Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Tallies
science fiction awards database
Multiple Winners
No one has won the Sturgeon Award twice.
No one has won the Sturgeon Award twice.
Losers Club
James Patrick Kelly has been shortlisted for the award 7 times, without ever having won.
James Patrick Kelly has been shortlisted for the award 7 times, without ever having won.
Total Sturgeon Nominations
[Number of wins in brackets]
[Number of wins in brackets]
| 9 | Robert Reed |
| 8 | John Kessel [1], James Patrick Kelly |
| 7 | Michael Swanwick [1], Ian R. MacLeod |
| 6 | Ted Chiang [1], Ursula K. Le Guin [1], Ian McDonald [1], Ken Liu, Nancy Kress [1] |
| 5 | Suzanne Palmer [1], Yoon Ha Lee, Bruce Sterling, Maureen F. McHugh, Greg Egan |
| 4 | Daryl Gregory, Gregory Feeley, Lucius Shepard [1], Kij Johnson [1], Paolo Bacigalupi [1] |
Sturgeon Never-Winners
Number of nominations without ever having won
Number of nominations without ever having won
| 9 | Robert Reed |
| 8 | James Patrick Kelly |
| 7 | Ian R. MacLeod |
| 6 | Ken Liu |
| 5 | Maureen F. McHugh, Greg Egan, Bruce Sterling, Yoon Ha Lee |
| 4 | Gregory Feeley, Daryl Gregory |
Total Sturgeon Losses
Number of times nominated but lost [Number of wins in bracket]
Number of times nominated but lost [Number of wins in bracket]
| 9 | Robert Reed |
| 8 | James Patrick Kelly |
| 7 | Ian R. MacLeod, John Kessel [1] |
| 6 | Michael Swanwick [1], Ken Liu |
| 5 | Ian McDonald [1], Yoon Ha Lee, Bruce Sterling, Greg Egan, Maureen F. McHugh, Ted Chiang [1], Nancy Kress [1], Ursula K. Le Guin [1] |
| 4 | Gregory Feeley, Suzanne Palmer [1], Daryl Gregory |
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