Otherwise Award

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The #Fellowship program seeks out creators who are striving to complete new works, particularly creators from communities that have been historically underrepresented in the #sciencefiction and #fantasy #genre and those who are working in media other than traditional fiction!

otherwiseaward.org/2026/10/appl... We solicit applications for two 2026 Otherwise Fellows. Each Fellow receives USD $500. Apply by December 15th.

The Otherwise Award’s Motherboard is seeking two new members, to grow from 5 to 7. If you're interested in applying for this #volunteer position, please email us by December 1st. Help maintain a small but steady part of the infrastructure of #inclusion in #SpeculativeFiction .

otherwiseaward.org/2026/07/intr... We've announced the 2026 Otherwise Awards jury. Thanks to them for serving! The main way our jury finds out about works to consider: your recommendations. Tell us about great works published in 2026: otherwiseaward.org/award/2026-o... #SciFi #Fantasy #GenreFiction

#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: guide.lacon.org/id/4ffd008d-...

#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: guide.lacon.org/id/4ffd008d-...

otherwiseaward.org/2026/07/intr... We've announced the 2026 Otherwise Awards jury. Thanks to them for serving! The main way our jury finds out about works to consider: your recommendations. Tell us about great works published in 2026: otherwiseaward.org/award/2026-o... #SciFi #Fantasy #GenreFiction

Otherwise Award will run a fundraising auction at @laworldcon.bsky.social next month! Register now 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: otherwiseaward.org/2026/07/join... #Worldcon #WorldCon2026 #LAConV

Please nominate stuff you enjoy!

Please nominate stuff you enjoy!

In a few minutes: We speak 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! program.wiscon.net/PublicSchedu...

otherwiseaward.org/2026/05/othe... 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 @silviapark.bsky.social + a filk! #WisCon #WisCon48

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.)

Register for @wiscon.bsky.social so you can join us for the live Otherwise Auction! otherwiseaward.org/2026/05/join... 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!

Register for @wiscon.bsky.social so you can join us for the live Otherwise Auction! otherwiseaward.org/2026/05/join... 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!

The WisCon 48 Panel Interest Survey is open, and it closes April 19th. Log into your WisCon account at the top left corner of wiscon.net and click on Interest Survey. We have topics from A.I. to Resistance in Spec fic to Fandom Today, which are you interested in? Tell us today!

Registration for WisCon Online 2026 is Open! Welcome to the oldest feminist inclusive convention. Online, Memorial Day Weekend, May 21-25, 2026. reg.wiscon.net Sign up for the newsletter here, if you haven't already! wiscon.net/news/e-newsl... #WisCon #WomeninSFF #Feminist #Onlineconvention

Our announcement post otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/anno... 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

NEWS: The Otherwise Award is pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 Award: the novel "Luminous" by Silvia Park @silviapark.bsky.social Read about the winner, the Honor List and Long List at otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/anno...

In 2025, past Otherwise Award winners & fellows released many books, comics, short stories, poems, & more: otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/elig... Consider them as you read, and nominate & vote for awards. #sff #genre #scifi #sciencefiction #horror #fantasy #literaryawards #genrefiction #books

Thank you, Eugen, Andrew, Cheryl, K., and Rebecca for your thoughtful work as this year’s jury of the Otherwise Award. I hope many will discover all the honored and longlisted books, each one exploring the complexities of gender in our world and the possibilities for something better

We are delighted to announce the selection of two new Otherwise Fellows: illustrator and animator Aude Abou Nasr @ahlanmydarlings.bsky.social and author Ayida Shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social . otherwiseaward.org/2026/02/anno... #SFF #illustration #fantasy #childrenslit #sciencefiction #horror

We are delighted to announce the selection of two new Otherwise Fellows: illustrator and animator Aude Abou Nasr @ahlanmydarlings.bsky.social and author Ayida Shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social . otherwiseaward.org/2026/02/anno... #SFF #illustration #fantasy #childrenslit #sciencefiction #horror

As you read, play, watch, listen, and otherwise enjoy new #SpeculativeFiction this year, please recommend works for the Otherwise Award to consider! otherwiseaward.org/award/2026-o... #sff #awards

WisCon Artist Call for Work! DEADLINE 01/15/2026! Earn $200 for your current art that represents WisCon, a feminist inclusive science fiction and fantasy convention. If you want your work displayed visit wiscon.net! #WisCon #WomeninSFF #feministconvention #art #submission #artist

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

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

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

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

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 otherwiseaward.org/support-us/d... to our year-end fundraising campaign: otherwiseaward.org/2025/12/help...

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 otherwiseaward.org/support-us/d... to our year-end fundraising campaign: otherwiseaward.org/2025/12/help...