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Science fiction convention in Wisconsin, US

WisCon Genre Feminist science fiction Dates Memorial Day weekend Frequency Annually Locations Madison, Wisconsin Country United States Inaugurated 1977 Participants c. 1,000 Organized by (SF)3 -- http://www.sf3.org Website www.wiscon.net

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**WisCon** or **Wiscon**, a [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin) [science fiction convention](/source/Science_fiction_convention), is the oldest, and often called the world's leading, [feminist science fiction](/source/Feminist_science_fiction) convention and conference. It was first held in [Madison](/source/Madison%2C_Wisconsin), Wisconsin, in February 1977,[1] after a group of fans attending the 1976 [34th World Science Fiction Convention](/source/34th_World_Science_Fiction_Convention) in [Kansas City](/source/Kansas_City%2C_Missouri) was inspired to organize a convention like [WorldCon](/source/WorldCon) but with feminism as the dominant theme.[2] The convention is held annually in May, during the four-day weekend of [Memorial Day](/source/Memorial_Day). Sponsored by the Society for the Furtherance and Study of Fantasy and Science Fiction, or *(SF)3*, WisCon gathers together fans, writers, editors, publishers, scholars, and artists to discuss science fiction and fantasy, with emphasis on issues of [feminism](/source/Feminism), [gender](/source/Gender_identity), [race](/source/Race_(human_categorization)), and [class](/source/Social_class).

It was announced in 2023 that there would not be a 2024 Wiscon. The convention committee announced they would "take a year to rest, plan, and make adjustments that we don’t usually have time for during the rush of putting on this life-giving feminist speculative fiction convention."[3]

## Guests of honor

Since its inception, WisCon has invited one or more guests of honor to attend the convention every year, guiding and participating in programming and giving a speech at a ceremony in their honor.[4] WisCon 30 (May 26–29, 2006) was an anniversary Wiscon, and 39 previous Guests of Honor attended.[5] For WisCon 40, the convention invited a third guest of honor, [Nalo Hopkinson](/source/Nalo_Hopkinson), who was previously a guest of honor at WisCon 26. A virtual event happened on Memorial Day weekend in 2020 at WisCon XLIV. Here are the Guests of honor below:[6]

WisCon # Year Guests of Honor 1 Feb. 11–13, 1977 Katherine MacLean, Amanda Bankier 2 Feb. 17–19, 1978 Vonda N. McIntyre, Susan Wood 3 Feb. 2–4, 1979 Suzy McKee Charnas, John Varley, Gina Clarke 4 March 7–9, 1980 Joan D. Vinge, Octavia Butler, David Hartwell, Beverly DeWeese 5 March 6–8, 1981 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Don & Elsie Wollheim, Buck & Juanita Coulson, Catherine McClenahan, Steven Vincent Johnson 6 March 5–7, 1982 Terry Carr, Suzette Haden Elgin 7 March 4–7, 1983 Marta Randall, Lee Killough 8 Feb. 24–26, 1984 Elizabeth A. Lynn, Jessica Amanda Salmonson 9 Feb. 22–24, 1985 Lisa Tuttle, Alicia Austin 10 Feb. 21–23, 1986 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Suzette Haden Elgin 11 Feb. 20–22, 1987 Connie Willis, Samuel R. Delany, Avedon Carol 12 Feb. 19–21, 1988 R. A. MacAvoy, George R. R. Martin, Stu Shiffman 13 Feb. 17–19, 1989 Gardner Dozois, Pat Cadigan 14 March 9–11, 1990 Iain M. Banks, Emma Bull 15 March 1–3, 1991 Pat Murphy, Pamela Sargent 16 March 6–7, 1992 Howard Waldrop, Trina Robbins 17 March 5–7, 1993 Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lois McMaster Bujold 18 March 4–6, 1994 Karen Joy Fowler, Melinda Snodgrass, James Frenkel 19 May 26–29, 1995 Barbara Hambly, Sharyn McCrumb, Nicola Griffith 20 May 24–27, 1996 Ursula K. Le Guin, Judith Merril 21 May 23–26, 1997 Melissa Scott, Susanna Sturgis 22 May 22–25, 1998 Sheri S. Tepper, Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner 23 May 28–31, 1999 Terri Windling, Mary Doria Russell 24 May 26–29, 2000 Charles de Lint, Jeanne Gomoll 25 May 25–28, 2001 Nancy Kress, Elisabeth Vonarburg 26 May 24–27, 2002 Nalo Hopkinson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman 27 May 23–26, 2003 Carol Emshwiller, China Miéville 28 May 28–31, 2004 Patricia McKillip, Eleanor Arnason 29 May 27–30, 2005 Gwyneth Jones, Robin McKinley 30 May 26–29, 2006 Kate Wilhelm, Jane Yolen 31 May 25–28, 2007 Kelly Link, Laurie Marks 32 May 23–26, 2008 L. Timmel Duchamp, Maureen McHugh 33 May 22–25, 2009 Ellen Klages, Geoff Ryman 34 May 28–31, 2010 Mary Anne Mohanraj, Nnedi Okorafor 35 May 26–30, 2011 Nisi Shawl 36 May 25–28, 2012 Andrea Hairston, Debbie Notkin 37 May 24–27, 2013 Joan Slonczewski, Jo Walton 38 May 23–26, 2014 Hiromi Goto, N. K. Jemisin 39 May 22–25, 2015 Alaya Dawn Johnson, Kim Stanley Robinson 40 May 27–30, 2016 Justine Larbalestier, Sofia Samatar, Nalo Hopkinson 41 May 26–29, 2017 Amal El-Mohtar, Kelly Sue DeConnick 42 May 25–28, 2018 Saladin Ahmed, Tananarive Due 43 May 24–27, 2019 G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders 44 May 22–25, 2020 Rebecca Roanhorse, Yoon Ha Lee Traditional in-person convention cancelled due to COVID-19; converted to all-online format[7] No# Online in 2021 Traditional in-person convention cancelled in 2021 due to COVID-19. No traditional guests named. 45 May 2022 online Zen Cho (not attending), Yoon Ha Lee (not attending), Rebecca Roanhorse, Sheree Renée Thomas 46 May 26–29, 2023 Rivers Solomon, Martha Wells[8]

