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