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IALA X h-pem | 2024 Young Armenian Poets Awards: The Sanctuary of Language
Founded and directed by Alan Semerdjian, YAPA of the International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA) collaborates with h-pem, which, in turn, seeks to provide an authentic audience for the annual awards.
Read on to understand more of YAPA's 2024 edition in honor of Tamar Asadourian through Alan Semerdjian's lenses.
Poem | home is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on lavash bread by YAPA 2024 Winner Hasmik Tumasyan
Read "home is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on lavash bread" by YAPA 2024 Winner Hasmik Tumasyan, a 17-year-old Armenian-American writer from Southern California, with commentary from YAPA Judge Raffie Joe Wartanian.
Between Truth & Fiction: A Reflection Piece
During Between Truth and Fiction, a creative writing lab led by Anna Schwartzman of Columbia University at the TUMO Center in Yerevan, teenagers examined deception in all its forms — from Armenian trickster tales to global myths, modern literature, and the illusions of today’s technologies. Through reading, discussion, and handwritten storytelling, they discovered how lies can harm, protect, or illuminate, and how fiction itself is a kind of artful trickery.
Read Anna's reflection piece below, and explore some students' pieces on h-pem.
Creative Writing | Sky Shepherd
During Between Truth and Fiction, a creative writing lab led by Anna Schwartzman of Columbia University at the TUMO Center in Yerevan, teenagers examined deception in all its forms — from Armenian trickster tales to global myths, modern literature, and the illusions of today’s technologies. Through reading, discussion, and handwritten storytelling, they discovered how lies can harm, protect, or illuminate, and how fiction itself is a kind of artful trickery.
Read Karine Martirosyan's creative piece, Sky Shepherd, below, and explore other students' pieces on h-pem.
Creative Writing | CARD BLUES
During Between Truth and Fiction, a creative writing lab led by Anna Schwartzman of Columbia University at the TUMO Center in Yerevan, teenagers examined deception in all its forms — from Armenian trickster tales to global myths, modern literature, and the illusions of today’s technologies. Through reading, discussion, and handwritten storytelling, they discovered how lies can harm, protect, or illuminate, and how fiction itself is a kind of artful trickery.
Read Anna Danielyan's creative piece, CARD BLUES, below, and explore other students' pieces on h-pem.