International Armenian Literary Alliance

The International Armenian Literary Alliance is a nonprofit organization launched in 2021 that supports and celebrates writers by fostering the development and distribution of Armenian literature in the English language. A network of Armenian writers and their champions, IALA gives Armenian writers a voice in the literary world through creative, professional, and scholarly advocacy.
Announcements

IALA extends application deadline for 2025 Israelyan Grants for Literary Translation

The application deadline for the International Armenian Literary Alliance’s three literary translation grants has been extended until October 14, 2025.…

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IALA, NAASR and the Zohrab Center return with reading series event featuring Aram Mrjoian

The September edition of the Literary Lights 2025 reading series features Aram Mrjoian, editor and author of Waterline, in conversation…

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Applications open to IALA’s 2025 grants for creative writing and literary translation

The applications for the International Armenian Literary Alliance’s four literary grants are now open. The grants for creative writing and…

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Celeste Nazeli Snowber’s new poetry collection prescribes art as medicine

Creating in Dangerous Times is a universal invitation to reclaim our human birthright of creativity. Each poem serves as a…

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Announcements

IALA’s New York City Chapter to host literary evening

Join the International Armenian Literary Alliance’s New York City Chapter for a literary evening of poetry and prose at Brooklyn’s…

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Literary Corner

Inch Press launches new zine to bring Armenian literature to English-speaking readers

Inch, a new quarterly literary zine, launches with a mission to bring Western Armenian literature to English-speaking readers through high-quality…

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IALA’s 2025 mentorship program supports a new cohort of emerging Armenian writers

This year, the International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA) is excited to welcome its new class of mentees for its fifth…

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Literary Corner

‘Unraveling’ explores family, memory and belonging in haunting debut

Some truths heal. Others shatter. Every family has secrets—but Tina’s could change everything. After the First Artsakh War in the…

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IALA Los Angeles Chapter hosts poetry night with Aida Zilelian

The International Armenian Literary Alliance’s Los Angeles Chapter presents a literary evening celebrating the release of Aida Zilelian’s debut chapbook,…

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‘I Thought I Was the Only One’: Hands-on storytelling workshop by IALA

Do you ever feel like the only one? The only queer Armenian cousin. Caregiver. Colleague. Community activist. Generational cycle-breaker. The…

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