## Offshoot organizations and awards

Beaders at Wiscon 2006. Lisa Freitag (far left), Kate Yule (next left), and Amy Thompson (far right).

[Emma Bull](/source/Emma_Bull) at Wiscon, 2006. Photo by [Patrick Nielsen Hayden](/source/Patrick_Nielsen_Hayden).

[Avedon Carol](/source/Avedon_Carol), [Beth Meacham](/source/Beth_Meacham), and [Lois McMaster Bujold](/source/Lois_McMaster_Bujold) at Wiscon 30, 2006

Multiple awards and organizations have been created through or developed from conversations at WisCon that focus on various issues within science fiction and fantasy. Many of these offshoots still maintain close ties to WisCon, hosting parties or panel discussions focused on their areas of interest.

The [James Tiptree, Jr. Award](/source/James_Tiptree%2C_Jr._Award) (now the [Otherwise Award](/source/Otherwise_Award)), an annual literary prize for science fiction or fantasy "that expands or explores our understanding of gender" was first discussed as part of Pat Murphy's Guest of Honor speech at WisCon 15 in 1991. The concept originated in a discussion at a prior WisCon, partly as "...a reaction to the fact that all of the science fiction awards were named after men. So they named the Tiptree for a man who was actually a woman".[9] James Tiptree, Jr., was the pen name of Alice B. Sheldon.[10] The Tiptree Ceremony has been held at other conventions, but is usually held at WisCon.[9]

The [Carl Brandon Society](/source/Carl_Brandon_Society) was founded in 1999 following discussions at Wiscon 23 about race, racism, and science and fantasy, inspired in part by [Delany](/source/Samuel_R._Delany)’s essay “Racism and Science Fiction” published in the *[New York Review of Science Fiction](/source/New_York_Review_of_Science_Fiction)* (August 1998).[11] The organization is dedicated to addressing the representation of [people of color](/source/Person_of_color) in science fiction, fantasy and horror. In 2005 they created the [Parallax Award](/source/Carl_Brandon_Society#The_CBS_Parallax_and_Kindred_Awards), given to works of [speculative fiction](/source/Speculative_fiction) created by a self-identified person of color, and the [Kindred Award](/source/Carl_Brandon_Society#The_CBS_Parallax_and_Kindred_Awards), which is given to any work of speculative fiction dealing with issues of race and ethnicity; nominees may be of any racial or ethnic group.[12]

[Broad Universe](/source/Broad_Universe), an organization with the primary goal of promoting science fiction, fantasy, and horror written by women, was first discussed at a panel discussion in 2000 at WisCon 24. It has since developed into a nonprofit with an online newsletter and other publications, a podcast, and a frequent presence at many conventions both to sell books written by members and to provide more information and help organize to support women writing, editing, and publishing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other speculative fiction.[13]

