Tiptree Award Winners

The Tiptree Award (http://www.tiptree.org/) is an annual literary prize for science fiction or fantasy that
expands or explores our understanding of gender.

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2001

Winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award: Hiromi Goto, The Kappa Child, Red Deer Press

Short List
(in alphabetical order, by author)

Joan Givner, Half Known Lives,, New Star Books
Hugh Nissenson, The Song of the Earth,, Algonquin Books
Ken MacLeod, Dark Light,, Tor (USA), Orbit (UK)
Sheri S. Tepper,The Fresco,, Harper Collins/Eos

2000

Winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award: Hiromi Goto, The Kappa Child, Red Deer Press

Short List
(in alphabetical order, by author)

Michael Blumlein, "Fidelity: A Primer," (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 2000)
James L. Cambias, "Diagram of Rapture," (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 2000)
David Ebershoff, The Danish Girl,Viking
Mary Gentle, Ash: A Secret History, Victor Gollancz
Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar, "Soma," in Nalo Hopkinson ed., Whispers from the Cotton TreeRoot,Invisible Cities Press
Nalo Hopkinson, "The Glass Bottle Trick," in Nalo Hopkinson ed., Whispers from the Cotton TreeRoot,Invisible Cities Press
Nalo Hopkinson, Midnight Robber, Warner Aspect
China Miélville, Perdido Street Station, Macmillan UK Ltd.
Pamela Mordecai, "Once on the Shores of the Stream Senegambia," in Nalo Hopkinson ed., Whispers from the Cotton TreeRoot,Invisible Cities Press
Severna Park, The Annunciate
Tess Williams, Sea As Mirror, HarperCollins Voyager

1999

Winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award: Suzy McKee Charnas, The Conqueror's Child,TOR, 1999

Short List
Judy Budnitz, If I Told You Once,Picador USA/St. Martin's, 1999
Sally Caves, "In the Second Person," (Terra Incognita, Winter 1999/2000)
Graham Joyce, "Pinkland," in Lisa Tuttle ed., Crossing the Border,Indigo, 1998
Yumiko Kurahashi, The Woman with the Flying Head : And Other Stories (Japanese Woman Writers in Translation), M.E. Sharpe, 1998
Penelope Lively, "5001 Nights," in The Five Thousand and One Nights (European Short Stories, No. 4),Fjord Press, c/o Partners West, 1997
David E. Morse, The Iron Bridge,Harcourt Brace, 1998
Kim Stanley Robinson, "Sexual Dimorphism," (Asimov's, June, 1999)
Long List
Eleanor Arnason, "The Actors," (F&SF, Dec. 1999)
Eleanor Arnason, "Dapple," (Asimov's, Sept 1999)
Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign,Baen, 1999
Ellen Datlow, and Terri Windling, and eds., Silver Birch/Blood Moon, Avon, 1999
Debra Doyle, and James D. MacDonald, and "Remailer," in Constance Ash ed., Not of Woman Born,ROC/Penguin, 1999
Greg Egan, Teranesia,HarperPrism, 1999
Elizabeth Knox, The Vintner's Luck,Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998
Ursula K. Le Guin, "Dragonfly," in Robert Silverberg ed., Legends,Tor, 1998
Stephen Leigh, Speaking Stones,Avon, 1999
Louise Marley, The Terrorists of Irustan,Ace, 1999
L. A. Taylor, The Fathergod Experiment,Allau Press, 1999
Sherri S. Tepper, The Singer from the Sea,Avon, 1999

1998

Winner of the 1998 James Tiptree, Jr. Award: Raphael Carter, "Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation", Starlight 2, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor Books, 1998

