Audrey Hall is a freelance translator and social science researcher studying the U.S. system of higher education on a grant from the Gates Foundation. Outside of work, she is contemplating MFA programs in literary translation and suspects that many ALTA conference attendees could furnish advice on the subject.
Claire Eder is a poet and translator living in Athens, Ohio, where she is a PhD student in poetry at Ohio University. Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, she completed her MFA in poetry at the University of Florida.
Each year 4-6 emerging translators are awarded $1000 each to travel to the ALTA conference, where they participate in panels, workshops, and readings. Applications to be an ALTA fellow are open until June 1. More information here.
