Samovar

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Samovar is a triannual magazine publishing speculative fiction and poetry in translation, as well as critical essays and interviews about speculative fiction in translation.

Response time info: ~113 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at samovar.strangehorizons.com↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorPays: 8 US cents/word to author and translator (max $300 each)

Newly translated speculative fiction stories (must be translations), accompanied by the original-language version if possible; up to 3,750 words paid at 8 US cents/word to both author and translator (max $300 each), longer pieces considered but payment capped; must have a speculative element.

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorPays: $100 to author and $100 to translator

Reprints of previously published speculative fiction translations, accompanied by the original-language version if possible; no word limit; must have a speculative element.

nonfictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorPays: $40

Review-essays (2,000–3,000 words) on speculative fiction in translation or related topics; proposals or full texts accepted.

nonfictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorPays: $40 per participant and translator

Interview/conversations about speculative fiction in translation; proposals only unless requested; each participant and translator paid $40.

poetryScience FictionFantasyHorrorPays: $40 to author and $40 to translator

Translated speculative poems, accompanied by the original-language version if possible; must have a speculative element.

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