Short List
Eleanor Arnason, "The Gauze Banner", in More Amazing Stories, edited by Kim Mohan, Tor Books, 1998
Ted Chiang, "Story of Your Life", in Starlight 2, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor Books, 1998
Stella Duffy, Singling Out The Couples, Sceptre, 1998
Karen Joy Fowler, Black Glass, Henry Holt and Company, 1998
Maggie Gee, The Ice People, Richard Cohen Books, 1998
Carolyn Ives Gilman, Halfway Human, Avon Eos, 1998
Phyllis Gotlieb, Flesh And Gold, Tor Books, 1998
Nalo Hopkinson, Brown Girl In The Ring, Warner Aspect, 1998
Gwyneth Jones, "La Cenerentola", Interzone, October 1998
James Patrick Kelly, "Lovestory", Asimov's, June 1998
Ursula K. Le Guin, "Unchosen Love", in More Amazing Stories, edited by Kim Mohan, Tor Books, 1998
Elizabeth A. Lynn, Dragon's Winter, Ace/Berkley, 1998
Maureen F. McHugh, Mission Child, Avon Eos, 1998
Karl-Rene Moore, "The Hetairai Turncoat", in Wired Hard 2, edited by Cecelia Tan, Circlet Press, 1997
Rebecca Ore, "Accelerated Grimace", Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1998
Sara Paretsky, Ghost Country, Delacorte Press, 1998
Severna Park, Hand of Prophecy, Avon Eos, 1998
Kit Reed, Weird Women, Wired Women, Wesleyan University Press, 1998
Kit Reed, "Bride of Bigfoot", in Weird Women, Wired Women, Wesleyan University Press, 1998
Robert Reed, "Whiptail", Asimov's, October 1998
Mary Rosenblum, "The Eye of God", Asimov's, March 1998
Joan Slonczewski, The Children Star, Tor Books, 1998Martha Soukup, "The House of Expectations", in Starlight 2, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor Books, 1998
Sean Stewart, Mockingbird, Ace, 1998
Sarah Zettel, Playing God, Warner Aspect, 1998

Long List
Pat Cadigan, "Datableed", Asimov's, March 1998
Jonathan Coe, House of Sleep, Alfred A. Knopf, 1998
Mary Daly, Quintessence: Realizing The Archaic Future, Beacon Press, 1998
Marie Darrieusecq, Pig Tales: A Novel Of Lust And Transformation, New Press, 1997
Stephen Dedman, "Transit", Asimov's, March 1998
Rita Donovan, The Plague Saint, Tesseract Books, 1998
Greg Egan, "Oceanic", Asimov's, August 1998
Kelley Eskridge, "The Eye of the Storm", in Sirens And Other Daemon Lovers, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Harper Prism, 1998
Esther M. Friesner, "In the Realm of Dragons", Asimov's, February 1998
James Alan Gardner, Commitment Hour, Avon Eos, 1998
Ellen Klages, "Time Gypsy", in Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction: Original Gay And Lesbian Science Fiction, edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel, 1998
Geoffrey A. Landis, "Snow", in Starlight 2, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor Books, 1998
Stephen Leigh, Dark Waters Embrace, Avon Eos, 1998
Melissa Lucashenko, Killing Darcy, University of Queensland Press, 1998
Mary Doria Russell, Children Of God, Villard Books, 1998
Lawrence Schimel, "The Drag Queen of Elfland", Ultra Violet, 1997
Sheri S. Tepper, Six Moon Dance, Avon Eos, 1998
Delia Marshall Turner, Nameless Magery, Del Rey, 1998
Tess Williams, "The Body Politic", in Dreaming Down-Under, edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb, Voyager HarperCollins, 1998

1997

Winners of the 1997 James Tiptree, Jr. Award:

Candas Jane Dorsey, Black Wine, Tor 1997
Kelly Link, "Travels With The Snow Queen", Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Winter, v 1, issue 1.

Short List

Storm Constantine, "The Oracle Lips," in The Fortune Teller, ed. Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg, Daw Books, 1997.
Paul Di Filippo, "Alice, Alfie, Ted and the Aliens", Interzone, March 1997.
Emma Donoghue, Kissing the Witch: old tales in New Skins (collection), Harper Collins, 1997.
L. Timmel Duchamp, "The Apprenticeship of Isabetta di Pietro Cavazzi," Asimov's, September 1997.
Molly Gloss, The Dazzle of Day, Tor, 1997.
M. John Harrison, Signs of Life, St. Martin's Press, 1997.
Gwyneth Jones, "Balinese Dancer", Asimov's, September 1997
Ian McDonald, Sacrifice of Fools, Victor Gonzallencz, 1996.
Vonda N. McIntyre, The Moon and the Sun, Pocket Books, 1997.
Shani Mootoo, Cereus Blooms at Night, Press Gang Publishers, 1996.
Salman Rushdie, "The Firebird's Nest", The New Yorker, June 23, 1997.
Paul Witcover, Waking Beauty, HarperPrism, 1997.