## Books about WisCon

In 2007, [Aqueduct Press](/source/Aqueduct_Press) began issuing a series of books titled "WisCon Chronicles", with *The WisCon Chronicles: Vol. 1* [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-933500-14-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-933500-14-0), edited by [L. Timmel Duchamp](/source/L._Timmel_Duchamp).[14] Volume 2 was *The WisCon Chronicles: Volume 2: Provocative essays on feminism, race, revolution, and the future* [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-933500-20-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-933500-20-1), edited by Duchamp and [Eileen Gunn](/source/Eileen_Gunn);[15] followed by *The WisCon Chronicles: Vol. 3: The Carnival of Feminist SF* [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-933500-30-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-933500-30-0), edited by [Liz Henry](/source/Liz_Henry);[16] *The WisCon Chronicles: Vol. 4: Voices of WisCon* [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-933500-40-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-933500-40-9) edited by [Sylvia Kelso](/source/Sylvia_Kelso);[17] and *The WisCon Chronicles: Volume 5: Writing and Racial Identity* [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-933500-73-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-933500-73-7), edited by [Nisi Shawl](/source/Nisi_Shawl) and released at WisCon 35 (May 27–30, 2011), where Shawl was Guest of Honor.[18] Volume 5, like Volume 4 before it, was supported by a grant from the Society for the Furtherance & Study of Fantasy & Science Fiction [(SF)3]. *The WisCon Chronicles 6: Futures of Feminism and Fandom* [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781619760080](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781619760080), edited by Alexis Lothian, was issued at WisCon 36 in 2012; and *The WisCon Chroncles 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives* [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781619760424](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781619760424), edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft, was issued at WisCon 37 in late May 2013.[19]

[Helen Merrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helen_Merrick&action=edit&redlink=1)'s 2009 *[The Secret Feminist Cabal](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Secret_Feminist_Cabal:_A_Cultural_History_of_Science_Fiction_Feminisms&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-933500-33-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-933500-33-1)), a 2010 [Hugo](/source/Hugo_Award) nominee, while a broader history of the topic, contains a number of mentions and descriptions of WisCon itself and of various WisCon-spawned projects such as the Tiptree Awards, Broad Universe, and the Carl Brandon Society, beginning with the author's [preface](/source/Preface) and continuing throughout the book.[20]

## See also

- [Feminist science fiction](/source/Feminist_science_fiction)

- [*Janus* (science fiction magazine)](/source/Janus_(science_fiction_magazine))

