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.
The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne
3 stars
A gripping novel set in near-future India - and a young woman's journey of escape and revelation.
A young woman …
2014 co-winner
It's 2015, and Patricia Cowan is very old. "Confused today," read the notes clipped to the end of her bed. …
2014 co-winner
In a futuristic society run by an all-powerful Gov, a bender teen on the cusp of adulthood has choices to …
2015 co-winner
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
At once a lush fairytale, an unforgettable queer romance, and a celebration of trans love, Anna-Marie McLemore's When the Moon …
2016 winner
Who Runs the World? by Virginia Bergin
Welcome to the Matriarchy.
Sixty years after a virus has wiped out almost all the men on the planet, things …
2017 winner
The astonishing debut novel from the acclaimed bestselling author of The Death of Vivek Oji, You Made a Fool of …
2019 winner
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
5 stars
Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade …
2021 co-winner
A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction.
Vern—seven months pregnant and desperate …
2021 co-winner
5 stars
For fans of Emily St. John Mandel and Kelly Link, a profoundly imaginative debut novel set in numerous universes, which …
2024 co-winner
Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera
5 stars
Rakesfall is a groundbreaking, standalone science fiction epic about two souls bound together from here until the ends of time, …
2024 co-winner
Walking Practice by Dolki Min, Victoria Caudle
4 stars
Squid Game meets The Left Hand of Darkness meets Under the Skin in this radical literary sensation from South Korea …
2024 co-winner
