The SFT 2019 Catalog
In time for WisCon 43, here’s the SFT19-catalog!
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Speculative Microfiction from Italy in WWB
I’m so excited to announce that Words Without Borders is featuring speculative microfiction from Italy in its May 2019 issue! Along with my introduction to Italian SF and SFT, it includes beautiful pieces by Francesco Verso, Emanuela Valentini, and Simonetta Olivo, all translated by Sarah Jane Webb. Enjoy!
SFT on Recent Awards Lists
Gabriela Damián Miravete has won the 2018 Tiptree Award for her short story “They Will Dream In the Garden,” translated by Adrian Demopulos and published online by Latin American Literature Today (May 2018). The Best Translated Book Award 2019 Fiction Longlist includes several works of SFT: Love in the New
Favorite SFT From 2018 Poll Results
The first “Favorite SFT Poll” was a big success- 277 people voted for their favorite short stories, novels, anthologies & collections, translators, and publishers from 2018! Thanks so much to everyone who participated. Let’s do it again next year! Listed below are the top three favorites in each category. The winner is in bold,
Liu Cixin in Science Fiction Studies
The latest issue of Science Fiction Studies includes a special section on Liu Cixin and science fiction in China– check it out! “China Turns Outward: On the Literary Significance of Liu Cixin’s Science Fiction” by Li Guangyi and Nathaniel Isaacson “Liu Cixin’s THREE-BODY TRILOGY and the Status of Science Fiction in Contemporary
Korean Science Fiction in Clarkesworld Magazine
Yesterday, Neil Clarke of Clarkesworld Magazine announced that the magazine has received a grant from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea to publish nine works of Korean science fiction in translation during 2019. Exciting times!!
New Translation Imprint: Clarkesworld Books
Neil Clarke of Clarkesworld Magazine has launched a Kickstarter campaign to promote Clarkesworld Books “as a translation-focused imprint of Wyrm Publishing… [which] will focus on the translation and publication of science fiction novellas, anthologies, and short story collections from all over the world.” The focus of this Kickstarter campaign is to raise money to produce
SFT 2018 List in Locus
On Locusmag.com, you can find the complete list of SFT (long- and short-form) from 2018 (including pie charts!).
The First SFT Poll Is Aliiiiive!
Welcome to the first annual SFT Poll, where you can vote for your favorite translated novels, short stories, anthologies & collections, translators, and publishers! Eligible for the 2018 poll are any translated texts published from January 1 – December 31, 2018. All possible answers are supplied- just click on your favorite in each category! The
Future Science Fiction Digest- Issue 1
The first issue of the new international SF magazine Future Science Fiction Digest, edited by Alex Shvartsman, is out now, and a fantastic issue it is. It includes fiction and non-fiction from China, the Ukraine, Nigeria, and Italy, and the US. Some pieces are available to read for free now. Thanks to UFO Publishing
