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Highest Ranked Short Fiction Authors of the 2020s

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Note: Some recent awards are yet to be integrated into the database. Only title-based awards are used for ranking purposes.
Scoring: Wins are worth 50 points, nominations and second places are worth 35 points. For polls, third and lower places are worth (33-poll position) points.
Place Score Author
1 477
P. Djèlí Clark?P. Djeli Clark
2 477 John Wiswell
3 423 Aiki Mira
4 415 Aliette de Bodard
5 406 Sarah Pinsker
6 372 Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald
7 351 Catherynne M. Valente
8 326 Alix E. Harrow
9 314 Becky Chambers
10 274 Tochi Onyebuchi
11 261 Premee Mohamed
12 240 Nikky Lee
13 234 Nino Cipri
14 227 Caroline M. Yoachim
15 225 T. R. Napper
16 221 Meg Elison
17 218 Rebecca Campbell
18 216 Nghi Vo
19 203 Ray Nayler
20 200 Samantha Mills
21 187 Naomi Kritzer
22 186 Kathleen Jennings
23 185 John Chu
24 184 Eric Choi
25 175 Stephen Graham Jones
26 175 Anna Taborska
27 175 Aaron Dries
28 174 Wole Talabi
29 172 Eugenia Triantafyllou
30 170 C. L. Polk
31 170 J. Ashley Smith
32 163 Marie Vibbert
33 159 Tobi Ogundiran
34 155 Cassandra Khaw
35 155 Elaine Cuyegkeng
36 145 Adam-Troy Castro
37 145 Octavia Cade
38 144 Rose Lemberg
39 143 Suzan Palumbo
40 142 Ai Jiang
41 140 Grace Chan
42 140 Yvonne Tunnat
43 139 Usman T. Malik
44 136 Seanan McGuire
45 136 Ursula Vernon
46 133 Nnedi Okorafor
47 132 Tlotlo Tsamaase
48 127 Suzanne Palmer
49 123 Lee Murray
50 120 Priya Sharma
51 120
Андрей Столяров?Andrey Stolyarov
52 117 Rick Wilber
53 114 Sean McMullen
54 111 Eugen Bacon
55 109
Derek Künsken?Derek Kunsken
Derek Kuensken
56 106 A. T. Greenblatt
57 106 Adrian Tchaikovsky
58 105 Angela Slatter
59 105 Garth Nix
60 105 Lauren Ring
61 105 Tansy Rayner Roberts
62 105 Kyla Ward
63 105 Geneve Flynn
64 105 Aiki Flinthart
65 105 Jess Landry
66 105 Pamela Jeffs
67 105 Elizabeth Whitton
68 105 Tania Fordwalker
69 105 Cindy O'Quinn
70 104 Tananarive Due
71 103 Elizabeth Bear
72 102 Peng Shepherd
73 101 Zin E. Rocklyn
74 100 Lisa Fuller
75 100 Michael Marrak
76 100 Kaaron Warren
77 100 Ida Keogh
78 100
Thorsten Küper?Thorsten Kueper
79 99 Shingai Njeri Kagunda
80 98 Zen Cho
81 98 Sam J. Miller
82 94 José Pablo Iriarte
83 93 Silvia Moreno-Garcia
84 90 Rae Carson
85 89 A. C. Wise
86 88 Isabel J. Kim
87 87 Hailey Piper
88 87 E. Catherine Tobler
89 86 V. Castro
90 86 R. A. Busby
91 86 Gwendolyn Kiste
92 85 Vina Jie-Min Prasad
93 85 Carsten Schmitt
94 85 Fonda Lee
95 85 Zana Fraillon
96 85 Matthew Kresal
97 85 Uwe Hermann
98 84 R. S. A. Garcia
99 84 Fran Wilde
100 81 Martha Wells
101 81 K. T. Bryski
102 79 Tom Jolly
103 78 Rich Larson
104 75 Isabel Yap
105 75 C. L. Clark
106 74 Nalo Hopkinson
107 73 Kelly Robson
108 72 Aimee Ogden
109 72 Sean Monaghan
110 72 Dilman Dila
111 72 Nicasio Andres Reed
112 72 E. A. Petricone
113 71 Ian Muneshwar
114 71 H. Pueyo
115 71 Gordon B. White
