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{{Short description|Annual American literary prize}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}}
{{Sex in SF}}

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]], a feminist SF conference.

In addition to the award itself, the judges publish an Honor List, which they describe as "a strong part of the award's identity", "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>

In 2024, the award administrators announced that they would be switching from a single winner each year to a shortlist of three to six winners.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hartman |first=Jed |date=August 16, 2024 |title=New directions for the Otherwise Award |url=https://otherwiseaward.org/2024/08/new-directions-for-the-otherwise-award |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=otherwiseaward.org}}</ref>

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" />

==Background==
===Choice of the Tiptree name===
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===
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>

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" />

==Administration==
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>

Fundraising efforts for the Tiptree have included 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> The auctions were one of the keynote events of WisCon, and they were run by author [[Ellen Klages]] from their inception in 1994 until 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ellen Klages Steps Down from Motherboard |url=https://otherwiseaward.org/2016/11/ellen-klages-steps-down-from-motherboard |website=otherwiseaward.org |date=November 10, 2016 |access-date=November 20, 2025 |quote=After the two Founding Mothers, perhaps no one has been more important to the success and identity of the Tiptree Award than Ellen Klages, whose legendary auctions gave the Award much of its visibility, character, and flair (not to mention raising enough money to keep us going as a stable organization for over 20 years}}</ref><ref name="sf3">{{cite web|title=A History of WisCon |url=https://sf3.org/history/a-history-of-wiscon/ |website=sf3.org |access-date=November 20, 2025}}</ref><ref name="historyauction">{{cite web|title=Contribute to the auction |url=https://otherwiseaward.org/support-us/contribute-%20to-the-%20auction |website=otherwiseaward.org |access-date=November 20, 2025}}</ref> A variety of items were auctioned, ranging from signed first editions of art or written works by SF luminaries and authors, such as [[Octavia Butler]], [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], [[Suzette Haden Elgin]], [[Freddie Baer]], and many others, to quirky items with some connection to feminism, science fiction, or fandom, such as a hand-knitted uteruses created by Klages, letters, photos, memorabilia, toys, and art.<ref name="historyauction" /> Artist [[Freddie Baer]] produced an annual [[collage]], which was printed on t-shirts and posters, in support of the organization.<ref>{{cite web|title=Store |url=https://otherwiseaward.org/store |website=otherwiseaward.org |access-date=November 20, 2025 |quote=Each year, artist Freddie Baer creates an intricate collage celebrating that year's Award. These designs are silkscreened on t-shirts to create wearable art and are sold at the site of the Tiptree Ceremony that year.}}</ref><ref name="sf3" />

