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The '''Otherwise Award''', formerly known as the '''James Tiptree Jr. Award''', is an annual literary prize for works of [[science fiction]] or [[fantasy]] that expand or explore one's understanding of [[gender]]. It was initiated in February 1991 by science fiction authors [[Pat Murphy (writer)|Pat Murphy]] and [[Karen Joy Fowler]], subsequent to a discussion at [[WisCon]]. |
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The '''Otherwise Award''', originally known as the '''James Tiptree Jr. Award''', is an American annual literary prize for works of [[science fiction]] or [[fantasy]] that expand or explore one's understanding of [[gender]]. It was initiated in February 1991 by science fiction authors [[Pat Murphy (writer)|Pat Murphy]] and [[Karen Joy Fowler]], subsequent to a discussion at [[WisCon]]. |
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In addition to the award itself, the judges publish what was originally known as the "Tiptree Award Honor List", which they describe as "a strong part of the award's identity and (...) used by many readers as a recommended reading list."<ref name="Tiptree 2016">{{cite web|last1=Notkin|first1=Debbie|title=2015 Winners, Honor List, and Long List Announced!|url=http://tiptree.org/2016/04/2015-winners-and-honor-list-announced|website=James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award|access-date=2 April 2016|date=April 2016}}</ref> |
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In addition to the award itself, the judges publish an Honor List, which they describe as "a strong part of the award's identity and ... used by many readers as a recommended reading list."<ref name="Tiptree 2016">{{cite web|last1=Notkin|first1=Debbie|title=2015 Winners, Honor List, and Long List Announced!|url=http://tiptree.org/2016/04/2015-winners-and-honor-list-announced|website=James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award|access-date=April 2, 2016|date=April 2016|archive-date=May 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506191817/https://tiptree.org/2016/04/2015-winners-and-honor-list-announced|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The award was originally named for Alice B. Sheldon, who wrote under the pseudonym [[James Tiptree Jr.]] Due to [[#Controversy and name change|controversy over the appropriateness]] of naming an award after Tiptree, the committee administering the award announced on October 13, 2019 that the award would be renamed the Otherwise Award.<ref name=":0" /> |
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The award was originally named for Alice B. Sheldon, who wrote under the pseudonym [[James Tiptree Jr.]] Due to [[#Controversy and name change|controversy over the appropriateness]] of naming an award after Tiptree, the committee administering the award announced on October 13, 2019, that the award would be renamed the Otherwise Award.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Background == |
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==Background== |
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===Choice of the Tiptree name=== |
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By choosing a masculine ''nom de plume'', having her stories accepted under that name and winning awards with them, Alice Sheldon helped demonstrate that the division between male and female science fiction writing was illusory. Years after "Tiptree" first published science fiction, Sheldon wrote some work under the female pen name "Raccoona Sheldon"; later, the science fiction world discovered that "Tiptree" had been female all along. This discovery led to widespread discussion over which aspects of writing, if any, have an intrinsic gender. To remind audiences of the role gender plays in both reading and writing, the award was named in Sheldon's honor at the suggestion of [[Karen Joy Fowler]]. |
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===Controversy and name change=== |
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By choosing a masculine ''nom de plume,'' having her stories accepted under that name and winning awards with them, Alice Sheldon helped demonstrate that the division between male and female science fiction writing was illusory. Years after "Tiptree" first published science fiction, Sheldon wrote some work under the female pen name "Raccoona Sheldon"; later, the science fiction world discovered that "Tiptree" had been female all along. This discovery led to widespread discussion over which aspects of writing, if any, have an intrinsic gender. To remind audiences of the role gender plays in both reading and writing, the award was named in Sheldon's honor at the suggestion of [[Karen Joy Fowler]]. |
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In 2019, controversy arose over the appropriateness of naming an award after Tiptree. In 1987, Alice Sheldon shot and killed her ailing husband [[Huntington Sheldon]] before killing herself in the same manner. Although some have called the killing a "[[suicide pact]]" based on Sheldon's personal writings, others characterize the act as "caregiver murder"—i.e., the murder of a disabled person by the person responsible for caring for them. In light of these allegations, the Tiptree Motherboard received requests to change the name of the award. On September 2, 2019, in response to these requests, the Motherboard made a statement that "a change to the name of the Tiptree Award is [not] warranted now"; but nine days later, on September 11, they announced that the award "can't go on under its existing name".<ref name="sep2019">{{cite web|url=https://tiptree.org/2019/09/alice-sheldon-and-the-name-of-the-tiptree-award|title=Alice Sheldon and the name of the Tiptree Award|last=Lothian|first=Alexis|date=September 2, 2019|access-date=September 15, 2019|website=James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award}}</ref> |
