Applications for IALA’s 2026 mentorship program are now open

The International Armenian Literary Alliance’s sixth annual mentorship program will run from July 1 through Aug. 31, 2026, with mentorships for writers of the novel, short story, memoir, creative nonfiction and poetry, as well as literary translation from Eastern or Western Armenian into English, and vice versa.  Mentors will read and provide feedback on their mentee’s writing and speak virtually with their mentee throughout the program to discuss the writing life, the mentee’s work an