Happy New Year

The Armenian Poetry Project would like to wish you a Happy HEALTHY 2021.

Like this orchid flowering today, may this be the start of a beautiful future. 

Շնորհաւոր Նոր Տարի և Սուրբ Ծնունդ

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année

Լօլա Գունտաքճեան/Lola Koundakjian
ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dom]com

Don't Look Away: A Literary Series for Artsakh continues Saturday October 17, 2020

Please join the International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA) on Saturday, October 17th at 3:00 PM Eastern for the next installment of Don't Look Away, a literary series raising awareness and funds for #Artsakh, featuring Arthur Kayzakian, Lola Koundakjian, Mashinka F. Hakopian, Armen Davoudian, Nairi Hakhverdi, Alene Terzian and Alan Semerdjian.

Click here to register: http://bit.ly/ArtsakhSeries2

Don't Look Away: A Literary Series for Artsakh

Dear friends and colleagues,

On September 27th, Azerbaijan, directly aided by Turkey, launched a massive assault on Nagorno Karabakh, an ethnically Armenian territory known to Armenians as Artsakh. Since then, both Artsakh and the Republic of Armenia have been under attack. Artsakh’s capital, Stepanakert, has been relentlessly bombarded by drones, missile strikes and military aircraft. Azerbaijan is targeting not only military forces but also the civilian population and vital infrastructure like hospitals and schools, and evidence shows they have used lethal cluster munitions, which can wreak havoc for decades. In July, Erdogan promised ‘to fulfill the mission our grandfathers have carried out for centuries in the Caucasus,’ a statement with clear echoes of the Armenian Genocide. Armenians fear this assault is an attack on our existence as a people, and we need your help.

On behalf of the International Armenian Literary Alliance, I invite you to the first reading in our series, Don't Look Away, which will raise funds and awareness for Artsakh. The reading will provide context on the conflict and feature award-winning authors Peter Balakian, Carolyn Forché, Nancy Kricorian, Anna Turcotte and Lory Bedikian.


When: Saturday, October 10th at 3 pm Eastern
Click here to join us on Zoom (Password: IALA2020)


Click here to donate to the cause.


Thank you for your support.--

Olivia Katrandjian
www.oliviakatrandjian.com

Call for Poetry for Children in the times of Covid

The virus that causes Covid-19 is still spreading around the world and humanity is suffering

We, at the Armenian Poetry Project, believe poetry has a unique role in these times, when the soul is drowning in news and apathy

APP would like to hear from you, poets young and old, and, poetry readers

Send us your poems for a younger audience and their families,
so that they may deal with this issue, and we will publish them

This call for poems is open to our Armenian readers worldwide

APP holds the right to select or reject poems

Send to ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dot]com

 your original work, or the work by an Armenian author you admire

Subject line should be CHILDREN'S POETRY

In the body of the email: your full name, city, state, country 

Your original poem (in Armenian, French, English) 
OR, the work you selected by an Armenian poet, TYPED, with poet's name and if applicable the translation and translator's full name

Poems should NOT be excerpts and please check your spelling 

Deadline for submissions: October 1, 2020

Thank you,

Lola Koundakjian
Curator and Producer of The Armenian Poetry Project
ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dot]com

Reminder: Our call for Poems deadline is June 1, 2020

Hello all:

We hope you are all healthy and being creative during your confinement.

A reminder that our call for poetry deadline is approaching. Please read the original post about this global endeavor.




Thank you

Lola Koundakjian

Call for Poems on the topic of epidemics, illness, medicine, death and healing

The virus that causes Covid-19 is currently spreading around the world and humanity is suffering

We, at the Armenian Poetry Project, believe poetry has a unique role in these times, when the soul is drowning in news and apathy

APP would like to hear from you, budding poets, young and old, and, poetry readers

Send us your poems in response to Covid-19, or poems which help you deal with this issue, and we will publish them

This call for poems is open to our Armenian readers worldwide

APP holds the right to select or reject poems

Send to ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dot]com

 your original work, or the work by an Armenian author you admire

Subject line should be EPIDEMIC POETRY

In the body of the email: your full name, city, state, country 

Your original poem (in Armenian, French, English) 
OR, the work you selected by an Armenian poet, TYPED, with poet's name and if applicable the translation and translator's full name

Poems should NOT be excerpts and please check your spelling 

Deadline for submissions: June 1, 2020

Thank you,

Lola Koundakjian
Curator and Producer of The Armenian Poetry Project
ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dot]com

Presentation of a New Book of Poetry by Lola Koundakjian

Lola Koundakjian, poet and curator of the online Armenian Poetry Project, will present her recently published collection of poems, La luna en la cúspide de mi mano/ The Moon in the Cusp of my Hand on Thursday, January 23rd at 7 PM in the Guild Hall of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America at 630 Second Avenue. A Spanish/English bilingual collection published by Nueva York Poetry Press, this is Koundakjian’s third book of poems. Her previous books are The Accidental Observer (2011 USA) and Advice to a Poet (2014 Peru; 2015 USA).


At the event, Lola Koundakjian will read from her newest collection. She will also read some of her original Western Armenian poetry. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase after the reading. A reception will follow.