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Highest Ranked Short Fiction Authors of the 1980s

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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 1980 Lucius Shepard
2 1558 Robert Silverberg
3 1507 George R. R. Martin
4 1485 Kim Stanley Robinson
5 1421 Connie Willis
6 1038 Orson Scott Card
7 977 Howard Waldrop
8 944 Bruce Sterling
9 885 Michael Swanwick
10 853 Michael Bishop
11 820 James Tiptree, Jr.
12 783 Greg Bear
13 716 John Varley
14 650 Harlan Ellison
15 608 George Alec Effinger
16 565 David Brin
17 505 Frederik Pohl
18 502 William Gibson
19 500 Ronald M. Hahn
20 496 Ian Watson
21 495 Stephen King
22 490 Terry Dowling
23 484 Pat Cadigan
24 473 Timothy Zahn
25 464 Kate Wilhelm
26 445 Jack Dann
27 424 Octavia E. Butler
28 415 Gardner Dozois
29 411 Tanith Lee
30 403 Thomas M. Disch
31 380 Thomas Ziegler
32 362 Roger Zelazny
33 361 James Patrick Kelly
34 356 Gregory Benford
35 354 Mike Resnick
36 347 Keith Roberts
37 341 Suzy McKee Charnas
38 340 Judith Moffett
39 326 Nancy Kress
40 324 John Crowley
41 318 Pat Murphy
42 315 Isaac Asimov
43 315 Lois McMaster Bujold
44 312 Geoff Ryman
45 311 Jack McDevitt
46 309 Lisa Tuttle
47 299 Michael F. Flynn
48 297 Edward Bryant
49 294 C. J. Cherryh
50 294 Avram Davidson
51 290 Karl Michael Armer
52 289 Walter Jon Williams
53 285 Ursula K. Le Guin
54 276 Karl Edward Wagner
55 274 Spider Robinson
56 273 Hilbert Schenck
57 269 F. Paul Wilson
58 269 Joe R. Lansdale
59 268 Joseph H. Delaney
60 254 Vernor Vinge
61 253 Joanna Russ
62 249 Robin Hobb
63 240 Harry Turtledove
64 238 Neal Barrett, Jr.
65 236 S. P. Somtow
66 227 Richard Cowper
67 223 Geoffrey A. Landis
68 220 Rainer Erler
69 220 Marc Stiegler
70 220 Dennis Etchison
71 219 Norman Spinrad
72 216 Charles L. Grant
73 215 Gordon R. Dickson
74 212 Lawrence Watt-Evans
75 212 Gene Wolfe
76 212 Steven Gould
77 211 J. G. Ballard
78 208 William F. Wu
79 207 David R. Palmer
80 207 Phyllis Eisenstein
81 203 Peter Cuijpers
82 200 Clifford D. Simak
83 200 Wolfgang Jeschke
84 199 Michael Shea
85 189 Karen Joy Fowler
86 187 John Kessel
87 177 Scott Baker
88 175 Jean Dion
89 175 Irmtraud Kremp
90 170 Clive Barker
91 170 Charles Sheffield
92 170
Élisabeth Vonarburg?Elisabeth Vonarburg
93 170 Robert R. McCammon
94 170 Reinmar Cunis
95 168 James P. Blaylock
96 167 Charles L. Harness
97 165 Poul Anderson
98 163 Jan J. B. Kuipers
99 163 Stephen L. Burns
100 161 Gerben Hellinga, Jr.
