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Book or work · Speculative fiction · Tier 3: Genre and Specialist Trade Awards · Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

Recognises science fiction and fantasy that expand or explore understandings of gender.

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2025

6 books

A Song for You and I

A Song for You and I

Kay O’Neill · 2025

Roque Salas Rivera · 2025

Notes from a Regicide

Notes from a Regicide

Isaac R. Fellman · 2025

The Path of Most Resistance: Poems on Women in Science

The Path of Most Resistance: Poems on Women in Science

What a Fish Looks Like

What a Fish Looks Like

2024

4 books

Vajra Chandrasekera · 2024

Walking Practice

Walking Practice

Dolki Min · 2024

2021

7 books

Light From Uncommon Stars

Light From Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki · 2021

Rivers Solomon · 2021

Aiden Thomas · 2021

Danged Black Thing

Danged Black Thing

Eugen Bacon · 2021

She Who Became the Sun

She Who Became the Sun

Shelley Parker-Chan · 2021

The Actual Star

The Actual Star

Monica Byrne · 2021

Benjamin Rosenbaum · 2021

2020

4 books

Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon

Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki · 2020

I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter

I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter

Isabel Fall · 2020

The Four Profound Weaves

The Four Profound Weaves

R. B. Lemberg · 2020

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

Maggie Tokuda-Hall · 2020

2019

5 books

Akwaeke Emezi · 2019

The Book of Flora

The Book of Flora

Meg Elison · 2019

The Calculating Stars

The Calculating Stars

Mary Robinette Kowal · 2019

Daveed Diggs, Rivers Solomon · 2019

Larissa Lai · 2019

2018

3 books

They Will Dream in the Garden

They Will Dream in the Garden

Gabriela Damián Miravete · 2018

Chercher La Femme

Chercher La Femme

L. Timmel Duchamp · 2018

The Black Tides of Heaven

The Black Tides of Heaven

Neon Yang · 2018

2017

8 books

Who Runs the World?

Who Runs the World?

