Created by Phil in SF
An award encouraging the exploration & expansion of gender.
Works that have won the Otherwise Award (f.k.a. the Tiptree Award). Winners include short stories, novels, and manga. Not all were issued as standalone publications; those do not appear in this list.
Not Before Sundown by Johanna Sinisalo
Mikael, a young gay photographer, finds in the courtyard of his apartment block a small, man-like creature. It is a …
2004 co-winner
Air: Or, Have Not Have by Geoff Ryman
2 stars
Chung Mae is the only connection her small farming village has to culture of a wider world beyond the fields …
2005 winner
Nora and Blanche are cojoined twins. Nora, the dominant twin, thirsts for love and adventure, while Blanche has been asleep …
2006 co-winner
In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente (The Orphan's Tales, #1)
A Book of Wonders for Grown-Up Readers
Every once in a great while a book comes along that reminds us …
2006 co-winner
The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall
England is in a state of environmental and economic crisis. Under the repressive regime of The Authority, citizens have been …
2007 winner
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (Chaos Walking, #1)
4 stars
An unflinching novel about the impossible choices of growing up, by an award-winning writer.Imagine you're the only boy in a …
2008 winner
4 stars
Filter House is a collection of short fiction by Nisi Shawl, with an introduction by Eileen Gunn (author of Stable …
2008 co-winner
In the eighteen years since her IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award–winning debut novel Moonwise, Greer Gilman’s writing has only …
2009 co-winner
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga (Ōoku, #1)
In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. …
2009 co-winner
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 2 by Fumi Yoshinaga (Ōoku, #2)
Curious about why female lords must take on male names, the shogun Yoshimune seeks out the ancient scribe Murase and …
2009 co-winner
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić
Baba Yaga is an old hag who lives in a house built on chicken legs and kidnaps small children. She …
2010 winner
Redwood and Wildfire by Andrea Hairston
At the turn of the 20th century, minstrel shows transform into vaudeville, which slides into moving pictures. Hunkering together in …
2011 winner
The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan
A complex, haunting novel that explores a schizophrenic young artist’s struggles with her perception of reality… including an intriguing ghostly …
2012 co-winner
Ancient, Ancient by Kiini Ibura Salaam
Aqueduct Press is pleased to announce the release of Ancient, Ancient, a collection of short fiction by Kiini Ibura Salaam, …
2012 co-winner
3 stars
Four hundred years ago, in a small town in rural France, a young woman creates the future in the shape …
2013 winner
