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.
Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand
Sweeney Cassidy is the typical college freshman at the University of the Archangels and St. John the Divine in Washington, …
1995 co-winner
A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason
Lixia and the members of her human crew are determined not to disturb the life on the planet circling the …
1991 co-winner
White Queen by Gwyneth Jones (The Aleutian Trilogy, #1)
It's 2038 and the earth has been devastated by tectonic shifts accompanied by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The U.S. has …
1991 co-winner
Change or die: the only options available on the Durallium Company-owned planet GP. The planet's deadly virus had killed most …
1993 winner
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
What if Chinese Marxism, not Western capitalism, came to dominate the globe? In this dazzling and insightful novel, Maureen F. …
1992 winner
Larque on the Wing by Nancy Springer
Guitar-shaped, forty-year-old wife, mother and successful crafter of home decoration products Larque Harootunian is going through a very messy mid-life …
1994 co-winner
The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Theodore Roszak
In The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein, Theodore Rozsak offers us a subversive, erotically charged counterpart to Mary Shelley's classic, …
1995 co-winner
Black Wine by Candas Jane Dorsey
As they struggle to survive in a barbarous fantasy land, a mother and daughter attempt to shake off the bonds …
1997 co-winner
The Conqueror's Child by Suzy McKee Charnas (Holdfast Chronicles, #4)
The Ferns were slaves of the men in the Holdfast, until Alldera Conqueror led a band of rebels to overthrow …
1999 winner
The Kappa Child by Hiromi Goto
The Kappa Child is the tale of four Japanese Canadian sisters struggling to escape the bonds of a family and …
2001 winner
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
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
Filter House is a collection of short fiction by Nisi Shawl, with an introduction by Eileen Gunn (author of Stable …
2008 co-winner