Virginia Bergin · 2017

Maggie Shen King · 2017

An Unkindness of Ghosts

An Unkindness of Ghosts

Rivers Solomon · 2017

Annalee Newitz · 2017

Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue

Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue

Charlie Jane Anders · 2017

Indrapramit Das · 2017

The Red Threads of Fortune

The Red Threads of Fortune

Neon Yang · 2017

2016

8 books

When the Moon Was Ours

When the Moon Was Ours

Anna-Marie McLemore · 2016

Mishell Baker · 2016

Nisi Shawl · 2016

Every Heart a Doorway

Every Heart a Doorway

Seanan McGuire · 2016

Hwarhath Stories: Transgressive Tales by Aliens

Hwarhath Stories: Transgressive Tales by Aliens

Eleanor Arnason · 2016

The Core of the Sun

The Core of the Sun

Johanna Sinisalo · 2016

Too Like the Lightning

Too Like the Lightning

Ada Palmer · 2016

Will Do Magic for Small Change

Will Do Magic for Small Change

Andrea Hairston · 2016

2015

6 books

Elizabeth Bear · 2015

Catherynne M. Valente · 2015

The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season

N. K. Jemisin · 2015

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers · 2015

2014

7 books

My Real Children

My Real Children

Jo Walton · 2014

The Girl in the Road

The Girl in the Road

Monica Byrne · 2014

Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories

Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories

Nnedi Okorafor · 2014

The Lightness of the Movement

The Lightness of the Movement

2013

3 books

Nicole Bourke · 2013

Ancillary Justice

Ancillary Justice

Ann Leckie · 2013

The Golem and the Jinni

The Golem and the Jinni

Helene Wecker · 2013

2012

6 books

Ancient, Ancient

Ancient, Ancient

Kiini Ibura Salaam · 2012

The Drowning Girl

The Drowning Girl

Caitlín R. Kiernan · 2012

Kim Stanley Robinson · 2012

Jagannath: Stories

Jagannath: Stories

Karin Tidbeck · 2012

Range of Ghosts

Range of Ghosts

Elizabeth Bear · 2012

Rhapsody of Blood

Rhapsody of Blood

Roz Kaveney · 2012

2011

11 books

Redwood and Wildfire

Redwood and Wildfire

Andrea Hairston · 2011

After the Apocalypse

After the Apocalypse

Maureen F. McHugh · 2011

Catherynne M. Valente · 2011

Kameron Hurley · 2011

Malinda Lo · 2011

Helen Oyeyemi · 2011

Seven Sexy Cowboy Robots

Seven Sexy Cowboy Robots

Sandra McDonald · 2011

The Courier's New Bicycle

The Courier's New Bicycle

Kim Westwood · 2011

The Other Graces

The Other Graces

Alice Sola Kim · 2011

The Universe of Things

The Universe of Things

Gwyneth Jones · 2011

Lauren Beukes · 2011

2010

4 books

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg

Dubravka Ugrešić · 2010

Living with Ghosts

Living with Ghosts

Kari Maund · 2010

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

N. K. Jemisin · 2010

Who Fears Death

Who Fears Death

Nnedi Okorafor · 2010

2009

6 books

Cloud & Ashes: Three Winter's Tales

Cloud & Ashes: Three Winter's Tales

Greer Gilman · 2009

Ōoku: The Inner Chambers

Ōoku: The Inner Chambers

Fumi Yoshinaga · 2009

Caitlín R. Kiernan · 2009

Jo Walton · 2009

Maureen F. McHugh · 2009

Paul Haines · 2009

2008

10 books

Nisi Shawl · 2008

The Knife of Never Letting Go

The Knife of Never Letting Go

Patrick Ness · 2008

A Princess of Roumania

A Princess of Roumania

Paul Park · 2008

Flora's Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room)

Flora's Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room)

Ysabeau S. Wilce · 2008

Ursula K. Le Guin · 2008

Gregory Frost · 2008

Pride and Prometheus

Pride and Prometheus

John Kessel · 2008

Gregory Frost · 2008

The Alchemy of Stone

The Alchemy of Stone

Ekaterina Sedia · 2008

The Love We Share Without Knowing

The Love We Share Without Knowing

Christopher Barzak · 2008

2007

4 books

The Carhullan Army

The Carhullan Army

Sarah Hall · 2007

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog

Ysabeau S. Wilce · 2007

Charles Stross · 2007

Sheri S. Tepper · 2007

2006

7 books

Shelley Jackson · 2006

In the Night Garden

In the Night Garden

Catherynne M. Valente · 2006

Foyer Sainte-Lucie pour jeunes filles élevées par les loups

Foyer Sainte-Lucie pour jeunes filles élevées par les loups

Karen Russell · 2006

Karen Traviss · 2006

Andrea Hairston · 2006

The Last Witchfinder

The Last Witchfinder

James Morrow · 2006

The Privilege of the Sword

The Privilege of the Sword

Ellen Kushner · 2006

2005

2 books

Geoff Ryman · 2005

Julie Anne Peters · 2005

2004

6 books

Joe Haldeman · 2004

Not Before Sundown

Not Before Sundown

Johanna Sinisalo · 2004

All of Us Can Almost ...

All of Us Can Almost ...

