Sense of Gender Awards

Annual fiction book awards

Sense of Gender Awards

Awarded for| Japanese science fiction
Country| Japan
Presented by| Japanese Association for Gender, Fantasy & Science Fiction
First award| 2001
Website| Official website

The Sense of Gender Awards are annual awards given by the Japanese Association for Gender, Fantasy & Science Fiction since 2001. It is awarded for the science fiction or fantasy fiction work 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 Reona Kashiwazaki, and Noriko Maki, the chair of the Japanese science fiction fandom confederation.[3]

They are sometimes called the "Japanese version of the Tiptree Awards". Past winners include Fumi Yoshinaga;[4] N. K. Jemisin;[5] and Eileen Gunn.[4]

## List of winners

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### Grand Prize of the Sense of Gender Award[6][1]

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Year | English title | Author

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2001  | The Scarlet Wizard | Sunako Kayata
2002  | The Book of Cosmos | Megumi Kobayashi
2003  | The Institution in Crystal | Yoriko Shono
2004  | Amazonia | Chise Kasuya
2005  | Through the Marshy Woods | Kaho Nashiki
2006  | The Ragged-Skin Girl: Angel in the Deserted Garden 2 | Hirotaka Tobi
2007  | Canine-Sexuality | Rieko Matsuura
2008  | Body Temperatures of Hermaphrodites | Terumi Ojima
2009  | Frankenstein Biscuit | Akira
2010  | The Palace of Flower Dragons | Sayuri Ueda
2011  | Schräge Music | Yumiko Kawahara
2012  | Eternal Wilderness (trilogy) | Shimobu Suga
2013  | For Whom la Belle Toils | Hiroe Suga
2014  | Yurei Tower | Taro Nogizaka
2015  | Omegaverse phenomenon |
2016  | In This Corner of the World | Fumiyo Kōno
2017  | I Want You | Natsuki Furuyata
2018  | Collection System | Tanaka Tako
2019  | Howling at the Moon | Yukiko Seike
2020  | The Promised Neverland | Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu
2021  | Uncle VR's First Love | Tomoko Bōryoku
2022  | Raven of the Inner Palace | Kōko Shirakawa and Ayuko

### Best Sense of Gender Award in Translation[6]

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Year | English title | Author

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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

### Special Awards[7]

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Year | English title | Author

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2005  | Ōoku: The Inner Chambers | Fumi Yoshinaga
2011  | Puella Magi Madoka Magica | Gen Urobuchi and Akiyuki Shinbo
2011  | In the Ending World | Chise Kasuya
2021  | Ōoku: The Inner Chambers | Fumi Yoshinaga

## See also

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* James Tiptree Jr. Award
* Nihon SF Taisho Award
* Seiun Award

## References

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1. ^ a b "Sense of Gender Award (English page)". The Japanese Association for Gender Fantasy & Science Fiction. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
2. ^ "Japanese Association of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy – FSFwiki". Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
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 November 2023.
5. ^ "N.K. Jemisin Named 2019 Indies First Spokesperson". the American Booksellers Association. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
6. ^ a b "The Herstory of Sense of Gender Award" (PDF). The Japanese Association for Gender Fantasy & Science Fiction. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
7. ^ "2011年度 第11回Sense of Gender賞 The 11th Sense of Gender Award in 2011｜ジェンダーSF研究会". The Japanese Association for Gender Fantasy & Science Fiction. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

## External links

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* Official website (in Japanese)
* Official website in English

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Feminist science fiction

Writers by time period|

| 14th–15th century|

* Christine de Pizan (1364–1430)

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17th century|

* Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673)

18th century|

* Marie-Anne Robert (1705–1771)
* Mary Griffith (1772–1846)

19th century|

* Mary Shelley (1797–1851)
* Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807–1858)
* Annie Denton Cridge (1825–1875)
* Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920)
* Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914)
* Mary E. Bradley Lane (1844–1930)
* Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett (1846–1930)
* Auguste Groner (1850–1929)
* Renée Marie Gouraud d'Ablancourt (1853–1941)
* Irene Clyde (1869–1954)
* Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)
* Inez Haynes Irwin (1873–1970)
* Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain (1880–1932)
* Rosa Rosà (1884—1978)
* Miriam Allen DeFord (1888–1975)
* Aurora Bertrana (1892—1974)
* Anna Banti (1895—1985)
* L. Taylor Hansen (1897–1976)