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On October 13, 2019, the Tiptree Motherboard released an announcement stating that the Tiptree Award would become the Otherwise Award. The name refers to "the act of imagining gender otherwise" at the core of what the award has always honored, as well as being "wise to the experience of being the [[Other (philosophy)|other]]". The title also draws from the Black queer scholarship of [[Ashon Crawley]] around what is termed "otherwise politics".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://tiptree.org/2019/10/from-tiptree-to-otherwise|title=From Tiptree to Otherwise « James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award|last=Lothian|first=Alexis|date=October 13, 2019|website=James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award|language=en-US|access-date=October 13, 2019|archive-date=October 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027064045/https://tiptree.org/2019/10/from-tiptree-to-otherwise|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the statement, "''Otherwise'' means finding different directions to move in—toward newly possible places, by means of emergent and multiple pathways and methods."<ref name=":0" /> |
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=== Controversy and name change === |
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==Administration== |
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In 2019, controversy arose over the appropriateness of naming an award after Tiptree. In 1987, Tiptree killed her ailing husband [[Huntington Sheldon]] before shooting herself. Although some have called the killing a "[[suicide pact]]", others characterize the act as "caregiver murder"—i.e., the murder of a disabled person by the person responsible for caring for them. In light of these allegations, the Tiptree Motherboard received requests to change the name of the award. On September 2, 2019, in response to these requests, the Motherboard made a statement that "a change to the name of the Tiptree Award is [not] warranted now"; but nine days later, on September 11, they announced that the award "can’t go on under its existing name".<ref name="sep2019">{{cite web|url=https://tiptree.org/2019/09/alice-sheldon-and-the-name-of-the-tiptree-award|title=Alice Sheldon and the name of the Tiptree Award|last=Lothian|first=Alexis|date=September 2, 2019|access-date=September 15, 2019|website=James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award}}</ref> On October 13, 2019, the Tiptree Motherboard released an announcement stating that the Tiptree Award would become the Otherwise Award, drawing on Black queer feminist scholarship around what is termed "otherwise politics".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://tiptree.org/2019/10/from-tiptree-to-otherwise|title=From Tiptree to Otherwise « James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award|last=Lothian|first=Alexis|date=2019-10-13|website=James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-13}}</ref> According to the statement, "''Otherwise'' means finding different directions to move in—toward newly possible places, by means of emergent and multiple pathways and methods."<ref name=":0" /> |
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The Tiptree award is administered by the Tiptree "Motherboard".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Motherboard « James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award |url=https://otherwiseaward.org/about-the-award/motherboard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108010342/https://otherwiseaward.org/about-the-award/motherboard |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |access-date=November 7, 2021 |website=James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award|date=May 12, 2015 }}</ref> |
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Fundraising efforts for the Tiptree include publications (two cookbooks), "feminist [[bake sale]]s", and auctions. The Tiptree cookbook ''The Bakery Men Don't See'', edited by [[WisCon]] co-founder [[Jeanne Gomoll]], was nominated for a 1992 [[Hugo Award]]. Tiptree Award [[juried (competition)|juries]] traditionally consist of four female and one male juror (the "token man").<ref>Merrick, Helen. ''The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of Science Fiction Feminisms'' {{ISBN|978-1-933500-33-1}} Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2009; pp. 172–176</ref> |
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== Administration == |
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In 2011, the Tiptree Motherboard received the [[Science Fiction Research Association]]'s [[Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service]] for its "outstanding service activities – promotion of SF teaching and study, editing, reviewing, editorial writing, publishing, organizing meetings, mentoring, and leadership in SF/fantasy organizations".<ref>[http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/08/tiptree-motherboard-receives-clareson-award/ "Tiptree Motherboard Receives Clareson Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808083120/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/08/tiptree-motherboard-receives-clareson-award/ |date=August 8, 2017 }} [[Locus (magazine)|''Locus Online'']] August 29, 2011</ref> |
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Fundraising efforts for the Tiptree include publications (two [[cookbook]]s), "feminist [[bake sale]]s", and [[auction]]s. The Tiptree cookbook ''The Bakery Men Don't See'', edited by WisCon co-founder [[Jeanne Gomoll]], was nominated for a 1992 [[Hugo Award]]. Tiptree Award [[juried (competition)|juries]] traditionally consist of four female jurors and one male juror (the "token man").<ref>Merrick, Helen. ''The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of Science Fiction Feminisms'' {{ISBN|978-1-933500-33-1}} Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2009; pp. 172–176</ref> The funds are administered by the "Tiptree Motherboard" (currently consisting of Gomoll, Murphy, Alexis Lothian, Gretchen Treu, Sumana Harihareswara, and [[Jeffrey D. Smith]], with Fowler remaining closely involved).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tiptree.org/about-the-award/motherboard|title=Motherboard « James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award|website=James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref> |
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==Anthologies== |
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== Award to the Tiptree Motherboard == |
