Tongue

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Tongue publishes English translations of contemporary literary prose from languages worldwide, except languages it has already published.

Response time info: 2 months

Read the full guidelines at tonguestory.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: Upon publication, the author and translator each receive $200 and two copies of the print issue.

Open to: Translations must be from languages other than Amharic, Tu’Un Savi, Spanish, Icelandic, and Korean.

Accepts English translations of short stories and self-contained novel excerpts from contemporary literary prose, 1,000–3,000 words; submit the original text and translation. Translations from Amharic, Tu’Un Savi, Spanish, Icelandic, and Korean are not being read.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: Upon publication, the author and translator each receive $200 and two copies of the print issue.

Open to: Translations must be from languages other than Amharic, Tu’Un Savi, Spanish, Icelandic, and Korean.

Accepts creative nonfiction translations of contemporary literary prose, 1,000–3,000 words; submit the original text and translation. Translations from Amharic, Tu’Un Savi, Spanish, Icelandic, and Korean are not being read.

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