The James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council has announced the winner of the 2007 Tiptree Award, which is is presented annually to a work or works that explore and expand gender roles in science fiction and fantasy. This year’s winner is The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall.
The award will be presented at WisCon 32, which will be held 23-26 May in Madison, Wisconsin. The award includes $1000 in prize money, “an original artwork created specifically for the award, and the signature chocolate that always accompanies the Tiptree Award.”
The honor list, which the judges compile to call attention to “works that the jurors found interesting, relevant to the award, and worthy of note,” is as follows:
* “Dangerous Space” by Kelley Eskridge (published in Dangerous Space, Aqueduct Press)
* Water Logic by Laurie Marks (Small Beer Press)
* Empress of Mijak and The Riven Kingdom by Karen Miller (Voyager)
* The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu (Hyperion)
* Interfictions edited by Delia Sherman and Theodora Goss (Interstitial Arts Foundation/Small Beer Press)
* Glasshouse by Charles Stross (Ace)
* The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper (HarperCollins)
* Y: The Last Man written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Pia Guerra (available in 60 issues or 10 volumes from DC/Vertigo Comics, 2002-2008)
* 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 by Ysabeau Wilce (Harcourt)
“The James Tiptree, Jr. Award was created in 1991 to honor Alice Sheldon, who wrote under the pseudonym James Tiptree, Jr. By her chance choice of a masculine pen name, Sheldon helped break down the imaginary barrier between “women’s writing” and “men’s writing.” Her insightful short stories were notable for their thoughtful examination of the roles of men and women in our society.”