- *[The Witch and the Chameleon](/source/The_Witch_and_the_Chameleon)*

- [Women in speculative fiction](/source/Women_in_speculative_fiction)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-About_Wiscon_1-0)** ["About WisCon: History"](https://wiscon.net/about/history/). *WisCon*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Capital_Times_article_2006_2-0)** Wiedenhoeft, John (26 May 2006). ["Klingons Not Focus of Wiscon The Science Fiction Convention Celebrates Literature and Feminism"](https://host.madison.com/news/local/klingons-not-focus-of-wiscon-the-science-fiction-convention-celebrates/article_0d0c056a-ebe0-552d-b9cc-1bcd0d34fa32.html). *The Capital Times*. Madison, WI.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Wiscon website front page; accessed 5-23-24](http://wiscon.net)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Wiscon_Schedule_4-0)** ["Overall Wiscon Schedule"](http://wiscon.info/schedule.php). *Wiscon official website*. (SF)3. Retrieved 2 April 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Custis, Scott; Jeanne Gomoll. ["STELLAR ROSTER OF FORMER GUESTS OF HONOR WILL ATTEND WISCON 30"](http://wiscon.info/archive/wiscon30/W30BrochureCOMP.pdf) (PDF). *Looking Back at 30 Years of Science Fiction and Feminism*. (SF)3. Retrieved 2 April 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GOH_List_6-0)** ["Past Wiscons"](http://wiscon.info/history.php). *Wiscon official site*. (SF)3. Retrieved 2 April 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Wisconsin 44 Report" *Locus Online*; July 3, 2020; accessed 05-28-2022](https://locusmag.com/2020/07/wiscon-44-report/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** WisCon Chairs, Stephanie Sarac, Lindsey Taveren. ["Past WisCons"](http://wiscon.net/about/past-wiscons). Retrieved January 4, 2023.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Founding_Mothers_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Founding_Mothers_9-1) Gomoll, Jeanne (15 September 2008). ["Founding Mothers: The Jeanne Gomoll Interview"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131008062352/http://www.strangehorizons.com/2008/20080915/simmons-a.shtml). *Strange Horizons*. Archived from [the original](http://www.strangehorizons.com/2008/20080915/simmons-a.shtml) on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Itzkoff, Dave (August 20, 2008). ["Alice's Alias"](https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/books/review/20Itzkoff.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0). *New York Times: Sunday Book Review*. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [Lindow, Sara J. "Black to Okorafor: Entering an Intersection of Afrofuturism, Comics, and the Women’s Movement" *New York Review of Science Fiction* Issue 344 (Vol. 29, #8; December 2017). Retrieved 6 March 2020](https://www.nyrsf.com/2018/01/sandra-j-lindow-black-to-okorafor-entering-an-intersection-of-afrofuturism-comics-and-the-womens-mov.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CB_Awards_12-0)** ["Carl Brandon Society Awards"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130501091959/http://carlbrandon.org/awards.html). *Carl Brandon Society official website*. Archived from [the original](http://www.carlbrandon.org/awards.html/) on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-About_Broad_Universe_13-0)** ["About Broad Universe"](http://www.broaduniverse.org/about/about/). *Broad Universe official website*. Retrieved 2 April 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["*The WisCon Chronicles: Vol. 1* on Aqueduct Press website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110724124818/http://www.aqueductpress.com/books/WisConChronicles-Vol1.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.aqueductpress.com/books/WisConChronicles-Vol1.html) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-05-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Volume 2"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110724124843/http://www.aqueductpress.com/books/WisConChronicles-Vol2.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.aqueductpress.com/books/WisConChronicles-Vol2.html) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-05-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Volume 3"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110624065721/http://www.aqueductpress.com/books/WisConChronicles-Vol3.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.aqueductpress.com/books/WisConChronicles-Vol3.html) on 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2011-05-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Volume 4"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110724124936/http://www.aqueductpress.com/books/WisConChronicles-Vol4.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.aqueductpress.com/books/WisConChronicles-Vol4.html) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-05-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Volume 5"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110724124946/http://www.aqueductpress.com/books/WisConChronicles-Vol5.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.aqueductpress.com/books/WisConChronicles-Vol5.html) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-05-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** [Wagner, Kathryn and Alexis Lothian. "Access and Fandom: Disability Studies From a Feminist Science Fiction Perspective"](http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/4284/3601), *[Disability Studies Quarterly](/source/Disability_Studies_Quarterly)* Vol. 34, No. 2 (2014)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** Merrick, Helen. *The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of Science Fiction Feminisms* Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2009; pp. v–vi, *et seq.*

## Sources

- Bankier, Amanda, "Guest of Honor Speech at Wiscon 1" [\[1\]](http://www.wiscon.info/downloads/bankier.pdf)

- Gomoll, Jeanne, "Guest of Honor Speech at Wiscon 24" [\[2\]](http://www.wiscon.info/downloads/gomoll.pdf)

- Gomoll, Jeanne, "An Open Letter to Joanna Russ", in *Six Shooter* (Jeanne Gomoll, Linda Pickersgill, and Pam Wells, eds.) - reprinted in *Fanthology '87* [\[3\]](https://web.archive.org/web/19990223194504/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8720/letter.htm)

- Hanson, Amy Axt, "How Is Wiscon Different from Other Cons?", *The Broadsheet* May 2002 [\[4\]](http://www.broaduniverse.org/broadsheet/archive/0205aah.html)

- Marks, Laurie J., "Why, and How a Wallflower Throws a Party at Wiscon", *The Broadsheet* May 2002 [\[5\]](http://www.broaduniverse.org/broadsheet/archive/0205ljm.html)

- McClenahan, Catherine. "Wiscon, Then and Now." *Wiscon 20 Souvenir Book*, Madison: SF3, 1996; pp. 46–48.

- Morgan, Cheryl, "Down Among the Rad Fems, 1998", *The Broadsheet* May 2002 [\[6\]](http://www.broaduniverse.org/broadsheet/archive/0205cm.html)

- Merrick, Helen. "From *Female Man* to Feminist Fan: Uncovering 'Herstory' in the Annals of SF Fandom," in *Women of Other Worlds: Excursions through Science Fiction and Feminism*, edited by Helen Merrick and Tess Williams; Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, 1999; pp. 115–139.

- Wiedenhoeft, John. "Klingons Not Focus of Wiscon The Science Fiction Convention Celebrates Literature and Feminism", *The Capital Times* May 26, 2006 [\[7\]](https://host.madison.com/news/local/klingons-not-focus-of-wiscon-the-science-fiction-convention-celebrates/article_0d0c056a-ebe0-552d-b9cc-1bcd0d34fa32.html)

## External links

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v t e Feminist science fiction Writers by time period 14th–15th century Christine de Pizan (1364–1430) 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 (1942–2025) 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) 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) 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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