| Founded | 2004 (age 22) |
|---|---|
| Founder | L. Timmel Duchamp |
| Distribution | Pathway Book Service[1] |
| Genre | Speculative fiction, feminist fiction |
| Country | USA |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
Aqueduct Press is a publisher based in Seattle, Washington, United States, that publishes material featuring a feminist viewpoint.
History
Aqueduct Press was founded in 2004 by L. Timmel Duchamp.[2] The company has focused on publishing speculative fiction that contains a feminist element.[2] Since 2004 they have been publishing the Conversation Pieces which is written by many authors and contains chapbooks with poems, fiction and essays.[3]
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 for best science fiction novel.[4][5][6] 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 for best science fiction/fantasy/horror.[5][6][7][8] 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.[9][10] Kelley Eskridge'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.[11][12][13]
References
- ^ "Distributors". Retrieved 2018-12-30.
- ^ "Aqueduct Press". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ "Aqueduct Press". FSFwiki. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2005 Philip K. Dick Award". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2005 James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2005 Locus Awards". Locus Online. Archived 15 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2005 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2005 Lambda Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Philip K. Dick Award". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2008 Locus Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 World Fantasy Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-03-14.