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 | James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel [1] |
| 7 | Michael Swanwick [1], Ian R. MacLeod |
| 6 | Ken Liu, Ted Chiang [1], Nancy Kress [1], Ian McDonald [1], Ursula K. Le Guin [1] |
| 5 | Bruce Sterling, Suzanne Palmer [1], Maureen F. McHugh, Greg Egan, Yoon Ha Lee |
| 4 | Kij Johnson [1], Gregory Feeley, Lucius Shepard [1], Daryl Gregory, 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 | Greg Egan, Maureen F. McHugh, 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 | Bruce Sterling, Yoon Ha Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin [1], Ian McDonald [1], Nancy Kress [1], Ted Chiang [1], Greg Egan, Maureen F. McHugh |
| 4 | Gregory Feeley, Daryl Gregory, Suzanne Palmer [1] |
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