Carol Emshwiller · 2004

Gwyneth Jones · 2004

Love's Body, Dancing in Time

Love's Body, Dancing in Time

L. Timmel Duchamp · 2004

Stable Strategies and Others

Stable Strategies and Others

Eileen Gunn · 2004

2003

6 books

Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls

Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls

Matt Ruff · 2003

A Fistful of Sky

A Fistful of Sky

Nina Kiriki Hoffman · 2003

Geoff Ryman · 2003

Carol Emshwiller · 2003

Looking Through Lace

Looking Through Lace

Jay Lake · 2003

Tricia Sullivan · 2003

2002

8 books

M. John Harrison · 2002

Stories for Men

Stories for Men

John Kessel · 2002

John Clute · 2002

Eleanor Arnason · 2002

Liking What You See: A Documentary

Liking What You See: A Documentary

Ted Chiang · 2002

Madonna of the Maquiladora

Madonna of the Maquiladora

Gregory Frost · 2002

The New Wave Fabulists

The New Wave Fabulists

What I Didn't See

What I Didn't See

Karen Joy Fowler · 2002

2001

3 books

The Kappa Child

The Kappa Child

Hiromi Goto · 2001

Ken MacLeod · 2001

Sheri S. Tepper · 2001

2000

6 books

Molly Gloss · 2000

Fidelity: A Primer

Fidelity: A Primer

Michael Blumlein · 2000

La Guerrière oubliée

La Guerrière oubliée

Mary Gentle · 2000

Midnight Robber

Midnight Robber

Nalo Hopkinson · 2000

Perdido Street Station

Perdido Street Station

China Miéville · 2000

The Danish Girl

The Danish Girl

David Ebershoff · 2000

1999

3 books

The Conqueror's Child

The Conqueror's Child

Suzy McKee Charnas · 1999

Sexual Dimorphism

Sexual Dimorphism

Kim Stanley Robinson · 1999

The Iron Bridge

The Iron Bridge

David Morse · 1999

1998

16 books

Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation

Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation

Karen Joy Fowler · 1998

Brown Girl in the Ring

Brown Girl in the Ring

Nalo Hopkinson · 1998

Dragon's Winter

Dragon's Winter

Elizabeth A. Lynn · 1998

Carolyn Ives Gilman · 1998

Hand of Prophecy

Hand of Prophecy

Severna Park · 1998

Gwyneth Jones · 1998

James Patrick Kelly · 1998

Maureen F. McHugh · 1998

Sean Stewart · 1998

Parable of the Talents

Parable of the Talents

Octavia E. Butler · 1998

Story of Your Life

Story of Your Life

Ted Chiang · 1998

The Children Star

The Children Star

Joan Slonczewski · 1998

Mary Rosenblum · 1998

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1998

Robert Reed · 1998

1997

5 books

Candas Jane Dorsey · 1997

Travels With The Snow Queen

Travels With The Snow Queen

Kelly Link · 1997

The Dazzle of Day

The Dazzle of Day

Molly Gloss · 1997

The Moon and the Sun

The Moon and the Sun

Vonda N. McIntyre · 1997

Paul Witcover · 1997

1996

7 books

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1996

Mary Doria Russell · 1996

Beauty and the Opéra or The Phantom Beast

Beauty and the Opéra or The Phantom Beast

Suzy McKee Charnas · 1996

Iain Banks · 1996

Jonathan Lethem · 1996

Pat Murphy · 1996

The Pillow Friend

The Pillow Friend

Lisa Tuttle · 1996

1995

3 books

The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein

The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Theodore Roszak · 1995

Waking the Moon

Waking the Moon

Elizabeth Hand · 1995

The Armless Maiden and Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors

The Armless Maiden and Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors

1994

9 books

Larque on the Wing

Larque on the Wing

Nancy Springer · 1994

The Matter of Seggri

The Matter of Seggri

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1994

Greg Egan · 1994

Forgiveness Day

Forgiveness Day

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1994

Genetic Soldier

Genetic Soldier

George Turner · 1994

Gwyneth Jones · 1994

Temporary Agency

Temporary Agency

Rachel Pollack · 1994

Eleanor Arnason · 1994

Unconquered Countries: Four Novellas

Unconquered Countries: Four Novellas

Geoff Ryman · 1994

1993

5 books

Nicola Griffith · 1993

James Patrick Kelly · 1993

Eleanor Arnason · 1993

Some Strange Desire

Some Strange Desire

Ian McDonald · 1993

The Other Magpie

The Other Magpie

R. Garcia y Robertson · 1993

1992

5 books

China Mountain Zhang

China Mountain Zhang

Maureen F. McHugh · 1992

Sue Thomas · 1992

Ian R. MacLeod · 1992

Lisa Tuttle · 1992

Kim Stanley Robinson · 1992

1991

5 books

A Woman of the Iron People

A Woman of the Iron People

Eleanor Arnason · 1991

Gwyneth Jones · 1991

Greer Gilman · 1991

Karen Joy Fowler · 1991

The Architecture of Desire

The Architecture of Desire

Mary Gentle · 1991

Year unknown

1 books

Elemental Logic

Elemental Logic

Laurie J. Marks