Otherwise Award (formerly the James Tiptree, Jr. Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2008) Winner
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Nisi Shōru
Profile
- Gender
- non-binary
- Born
- 1955-01-01 （Kalamazoo, Michigan）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Kalamazoo, Michigan → Seattle, Washington
Career
- Occupations
- writer, editor, journalist
- Active Years
- 1989-2024
- Affiliations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), Clarion West (board member), Carl Brandon Society (founder)
- Memberships
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Influenced By
- Colette, Monique Wittig, Raymond Chandler, Gwyneth Jones, Suzy McKee Charnas, Joanna Russ, Samuel R. Delany, Howard Waldrop, Eileen Gunn
- Nominations
- Theodore Sturgeon Award, Gaylactic Spectrum Award, World Fantasy Award, Nebula Award, etc.
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential College, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts | — | — | — | 1971- | United States |
| Clarion West Writers Workshop | — | — | Workshop Graduate | 1992 | United States |
Residential College, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Period:
1971-
Country:
United States
Started attending at age 16 in 1971, did not graduate
Clarion West Writers Workshop
Degree:
Workshop Graduate
Period:
1992
Year of Graduation:
1992
Country:
United States
Graduated
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Otherwise Award | Filter House | — | — | Winner |
| 2020 | Ignyte Award (Best Anthology/Collected Works) | New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color | — | — | Winner |
Otherwise Award
2008
Work:
Filter House
Result:
Winner
Ignyte Award (Best Anthology/Collected Works)
2020
Work:
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Filter House
2008 Speculative fictionDebut collection of short stories praised for sense of justice and anti-colonialism.
diversityanti-colonialismjustice
Everfair
2016 Neo-Victorian steampunk alternate historyAlternate history novel set in Belgian Congo where steam technology reaches natives early, creating a new nation.
colonialismAfrofuturismmulticulturalism
Kinning
2024 Speculative fictionOur Fruiting Bodies
2022 Speculative fictionBibliography
- Filter House (2008)
- Everfair (2016)
- Kinning (2024)
- Our Fruiting Bodies (2022)
- New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color (2020, ed.)
- Writing the Other (2005, with Cynthia Ward)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Moral work through plot and characterNon-didactic storytellingExploration of diversity
- Recurring Motifs
- Diversity of gender, race, sexual orientationAnti-colonialismReal-world diversity in fantastic fiction
Legacy
Pioneering African-American writer and editor promoting diversity, feminism, and multiculturalism in speculative fiction.
Archives
- Northern Illinois University Rare Books and Special Collections
In Popular Culture
- Guest of Honor at WisCon 35
Trivia
- Bisexual, increasingly identifies as genderfluid.
- Freelance book reviewer for The Seattle Times.
- Member of SFWA.