor Rachel Willson-Broyles

The mentorship program allows an emerging translator to establish and develop a close working relationship with an experienced translator on a literary translation project chosen by the emerging translator.

Applications must be submitted online through our submission platform by November 30, 2025 at 11:59pm PT. View ALTA’s Submittable page for application instructions.