116 71 Somto Ihezue
117 71 Laurel Hightower
118 71 Matthew R. Davis
119 71 Rachael K. Jones
120 70 Thoraiya Dyer
121 70 Matt Tighe
122 70 Suzanne J. Willis
123 70 Maria Lewis
124 70 Shona Kinsella
125 70 Kirstyn McDermott
126 70 Melanie Harding-Shaw
127 70 Faith Mudge
128 70 Juliet Marillier
129 70 Renan Bernardo
130 70 Robert Hood
131 70 Chana Porter
132 70 Martin Livings
133 70 Helena O'Connor
134 70 Neil Williamson
135 70 Dennis Mombauer
136 70 Alma Katsu
137 70 Leah Cypess
138 70 Hayden Trenholm
139 70 Thomas Ha
140 70 Alan Baxter
141 70 J. A. W. McCarthy
142 70 Rebecca Fraser
143 69 Greg Egan
144 65 Janika Rehak
145 65 S. L. Huang
146 64 Harry Turtledove
147 64 Jay Werkheiser
148 64 C. M. Dyrnberg
149 63 A. M. Dellamonica
150 63 Christoph Grimm
151 63 Isabel Fall
152 61 Michael K. Iwoleit
153 61 Ken Liu
154 61 'Pemi Aguda
155 60 Kristine Kathryn Rusch
156 60 Eleanor Arnason
157 60 Lisa J. Krieg
158 60
Sheree Renée Thomas?Sheree Renee Thomas
159 59 Yoon Ha Lee
160 58 Will McIntosh
161 58 Sarah Gailey
162 56 Innocent Chizaram Ilo
163 54 A. J. Fitzwater
164 52
海漄?Hai Ya
165 51 Connie Willis
166 51 Claude Ecken
167 51
柴田勝家?しばたかついえ
Shibata Katsuie
168 50 Chadwick Ginther
169 50 Kevin J. Anderson
170 50 David Gerrold
171 50 Amy Laurens
172 50 Naomi Eselojor
173 50
Геннадий Прашкевич?Gennady Prashkevich
174 50 Casey Lucas
175 50 Josh Malerman
176 50 Neil Gaiman
177 50 Lorraine Wilson
178 50 Deborah L. Davitt
179 50 Paul Levinson
180 50 Chris Mason
181 50
池澤春菜?いけざわはるな
Ikezawa Haruna
182 50 Fiona Bell
183 50 Ricardo Celestino
184 50
Fábio Fernandes?Fabio Fernandes
185 50 Peter G. Reynolds
186 50 James Van Pelt
187 50 Rhiannon Grist
188 50 Phoebe Barton
189 50 Alan Smale
190 50 Elizabeth Hand
191 50 David Maskill
192 50 Louise Pieper
193 50 Remi Skytterstad
194 50 Steven Piziks
195 50 Marcelo Bighetti
196 50 Jessica Nelson-Tyers
197 50 Serge Lehman
198 50 Steven L. Shrewsbury
199 50 Mona Kabbani
200 50 Catherine Wells
201 50 Celeste Rita Baker
202 50 Jeff Strand
203 50 Cassie Daley
204 50 Samantha Murray
205 50 Oyedotun Damilola Muees
206 50 Timons Esaias
207 50 Harlan James
208 50 James Bennett
209 50 Alison Goodman
210 50 Alf Simpson
211 50
小川哲?おがわさとし
Ogawa Satoshi
212 50 Colleen Doran
213 50 E. J. Delaney
214 50
Angela Steinmüller?Angela Steinmueller
215 50
Karlheinz Steinmüller?Karlheinz Steinmueller
216 49 Lavie Tidhar
217 47 Kelly Barnhill
218 46 Maureen F. McHugh
219 40 A. C. Buchanan
220 39 Kel Coleman
221 39 Alan DeNiro
222 38 Anna Kirtlan
223 37 Malka Older
224 37 S. B. Divya
225 37 Rem Wigmore
226 37 P. H. Lee
227 36 Naben Ruthnum
228 36 Jamie Sands
229 36 Jason Sanford
230 36 James Rowland
231 36 Varsha Dinesh
232 36 D. K. Mok
233 36 S. A. McKenzie
234 36
Евгений Лукин?Evgeni Lukin
235 36 Sofia Samatar
236 36 Natalia Theodoridou
237 35 L. D. Lewis
238 35 Sven Holly Nullmeyer
239 35 Peter F. Hamilton
240 35 Nancy Kress
241 35 Angela Liu
242 35 Craig Cormick
243 35 Julie Travis
244 35 Leszek Stalewski
245 35 Marianna Shek
246 35 P. M.