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In 2011, the [[Science Fiction Research Association]] gave its 2011 "[[Thomas D. Clareson]] Award for Distinguished Service" to the Tiptree Motherboard. The Clareson Award was presented to the Tiptree Motherboard for "outstanding service activities – promotion of SF teaching and study, editing, reviewing, editorial writing, publishing, organizing meetings, mentoring, and leadership in SF/fantasy organizations".<ref>[http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/08/tiptree-motherboard-receives-clareson-award/ "Tiptree Motherboard Receives Clareson Award"] [[Locus (magazine)|''Locus Online'']] August 29, 2011</ref> |
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== Anthologies == |
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Selections of the winners, various short-listed fiction, and essays have appeared in four Tiptree-related collections, ''Flying Cups and Saucers'' (1999) and a series of annual anthologies published by Tachyon Publications of San Francisco. These include: |
Selections of the winners, various short-listed fiction, and essays have appeared in four Tiptree-related collections, ''Flying Cups and Saucers'' (1999) and a series of annual anthologies published by Tachyon Publications of San Francisco. These include: |
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* ''Flying Cups and Saucers: Gender Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy'' edited by [[The Secret Feminist Cabal]] and Debbie Notkin (1999) |
* ''Flying Cups and Saucers: Gender Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy'' edited by [[The Secret Feminist Cabal]] and Debbie Notkin (1999) |
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* ''The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3'' edited by Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith (2007) |
* ''The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3'' edited by Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith (2007) |
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==Winners== |
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{{Main|List of Otherwise Award winners}} |
{{Main|List of Otherwise Award winners}} |
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* Retrospective Award: ''[[Motherlines]]'' and ''[[Walk to the End of the World]]'' by [[Suzy McKee Charnas]]; ''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]; ''[[The Female Man]]'' and ''[[When It Changed]]'' by [[Joanna Russ]] |
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* 1991: ''[[A Woman of the Iron People]]'' by [[Eleanor Arnason]], and ''White Queen'' by [[Gwyneth Jones (novelist)|Gwyneth Jones]] |
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* 1992: ''[[China Mountain Zhang]]'' by [[Maureen F. McHugh]] |
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* 1993: ''[[Ammonite (novel)|Ammonite]]'' by [[Nicola Griffith]] |
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!Work |
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* 1994: ''[[The Matter of Seggri]]'' by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], and ''Larque on the Wing'' by [[Nancy Springer]] |
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!Publisher |
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* 1995: ''[[Waking the Moon]]'' by [[Elizabeth Hand]], and ''[[The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein]]'' by [[Theodore Roszak (scholar)|Theodore Roszak]] |
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!Ref. |
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* 1996: ''Mountain Ways'' by Ursula K. Le Guin, and ''[[The Sparrow (book)|The Sparrow]]'' by [[Mary Doria Russell]] |
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* 1997: ''Black Wine'' by [[Candas Jane Dorsey]], and ''Travels with the Snow Queen'' by [[Kelly Link]] |
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! rowspan="2" |1991 |
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* 1998: ''Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation'' by [[Raphael Carter]] |
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|{{sort|arnason, eleanor|[[Eleanor Arnason]]}} |
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* 1999: ''The Conqueror's Child'' by [[Suzy McKee Charnas]] |
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|{{sort|woman of the iron people|''[[A Woman of the Iron People]]''}} |
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* 2000: ''Wild Life'' by [[Molly Gloss]] |
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|[[William Morrow and Company|William Morrow]] |
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* 2001: ''[[The Kappa Child]]'' by [[Hiromi Goto]] |
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* 2002: ''[[Light (novel)|Light]]'' by [[M. John Harrison]], and ''Stories for Men'' by [[John Kessel]] |
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* 2003: ''Set This House in Order: A Romance Of Souls'' by [[Matt Ruff]] |
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|{{sort|jones, gwyneth|[[Gwyneth Jones (novelist)|Gwyneth Jones]]}} |
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* 2004: ''[[Camouflage (book)|Camouflage]]'' by [[Joe Haldeman]], and ''[[Not Before Sundown]]'' by [[Johanna Sinisalo]] |
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|''White Queen'' |
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* 2005: ''[[Air (novel)|Air]]'' by [[Geoff Ryman]] |
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|[[Victor Gollancz Ltd]] |
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* 2006: ''[[The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden]]'' by [[Catherynne M. Valente]], and ''[[Half Life (Jackson novel)|Half Life]]'' by [[Shelley Jackson]]; special recognition for [[Julie Phillips]]' biography of James Tiptree Jr.: ''James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon'' |
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* 2007: ''[[The Carhullan Army]]'' by [[Sarah Hall (writer)|Sarah Hall]] |
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* 2008: ''[[The Knife of Never Letting Go]]'' by [[Patrick Ness]], and ''[[Filter House]]'' by [[Nisi Shawl]] |
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!1992 |
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* 2009: ''[[Cloud and Ashes: Three Winter’s Tales]]'' by [[Greer Gilman]], and ''[[Ōoku: The Inner Chambers]]'' by [[Fumi Yoshinaga]] |
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|{{sort|mchugh, maureen f|[[Maureen F. McHugh]]}} |
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* 2010: ''Baba Yaga Laid an Egg'' by [[Dubravka Ugresic]]<ref>{{Cite web |
