Aqueduct Press is a publisher based in
Seattle
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, Washington, United States, that publishes material featuring a
feminist viewpoint.
History
Aqueduct Press was founded in 2004 by
L. Timmel Duchamp.
The company has focused on publishing
speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella term, umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from Realism (arts), realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or ...
that contains a feminist element.
Since 2004 they have been publishing the ''Conversation Pieces'' which is written by many authors and contains chapbooks with poems, fiction and essays.
Aqueduct Press has published multiple award-winning and short-list nominee titles. Their first winning title was ''Life'' by
Gwyneth Jones, which was published in 2004. It won the 2005
Philip K. Dick Award and was a short-list nominee for the 2005
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award and placed 27th on the 2005
Locus Awards
The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine ''Locus (magazine), Locus'', a monthly magazine based in Oakland, California. The awards are presented at an annual banquet.
O ...
for best science fiction novel.
Also in 2004, L. Timmel Duchamp's ''Love's Body, Dancing in Time'' was a short-list nominee for the 2005 James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award and placed 21st in the 2005 Locus Awards for best collection, and
Nicola Griffith's ''With Her Body'' was a finalist at the 2005
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards for best other work and at the 2005
Lambda Literary Award
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for best science fiction/fantasy/horror.
In 2006,
Andrea Hairston's ''Mindscape'' was a finalist for the 2007 Philip K. Dick Award and was named as an honour book at the 2007 James Tiptree Jr Memorial Awards.
's ''Dangerous Space'' placed 17th in the 2008 Locus Awards and in 2009, ''Filter House'' by
Nisi Shawl won the James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award and was a short-list nominee for the 2009
World Fantasy Awards best collection.
References
External links
Official site
American speculative fiction publishers
Book publishing companies based in Washington (state)
Companies based in Seattle
Feminist book publishing companies
Feminist literature
Publishing companies established in 2004
Science fiction publishers
Small press publishing companies
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