Works that have won the Otherwise Award (f.k.a. the Tiptree Award). Winners include short stories, novels, graphic novels and music albums. Not all were issued as standalone publications; those do not appear in this list.
Otherwise Award Winners Public
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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 …
Phil in SF says: 1995 co-winner
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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 …
Phil in SF says: 1991 co-winner
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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 …
Phil in SF says: 1991 co-winner
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4 stars
Change or die: the only options available on the Durallium Company-owned planet GP. The planet's deadly virus had killed most …
Phil in SF says: 1993 winner
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Four hundred years ago, in a small town in rural France, a young woman creates the future in the shape …
Phil in SF says: Won in 2013.
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The knife of never letting go by Patrick Ness (Chaos walking -- [bk. 1])
Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers …
Phil in SF says: Won in 2008.
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Phil in SF says: Won in 2021.
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The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne
Stunningly original and wildly inventive, The Girl in the Road melds the influences of Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, and Erin …
Phil in SF says: Won in 2014.
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Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga (Ōoku, #1)
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In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. …
Phil in SF says: Won in 2009
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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. …
Phil in SF says: 1992 winner
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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 …
Phil in SF says: 1994 co-winner
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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, …
Phil in SF says: 1995 co-winner
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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 …
Phil in SF says: 1997 co-winner
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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 …
Phil in SF says: 1999 winner
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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 …
Phil in SF says: 2001 winner