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>

==Anthologies==
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==
{{Main|List of Otherwise Award winners}}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+ {{Sronly|Otherwise Award winners}}
!Year
!Author(s)
!Work
!Publisher
!Ref.
|-
! rowspan="2" |1991
|{{sort|arnason, eleanor|[[Eleanor Arnason]]}}
|{{sort|woman of the iron people|''[[A Woman of the Iron People]]''}}
|[[William Morrow and Company|William Morrow]]
|
|-
|{{sort|jones, gwyneth|[[Gwyneth Jones (novelist)|Gwyneth Jones]]}}
|''White Queen''
|[[Victor Gollancz Ltd]]
|
|-
!1992
|{{sort|mchugh, maureen f|[[Maureen F. McHugh]]}}
|''[[China Mountain Zhang]]''
|[[Tor Books|Tor]]
|
|-
!1993
|{{sort|griffith, nicola|[[Nicola Griffith]]}}
|''[[Ammonite (novel)|Ammonite]]''
|[[Del Rey Books]]
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |1994
|{{sort|le guin, ursula k.|[[Ursula K. Le Guin]]}}
|{{sort|matter of seggri|"The Matter of Seggri" in ''Crank!'' #3, spring 1994}}
|Broken Mirrors Press
|
|-
|{{sort|springer, nancy|[[Nancy Springer]]}}
|''Larque on the Wing''
|AvoNova
|
|-
! rowspan="7" |1995
|{{sort|hand, elizabeth|[[Elizabeth Hand]]}}
|''[[Waking the Moon]]''
|[[HarperCollins|HarperPrism]]
|
|-
|{{sort|Roszak, theodore|[[Theodore Roszak (scholar)|Theodore Roszak]]}}
|{{sort|memoirs of elizabeth frankenstein|''The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein''}}
|[[Random House]]
|
|-
|{{sort|charnas, suzy mckee|[[Suzy McKee Charnas]]}}
|''[[Motherlines]]''
|Berkeley-Putnam
|
|-
|{{sort|charnas, suzy mckee|Suzy McKee Charnas}}
|''[[Walk to the End of the World]]''
|[[Ballantine Books|Ballantine]]
|
|-
|{{sort|le guin, ursula k.|Ursula K. Le Guin}}
|{{sort|left hand of darkness|''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]''}}
|[[Walker & Co.]]
|
|-
|{{sort|russ, joanna|[[Joanna Russ]]}}
|{{sort|female man|''[[The Female Man]]''}}
|[[Bantam Books]]
|
|-
|{{sort|russ, joanna|Joanna Russ}}
|{{sort|when it changed|"[[When It Changed]]" in ''[[Again, Dangerous Visions]]''}}
|[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |1996
|{{sort|le guin, ursula k.|Ursula K. Le Guin}}
|{{sort|mountain ways|"Mountain Ways" in ''[[Asimov's Science Fiction]]'', August 1996}}
|
|
|-
|{{sort|russell, mary doria|[[Mary Doria Russell]]}}
|{{sort|sparrow|''[[The Sparrow (novel)|The Sparrow]]''}}
|[[Random House]]
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |1997
|{{sort|dorsey, candas jane|[[Candas Jane Dorsey]]}}
|''Black Wine''
|Tor
|
|-
|{{sort|link, kelly|[[Kelly Link]]}}
|{{sort|travels with the snow queen|"Travels with the Snow Queen" in ''Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet'' Volume 1, Number 1, winter 1996–1997}}
|[[Small Beer Press]]
|
|-
!1998
|{{sort|carter, raphael|[[Raphael Carter]]}}
|{{sort|contenital agenesis of gender ideation|"[[Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation]]" in ''[[Starlight (anthology series)|Starlight]]'' 2}}
|Tor
|
|-
!1999
|{{sort|charnas, suzy mckee|Suzy McKee Charnas}}
|{{sort|conqueror's child|''The Conqueror's Child''}}
|Tor
|
|-
!2000
|{{sort|gloss, molly|[[Molly Gloss]]}}
|''Wild Life''
|[[Simon & Schuster]]
|
|-
!2001
|{{sort|goto, hiromi|[[Hiromi Goto]]}}
|{{sort|kappa child|''The Kappa Child''}}
|[[Red Deer Press]]
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |2002
|{{sort|harrison, m. john|[[M. John Harrison]]}}
|''[[Light (novel)|Light]]''
|[[Victor Gollancz Ltd]]
|
|-
|{{sort|kessel, john|[[John Kessel]]}}
|{{sort|stories for men|"Stories for Men" in ''[[Asimov's Science Fiction]]'', October/November 2002}}
|
|
|-
!2003
|{{sort|ruff, matt|[[Matt Ruff]]}}
|''Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls''
|[[HarperCollins]]
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |2004
|{{sort|haldeman, joe|[[Joe Haldeman]]}}
|''[[Camouflage (novel)|Camouflage]]''
|[[Ace Books|Ace]]
|
|-
|{{sort|sinisalo, johanna|[[Johanna Sinisalo]]}}
|''[[Not Before Sundown]] (Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi)''<br />Published in the United States as ''Troll – a love story''
|[[Peter Owen Publishers]]
|
|-
!2005
|{{sort|ryman, geoff|[[Geoff Ryman]]}}
|''[[Air (novel)|Air]]''
|[[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin's Griffin]]
|
|-
! rowspan="3" |2006
|{{sort|jackson, shelley|[[Shelley Jackson]]}}
|''[[Half Life (Jackson novel)|Half Life]]''
|HarperCollins
|
|-
|{{sort|valente, catherynne m.|[[Catherynne M. Valente]]}}
|{{sort|orphan's tales|''[[The Orphan's Tales|The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden]]''}}
|[[Spectra Books]]
|
|-
|{{sort|phillips, julie|[[Julie Phillips]]}}
|''James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon''
|St. Martin's Press
|
|-
!2007
|{{sort|hall, sarah|[[Sarah Hall (writer)|Sarah Hall]]}}
|{{sort|carhullan army|''The Carhullan Army''}}
|[[Faber and Faber]] (UK 2007); [[HarperCollins]] (US 2008)
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |2008
|{{sort|ness, patrick|[[Patrick Ness]]}}
|{{sort|knife of never letting go|''[[The Knife of Never Letting Go]]''}}
|[[Walker & Co.|Walker & Co. (UK)]]; [[Candlewick Press]] (US)
|<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>
|-
|{{sort|shawl, nisi|[[Nisi Shawl]]}}
|''Filter House''
|[[Aqueduct Press]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