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|''[[China Mountain Zhang]]'' |
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|[[Tor Books|Tor]] |
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|title=2010 Tiptree Award Winner Announced! |
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|url=http://tiptree.org/?page_id=169 |
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|access-date=21 March 2011 |
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!1993 |
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|{{sort|griffith, nicola|[[Nicola Griffith]]}} |
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409101723/http://tiptree.org/?page_id=169 |
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|''[[Ammonite (novel)|Ammonite]]'' |
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|archive-date= 9 April 2011 |
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|[[Del Rey Books]] |
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* 2011: ''[[Redwood and Wildfire]]'' by [[Andrea Hairston]]<ref>{{Cite web | publisher=James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council | title=2011 Tiptree Award Winner announced. | url=http://tiptree.org/2011-james-tiptree-award | access-date=10 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509215315/http://tiptree.org/2011-james-tiptree-award | archive-date=9 May 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* 2012: ''[[The Drowning Girl]]'' by [[Caitlin R. Kiernan]], and ''Ancient, Ancient'' by [[Kiini Ibura Salaam]] |
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! rowspan="2" |1994 |
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* 2013: ''[[Rupetta]]'' by [[Nicole Bourke|N. A. Sulway]] |
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|{{sort|le guin, ursula k.|[[Ursula K. Le Guin]]}} |
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* 2014: ''[[The Girl in the Road]]'' by [[Monica Byrne]], and ''[[My Real Children]]'' by [[Jo Walton]] |
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|{{sort|matter of seggri|"The Matter of Seggri" in ''Crank!'' #3, spring 1994}} |
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* 2015: ''The New Mother'' by [[Eugene Fischer]], and ''Lizard Radio'' by [[Pat Schmatz]]<ref name="Tiptree 2016" /> |
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|Broken Mirrors Press |
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* 2016: ''When the Moon Was Ours'' by [[Anna-Marie McLemore]] |
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* 2017: ''Who Runs The World?'' by [[Virginia Bergin]]<ref>{{Cite web | title=2017 James Tiptree, Jr. Award | |
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url=https://tiptree.org/award/2017-james-tiptree-jr-award | access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref> |
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|{{sort|springer, nancy|[[Nancy Springer]]}} |
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* 2018: ''They Will Dream in the Garden'' by [[Gabriela Damián Miravete]] |
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|''Larque on the Wing'' |
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* 2019: ''Freshwater'' by [[Akwaeke Emezi]] |
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! rowspan="7" |1995 |
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|{{sort|hand, elizabeth|[[Elizabeth Hand]]}} |
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|''[[Waking the Moon]]'' |
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|[[HarperCollins|HarperPrism]] |
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|{{sort|Roszak, theodore|[[Theodore Roszak (scholar)|Theodore Roszak]]}} |
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|{{sort|memoirs of elizabeth frankenstein|''The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein''}} |
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|[[Random House]] |
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|{{sort|charnas, suzy mckee|[[Suzy McKee Charnas]]}} |
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|''[[Motherlines]]'' |
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|Berkeley-Putnam |
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|{{sort|charnas, suzy mckee|Suzy McKee Charnas}} |
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|''[[Walk to the End of the World]]'' |
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|[[Ballantine Books|Ballantine]] |
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|{{sort|le guin, ursula k.|Ursula K. Le Guin}} |
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|{{sort|left hand of darkness|''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]''}} |
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|[[Walker & Co.]] |
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|{{sort|russ, joanna|[[Joanna Russ]]}} |
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|{{sort|female man|''[[The Female Man]]''}} |
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|[[Bantam Books]] |
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|{{sort|russ, joanna|Joanna Russ}} |
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|{{sort|when it changed|"[[When It Changed]]" in ''[[Again, Dangerous Visions]]''}} |
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|[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] |
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! rowspan="2" |1996 |
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|{{sort|le guin, ursula k.|Ursula K. Le Guin}} |
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|{{sort|mountain ways|"Mountain Ways" in ''[[Asimov's Science Fiction]]'', August 1996}} |
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|{{sort|russell, mary doria|[[Mary Doria Russell]]}} |
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|{{sort|sparrow|''[[The Sparrow (novel)|The Sparrow]]''}} |
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|[[Random House]] |
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! rowspan="2" |1997 |
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|{{sort|dorsey, candas jane|[[Candas Jane Dorsey]]}} |
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|''Black Wine'' |
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|Tor |
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|{{sort|link, kelly|[[Kelly Link]]}} |