247 35 Gayle Brandeis
248 35 Matthew Reilly
249 35 Emma Osborne
250 35 Yaroslav Barsukov
251 35 James Foley
252 35 Baden M. Chant
253 35 Dorothy-Jane Daniels
254 35 Or Luca
255 35 Zachary Ashford
256 35 Michel Pagel
257 35 Stanley Schmidt
258 35 Michaelbrent Collings
259 35 Deborah Sheldon
260 35 Sébastien Doubinsky
261 35 Anya Ow
262 35
Christian Künne?Christian Kuenne
263 35 Alexey Dodsworth
264 35 Lee Cope
265 35 Steve Simpson
266 35 Ana Sun
267 35
Stéphane Beauverger?Stephane Beauverger
268 35 Aimee Picchi
269 35 Gabriele Behrend
270 35 Amanda Kool
271 35 C. Stuart Hardwick
272 35 Stark Holborn
273 35 Barbara Galler-Smith
274 35 Gareth L. Powell
275 35 EV Knight
276 35 Rati Mehrotra
277 35 Viktor Athelstan
278 35 Jordan Kurella
279 35 Eric LaRocca
280 35
Heidrun Jänchen?Heidrun Jaenchen
281 35 Tracie McBride
282 35 Julie Novakova
283 35 Jack Heath
284 35 Tim Lebbon
285 35 Dieter Korger
286 35 P. A. Cornell
287 35 Robert T. Jeschonek
288 35 David Calvo
289 35 Flore Vesco
290 35 Alan Garner
291 35 Rick Danforth
292 35 Michael Cassutt
293 35 Gabino Iglesias
294 35 Bernardo Esquinca
295 35 Nadine Aurora Tabing
296 35 Ian Rogers
297 35 A. M. Muffaz
298 35 Tehnuka
299 35 J. Z. Ting
300 35 Wayne Cusack
301 35 Susan Forest
302 35 Michael Schneiberg
303 35 Uwe Post
304 35 Scott Steensma
305 35 Ephiny Gale
306 35 Jennifer Lee Rossman
307 35 Cat Sparks
308 35 Jade Wilburn
309 35 Rae Mariz
310 35 Kelsey Day
311 35 Galax Acheronian
312 35 Amy Griswold
313 35 Calvin Kasulke
314 35 Jordan Taylor
315 35 Antoinette Rydyr
316 35 Kiera Lesley
317 35 Malcolm Devlin
318 35 Wolf Welling
319 35 Kit Power
320 35 Michael Gardner
321 35 Carlie St. George
322 35 Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
323 35 Kay Chronister
324 35 Emily Bergslien
325 35 Peter Catania
326 35 Jeffrey James Higgins
327 35 Calvin D. Jim
328 35
Norbert Stöbe?Norbert Stoebe
329 35 Jane Brown
330 35 Meghan Arcuri
331 35 Brenda Kalt
332 35 Melissa Ferguson
333 35 Carol Gyzander
334 35 Lisa Moore
335 35 Alister Hodge
336 35 Amanda Ilozumba Otitochukwu
337 35 Kim Fu
338 35 Tygan Shelton
339 35 S. L. Coney
340 35 Geoffrey W. Cole
341 35 Andrew J. Harvey
342 35 Kate Heartfield
343 35
Markus Müller?Markus Mueller
344 35 Ben Peek
345 35 Andrew Cull
346 35 Georgina Bruce
347 35 Julie E. Czerneda
348 35 Matan Elul
349 35 Tim McGregor
350 35 E. M. Faulds
351 35 Fiona Moore
352 35 Uchechukwu Nwaka
353 35 David Erik Nelson
354 35 Tiah Beautement
355 35 Simon Kewin
356 35 T. J. Berry
357 35 J. C. Hart
358 35 Stewart Hotston
359 35 Frank Lauenroth
360 35 Rebecca J. Allred
361 35 C. J. Cheung
362 35 Lena Richter
363 35 Gillian Secord
364 35 Jérôme Leroy
365 35 Daniele Serra
366 35 Jeff Clulow
367 35 Anna Klein
368 35 Scott Limbrick
369 35 Christian Endres
370 35 Douglas Gwilym
371 35 Kurt Fawver
372 35 Emily Fox
373 35 Axel Kruse
374 35 S. P. Miskowski
375 35 Sim Kern