101 155 Herbert W. Franke
102 155 Leigh Kennedy
103 148 Charles de Lint
104 145 Chet Williamson
105 145 Paul Harland
106 142 Jonathan Carroll
107 141 Parke Godwin
108 141 Eddy C. Bertin
109 140
Claude-Michel Prévost?Claude-Michel Prevost
110 140 Horst Pukallus
111 139 Amy Bechtel
112 137 Robert Holdstock
113 132 Iain M. Banks
114 131 Lisa Goldstein
115 129 Lewis Shiner
116 128 Nancy Springer
117 125 Bob Leman
118 122 Fritz Leiber
119 120 T. E. D. Klein
120 120 Steve Rasnic Tem
121 120 Lucy Sussex
122 120 David Morrell
123 120 Leanne Frahm
124 120 Brian Lumley
125 120 David J. Schow
126 120 Jean-Pierre Hubert
127 120 Carl Amery
128 119 Eric Vinicoff
129 117 Ian McDonald
130 117 Garry Kilworth
131 115 Jack C. Haldeman, II
132 113 Barry B. Longyear
133 113 James White
134 110 Eileen Gunn
135 109 Jerry Oltion
136 105 Kristine Kathryn Rusch
137 105 Uwe Anton
138 105 George Turner
139 105 Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf
140 104 Janet Kagan
141 100
神林長平?Chōhei Kanbayashi
Chohei Kambayashi
Chouhei Kambayashi
Chōhei Kambayashi
Chouhei Kanbayashi
Chohei Kanbayashi
かんばやしちょうへい
142 100
Radovan Devlić?Radovan Devlic
143 100
新井素子?Motoko Arai
144 100 Tais Teng
145 98 Bradley Denton
146 97 James Morrow
147 92 Bruce McAllister
148 91 Marcia Martin
149 90 Michael McCollum
150 90 Allen Steele
151 89 George Guthridge
152 87 Michael P. Kube-McDowell
153 85 Jacques Mondoloni
154 85 Candas Jane Dorsey
155 85 Alan Rodgers
156 85 Thomas R. P. Mielke
157 85 Gisbert Haefs
158 85 Alain Bergeron
159 85
René Reouven?Rene Reouven
160 85 Werner Zillig
161 85 Georg Zauner
162 85 Jean-Claude Dunyach
163 85 Andreas Brandhorst
164 85 Bruno Lecigne
165 83 Barry N. Malzberg
166 82 Paul Di Filippo
167 81 Rob Chilson
168 80 Ben Bova
169 79 Philip K. Dick
170 78 Marta Randall
171 77 S. C. Sykes
172 74 Steven Popkes
173 73 Patricia A. McKillip
174 72 Tim Sullivan
175 71 Michael Blumlein
176 70 Leena Krohn
177 70 John Barnes
178 70 Scott Bradfield
179 70 John M. Ford
180 70 Dieter Hasselblatt
181 70 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
182 70 Michael Morgental
183 70 Guy Sirois
184 70 Rosaleen Love
185 70
Joëlle Wintrebert?Joelle Wintrebert
186 70 Rolf Krohn
187 70 Peter Straub
188 70 Russell Blackford
189 70 George Clayton Johnson
190 70 Philippa C. Maddern
191 70 Rhea Rose
192 70
Jörg Weigand?Joerg Weigand
193 70 Gero Reimann
194 69 Roger MacBride Allen
195 65 Lee Killough
196 65 P. M. Fergusson
197 65 Jan Bee Landman
198 65 Carol Emshwiller
199 63 Mary Caraker
200 60 Dan Simmons
201 60 Don Sakers
202 58 Gerald Pearce
203 57 Jim Aikin
204 57 Jeff Duntemann
205 57 Alison Tellure
206 56 Glen Cook
207 56 Bob Shaw
208 56 George Zebrowski
209 56 Brian Stableford
210 55 Mildred Downey Broxon
211 54 Brad Linaweaver
212 53 Damien Broderick
213 52 Joe Haldeman
214 51 Andrew Weiner
215 51 Damon Knight
216 51 Elizabeth A. Lynn
217 51 Peter Dickinson
