Otherwise Award

25+ years supporting speculative fiction that explores & expands gender roles & concepts. Formerly known as Tiptree.

Website: https://otherwiseaward.org/
Contact us: https://otherwiseaward.org/contact-us

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2026-08-30 06:14:11 GMT

RE: https://wandering.shop/@OtherwiseAward/117181961892172611
#LAConV #Worldcon We'll be auctioning limited-edition letterpress art about infinity ∞, rare Samuel R. Delany artifacts, silly Star Trek fannishness, and more! Find us in just under 19 hours: https://guide.lacon.org/id/4ffd008d-76f4-4397-9455-133940be32eb
#note1gg4…42u4

2026-08-30 01:53:58 GMT

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The Otherwise Award fundraising auction at @npub1ysv…ep2z is 23 hours from now! 6 pm PDT, Sunday, Aug 30, online.
Among other things, we’ll be auctioning:
* ARC of Delany’s Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, marked up by copyeditor and author.
* Rejected cover proof for Delany’s Neveryóna. Very different cover art from published version!
* First edition of Russ’s lesser-known non-sf lesbian short novel On Strike Against God.
…And lots more neat stuff!

2026-08-20 17:22:52 GMT

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https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/07/introducing-the-2026-awards-jury We've announced the 2026 Otherwise Awards jury. Thanks to them for serving!
The main way that the jury finds out about works to consider: your recommendations. Our recs form is open for works published in 2026: https://otherwiseaward.org/award/2026-otherwise-awards/2026-otherwise-awards-recommendations
#SciFi #Fantasy #GenreFiction

2026-07-30 19:38:18 GMT

Otherwise Award will run a fundraising auction at @npub1ysv…ep2z next month!
Register now https://www.lacon.org/register/ so you can watch and laugh on Sat., August 30th, 6-7pm PDT (in UTC: Mon. 31 August, 01:00-0:200).
Details: https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/07/join-us-auction-worldcon-virtually
#Worldcon #WorldCon2026 #LAConV #SpeculativeFiction #GenreFiction #Comedy
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2026-06-26 20:45:37 GMT

RE: https://wandering.shop/@OtherwiseAward/115895453923561738
Please nominate stuff you enjoy!
#note1v7x…7f6q

2026-05-23 16:06:47 GMT

We're in the midst of speaking about "The Last Year in Gender-Exploring SpecFic" in a panel at #WisCon2026 -- two jurors who served on the 2025 jury discuss the Award-winning and Honor List works, and trends and patterns they've noticed overall. Join us!
https://program.wiscon.net/PublicSchedule.php

2026-05-23 11:23:37 GMT

One of the items we'll be auctioning today at #WisCon is:
https://subterraneanpress.com/how-long-til-black-future-month-1/
Signed, numbered limited edition of "How Long 'til Black Future Month" by N.K. Jemisin.
Oversized, printed in two colors on 80# Finch, with a full-color dust jacket and four full-color interior plates by Paul Lewin. This went for $600 originally and is now out of print. Donated by Subterranean Press.
#WisCon48 #WisCon2026
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2026-05-21 18:52:48 GMT

https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/05/otherwise-plans-at-wiscon-2026 Our #WisCon2026 schedule:
The Last Year in Gender-Exploring SpecFic panel: award jurors discuss 2025
Otherwise Fundraising Auction (silly)
Guest of Honor Speeches & Otherwise Presentation: including a speech by Silvia Park + a filk!
#WisCon #WisCon48

2026-05-15 12:43:51 GMT

RE: https://wandering.shop/@OtherwiseAward/116523503469046914
8 days from now, you can bid on vintage collectibles, wry art, and wacky experiences! (Sumana has promised us that there will be at least one wacky experience.)
#note1dg5…skpy

2026-05-05 18:59:20 GMT

Register for @npub1u5e…avn2 so you can join us for the live Otherwise Auction!
https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/05/join-us-at-our-auction-at-wiscon-online
Evening of Saturday, May 23rd (US Central Time): laugh (bidding is optional) as we auction off collectibles, wacky experiences, and more. Any donation gets you a virtual gift bag!

