JOHNSON, Vermont (December 11, 2024) — Vermont Studio Center (VSC) and the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) announce the winners of the 2025 ALTA Fellowships at VSC. These partnering organizations offer two fully funded fellowships for two-week residencies at Vermont Studio Center to current members of ALTA. The winners of the 2025 ALTA Fellowships at VSC are Ahry Jeon and Peter Burzyński, selected by Final Judge, Jenna Tang, a Taiwanese writer and translator working between Mandarin, Spanish, French, and English. Tang’s translation, Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise by Lin Yi-han was published in 2024.

“We are so looking forward to welcoming Ahry and Peter to Vermont Studio Center,” said Writing Program Director, Sarah Audsley. “Their two-week residencies will provide the opportunity to focus and deepen their work in translation.”

Ahry Jeon has been awarded the ALTA Fellowship for a BIPOC translator who identifies as queer/woman/non-binary/LGBTQ+. Ahry Jeon is a translator and writer, working from Korean to English, with a focus on contemporary realistic fiction. After completing her studies at Stanford University, she currently resides in Brooklyn. In 2024, she received a scholarship to the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference. Her most recent translation, an excerpt from Bright Night by Choi Eunyoung, is forthcoming in The Southern Review (Summer 2025).

Peter Burzyński received the ALTA Fellowship for a mid-career translator. Burzyński is the translator of Martyna Buliżańska’s This Is My Earth (New American Press, 2019) and the author of the chapbook A Year Alone inside of Woodland Pattern (Adjunct Press, 2022). His first full-length book of poetry, Infinite Zero, will be published in 2025 by Writ Large Press.

“Providing this opportunity for ALTA members adds value to our membership benefits and will support these translators with the time and space to focus on their work,” said Sean Gasper Bye, Interim Executive Director of ALTA. “Partnering with VSC for these fellowships will continue to foster the next generation of translators.”

The American Literary Translators Association is a nonprofit arts membership association that provides programs and professional affiliation to the literary translation community. The organization was founded in 1978 to bridge cultural communication and understanding among countries and languages through the art and craft of literary translation. Reading a text from another culture, originally in another language, allows for a deep and nuanced immersion into another time and place, and helps readers engage in new ways of thinking and syntax.

The next ALTA Fellowships at VSC will be awarded in April 2025 for residencies in 2026. “Partnerships like this support us in reaching our five-year goal of providing fully funded fellowship for 60% of our residents. We are thrilled to keep translation alive on the VSC campus,” said VSC’s Executive Director, Hope Sullivan.

Founded in 1984, Vermont Studio Center (VSC) welcomes artists and writers for studio residencies in an inclusive, international community, honoring creative work as the communication of spirit through form. VSC offers residents and the public an opportunity to engage with global creative communities. For more information, visit vermontstudiocenter.org 

The American Literary Translators Association is a nonprofit arts membership association that provides programs and professional affiliation to the literary translation community: individual translators, academic institutions, presses, and others working in literary translation. The annual ALTA conference and year-round events are structured around the creation of high-quality art. ALTA also administers awards to recognize excellence in translation and provides fellowships and mentorships to support emerging translators.