376 35 Tim Mendees
377 35
Hans Jürgen Kugler?Hans Juergen Kugler
378 35 Marie Cardno
379 35 E. Celeste
380 35 Kai Focke
381 35 Malanie Harding-Shaw
382 35 C. A. Yates
383 35 Christa Carmen
384 35 Lisa L. Hannett
385 35 Stephen Brough
386 35 Nicholas Snelling
387 35 Kelsea Yu
388 35 Marisca Pichette
389 35 Pete Sutton
390 35 Liz Westbrook-Trenholm
391 35 Lynne Peskoe-Yang
392 35 Laura J. Fitzwilson
393 35 Alexander Gibbs
394 35 Maria Romasco-Moore
395 35 Deirdre Danklin
396 35 Kat Weaver
397 35 Eliza Chan
398 35 L. E. Daniels
399 35 Mercedes M. Yardley
400 35 Freya Marske
401 35 Roxane Gay
402 35 Terry Grimwood
403 30 Blue Neustifter
404 30 Matt McHugh
405 30 A. T. Sayre
406 30 Regina Kanyu Wang
407 30 Alex Irvine
408 30 Robert R. Chase
409 30 Dominique Dickey
410 30 Ted Kosmatka
411 30 Mercurio D. Rivera
412 30 Charlie Jane Anders
413 30 Neal Asher
414 30
任青?Ren Qing
415 29 Lettie Prell
416 29 Jack McDevitt
417 29 Rosemary Claire Smith
418 29
Thomas Grüter?Thomas Grueter
419 29 Marco Frassetto
420 29 Karsten Kruschel
421 29
鲁般?Lu Ban
Lǔ Bān
422 28 Holly Black
423 28 Robert Reed
424 28 Misha Lenau
425 28 Christopher Mark Rose
426 28 Sarina Dorie
427 28 Lia Swope Mitchell
428 28 Stephan Becher
429 27 E. Lily Yu
430 27 Helen Obermeier
431 27
Alessandra Reß?Alessandra Ress
432 27
江波?Jiang Bo
433 26 Marco Rauch
434 26 Maria Dahvana Headley
435 26 Cat Rambo
436 26 JY Yang
437 25 Kelly Link
438 24 Michael Swanwick
439 23 Emily Tesh
440 23 Daryl Gregory
441 23 Tom Holt
442 23 Nadia Afifi
443 21 Karlo Yeager Rodríguez
444 20 Maurice Broaddus
445 20 Annalee Newitz
446 19 M. Rickert
447 18 John Kessel
448 18 Jeffrey Ford
449 18 G. V. Anderson
450 17 Nisi Shawl
451 17 Brooke Bolander
452 16 S. Qiouyi Lu
453 14 Caitlin Starling
454 14 Vajra Chandrasekera
455 13 Victor LaValle
456 13 Molly Tanzer
457 13 Dare Segun Falowo
458 13 Wendy N. Wagner
459 13 Hunter Holmes
460 12 M. L. Krishnan
461 12 Tobias S. Buckell
462 10 Tade Thompson
463 10 Chimedum Ohaegbu
464 9 Nuzo Onoh
465 9 K. M. Szpara
466 8 Em North
467 8 Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe
468 7 David Moles
469 7 Lyndsie Manusos
470 7 Darcie Little Badger
471 7 Marian Denise Moore
472 6 Sameem Siddiqui
473 5 Robin Hobb
474 5 Arula Ratnakar
475 5 Jenny Rae Rappaport
476 4 Charles Yu
477 4 Ellen Kushner
478 3 Grace Bridges
479 3 Hannah Yang
480 3 Elly Bangs
481 3 Ozzie M. Gartrell
482 3 Mame Bougouma Diene
483 2 Lois McMaster Bujold
484 2 Jack Remiel Cottrell
485 2 Tabatha Wood
486 2 Gregory Norman Bossert
487 2
杨晚晴?Yang Wanqing
488 2 Olivier Caruso
489 2
阿缺?A Que
490 2 Arkady Martine
491 2 Chen Qiufan
492 2 Sonora Taylor
493 2 LP Kindred
494 2 Maria Dong
495 2 Michael Botur
496 2 Dan Rabarts
497 2 Justin C. Key
498 2 Kristina Ten
499 1 Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga
500 1 Eve Harms
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