Publishers, check this out! The Sheikh Zayed Book Award translation grant, which aims to support the publication of high-quality Arabic books in translation abroad, accepts applications all year round. Funding up to $19k is available for translation of literary titles for children and adult fiction that have either won or been shortlisted for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award. Find out how to apply here.

You have an incredible chance this summer to spend a week in Vermont studying literary translation! Rolling admissions to the 9^th Annual Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference end February 15, so apply now to study with faculty that includes past ALTA mentor Madhu H. Kaza and ALTA Board member Geoffrey Brock! Financial aid is available. https://www.middlebury.edu/writers-conferences/translators-conference

ALTA is going to the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference! The AWP22 conference will take place March 23-26, 2022, in Philadelphia, PA. Find out more on AWP’s website, and visit ALTA at booth T848!

As a response to the ongoing controversy around translations of US poet Amanda Gorman’s work into other languages (see Haidee Kotze’s piece on Medium for a thoughtful commentary), ALTA acknowledges that racial equity remains unrealized in the literary translation community, both in and outside of the United States.