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|{{sort|travels with the snow queen|"Travels with the Snow Queen" in ''Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet'' Volume 1, Number 1, winter 1996–1997}} |
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|[[Small Beer Press]] |
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!1998 |
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|{{sort|carter, raphael|[[Raphael Carter]]}} |
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|{{sort|contenital agenesis of gender ideation|"[[Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation]]" in ''[[Starlight (anthology series)|Starlight]]'' 2}} |
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|Tor |
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!1999 |
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|{{sort|charnas, suzy mckee|Suzy McKee Charnas}} |
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|{{sort|conqueror's child|''The Conqueror's Child''}} |
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|Tor |
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!2000 |
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|{{sort|gloss, molly|[[Molly Gloss]]}} |
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|''Wild Life'' |
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|[[Simon & Schuster]] |
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!2001 |
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|{{sort|goto, hiromi|[[Hiromi Goto]]}} |
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|{{sort|kappa child|''The Kappa Child''}} |
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|[[Red Deer Press]] |
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! rowspan="2" |2002 |
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|{{sort|harrison, m. john|[[M. John Harrison]]}} |
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|''[[Light (novel)|Light]]'' |
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|[[Victor Gollancz Ltd]] |
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|{{sort|kessel, john|[[John Kessel]]}} |
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|{{sort|stories for men|"Stories for Men" in ''[[Asimov's Science Fiction]]'', October/November 2002}} |
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!2003 |
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|{{sort|ruff, matt|[[Matt Ruff]]}} |
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|''Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls'' |
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|[[HarperCollins]] |
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! rowspan="2" |2004 |
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|{{sort|haldeman, joe|[[Joe Haldeman]]}} |
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|''[[Camouflage (novel)|Camouflage]]'' |
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|[[Ace Books|Ace]] |
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|{{sort|sinisalo, johanna|[[Johanna Sinisalo]]}} |
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|''[[Not Before Sundown]] (Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi)'' |
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Published in the United States as ''Troll – a love story'' |
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|[[Peter Owen Publishers]] |
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!2005 |
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|{{sort|ryman, geoff|[[Geoff Ryman]]}} |
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|''[[Air (novel)|Air]]'' |
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|[[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin's Griffin]] |
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! rowspan="3" |2006 |
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|{{sort|jackson, shelley|[[Shelley Jackson]]}} |
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|''[[Half Life (Jackson novel)|Half Life]]'' |
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|HarperCollins |
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|{{sort|valente, catherynne m.|[[Catherynne M. Valente]]}} |
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|{{sort|orphan's tales|''[[The Orphan's Tales|The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden]]''}} |
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|[[Spectra Books]] |
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|{{sort|phillips, julie|[[Julie Phillips]]}} |
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|''James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon'' |
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|St. Martin's Press |
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!2007 |
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|{{sort|hall, sarah|[[Sarah Hall (writer)|Sarah Hall]]}} |
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|{{sort|carhullan army|''The Carhullan Army''}} |
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|[[Faber and Faber]] (UK 2007); [[HarperCollins]] (US 2008) |
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! rowspan="2" |2008 |
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|{{sort|ness, patrick|[[Patrick Ness]]}} |
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|{{sort|knife of never letting go|''[[The Knife of Never Letting Go]]''}} |
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|[[Walker & Co.|Walker & Co. (UK)]]; [[Candlewick Press]] (US) |
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|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |date=April 26, 2009 |title=Tiptree Award Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2009/04/tiptree-award-winners/ |access-date=June 27, 2023 |website=[[Locus Online]] |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311013032/https://locusmag.com/2009/04/tiptree-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|{{sort|shawl, nisi|[[Nisi Shawl]]}} |
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|''Filter House'' |
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|[[Aqueduct Press]] |
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|{{sort|gilman, greer|[[Greer Gilman]]}} |
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|''Cloud and Ashes: Three Winter's Tales'' |
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|Small Beer Press |
