Mark your calendars: the spring is chock-full of exciting forthcoming reads in translation! Featuring books translated from Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Arabic, Korean, and French, you won't want to miss out Book Riot: bit.ly/3We5Y44

Today, we'd like to thank PRA Publishing, one of the sponsors for #WriteTheWorld ! Thanks to your sponsorship, we're excited to hold this day of virtual panels on literary translation on May 21. bit.ly/3JBqlAB

Find out about Write the World here: bit.ly/3GAIAoE

🎉ICYMI: The winners of the 2024 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction have been announced! The 20 winners include 2 stories in translation, including “My Good Friend” by Juliana Leite, translated from Portuguese by ALTA member Zoë Perry! bit.ly/49ScX5N

The Open Category has a NEW minimum age limit of 18 and is open to entries from around the world!

1st Prize £1000
2nd Prize £500
3rd Prize £250

#SSTPoetryPrize2024

We’re proud to announce that M Lynx Qualey , founder of ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly , will receive the 2024 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature in recognition of advocacy for Arabic-language literature in English.
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ALTA's social media bookfair #ReadTheWorld returns this year, May 13-21!

If you're a publisher/editor and want to take part, fill out this form by tomorrow. Participation is FREE. We look forward to celebrating translators & publishers at Read the World! bit.ly/3QiRsUQ

ALTA members! As part of our literary partnership with AWP, we welcome event proposals from ALTA members for the AWP 2025 conference (March 26-29, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA). Find more info + submit your full lineup by May 20 here: bit.ly/43UbVou

'Then I heard it. I heard the faint melody of sorrow.
The dew glimmered. The heart came apart.
'Yes, I remember.''

At The Common, don't miss 'Symphony of the South' by Tahir Annour, translated from Arabic by past Travel Fellow Mayada: bit.ly/3xSK8Jo

Submit by 4/30! ⬇️⬇️

📣The The EBRD Literature Prize 2024 finalists have been revealed! Congrats to all three finalists, including ALTA member & past President Aron Aji for his translation from Turkish of THE WOUNDED AGE AND EASTERN TALES by Ferit Edgü, pub. Books at NYRB!
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Did you know? American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)'s 47th annual conference, 'Voices in Translation,' 10/25-28, Milwaukee, WI, is accepting proposals for panels/workshops. What does “voice” mean in translation? You tell us!

Deadline to propose: 6/17. Find out more here: literarytranslators.org/conference/alt… #ALTA47

ICYM: American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)'s 47th annual conference, 'Voices in Translation' (held 10/25-28 in Milwaukee, WI) is accepting proposals for panels & workshops until 6/17! What does “voice” mean in translation? You tell us!

literarytranslators.org/conference/alt…

'[W]e often learn the most from texts (and friends) with which we have little in common.'

At @LitHub, don't miss this piece from ALTA member Heather Cleary as she talks about working through the familiar AND the unfamiliar in translating Martín Solares: bit.ly/3xPSb9C

Looking for what's new in translation? Asymptote Journal's got you set - we're delighted that all these titles are past friends of ALTA! Featuring new works by ALTA mentee-mentor team Lucy Scott &David McKay, Travel Fellow Lizzie Buehler & mentee Mirgul Kali: bit.ly/3U3MxrT

The art of co-translation and finding communist slang terms: Don't miss this interview between Harshaneeyam Podcast & translation duo Sora Kim-Russell +Youngjae Bae, whose translation of MATER 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong was shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker: bit.ly/4azJq20

'I told her: ‘My God, Antonija, you’ve done it this time.’ Like I’ve got nothing better to do than clean up her mess.'

From WordsWithoutBorders, don't miss 'Nepal,' a short story by Marina Gudelj, translated from Croatian by past ALTA Travel Fellow Ena Selimović! bit.ly/49AEIjr

American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)'s 47th annual conference, 'Voices in Translation,' held 10/25-28 in Milwaukee, WI is accepting proposals for panels & workshops! What does “voice” mean in translation?
Deadline to propose: 6/17.  literarytranslators.org/conference/alt…

Trauma fiction in translation: don't miss this roundup of recent & forthcoming books in translation, including works trans. by ALTA Board member Jenna Tang (she/her) & member Jennifer Feeley, recommended by past ALTA mentee Jack Hargreaves via China Books Review: bit.ly/3JkeAOW

🎉 Congratulations to ALTA member Zoë Perry, whose translation of OF CATTLE AND MEN by Ana Paula Maia, published by Charco Press, has been awarded the the Republic of Consciousness prize Republic of Consciousness Prize! bit.ly/3Um5Myn

Looking to find out more about the world of literary translation? Check out this (online!) webinar held by UA NCI w/ ALTA member Katie Whittemore, 'The Path to Your First Literary Translation,' on April 27 from 10am-1pm PT! Find more info and register here: bit.ly/3vVXgN9