1996

Kathy Acker, Pussy, King of the Pirates, Grove Press, 1996
Gill Alderman, The Memory Palace, HarperCollins, 1996
Kim Antieau, Jigsaw Woman, Roc, 1996
Donald Antrim, "Y Chromosome," The New Yorker, November 18, 1996
Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace, Doubleday, 1996
Iain M. Banks, Excession, Little, Brown, 1996
Francesca Lia Block, "Blue" in her collection Girl Goddess #9, HarperCollins, 1996
Francesca Lia Block, "Girl Goddess #9" in her collection Girl Goddess #9, HarperCollins, 1996
Richard Calder, Dead Things, St. Martin's, 1996
Sherry Coldsmith, "The Lucifer of Blue" in Off Limits, Ellen Datlow ed. St. Martin's, 1996
Samuel R. Delany, The Splendor and the Misery of Bodies, of Cities (excerpt), The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Fall, 1996
Bradley Denton, Lunatics, St. Martin's, 1996
Greg Egan Distress, Orion 1995
Firecat, "Tiresias" in Genderflex, Cecila Tam, ed.; Circlet Press, 1996
Kathy Goonan, The Bones of Time, Tor, 1996
Laurell Hamilton, The Lunatic Cafe, Ace, 1996
Jean Heglund, Into the Forest, Calyx, 1996
Tanya Huff, No Quarter, DAW, 1996
Gwyneth Jones, "Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland," in Off Limits, Ellen Datlow ed.; St. Martin's, 1996
Jeanne Larsen, Manchu Palaces, Henry Holt, 1996
Tanith Lee, "The Reason for Not Going to the Ball," Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November, 1996
Jonathan Lethem, "Sleepy People" in his collection The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye; Harcourt Brace, 1996
Elizabeth Moon, Remnant Population, Baen, 1996
Charles Oberndorf, Foragers, Bantam, 1996
David Prill, Serial Killer Days, St. Martin's, 1996
Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars, Bantam, 1996
Lori Selke, "A Boy's Night Out" in Genderflex, Cecilia Tam, ed.; Circlet Press. 1996
A light-hearted story about the irrelevance of sex to gender, and vice versa. [JML]
Martha Soukup, "Fetish" in Off Limits, Ellen Datlow, ed.; St. Martin's, 1996
Nancy Springer, Fair Peril, Avon, 1996
Bruce Sterling, Holy Fire, Bantam, 1996
Sean Stewart, Cloud's End, Ace, 1996
Caitlin Sullivan and Kate Bornstein, Nearly Roadkill, High Risk Books, 1996
Lucy Sussex, The Scarlet Rider, Tom Dougherty, 1996
Michael Swanwick, "The Dead" in Starlight, Patrick Neilsen Hayden, ed.; Tor, 1996
Bryan Talbot , The Tale of One Bad Rat, Dark Horse, 1996
Melanie Tem, Desmodus, Headline Feature ,1995
Sherri Tepper, Gibbon's Decline and Fall, Bantam, 1996
Edmund White, "The Hermaphrodite," The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Fall, 1996
Diane Williams, "The Stupefaction" in her collection The Stupefaction; Knopf, 1996
Tess Williams, Map of Power, Random House, 1996
Laurel Winter, "Natural Permanent Boy," Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1996
N. Lee Wood, Looking for the Madhi, Bantam, 1996
Patricia Wrede, "Utensile Strength" in her collection Book of Enchantments; Harcourt Brace, 1996
Mary Kay Zuravleff, The Frequency of Souls, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996

1995

Isobelle Carmody, "The Pumpkin Eater," in She's Fantastical, ed. Lucy Sussex and Judith Raphael Buckrich, Sybylla Press
Julie Haydon, Lines Upon the Skin, Pan
Pamela Sargent, ed., Women of Wonder: The Classic Years and Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years, Harcourt Brace
Melissa Scott, Shadow Man, Tor
Stephanie Smith, Other Nature, Tor