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|{{sort|yoshinaga, fumi|[[Fumi Yoshinaga]]}} |
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|{{sort|ooku: the inner chambers|''[[Ōoku: The Inner Chambers]]''}} |
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|[[Hakusensha]] (Japan); [[VIZ Media]] (English-speaking world) |
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!2010 |
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|{{sort|ugresic, dubravka|[[Dubravka Ugresic]]}} |
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|''Baba Yaga Laid an Egg'' |
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|[[Canongate Books]] |
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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 Tiptree Award Winner Announced! |url=http://tiptree.org/?page_id=169 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409101723/http://tiptree.org/?page_id=169 |archive-date=April 9, 2011 |access-date=March 21, 2011 |publisher=James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=March 21, 2011 |title=2010 Tiptree Award Winner |url=https://locusmag.com/2011/03/2010-tiptree-award-winner/ |access-date=June 27, 2023 |website=Locus Online |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817110357/https://locusmag.com/2011/03/2010-tiptree-award-winner/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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!2011 |
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|{{sort|hairston, andrea|[[Andrea Hairston]]}} |
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|''Redwood and Wildfire'' |
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|Aqueduct Press |
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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=2011 Tiptree Award Winner announced. |url=http://tiptree.org/2011-james-tiptree-award |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509215315/http://tiptree.org/2011-james-tiptree-award |archive-date=May 9, 2012 |access-date=March 10, 2012 |publisher=James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council}}</ref> |
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! rowspan="2" |2012 |
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|{{sort|kiernan, caitlin r.|[[Caitlín R. Kiernan]]}} |
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|{{sort|drowning girl|''[[The Drowning Girl]]''}} |
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|[[Roc Books]] |
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|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last= |date=March 5, 2013 |title=Kiernan and Salaam Win Tiptree Awards |url=https://locusmag.com/2013/03/kiernan-and-salaam-win-tiptree-awards/ |access-date=June 27, 2023 |website=Locus Online |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210030655/http://locusmag.com/2013/03/kiernan-and-salaam-win-tiptree-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|{{sort|salaam, kiini ibura|[[Kiini Ibura Salaam]]}} |
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|''Ancient, Ancient'' |
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|Aqueduct Press |
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|<ref name=":2" /> |
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!2013 |
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|{{sort|sulway, n. a.|[[Nicole Bourke|N. A. Sulway]]}} |
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|''[[Rupetta]]'' |
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|[[Tartarus Press]] |
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! rowspan="2" |2014 |
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|{{sort|byrne, monica|[[Monica Byrne]]}} |
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|{{sort|girl in the road|''[[The Girl in the Road]]''}} |
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|[[Penguin Random House]] |
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|<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |date=April 4, 2015 |title=Tiptree Awards Winners Announced: Byrne and Walton |url=https://locusmag.com/2015/04/tiptree-awards-winner-announced-byrne-and-walton/ |access-date=June 27, 2023 |website=Locus Online |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206204113/https://locusmag.com/2015/04/tiptree-awards-winner-announced-byrne-and-walton/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|{{sort|walton, jo|[[Jo Walton]]}} |
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|''[[My Real Children]]'' |
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|Tor |
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|<ref name=":3" /> |
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! rowspan="2" |2015 |
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|{{sort|Fischer, Eugene|[[Eugene Fischer]]}} |
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|{{sort|new mother|"The New Mother" in ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', April/May 2015}} |
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|[[Dell Magazines]] |
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|<ref name="Tiptree 2016" /> |
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|{{sort|Schmatz, Pat|[[Pat Schmatz]]}} |
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|''Lizard Radio'' |
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|[[Candlewick Press]] |
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|<ref name="Tiptree 2016" /> |
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!2016 |
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|{{sort|mclemore, anna-marie|[[Anna-Marie McLemore]]}} |
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|''When the Moon Was Ours'' |
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|[[Thomas Dunne Books]] / [[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin's Griffin]] |
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|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=March 14, 2017 |title=McLemore Wins 2016 Tiptree Award |url=https://locusmag.com/2017/03/mclemore-wins-2016-tiptree-award/ |access-date=June 27, 2023 |website=Locus Online |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302182420/https://locusmag.com/2017/03/mclemore-wins-2016-tiptree-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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!2017 |
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|{{sort|bergin, virginia|[[Virginia Bergin]]}} |
