{"id":9904,"date":"2021-01-02T05:16:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T05:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=9904"},"modified":"2021-01-04T02:28:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T02:28:50","slug":"sft-2020-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=9904","title":{"rendered":"SFT 2020 Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Despite being an awful year in many respects, 2020 did give us some wonderful SFT from all around the world, enriching the genre and introducing Anglophone readers to new authors and styles.<\/span><\/p>\n

From German high fantasy to Romanian steampunk, and from Spanish horror to Japanese magical realism, the SFT of 2020 showed us just how dynamic and diverse the genre is many different languages. Italian and Romanian SFT, in particular, made a strong showing this year, plus MIT Press released several new editions of classic Lem stories and novels and Valancourt Books brought us a fascinating collection of world horror.<\/span><\/p>\n

About 45% of standalone short SFT was published in Clarkesworld, Future Science Fiction Digest, <\/em>and Strange Horizons. <\/em>Thirty-five percent of standalone texts were translated from the Chinese, 17.5% from the Spanish (Mexico, Spain, Cuba, El Salvador), and 10.5% from the Portuguese (thanks in large part to the new magazine Eita!<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n

In terms of book-length SFT, novels accounted for 61% (34), collections 29.1% (16), and anthologies 9.1% (5).<\/span><\/p>\n

The total number of short SFT texts (standalone + those included in collections\/anthologies) came to 164 this year, down slightly from 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Below I dive into the charts and numbers (and if you really<\/em> love stats, go here<\/span><\/a> to The Big SFT Spreadsheet).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Standalone Short SFT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

total: 57<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Chinese- 20<\/strong> (35.1%) (China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong)
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published in Clarkesworld, LitHub, Chinese Literature Today, Analog, Future Science Fiction Digest, Samovar, Asimov’s<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Spanish- 10<\/strong> (17.5%) (Mexico, Spain, Cuba, El Salvador)<\/span><\/p>\n

published in World Literature Today, The Future Fire, Asymptote Journal, Clarkesworld, Constelaci\u00f3n, Strange Horizons<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Portuguese- 6<\/strong> (10.5%) (Brazil)<\/span><\/p>\n

published in Nat. Brut.<\/em> and Eita! Magazine<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Japanese- 5<\/strong> (8.8%)<\/span><\/p>\n

published in Daily Science Fiction, Samovar, Clarkesworld, Future Science Fiction Digest<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Russian, Korean- 3 each<\/strong> (5.3% each)<\/span><\/p>\n

Russian published in Future Science Fiction Digest, Samovar, Galaxy’s Edge<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Romanian- 2<\/strong> (3.5%)<\/span><\/p>\n

published in Aphelion <\/em>and Unfit Magazine<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, French, German, Italian, N\u00e1huatl, <\/strong>Ukrainian – 1 each<\/strong> (1.8% each)<\/span><\/p>\n

Arabic published in World Literature Today<\/em><\/span>
\nBulgarian in Compelling Science Fiction<\/em><\/span>
\nCzech in Samovar<\/em><\/span>
\nFrench in Future Science Fiction Digest<\/em><\/span>
\nGerman in Three Crows Magazine<\/em><\/span>
\nItalian in Medium<\/em><\/span>
\nN\u00e1huatl in Strange Horizons<\/em><\/span>
\nUkrainian in Three Crows Magazine<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Clarkesworld<\/em>– 11<\/strong> (19.3%)<\/span>
\nFuture Science Fiction Digest<\/em>– 9<\/strong> (15.8%)<\/span>
\nStrange Horizons<\/em>– 6<\/strong> (10.5%)<\/span>
\nSamovar <\/em>and Eita! Magazine<\/em>– 5 each<\/strong> (8.8%)<\/span>
\nChinese Literature Today<\/em>– 3<\/strong> (5.3%)<\/span>
\nWorld Literature Today<\/em>, Three Crows Magazine<\/em>– 2 each<\/strong> (3.5%)<\/span>
\nFuture Fire, Unfit Magazine, Analog, Aphelion, Asimov’s, Asymptote, Compelling Science Fiction, Constelaci\u00f3n, Daily Science Fiction, Galaxy’s Edge, Korean Literature Now, LitHub, Nat. Brut., Medium<\/em>– 1 each<\/strong> (1.8%)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Novels, Collections, Anthologies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Spanish- 9<\/strong> (16.1%)<\/span>
\nChinese- 7<\/strong> (12.5%)<\/span>
\nFrench- 6<\/strong> (10.7%)<\/span>
\nJapanese- 5<\/strong> (8.9%)<\/span>
\nItalian, Russian- 4 each<\/strong> (7.1% each)<\/span>
\nGerman- 3 <\/strong>(5.4%)<\/span>
\nPolish, Romanian, Swedish- 2 each<\/strong> (3.6%)<\/span>
\nBengali, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Finnish, Hebrew, Indonesian, Korean, Proven\u00e7al, Sierra Zapotec, Turkish, Various – 1 each<\/strong> (1.8%)<\/span><\/p>\n

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novels- 34<\/strong> (60.7%)<\/span><\/p>\n

Spanish (9), Italian (3), German (3), Chinese (3), Russian (2), Swedish (2),\u00a0French (2),\u00a0Japanese (2), Indonesian (1), Czech (1), Hebrew (1), Finnish (1), Korean (1), Sierra Zapotec (1), Polish (1), Turkish (1)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

collections- 17<\/strong> (30.4%)<\/span><\/p>\n

French (4), Chinese (3) , Japanese (3), Russian (2), Bengali (1), Proven\u00e7al (1), Italian (1), Polish (1), Croatian (1)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

anthologies- 5<\/strong> (8.9%)<\/span><\/p>\n

Romanian (2), Chinese (1), Bulgarian (1), various (1)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Total short SFT (standalone stories + stories in collections\/anthologies)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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2020: 182<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2019: 169<\/span><\/p>\n

2018: 185<\/span><\/p>\n

2017: 133<\/span><\/p>\n

2016: 105<\/span><\/p>\n

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Despite being an awful year in many respects, 2020 did give us some wonderful SFT from all around the world, enriching the genre and introducing Anglophone readers to new authors and styles. From German high fantasy to Romanian steampunk, and from Spanish horror to Japanese magical realism, the SFT of 2020 showed us just how<\/p>\n

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