Levi Sable
SF3 Communications Committee
WisCon will once again be hosting the Tiptree Award and Tiptree Auction. This year marks the 26th annual Tiptree Award! We are delighted to welcome back our Tiptree friends and to host the Award ceremonies and (one of) their annual Auction(s).
The Award
This year’s Tiptree Award goes to Anna-Marie McLemore for her novel When the Moon was Ours. Anna-Marie will be at WisCon, receiving her Tiptree crown at Opening Ceremonies on Friday night. Keep an eye out to congratulate the fantastic individual in the Tiptree crown!
Want to learn more about what goes into choosing a Tiptree winner? On Saturday, 10-11:15am, stop by Room 605 for “Judging the Tiptree.” Current Tiptree jury members will discuss the process of judging and selecting the Tiptree Award winners.
The Auction
We’ll be previewing the Tiptree Auction items at the Gathering on Friday afternoon. Items this year include specially labeled bottles of Coke; a Wonder Woman doll; a signed, first edition copy of Octavia Butler’s book Dawn; an enamel pin which says “Write Hard, Die Free;” a first edition, boxed set of the 4-volume history Chicago by Mary Hastings Bradley (Alice Sheldon/James Tiptree Jr.’s mother); a Space Babe Blaster; and much, much more.
Sumana Harihareswara will be Tiptree’s trusty auctioneer again this year — we are so happy to have her back. The Tiptree Auction happens on Saturday night at 7pm until late. We recommend arriving early and to grab a spot for a fun-filled evening!
The Tiptree folks are still collection donations of books, original art, jewelry, Space Babe memorabilia, and other odd items that fit in with the Tiptree spirit. If you’d like to donate a book, please let them know by filling out their auction Google form ASAP. The sooner they know what things are coming their way, the better the auction will be.
Tiptree = Resistance
And something brand new! This year the Tiptree Motherboard worked with our Workshops coordinators to develop “Reading Tiptree Winners as Models for Resistance”:
Resistance is so vital to our survival right now. Join this session to participate in a discussion of how stories—specifically, Tiptree-winning stories—can serve as a lens for how to enact resistance. Let’s keep each other alive.
Sound interesting but you missed the Workshops’ sign-up period? The facilitator has confirmed that they’ll take walk-ups as long as space permits! And you can follow along with the discussion via the #TiptreeAsResistance hashtag.
Tiptree t-shirts
Another way to help support the Tiptree Award is by purchasing a t-shirt. Tiptree has a new design annually, so they’re worth collecting! You can pick one up from the Tiptree table in our Art Show.