Two Lines Press’s Calico Series is looking for stories that largely feature one or more animals for a forthcoming edition. This call is open to translations from any language into English. While we love cozy cat stories, we’re looking to be surprised by how animals appear in today’s fiction. Perhaps it’s a story about a human’s relationship to animals, or perhaps there are no humans in the story whatsoever. Work may skew toward ecofiction or speculative, may feature animals in captivity or the wild—the parameters are wide. Overall, we’re looking to feature writing with a strong attention to craft. We highly encourage translators of literature from underrepresented regions and demographics to apply, as well as those earlier in their translation careers.
Submissions should be a work of fiction between 2,000 and 10,000 words, translated from any language into English. NOTE: We prefer standalone stories, but we will accept excerpts from novels for this Calico. That said, please make sure the excerpt works as a standalone piece.
