The American Literary Translators Association

We want you to meet the mentors for the 16 mentorships that are available in 2024! 

The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator on a project selected by the emerging translator. The applications for the 2024 mentorship program cycle are open on our Submittable page until November 30, 2023 at 11:59pm PT.

2023 marks the 25th year for the NTA, and the 9th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose. The shortlists for the NTA will be announced on October 11th, and the winners will be announced on November 11th at an Awards Ceremony as part of ALTA’s annual conference, ALTA46: The Place of Translation. The winning translators will receive a $4,000 cash prize each. The 2023 NTA longlists feature authors writing in 19 different languages and books from 19 different presses. This year’s prose judges are Natascha Bruce, Shelley Frisch, Jason Grunebaum, Sawad Hussain, and Lytton Smith. This year’s judges for poetry are Pauline Fan, Heather Green, and Shook. 

Registration is officially open for ALTA46: The Place of Translation! This year's conference will take place in Tucson, AZ from November 8-11.

Click here to see registration rates—including early bird rates, open through September 30—and learn how to register, along with some pertinent information (including our conference schedule!) for our first fully in-person conference since 2019. 

The ALTA46 conference will be held at the Tucson Marriott University Park in Tucson, AZ. ALTA is proud to be programming our 46th annual meeting in person. The hotel offers our attendees the guaranteed lowest group rate for rooms and provides us with complimentary meeting space.

Find more information on how to travel to Tucson and how to get the lowest rate, and support ALTA directly when you do so, on our webpage!