Calls

Calls

Submissions for Bilingual Readings at ALTA42 are open!

Don’t miss your chance to study at the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference this summer!

This summer, don’t miss your chance to study literary translation at the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference, now in its fifth year, in beautiful Vermont! You’ll have the opportunity to meet editors from great publications like Coffee House Press, New Directions, and Ugly Duckling Presse. Rolling admissions close February 15, so get applying! http://www.middlebury.edu/bread-loaf-conferences/bltc

Don’t miss your chance to to study at the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference this summer!

This summer, don’t miss out on your chance to spend a week in lovely Vermont studying the art of literary translation!

The 2019 ALTA awards submissions portals are open!

Applications to the Banff International Literary Translation Centre are open!

Have you considered a summer literary translation residency in the beautiful Canadian Rockies? The Banff International Literary Translation Centre (BILTC) offers student, emerging, and professional literary translators a period of uninterrupted work on a current project. Participants will work in a trilingual environment with consulting translators and peers, resulting in a mutually beneficial learning experience. Find out more about this opportunity at the BILTC website.

ALTA42 Session Submissions are Open!

The American Literary Translators Association is delighted to open up panel, workshop, and roundtable submissions for ALTA42: Sight and Sound! ALTA42 will take place this year from November 7-10 in Rochester, NY. The conference description and call for papers is as follows:

ALTA is seeking social media interns!

ALTA is offering internships with our social media team!

If you’re looking to be a part of a group of fun- and translation-loving peers, you’ve found your place. You’ll learn to manage the responsibility of bringing translation news and enthusiasm to the many members and community of ALTA and what makes social media in the translation world tick. Responsibilities will include managing, contributing to, and furthering the various social media platforms that ALTA implements every day to make this world a better, more translation-friendly place.

Here are our requirements:

Apply to Study at the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference This Summer!

This summer, don’t miss out on your chance to spend a week in lovely Vermont studying the art of literary translation! Featuring a stellar faculty, including ALTA’s own Executive Director Elisabeth Jaquette, the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference is a valuable experience no matter where you are in your translation career. Rolling applications end 2/15/19!

Transference Literary Journal Open for Submissions!

Calling for submissions to Transference!

ALTA is Hiring!

You may additionally view this job listing on our website. 

Program Manager

JOB SUMMARY

The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is seeking a Program Manager. The Program Manager will be responsible for: coordinating all aspects of the annual ALTA conference and the growing Emerging Translator Mentorship Program; and providing key operational support to the organization.

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