1994

Milbre Burch, "Metamorphosis" in Xanadu 2, Tor, 1994
Pat Cadigan, "Paris in June," Omni, 9/1994
Karen Cadora, Stardust Bound, Firebrand, 1994
Chris Claremont, Sundowner, Ace, 1994
Allan Cole and Chris Bunch, The Warrior's Tale, Del Rey, 1994
Daniel P. Dern, "Bicyclefish Island," Tomorrow, 2:8, 4/1994
Susan Dexter, The Wind-Witch, Del Rey, 1994
Ann Downer, "Somnus' Fair Maid" in Black Thorn, White Rose, Morrow, 1994
Suzette Haden Elgin, Earthsong, DAW Books, 1994
Lisa Goldstein, "Rites of Spring" in Travellers In Magic, Tor and Asimov's, 3/1994
Alison M. Goodman, "One Last Zoom at the Buzz Bar" in The Patternmaker, Omnibus B
Phillip C. Jennings, "The Valley of the Humans, " Asimov's, 11/1994
James Patrick Kelly, "Big Guy," Asimov's, 6/1994
James Patrick Kelley, Wildlife, Tor
Nancy Kress, "Margin of Error," Omni, 10/1994
Marc Laidlaw, The Orchid Eater, St. Martin's, 1994
Lisa Mason, Summer Of Love, Bantam, 1994
Ian McDonald, "Legitimate Targets," New Worlds, 4, 1994
Vonda N. McIntyre, Nautilus, Bantam, 1994
Severna Park, "Amazons," Louisville Review, 8/1994
Mary Rosenblum, "Rat," Asimov's, 10/1994
Jacqui Singleton, Heartstone and Saber, Rising Tide, 1994
Nancy Springer, Metal Angel, Roc, 1994
Caroline Stevermer, A College of Magics, Tor, 1994
Sheri S. Tepper, Shadow's End, Bantam, 1994
Connie Willis, Uncharted Territory, Bantam, 1994

1993

Wilhemina Baird, Crash Course, Ace/Berkeley, 1993
Michael Blumlein, X,Y, Bantam/Dell, 1993
David Brin, Glory Season, Spectra, Bantam Books, 1993
Poppy Z. Brite, Drawing Blood, Bantam
Pat Cadigan, "Lost Girls," in Dirty Work, Mark V. Ziesing Books, 1993
Flynn Connolly, The Rising of the Moon, Del Rey/Ballentine, 1993
M. J. Engh, The Rainbow Man, Tor, 1993
Colin Greenland, Harm's Way, Avon, 1993
Nicola Griffith, "Touching Fire," Interzone, 4/1993
Stephanie T. Hoppe, The Assimilation of Leah Wennover, Evoe Press, 1993
Kij Johnson, "Schrödinger's Cathouse," Fantasy & Science Fiction, 3/1993
Jonathan Letham, "'Forever,' Said the Duck," Asimov's, 12/94
S. N. Lewitt, Songs of Chaos, Ace/Berkeley, 1993
Rosaleen Love, Evolution Annie and Other Stories, Women's Press. Ltd., 1993
Mary Mackey, The Year the Horses Came, HarperCollins, 1993
Norma Marden, An Eye for Dark Places, Little, Brown, 1993
Robin McKinley, Deerskin, Ace/Berkeley, 1993
A. R. Morlan, "The Best Years of Our Lives" in Full Spectrum 4, Bantam, 1993
Linda Nagata, "Liberator," Fantasy & Science Fiction, 6/1993
Melissa Scott, Burning Bright, Tor, 1993
Martha Soukup, "A Defense of the Social Contracts," Science Fiction Age, 9/1993
Martha Soukup, "The Story So Far" in Full Spectrum 4, Bantam, 1993
Sherri S. Tepper, A Plague of Angels, Bantam, 1993
Amy Thomson, Virtual Girl, Ace/Berkeley, 1993

1992

Carol Emshwiller, Venus Rising, Edgewood Press, 1992
Ian MacLeod, "Grownups," Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine, 6/92
Judith Moffett, Time, Like an Ever Rolling Stream, St. Martin's Press, 1992
Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars, Harper Collins, 1992
Sue Thomas, Correspondence, The Women's Press, 1992
Lisa Tuttle, Lost Futures, Grafton, 1992
Elisabeth Vonarburg, In the Mother's Land, Bantam, 1992

1991

John Barnes, Orbital Resonance, Tor 1991
Karen Joy Fowler, Sarah Canary, Henry Holt & Co., 1991
Mary Gentle, The Architecture of Desire, Bantam Press, 1991
Greer Ilene Gilman, Moonwise, NAL/Roc, 1991
Marge Piercy, He, She and It, Summit Books, 1991