20th century|

* Karin Boye (1900—1941)
* Stella Gibbons (1902–1989)
* Leslie F. Stone (1905–1991)
* C. L. Moore (1911–1987)
* James Tiptree Jr. (1915—1987)
* Alice Eleanor Jones (1916–1981)
* Shirley Jackson (1916–1965)
* Elisabeth Mann-Borgese (1918—2002)
* Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007)
* Doris Lessing (1919–2013)
* Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970)
* Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920–2005)
* Carol Emshwiller (1921–2019)
* Virginia Kidd (1921—2003)
* Judith Merril (1923–1997)
* Kate Wilhelm (1928—2018)
* Sonya Dorman (1924–2005)
* Angélica Gorodischer (1928–2022)
* Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018)
* Sheri S. Tepper (1929—2016)
* Sally Miller Gearhart (1931—2021)
* Fay Weldon (1931—2023)
* Nancy Bogen b. 1932
* Sophie Behr (b. 1935)
* Marge Piercy (b. 1936)
* Joanna Russ (1937–2011)
* Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)
* Suzy McKee Charnas (1939–2023)
* Jutta Heinrich (1940–2021)
* Gerd Brantenberg (b. 1941)
* Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (b. 1942)
* Eleanor Arnason (b. 1942)
* Samuel R. Delany (b. 1942)
* Donna Haraway (b. 1944)
* Rachel Pollack (1945–2023)
* Elizabeth A. Lynn (b. 1946)
* Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006)
* Joëlle Wintrebert (b. 1949)
* Lois McMaster Bujold (b. 1949 )
* Dubravka Ugrešić (b. 1949)
* Roz Kaveney (b. 1949)
* Karen Joy Fowler (b. 1950)
* L. Timmel Duchamp (b. 1950)
* Charlotte Kerner (b. 1950)
* Leigh Kennedy (b. 1951)
* Stéphanie Nicot (b. 1952)
* Marleen S. Barr (b. 1953)
* Pat Murphy (b. 1955)
* Ellen Kushner (b. 1955)
* Montse Watkins (1955–2000)
* Joan Slonczewski (b. 1956)
* Mary Gentle (b. 1956)

21st century|

* Laura J. Mixon (b. 1957)
* Luce Basseterre [fr] (b. 1957)
* Rieko Matsuura (b. 1958)
* Ninni Holmqvist (b. 1958)
* Mari Kotani (b. 1958)
* Ïan Larue (b. 1958)
* Nicoletta Vallorani (b. 1958)
* Maureen F. McHugh (b. 1959)
* Lucie Chenu (b. 1960)
* Neil Gaiman (b. 1960)
* Melissa Scott (b. 1960)
* Nalo Hopkinson (b. 1960)
* Nicola Griffith (b. 1960)
* Gabriela Bustelo (b. 1962)
* Lola Robles (b. 1963)
* Hiroe Suga (b. 1963)
* Jo Walton (b. 1964)
* Heidrun Jänchen (b. 1964)
* Tananarive Due (b. 1966)
* Catherine Dufour (b. 1966)
* Ann Leckie (b. 1966)
* Virginia Bergin (b. 1966)
* Justine Larbalestier (b. 1967)
* Kelly Robson (b. 1967)
* Yumiko Shirai (b. 1967)
* Sara Doke (b. 1968)
* Annalee Newitz (b. 1969)
* Charlie Jane Anders (b. 1969)
* Lisa Yaszek (b. 1969)
* Barbara Kirchner [fr] (b. 1970)
* Kelly Sue DeConnick (b. 1970)
* Li-Cam (b. 1970)
* Fumi Yoshinaga (b. 1971)
* N. K. Jemisin (b. 1972)
* Sheree R. Thomas (b. 1972)
* Naomi Novik (b. 1973)
* Kiini Ibura Salaam (b. 1973)
* Sabrina Calvo (b. 1974)
* Juli Zeh (b. 1974)
* Nnedi Okorafor (b. 1974)
* Catherynne M. Valente (b. 1979)
* Kameron Hurley (b. 1980)
* Judith C. Vogt (b. 1981)
* Nghi Vo (b. 1981)
* Tang Fei (b. 1983)
* Amal El-Mohtar (b. 1984)
* Hao Jingfang (b. 1984)
* Theresa Hannig (b. 1984)
* Becky Chambers (b. 1985)
* Tamsyn Muir (b. 1985)
* Aline Valek (b. 1986)
* Akwaeke Emezi (b. 1987)
* Nadia Chonville (b. 1989)
* Floriane Soulas (b. 1989)
* Xiran Jay Zhao (b. 1997)
* Benjanun Sriduangkaew (b. ?)
* Vandana Singh (b. ?)

