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.

Please recommend works of #SpeculativeFiction published in 2025 that explore or expand our understanding of gender! Nominate for the Otherwise Award: otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o... #sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards

Please recommend works of #SpeculativeFiction published in 2025 that explore or expand our understanding of gender! Nominate for the Otherwise Award: otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o... #sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards

Love seeing new SFF recommendations! 🌟 Can't wait to dive into these gems. "Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality." 💖 #Fantasy #SciFi #BookRecommendations

Spotlighting gender-expanding genre fiction from 2022 & 2023: “Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century” (Kim Fu) “Who the Final Girl Becomes” (@domsdickey.bsky.social) “Construction Sacrifice” (@bogiperson.bsky.social) “Manhunt” (@scumbelievable.bsky.social) “OKPsyche” (@adeniro.bsky.social)

@flametree.bsky.social acquires BLACK DINGO! My newest Afro-irreal collection of short #stories. @otherwiseaward.org #fellowship🙏🏾💞 jaylit.com/flame-tree-p...

Margaret Killjoy's novel THE SAPLING CAGE was longlisted for the 2024 Otherwise Award! Get your copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... otherwiseaward.org/2025/05/anno... @otherwiseaward.org @feministpress.bsky.social

I’m thrilled to share that my fabulist short story “The Flame in You” has been named an Otherwise Award Honor List selection! You can read it in Inner Worlds, Issue #4 inner-worlds.ghost.io/inner-worlds... @innerworlds.bsky.social @otherwiseaward.org 🥳🙌🏽!

absolutely thrilled to be in this amazing company & the company of all the past awardees and longlists. so many of my favorite books & authors 😭😭 and the write up of in universes is staggeringly perfect, truly a gift to be read so well.

I had the pleasure of serving on this year's jury and reading all of these wonderful pieces (and so much more that we just couldn't fit in!).

The 2024 Otherwise Awards go to: IN UNIVERSES by @emnorth.bsky.social “Kiss of Life” by @pcverrone.com RAKESFALL by @vajra.me WALKING PRACTICE by Dolki Min, translated by Victoria Caudle Congratulations! Juror praise & 5 Long List works: otherwiseaward.org/2025/05/anno...

otherwiseaward.org/2025/02/elig... 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

Absolutely honored to receive this! Another huge congrats to @genni.bsky.social and to Erica & Issac 💓

Absolutely stunned to be in such incredible company! Congratulations Eugen 🫶

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 otherwiseaward.org/2025/02/asso...

We're pleased to announce the selection of 2 new Otherwise Fellows: author @genni.bsky.social Eugen Bacon, & illustrator and comic artist @mmarsloud.bsky.social Mars Lauderbaugh. Plus: Honorable Mentions poet Erica Rivera & author Issac Kozukhin. Congratulations! otherwiseaward.org/2025/02/anno...

My word! @mmarsloud.bsky.social and I can finally share our staggering news! Congrats to honorable mentions Erica Rivera and Issac Kozukhin. @otherwiseaward.org 💞 otherwiseaward.org/2025/02/anno...

The Otherwise Fellowship supports new voices who are creating #scifi, #fantasy, and other #genre work that is changing our view of gender today. Each Fellow receives USD$500 to support a new or ongoing project. Applications due December 15th. otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fe...

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.) otherwiseaward.org/award/2024-o... will be open until Nov. 15, 23:59 US PT. #sff

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.) otherwiseaward.org/award/2024-o... will be open until Nov. 15, 23:59 US PT. #sff

You have 1 more month to recommend #SFF work for the 2024 Otherwise jury to consider! If you’ve enjoyed a 2024 work of #sciencefiction or #fantasy (books, stories, music, video, fanfic...) that explores or expands our understanding of gender, please tell us: otherwiseaward.org/award/2024-o...

You have 1 more month to recommend #SFF work for the 2024 Otherwise jury to consider! If you’ve enjoyed a 2024 work of #sciencefiction or #fantasy (books, stories, music, video, fanfic...) that explores or expands our understanding of gender, please tell us: otherwiseaward.org/award/2024-o...

@ellethevillain.bsky.social may we ask for you to please add us to the Spec List feed? (Sorry if we've gotten something wrong and should be messaging the feed itself to ask to be added; we're new to Bluesky.) Thank you!

News: 📝 Apply for the 2024 Otherwise Fellowships by Dec. 15th 🎉 Welcome our new Motherboard member, Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social 🐦 Follow our new social media accounts 📅 Submit recommendations (for the Otherwise jury to consider) by Nov. 15th otherwiseaward.org/2024/10/appl...

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! otherwiseaward.org/2024/08/new-...