2021 Otherwise Award Winners
The 2021 Otherwise Award (formerly the James Tiptree, Jr. Award), for works of speculative fiction which explore and expand gender, has been announced.
Winners:
- Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Tor)
- Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (MCD; #Merky)
Honor List:
- A Natural History of Transition by Callum Angus (Metonymy)
- Danged Black Thing by Eugen Bacon (Transit Lounge)
- The Actual Star by Monica Byrne (Harper Voyager US)
- Bestiary by K-Ming Chang (One World)
- Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore (Feiwel & Friends)
- Chouette by Claire Oshetsky (Ecco)
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor; Mantle)
- The Unraveling by Benjamin Rosenbaum (Erewhon)
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (Swoon Reads)
Our congrats to Ryka Aoki, Rivers Solomon and all the Honor List members. You can read more details about each selection on the official Otherwise website.
2023 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees
The 2023 Philip K. Dick Award nominees have been announced:
- Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell (Stelliform)
- Widowland by C.J. Carey (Sourcebooks Landmark)
- Ymir by Rich Larson (Orbit US)
- January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky (Tordotcom)
- The Legacy of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson (Tordotcom)
- The Extractionist by Kimberly Unger (Tachyon)
The award is presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction originally published in paperback form in the United States from the previous calendar year. The winner and any special citations will be announced April 7, 2023 at Norwescon 45, to be held April 6-9, 2023 in SeaTac WA.
Have you read any of these? What looks good to you on the list?