! rowspan="2" |2009
|{{sort|gilman, greer|[[Greer Gilman]]}}
|''Cloud and Ashes: Three Winter's Tales''
|Small Beer Press
|
|-
|{{sort|yoshinaga, fumi|[[Fumi Yoshinaga]]}}
|{{sort|ooku: the inner chambers|''[[Ōoku: The Inner Chambers]]''}}
|[[Hakusensha]] (Japan); [[VIZ Media]] (English-speaking world)
|
|-
!2010
|{{sort|ugresic, dubravka|[[Dubravka Ugresic]]}}
|''Baba Yaga Laid an Egg''
|[[Canongate Books]]
|<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>
|-
!2011
|{{sort|hairston, andrea|[[Andrea Hairston]]}}
|''Redwood and Wildfire''
|Aqueduct Press
|<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>
|-
! rowspan="2" |2012
|{{sort|kiernan, caitlin r.|[[Caitlín R. Kiernan]]}}
|{{sort|drowning girl|''[[The Drowning Girl]]''}}
|[[Roc Books]]
|<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>
|-
|{{sort|salaam, kiini ibura|[[Kiini Ibura Salaam]]}}
|''Ancient, Ancient''
|Aqueduct Press
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
!2013
|{{sort|sulway, n. a.|[[Nicole Bourke|N. A. Sulway]]}}
|''[[Rupetta]]''
|[[Tartarus Press]]
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |2014
|{{sort|byrne, monica|[[Monica Byrne]]}}
|{{sort|girl in the road|''[[The Girl in the Road]]''}}
|[[Penguin Random House]]
|<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>
|-
|{{sort|walton, jo|[[Jo Walton]]}}
|''[[My Real Children]]''
|Tor
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
! rowspan="2" |2015
|{{sort|Fischer, Eugene|[[Eugene Fischer]]}}
|{{sort|new mother|"The New Mother" in ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', April/May 2015}}
|[[Dell Magazines]]
|<ref name="Tiptree 2016" />
|-
|{{sort|Schmatz, Pat|[[Pat Schmatz]]}}
|''Lizard Radio''
|[[Candlewick Press]]
|<ref name="Tiptree 2016" />
|-
!2016
|{{sort|mclemore, anna-marie|[[Anna-Marie McLemore]]}}
|''When the Moon Was Ours''
|[[Thomas Dunne Books]] / [[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin's Griffin]]
|<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>
|-
!2017
|{{sort|bergin, virginia|[[Virginia Bergin]]}}
|''Who Runs the World?''
|[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]
|<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>
|-
!2018
|{{sort|miravete, gabriela damián|{{ill|Gabriela Damián Miravete|es}}}}
|{{Sort|They Will Dream in the Garden|"They Will Dream in the Garden"}}
|''Latin American Literature Today''
|<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>
|-
!2019
|{{sort|emezi, akwaeke|[[Akwaeke Emezi]]}}
|''Freshwater''
|Grove Press
|<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>
|-
!2020
|{{Sortname|last=Ekpeki|first=Oghenechovwe Donald}}
|''Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon''
|Aurelia Leo
|<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>
|-
! rowspan="2" |2021
|{{sort|Aoki, Ryka|[[Ryka Aoki]]}}
|''[[Light from Uncommon Stars]]''
|Tor Books
|<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>
|-
|{{sort|Solomon, Rivers|[[Rivers Solomon]]}}
|''[[Sorrowland]]''
|[[Farrar, Straus and Giroux|MCD Books]]
|<ref name="Otherwise 2021" /><ref name=":4" />
|-
!2022
| colspan="3" |On hold
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 14, 2021 |title=2022 Otherwise Award |url=https://otherwiseaward.org/award/2022-otherwise-award |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=otherwiseaward.org}}</ref>
|-
!2023
| colspan="3" |On hold
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 19, 2022 |title=2023 Otherwise Award |url=https://otherwiseaward.org/award/2023-otherwise-award |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=otherwiseaward.org}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="4" |2024
|{{sort|North, Emet|[[Emet North]]}}
|''In Universes''
|[[HarperCollins]]
|<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Hartman |first=Jed |date=May 6, 2025 |title=Announcing the 2024 Otherwise Award winners! |url=https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/05/announcing-the-2024-otherwise-award-winners |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=otherwiseaward.org}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Verrone, P. C.|[[P. C. Verrone]]}}
|"Kiss of Life"
|''[[FIYAH Literary Magazine|FIYAH]]''
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
|{{sort|Chandrasekera, Vajra|[[Vajra Chandrasekera]]}}
|''Rakesfall''
|[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
|{{sort|Min, Dolki|[[Dolki Min]], translated by [[Victoria Caudle]]}}
|''Walking Practice''
|[[HarperCollins]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|}

==See also==
* [[Gender in speculative fiction]]
* [[Sense of Gender Awards]]
* [[Sex and sexuality in speculative fiction]]
* [[Women in speculative fiction]]
* [[Women science fiction authors]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{citation |url=http://scifi.com/sfw/issue22/tiptree.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961126114226/http://scifi.com/sfw/issue22/tiptree.html |archive-date=November 26, 1996 |title=On James Tiptree, Alice Sheldon and bake sales |access-date=February 16, 2013 }}

==External links==
* {{official|otherwiseaward.org}}

{{James Tiptree, Jr. Award Winners}}
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{{Feminist science fiction}}

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