2026-03-31 21:45:09 GMT

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Our announcement post https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/announcing-the-2025-otherwise-award-winner now links to a PDF poster. Share with educators, librarians, bookstores, & other groups to celebrate the winner & Honor List that the Otherwise Award jury selected!
#SpeculativeFiction #GenreFiction #ScienceFiction #fantasy #books #awards
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2026-03-25 15:43:27 GMT

In 2025, past Otherwise Award winners & fellows released many books, comics, short stories, poems, & more:
https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/eligible-2025-works-by-past-winners-fellows
Consider them as you read, and nominate and vote for awards.
#sff #genre #SpeculativeFiction #scifi #sciencefiction #horror #fantasy #LiteraryAwards #GenreFiction #books

2026-03-24 19:25:11 GMT

NEWS: The Otherwise Award is pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 Award: the novel "Luminous" by Silvia Park https://www.silviapark.com
Read about the winner, the Honor List and Long List at https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/announcing-the-2025-otherwise-award-winner
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2026-02-03 19:56:11 GMT

We are delighted to announce the selection of two new Otherwise Fellows: illustrator and animator Aude Abou Nasr and author Ayida Shonibar @npub1hsm…wqdg .
https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/02/announcing-2025-otherwise-fellows
#SFF #illustration #fantasy #ChildrensLiterature #sciencefiction #horror

2026-01-14 20:58:05 GMT

As you read, play, watch, listen, and otherwise enjoy new #SpeculativeFiction this year, please recommend works for the Otherwise Award to consider!
https://otherwiseaward.org/award/2026-otherwise-awards/2026-otherwise-awards-recommendations
Help our 2026 jury consider works that explore or expand our notions of gender.
#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards

2025-12-23 19:37:39 GMT

Donate to the Otherwise Award to support scifi/fantasy that explores and expands our ideas of gender! Our year-end fundraising campaign:
https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/12/help-sustain-the-otherwise-award
#speclit

2025-12-09 19:47:30 GMT

RE: https://wandering.shop/@OtherwiseAward/115379669638877794
6 more days to apply for an Otherwise Fellowship!
Past fellows were glad it "gave me motivation to keep trying again and again" and "provided a validation both for my own work, and also for the idea that this type of writing is both valued and needed".
#sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror
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2025-12-02 19:26:50 GMT

Otherwise supports the very sort of fiction that we need today more than ever: visions of possibilities through the fog of the present. Please donate to our year-end fundraising campaign:
https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/12/help-sustain-the-otherwise-award
https://otherwiseaward.org/support-us/donate

2025-11-11 19:11:32 GMT

RE: https://wandering.shop/@OtherwiseAward/115510504847854179
3 days left to nominate books, stories, poems, music, video, fanfic, social media posts, or any other form of #SpeculativeFiction for this year's Otherwise Award jury.
Anyone can make a recommendation, and it's fine to nominate your own work.
#fantasy #horror #sciencefiction #awards
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2025-11-07 21:20:27 GMT

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Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
https://otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-otherwise-award/2025-otherwise-award-recommendations

2025-10-15 18:47:21 GMT

https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/10/apply-for-otherwise-fellowships-by-december-15
We're now soliciting applications for two 2025 Otherwise Fellows, to support and recognize creators of speculative work that is changing our view of gender today! Apply by Dec. 15th for USD $500 to support a new or ongoing project.
#Fellowships #grants #funding #SpeculativeFiction #sff #GenreFiction #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi

2025-10-14 18:50:08 GMT

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Spotlighting more gender-expanding genre fiction from 2022 & 2023:
“Vagabonds!” -Eloghosa Osunde
“The Deep Sky” -Yume Kitasei
“The Water Outlaws” - @npub1m3y…fxgw
“If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You” - [@john_chu](https://wandering.shop/@john_chu )
“A Feast for Flies” -Leigh Harlen
https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/10/celebrating-2022-2023-work-part-3
#fantasy #sciencefiction #sff #scifi #genrefiction

2025-10-03 21:11:52 GMT

https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/09/four-updates-introductions-a-call-for-nominations-more
We:
Announce the Otherwise Awards 2025 jury
Remind you to submit recommendations by Nov. 14th
Thank our past Treasurer, Jim Hudson, and welcome our new Treasurer, Rachel Kadel
Announce our new Motherboard member, Nick Murphy

2025-09-11 18:28:37 GMT

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Thanks to Edmond Y. Chang , @npub1lnp…swhg , and Eugen Bacon for this set of recommendations for work published 2022-2023 -- more to come in future weeks!