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|''Who Runs the World?'' |
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|[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] |
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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=2017 James Tiptree, Jr. Award |date=December 2016 |url=https://tiptree.org/award/2017-james-tiptree-jr-award |access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=March 14, 2018 |title=Bergin Wins 2017 Tiptree Award |url=https://locusmag.com/2018/03/bergin-wins-2017-tiptree-award/ |access-date=June 27, 2023 |website=Locus Online |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130181323/https://locusmag.com/2018/03/bergin-wins-2017-tiptree-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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!2018 |
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|{{sort|miravete, gabriela damián|{{ill|Gabriela Damián Miravete|es}}}} |
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|{{Sort|They Will Dream in the Garden|"They Will Dream in the Garden"}} |
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|''Latin American Literature Today'' |
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|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=March 25, 2019 |title=Miravete Wins 2018 Tiptree Award |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/03/miravete-wins-2018-tiptree-award/ |access-date=June 27, 2023 |website=Locus Online |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131100250/https://locusmag.com/2019/03/miravete-wins-2018-tiptree-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|- |
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!2019 |
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|{{sort|emezi, akwaeke|[[Akwaeke Emezi]]}} |
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|''Freshwater'' |
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|Grove Press |
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|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=April 13, 2020 |title=Emezi Wins 2019 Otherwise Award |url=https://locusmag.com/2020/04/emezi-wins-2019-otherwise-award/ |access-date=June 27, 2023 |website=Locus Online |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529183125/https://locusmag.com/2020/04/emezi-wins-2019-otherwise-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|- |
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!2020 |
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|{{Sortname|last=Ekpeki|first=Oghenechovwe Donald}} |
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|''Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon'' |
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|Aurelia Leo |
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|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=September 7, 2021 |title=Ekpeki Wins 2020 Otherwise Award |url=https://locusmag.com/2021/09/ekpeki-wins-2020-otherwise-award/ |access-date=June 27, 2023 |website=Locus Online |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125000508/https://locusmag.com/2021/09/ekpeki-wins-2020-otherwise-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|- |
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! rowspan="2" |2021 |
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|{{sort|Aoki, Ryka|[[Ryka Aoki]]}} |
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|''[[Light From Uncommon Stars]]'' |
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|Tor Books |
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|<ref name="Otherwise 2021">{{Cite web |last=Lothian |first=Alexis |date=January 17, 2023 |title=Ryka Aoki and Rivers Solomon win 2021 Otherwise Award! Honor List announced |url=https://otherwiseaward.org/2023/01/ryka-aoki-and-rivers-solomon-win-2021-otherwise-award-honor-list-announced |access-date=January 22, 2023 |website=Otherwise Award |archive-date=January 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122025346/https://otherwiseaward.org/2023/01/ryka-aoki-and-rivers-solomon-win-2021-otherwise-award-honor-list-announced |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last= |date=January 19, 2023 |title=2021 Otherwise Award Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2023/01/2021-otherwise-award-winners/ |access-date=June 27, 2023 |website=Locus Online |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207212041/https://locusmag.com/2023/01/2021-otherwise-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|{{sort|Solomon, Rivers|[[Rivers Solomon]]}} |
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|''[[Sorrowland]]'' |
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|[[Farrar, Straus and Giroux|MCD Books]] |
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The Otherwise Award, originally known as the James Tiptree Jr. Award, is an American annual literary prize for works of science fiction or fantasy that expand or explore one's understanding of gender. It was initiated in February 1991 by science fiction authors Pat Murphy and Karen Joy Fowler, subsequent to a discussion at WisCon.
In addition to the award itself, the judges publish an Honor List, which they describe as "a strong part of the award's identity and ... used by many readers as a recommended reading list."[1]
The award was originally named for Alice B. Sheldon, who wrote under the pseudonym James Tiptree Jr. Due to controversy over the appropriateness of naming an award after Tiptree, the committee administering the award announced on October 13, 2019, that the award would be renamed the Otherwise Award.[2]
Background
[edit]Choice of the Tiptree name
[edit]By choosing a masculine nom de plume, having her stories accepted under that name and winning awards with them, Alice Sheldon helped demonstrate that the division between male and female science fiction writing was illusory. Years after "Tiptree" first published science fiction, Sheldon wrote some work under the female pen name "Raccoona Sheldon"; later, the science fiction world discovered that "Tiptree" had been female all along. This discovery led to widespread discussion over which aspects of writing, if any, have an intrinsic gender. To remind audiences of the role gender plays in both reading and writing, the award was named in Sheldon's honor at the suggestion of Karen Joy Fowler.
