Correction: The last day to nominate is Nov. 15th, not the 14th.

Correction: The last day to nominate is Nov. 15th, and there are 4 days left to recommend works for this year's award.

Self-nominations are totally fine! You are welcome to submit your own work to the recommendation form.

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:

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Thanks to @emnorth.bsky.social , Rebecca J. Holden, Eleyna Haroun, & @bogiperson.bsky.social for this set of recommendations for gender-expanding-and-exploring genre work published 2022-2023. This concludes our informal recommendation series; enjoy!

#genrefiction

Spotlighting more 2022-23 gender-expanding genre fiction:

“Vagabonds!” Eloghosa Osunde
“The Deep Sky” @yumewrites.bsky.social
“The Water Outlaws” @slhuang.com
“If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You” @johnchu.bsky.social
“A Feast for Flies” @leighharlen.bsky.social

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Thanks to @edmondchang.bsky.social, @jamsternazzy.bsky.social & @genni.bsky.social for this set of recommendations for work published 2022-2023 -- more to come in future weeks!

#fantasy #sciencefiction #sff #scifi #genrefiction #games #LARP #comics #graphicnovels

Spotlighting more gender-expanding genre fiction from 2022 & 2023:

"Squire" (@nadiashammas.bsky.social & @saraalfageeh.bsky.social)
winners of the 2023 @goldencobra.bsky.social
"The Unbalancing" (@rblemberg.bsky.social)
"Mage of Fools" (@genni.bsky.social)
"The Way of Baa’gh" (Cheryl S. Ntumy)

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.

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.

otherwiseaward.org/2025/08/cele...

Thanks to @pcverrone.com, @pat-murphy.bsky.social, and @vajra.me for this set of recommendations for work published 2022-2023 -- more to come in future months!

#fantasy #sciencefiction #sff #scifi #horror #genrefiction

... during a panel at @wiscon.bsky.social (online) in late May. Registration is open!

#fantasy #sciencefiction #books #sff #scifi #WisCon