The International Armenian Literary Alliance announced the second annual Young Armenian Poets Awards, a contest for emerging Armenian writers between the ages of 14 and 18.
This year’s entrants are asked to consider հow poetry can serve as a bridge between Armenia and the over five million persons of full or partial Armenian ancestry living outside it today and what kinds of conversations might be necessary between Armenians and the diaspora itself?
IALA encourages submissions from any young writer who identifies as Armenian, no matter gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, socioeconomic class, educational background, citizenship, or political affiliation.
Submissions will be read by IALA board members and judges Gregory Djanikian, Arminé Iknadossian, and Raffi Wartanian. Awards will be granted for the top three poems, which will be published in the online cultural arts magazine h-pem. The deadline for submission is May 31.
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.
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