Winners Announced – 2024 Young Armenian Poets Awards: The Sanctuary of Language

For the fourth time in a row, h-pem collaborates with the International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA) in publishing their annual Young Armenian Poets Awards’ (YAPA) winning pieces. 🏆

Read the opening statement by YAPA Director Alan Semerjian titled “The Sanctuary of Language” here. 🔗

The 2024 YAPA in honor of Tamar Asadourian winners are:
•⁠ ⁠I Was Raised by Survivors by Lenna Karapetian
•⁠ ⁠⁠home is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on lavash bread by Hasmik Tumasyan
•⁠ ⁠⁠For Mariam, by Madeline Berberian-Hutchinson

The 2024 YAPA in honor of Tamar Asadourian honorable mention is:
•⁠ ⁠Tip-Toes by Ani Kradjian

Watch this space to read the winning pieces soon, and register for IALA’s Emerging Writers Showcase to watch the winners read their work. 👀

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