Notable works by date|

| 15th century|

* The Book of the City of Ladies (1405)

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17th century|

* The Blazing World (1666)

18th century|

* The Voyages of Lord Seaton to the Seven Planets (1765)

19th century|

* Frankenstein (1818)
* Man's Rights; Or, How Would You Like It? (1870)
* Mizora (1880)
* New Amazonia: A Foretaste of the Future (1889)
* Iola Leroy (1892)
* Unveiling a Parallel (1893)
* Arqtiq (1899)

20th century|

* NEQUA or The Problem of the Ages (1900)
* Sultana's Dream (1905)
* Beatrice the Sixteenth (1909)
* Moving the Mountain (1911)
* Angel Island (1914)
* Herland (1915)
* "Shambleau" (1933)
* "That Only a Mother" (1948)
* A Wrinkle in Time (1962)
* Memoirs of a Spacewoman (1962)
* "When I Was Miss Dow" (1966)
* "Aye, and Gomorrah" (1967)
* The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
* And Chaos Died (1970)
* The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You (1971)
* The Word for World is Forest (1972)
* "When It Changed" (1972)
* Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home (1973)
* "The Women Men Don't See" (1973)
* The Dispossessed (1974)
* "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" (1974)
* The Holdfast Chronicles (1974–1999)
* The Female Man (1975)
* Woman on the Edge of Time (1976)
* Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (1976)
* The Female Man (1977)
* Egalia's Daughters (1977)
* Up the Walls of the World (1978)
* The Eye of the Heron (1978)
* Star Songs of an Old Primate (1978)
* Kindred (1979)
* The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five (1980)
* The Vampire Tapestry (1980)
* "Souls" (1982)
* Native Tongue (1984)
* The Handmaid's Tale (1985)
* Brightness Falls from the Air (1985)
* A Door into Ocean (1986)
* Golden Days (1987)
* Lilith's Brood (1987)
* "Rachel in Love" (1987)
* The Gate to Women's Country (1988)
* Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (1990)
* Beauty (1991)
* He, She and It (1991)
* Chroniques du pays des mères (1992)
* "The Matter of Seggri" (1993)
* Parable of the Sower (1993)
* The Fifth Sacred Thing (1993)
* Brown Girl in the Ring (1998)

21st century|

* The Fresco (2000)
* Tales from Earthsea (2001)
* Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2004–2020)
* Bu Bu Jing Xin (2005)
* Fledgling (2005)
* Le Goût de l'immortalité (2005)
* Choir Boy (2005)
* Wombs (2009–2016)
* The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010)
* Who Fears Death (2010)
* Lavinia (2008)
* The Alchemy of Stone (2008)
* The Method (2009)
* "Six Months, Three Days" (2011)
* Ancillary Justice (2013)
* The Automation (2014)
* The Fifth Season (2015)
* Binti (2015)
* The Obelisk Gate (2016)
* All the Birds in the Sky (2018)
* This Is How You Lose the Time War (2019)
* The Empress of Salt and Fortune (2020)
* When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (2020)
* The Future of Another Timeline (2021)
* Victories Greater Than Death (2021)
* Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak (2022)
* The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer (2022)
* The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (2022)
* Promises Stronger Than Darkness (2023)

Genres and concepts|

* Cyborg
* Feminist science fiction
* Gender in speculative fiction
* Single-gender world
* Women in speculative fiction
* Láadan (1982)

Essays,
anthologies,
critiques|

* Women of Wonder (1975)
* Aurora: Beyond Equality (1976)
* The Language of the Night (1979)
* More Women of Wonder (1979)
* How to Suppress Women's Writing (1983)
* "A Cyborg Manifesto" (1984)
* To Write Like a Woman (1995)
* "We Have Always Fought" (2013)
* The Geek Feminist Revolution (2016)
* Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (2000)

Characters|

* L'Oiselle (1909)
* Jirel of Joiry (1934)

Publishers|

* Aqueduct Press
* Launch Point Press
* Onlywomen Press
* Regal Crest Enterprises
* Zubaan Books

Media|

* Forerunner
* The Witch and the Chameleon
* Janus
* Bitch Planet

Prizes|

* Sense of Gender Awards
* Otherwise Award
* Lambda Literary Award

Events and conventions|

* Wiscon
* Sad Puppies (2013–2017)

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