This year’s James Tiptree Jr Award – the annual literary prize for science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores our understanding of gender – was announced this week.

Alongside the winner, the award committee also announced the 2007 Honor List and Orbit authors Charles Stross and Karen Miller were both named, for (respectively) Glasshouse and Empress / The Riven Kingdom (which we’re publishing in October) .

Many congrats to Charles and Karen! Visit sfawardswatch.com for the full details of this year’s award.