Sense of Gender Awards

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The Sense of Gender Awards are annual awards given by the Japanese Association for Gender, Fantasy & Science Fiction since 2001[1] for the science fiction or fantasy fiction published in the Japanese language in the prior year which best "explore and deepen the concept of Gender." An award is also given for works that have been translated into Japanese.[1]

The organization that gives the award is known as the Japanese Association for Feminist Fantasy and Science Fiction.[2] The award and organization were founded by science fiction critic Mari Kotani, professional SF reviewer , and , the chair of the Japanese science fiction fandom confederation.[3] They are sometimes called the "Japanese Tiptree Awards".

Past winners include Fumi Yoshinaga,[4] N. K. Jemisin,[5] and Eileen Gunn.[4]

List of winners[]

Best Sense of Gender Award[6][1]
Year English title Author
2001 The Scarlet Wizard
2002 The Book of Cosmos
2003 The Institution in Crystal Yoriko Shono
2004 Amazonia
2005 Through the Marshy Woods
2006 The Ragged-Skin Girl: Angel in the Deserted Garden 2 Hirotaka Tobi
2007 Canine-Sexuality Rieko Matsuura
2008 Body Temperatures of Hermaphrodites
2009 Frankenstein Biscuit Akira
2010 The Palace of Flower Dragons Sayuri Ueda
2011 Schräge Music Yumiko Kawahara
2012 Eternal Wilderness (trilogy)
2013 For Whom la Belle Toils Hiroe Suga
2014 Yurei Tower
2015 Omegaverse phenomenon
2016 In the Corner of this World
2017 I Want You
2018 Collection System
Best Sense of Gender Award in Translation[6]
Year English title Author
2005 Venus Plus X Theodore Sturgeon
2006 Stable Strategies and Others Eileen Gunn
2007 A Brother's Price Wen Spencer
2008 Carmen Dog Carol Emshwiller
2008 The Privilege of the Sword Ellen Kushner
2009 Perdido Street Station China Miéville
2010 Genesis Bernard Beckett
2011 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N.K. Jemisin
2012 The Parasol Protectorate Series Gail Carriger
2012 Legend Marie Lu

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Sense of Gender Award (English page)". The Japanese Association for Gender Fantasy & Science Fiction. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Kotani, Mari. "Mari Kotani's Speech" eCube vol. 30, no. 1; 1 June 2005 Archived 9 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b "Sense of Gender Award | Book awards | LibraryThing". www.librarything.com. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. ^ "N.K. Jemisin Named 2019 Indies First Spokesperson". the American Booksellers Association. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  6. ^ a b "The Herstory of Sense of Gender Award" (PDF). The Japanese Association for Gender Fantasy & Science Fiction. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

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