218 51 Pat Forde
219 50 Predrag Raos
220 50
Владислав Крапивин?Vladislav Krapivin
221 50 Gert Prokop
222 50 John Morressy
223 50 Ernst Petz
224 50 Biljana Mateljan
225 50 Goran Hudec
226 50 Miha Remec
227 50 Hans Joachim Alpers
228 50
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
229 50 Eileen Kernaghan
230 50 Grant Callin
231 50 Robert Escarpit
232 50 Richard Canal
233 50 Francis Berthelot
234 50 David Langford
235 50 Paul Evenblij
236 50
Vladimir Lazović?Vladimir Lazovic
Владимир Лазовић
237 50 Daniel Sernine
238 50 Andrew Whitmore
239 50 Colette Fayard
240 50
Slobodan Ćurčić?Slobodan Churcsich
Slobodan Curcic
241 50
中井紀夫?なかいのりお
Norio Nakai
242 50
谷甲州?たにこうしゅう
Kōshū Tani
243 50 Gert Kuipers
244 50 Bert Vos
245 50
Joël Champetier?Joel Champetier
246 50 Keith Taylor
247 50 Robert Aickman
248 50 Alan Ryan
249 50 Wim Burkunk
250 50 Steven Millhauser
251 50 Malcolm Edwards
252 50 Slobodan Petrovski
253 50
野田昌宏?のだまさひろ
Noda Masahiro
254 50 Vincent van der Linden
255 50
草上仁?くさかみじん
Kusakami Jin
256 50
飛浩隆?Tobi Hirotaka
とびひろたか
257 50
高千穂遙?たかちほはるか
Takachiho Haruka
258 46 Reginald Bretnor
259 44 Ted Reynolds
260 43 Pamela Sargent
261 41 Richard Kearns
262 40 Vonda N. McIntyre
263 40 Susan C. Petrey
264 39 Cees Pamalot
265 38 Jayge Carr
266 38 Pim Cuijpers
267 37 Terence M. Green
268 35 Mark C. Jarvis
269 35 Samuel R. Delany
270 35 Yves Meynard
271 35 Greg Egan
272 35 Diane Duane
273 35 Ron Ferguson
274 35 R. M. Lamming
275 35 Sheri S. Tepper
276 35 Tim Powers
277 35 Ray Bradbury
278 35 Kevin McKay
279 35 Martin Rossmann
280 35 Armin Medosch
281 35 Marianne Gruber
282 35 Hans-Joachim Schmidt
283 35 Barrington J. Bayley
284 35 William Voltz
285 35 Robert J. Sawyer
286 35 Les Daniels
287 35
Елена Грушко?Elena Grushko
Yelena Grushko
288 35 Stephen Dedman
289 35 Sharon Lee
290 35
Bert Jäger?Bert Jaeger
291 35 Jo Beverley
292 35
Jörg Liebenfels?Joerg Liebenfels
293 35
Gerd Maximovič?Gerd Maximovic
Gerd Maximovich
294 35 Robbi Sommers
295 35 Jannelies Smit
296 35 Jean-Pierre Andrevon
297 35 Galad Elflandsson
298 35 Diethard van Heese
299 35 Chad Oliver
300 35 Sean McMullen
301 35
Christian Léourier?Christian Leourier
302 35 Mary Gentle
303 35
Jacques Barbéri?Jacques Barberi
304 35 Christian Lautenschlag
305 35 Emmanuel Jouanne
306 35 Tanya Huff
307 35 Philippe Cousin
308 35 Charles Montpetit
309 35 Jean-François Dubé
310 35 Roger des Roches
311 35 Jack Pavey
312 35 Jay Hoffman
313 35 Elizabeth Travers
314 35 David Grigg
315 35 Karen Herkes
316 35 Katherine Cummings
317 35 Wildy Petoud
318 35 Whitley Strieber
319 35 Michel Lamart
320 35 Paula Johanson
321 35 Mary C. Aldridge
322 35 Jack Wodhams
323 35 John Sladek
324 35 Christopher Evans
325 35 Kit Reed
326 35 Stephen Kraus
327 35 Clélie Rich
328 35 Angela Carter
329 35 Eva Bauche-Eppers
330 35 Hayford Peirce
331 35 M. John Harrison
332 35 Susan Shwartz
333 35 Chris Simmons
334 35 Sharon N. Farber
335 35 Douglas E. