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 a freshman at the University of the Archangels and St. John the Divine, where she meets the …
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
4 stars
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 by Nisi Shawl (duplicate)
Filter House is a collection of short fiction by Nisi Shawl, with an introduction by Eileen Gunn (author of Stable …
2008 co-winner
