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.
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 a witch-like character who flies around on a giant mortar, kidnapping (and presumably eating) 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 …
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
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 …
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
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (duplicate)
Both a recounting of trauma and its impacts, as well as a retelling of a Nigerian fable. The main character's …
2019 winner
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
4 stars
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San …
2021 co-winner
2 stars
A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction
Vern - seven months pregnant …
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
5 stars
Some stories take more than one lifetime to tell. There are wrongs that echo through the ages, friendships that outpace …
2024 co-winner
Walking Practice by Dolki Min, Victoria Caudle
Squid Game meets The Left Hand of Darkness meets Under the Skin in this radical literary sensation from South Korea …
2024 co-winner