Controversy and name change
[edit]In 2019, controversy arose over the appropriateness of naming an award after Tiptree. In 1987, Alice Sheldon shot and killed her ailing husband Huntington Sheldon before killing herself in the same manner. Although some have called the killing a "suicide pact" based on Sheldon's personal writings, others characterize the act as "caregiver murder"—i.e., the murder of a disabled person by the person responsible for caring for them. In light of these allegations, the Tiptree Motherboard received requests to change the name of the award. On September 2, 2019, in response to these requests, the Motherboard made a statement that "a change to the name of the Tiptree Award is [not] warranted now"; but nine days later, on September 11, they announced that the award "can't go on under its existing name".[3]
On October 13, 2019, the Tiptree Motherboard released an announcement stating that the Tiptree Award would become the Otherwise Award. The name refers to "the act of imagining gender otherwise" at the core of what the award has always honored, as well as being "wise to the experience of being the other". The title also draws from the Black queer scholarship of Ashon Crawley around what is termed "otherwise politics".[2] According to the statement, "Otherwise means finding different directions to move in—toward newly possible places, by means of emergent and multiple pathways and methods."[2]
Administration
[edit]The Tiptree award is administered by the Tiptree "Motherboard".[4]
Fundraising efforts for the Tiptree include publications (two cookbooks), "feminist bake sales", and auctions. The Tiptree cookbook The Bakery Men Don't See, edited by WisCon co-founder Jeanne Gomoll, was nominated for a 1992 Hugo Award. Tiptree Award juries traditionally consist of four female and one male juror (the "token man").[5]
In 2011, the Tiptree Motherboard received the Science Fiction Research Association's Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service for its "outstanding service activities – promotion of SF teaching and study, editing, reviewing, editorial writing, publishing, organizing meetings, mentoring, and leadership in SF/fantasy organizations".[6]
Anthologies
[edit]Selections of the winners, various short-listed fiction, and essays have appeared in four Tiptree-related collections, Flying Cups and Saucers (1999) and a series of annual anthologies published by Tachyon Publications of San Francisco. These include:
- Flying Cups and Saucers: Gender Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by The Secret Feminist Cabal and Debbie Notkin (1999)
- The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 edited by Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith (2005)
- The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 edited by Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith (2006)
- The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3 edited by Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith (2007)
Winners
[edit]See also
[edit]- Gender in speculative fiction
- Sense of Gender Awards
- Sex and sexuality in speculative fiction
- Women in speculative fiction
- Women science fiction authors
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Notkin, Debbie (April 2016). "2015 Winners, Honor List, and Long List Announced!". James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
- ^ a b c Lothian, Alexis (October 13, 2019). "From Tiptree to Otherwise « James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award". James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award. Archived from the original on October 27, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ Lothian, Alexis (September 2, 2019). "Alice Sheldon and the name of the Tiptree Award". James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Motherboard « James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award". James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award. May 12, 2015. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ Merrick, Helen. The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of Science Fiction Feminisms ISBN 978-1-933500-33-1 Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2009; pp. 172–176
- ^ "Tiptree Motherboard Receives Clareson Award" Archived August 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Locus Online August 29, 2011
- ^ a b "Tiptree Award Winners". Locus Online. April 26, 2009. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "2010 Tiptree Award Winner Announced!". James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council. Archived from the original on April 9, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
- ^ "2010 Tiptree Award Winner". Locus Online. March 21, 2011. Archived from the original on August 17, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "2011 Tiptree Award Winner announced". James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
- ^ a b "Kiernan and Salaam Win Tiptree Awards". Locus Online. March 5, 2013. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ a b "Tiptree Awards Winners Announced: Byrne and Walton". Locus Online. April 4, 2015. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "McLemore Wins 2016 Tiptree Award". Locus Online. March 14, 2017. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "2017 James Tiptree, Jr. Award". December 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ "Bergin Wins 2017 Tiptree Award". Locus Online. March 14, 2018. Archived from the original on January 30, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Miravete Wins 2018 Tiptree Award". Locus Online. March 25, 2019. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Emezi Wins 2019 Otherwise Award". Locus Online. April 13, 2020. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Ekpeki Wins 2020 Otherwise Award". Locus Online. September 7, 2021. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ a b Lothian, Alexis (January 17, 2023). "Ryka Aoki and Rivers Solomon win 2021 Otherwise Award! Honor List announced". Otherwise Award. Archived from the original on January 22, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
- ^ a b "2021 Otherwise Award Winners". Locus Online. January 19, 2023. Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
Further reading
[edit]On James Tiptree, Alice Sheldon and bake sales, archived from the original on November 26, 1996, retrieved February 16, 2013
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