[Sfts-students] Fwd: spread the word about Otherwise Award Fellowships!

[Sherryl Vint]

Sherryl Vint (she/her)
Professor
Director, Speculative Fiction and Cultures of Science
Editor, *Science Fiction Studies*
Editor, *Science and Popular Culture* book series
<https://www.palgrave.com/in/series/15760>


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From: Pat Murphy <zapmurphy at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 at 17:35
Subject: spread the word about Otherwise Award Fellowships!
To: Sherryl Vint <sherryl.vint at ucr.edu>


Hello, Sherryl,


Hope all is well with you in this dystopian future we are living in. I'm
hoping you can help me spread the word about an opportunity that might
interest some of your students.

Once again, the Otherwise Award (formerly the James Tiptree Award) is
offering Fellowships -- $500 grants for emerging creators who are changing
how we think about gender through speculative narrative.


In keeping with the focus of the Award, the selection committee is seeking
projects that explore and expand understandings of gender, particularly in
relationship to race, nationality, class, disability, sexuality, age, and
other factors that set individuals or groups apart as “other.”


Could you share info about the Fellowships with your students? Complete
info about the Fellowships is in the press release below and also on our
website at https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/how-to-apply


Many thanks,

Pat Murphy

PRESS RELEASE:  Applications for Otherwise Fellowships due October 31


For the sixth year, the Otherwise Award <https://otherwiseaward.org/>
(formerly known as the Tiptree Award)  is welcoming applications for
Otherwise Fellowships: $500 grants for emerging creators who are changing
the way we think about gender through speculative narrative.


If you think that description could apply to you — even if you are not
working in a format most people would recognize as part of the science
fiction or fantasy genre — you are eligible to apply for a Fellowship.
Otherwise Fellows can be writers, artists, scholars, media makers, remix
artists, performers, musicians, or something else entirely. So far our
Fellows have been creators of visual art, performance, poetry, fiction, and
games.


The Otherwise Fellowship is designed to provide support and recognition for
the new voices who are making visible the forces that are changing our view
of gender today. The Fellowship Committee particularly encourages
applications from members of communities that have been historically
underrepresented in the science fiction and fantasy genre and from creators
who are creating speculative narratives in media other than traditional
fiction. In keeping with the focus of the Otherwise Award, the selection
committee is seeking projects that explore and expand understandings of
gender, particularly in relationship to race, nationality, class,
disability, sexuality, age, and other factors that set individuals or
groups apart as “other.” Fellowship applicants do not need a professional
or institutional affiliation, as the intention of the Fellowship program is
to support emerging creators who lack institutional support for their work.


Applications are due on October 31. To apply, you will need to write short
responses to two questions and to share a sample of your work – you can
learn more about the application process at this link.
<https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/how-to-apply>


To read about the work of our previous Fellows, click on their names below:

   -


   Martha Riva Palacio Obón
   <https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/previous-fellows/2019-otherwise-fellowships/seguir-grillos-por-la-casa-follow-crickets-around-the-house-mission-report-martha-riva-palacio-obon>
   (2019)
   -

   Devonix
   <https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/previous-fellows/2019-otherwise-fellowships/devonix-fellowship-report>
   (2019)
   -

   Ana Hurtado
   <https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/2018-otherwise-fellowships/ana-hurtado-fellowship-report>
   (2018)
   -

   Vida Cruz
   <https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/2018-otherwise-fellowships/vida-cruz-fellowship-report>
   (2018)
   -

   H. Pueyo
   <https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/2017-otherwise-fellowships/h-pueyo-fellowship-report>
   (2017)
   -

   Shelley Parker-Chan
   <https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/2017-otherwise-fellowships/shelley-parker-chan-fellowship-report>
   (2017)
   -

   Mia Sereno
   <https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/2016-otherwise-fellowships/mia-sereno-fellowship-report-our-filipina-monstrosity-as-kalayaan>
   (2016)
   -

   Porpentine Charity Heartscape
   <https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/2016-otherwise-fellowships/porpentine-charity-heartscape-fellowship-report>
   (2016)
   -

   Walidah Imarisha
   <https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/2015-otherwise-fellowships/walidah-imarisha-report>
   (2015)
   -

   Elizabeth LaPensée
   <https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/2015-otherwise-fellowships/elizabeth-la-pensee-fellowship-report>
   (2015)
   -

   micha cárdenas
   <https://otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fellowships/inaugural-otherwise-fellowship>
   (inaugural)
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