2025-09-11 18:28:11 GMT

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Spotlighting more gender-expanding genre fiction from 2022 & 2023:
"Squire" ( @npub1qq4…xfg4 & Sara Alfageeh)
Winners of the 2023 Golden Cobra Challenge
"The Unbalancing" ( @npub1lud…wq7x )
"Mage of Fools" (Eugen Bacon)
"The Way of Baa’gh" (Cheryl S. Ntumy)
https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/09/celebrating-work-2022-2023-part-2
#fantasy #sciencefiction #sff #scifi #genrefiction #games #LARP #comics #graphicnovels #Afrofuturism

2025-09-03 19:13:40 GMT

Please recommend works of #SpeculativeFiction published in 2025 that explore or expand our understanding of gender! Nominate for the Otherwise Award:
https://otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-otherwise-award/2025-otherwise-award-recommendations
Recommendations for this year’s award close in late 2025 (date not yet set). Books, stories, music, video, fanfic, social media posts, or any other forms of speculative fiction are eligible.
#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards

2025-08-27 18:57:52 GMT

https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/08/celebrating-work-2022-2023-part-i
Recommendations spotlighting gender-expanding genre fiction from 2022 & 2023, starting with:
“Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century” by Kim Fu
“Who the Final Girl Becomes” by Dominique Dickey
“Construction Sacrifice” by @npub16lj…hf6r
“Manhunt” by Gretchen Felker-Martin
and “OKPsyche” by @npub1zmn…duvq
recommended by P.C. Verrone, Pat Murphy, and Vajra Chandrasekera
#sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #genrefiction #scifi #sff

2025-05-06 18:59:16 GMT

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And congratulations to the Long List:
“The Flame in You” by L. Nabang
SACRIFICAL ANIMALS by Kailee Pedersen
THE SAPLING CAGE by @npub176n…543l
“Scarlett” by Everdeen Mason
"Vanessa 5000" by Courtney Pauroso
#sciencefiction #fantasy #SpeculativeFiction #Awards #scifi

2025-05-06 18:55:29 GMT

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Congratulations to the Award-winning authors! We'll be celebrating them at @npub1u5e…avn2 May 23-26 online!

2025-05-06 18:55:05 GMT

The 2024 Otherwise Awards go to:
IN UNIVERSES by Emet North
“Kiss of Life” by P.C. Verrone
RAKESFALL by @npub1ut3…mfam
WALKING PRACTICE by Dolki Min, translated by Victoria Caudle
Congratulations!
Juror praise & 5 Long List works: https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/05/announcing-the-2024-otherwise-award-winners

2025-02-28 21:56:23 GMT

https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/02/eligible-for-nomination-2024-by-past-winners-fellows
We bring to your attention books, short stories, & art published in 2024 by past Otherwise Award winners & fellows, as nomination and voting deadlines get closer for awards for 2024 work.
#sff #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #literaryawards

2025-02-18 20:58:37 GMT

Assorted news and updates:
2024 award plans
recommendations open for 2025 works
Otherwise-at-WisCon plans
an offer to update, change, or redact your name if it's on our site
farewell to a Motherboard member
bylaws updates
https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/02/assorted-news-and-updates

2025-02-18 20:57:00 GMT

The Otherwise Motherboard is pleased to announce the selection of two new Otherwise Fellows: author Eugen Bacon and illustrator and comic artist Mars Lauderbaugh.
Plus: poet Erica Rivera and author Issac Kozukhin as honorable mentions.
Congratulations!
Learn more about them: https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/02/announcing-the-2024-otherwise-fellowship-recipients

2024-12-10 19:44:37 GMT

The Otherwise Fellowship supports new voices who are creating #scifi, #fantasy, and other #genre work that is changing our view of gender today.
The Fellowship particularly seeks out creators from historically underrepresented groups, and those working in media other than traditional fiction! Each Fellow receives USD$500 to support a new or ongoing project.
Applications due December 15th.
Please boost and share!
https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/how-to-apply
#sciencefiction #SpeculativeFiction

2024-11-12 19:39:50 GMT

Recommend works of #SpeculativeFiction published in 2024 that explore or expand our understanding of gender! (Books, stories, music, video, fanfic, social media posts, or any other form of speculative fiction.)
https://otherwiseaward.org/award/2024-otherwise-award/2024-otherwise-award-recommendations
will be open until Nov. 15, 23:59 US PT.
#sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #genre

2024-10-15 18:43:30 GMT

News:
📝 Apply for the 2024 Otherwise Fellowships by Dec. 15th
🎉 Welcome our new Motherboard member, Julia Rios @npub1znv…7pu6
🐦 Follow our new social media accounts
📅 Submit recommendations (for the Otherwise jury to consider) by Nov. 15th
https://otherwiseaward.org/2024/10/apply-for-otherwise-fellowships-and-other-news

2024-10-11 14:19:52 GMT

New directions for the Otherwise Award!
We’re improving a few things about the way that the award works, while staying connected to its roots & tradition.
Send us recommendations (by mid-November) for sf that explores or expands our understanding of gender!
https://otherwiseaward.org/2024/08/new-directions-for-the-otherwise-award