2021 Young Armenian Poets Awards announced by IALA - International Armenian Literary Alliance

 IALA is announcing its inaugural Young Armenian Poets Award for ages 14-18. Deadline for submission is April 30, 2021

Guidelines

• Poems must be no longer than 50 lines.
• Poems must be submitted in English (translations are welcomed but the translator must be credited).
• Writers may submit no more than 3 poems per submission and make only one submission.
• All poems must be in the same document, and each must start on a new page.
• Poems should be submitted in Garamond, size 12 font, and single-spaced with standard margins (1 inch on each side of the page unless the aesthetic of the poem calls for variations).
• Poems should be submitted as .pdf, .doc, or .docx files.
• All students must fill out registration information through our Google Form with their submission.
• No personal information (including author names) should appear on the submission, as work will be read anonymously.
• Writers must identify as Armenian.

For further details, click on  this link

Young Poets Network launches international poetry translation challenge based on Armenian poem

Hello Readers and Poets:

I am thrilled to announce that Modern Poetry in Translation (UK) has teamed up with Young Poets Network for an online translation workshop, based on my poem Այսօր Today.

This challenge is for writers aged up to 25 based anywhere in the world. You have until Sunday, August 25, 2019 to submit! I hope you can participate.

For more details see:
Young Poetry Network 


Good luck,


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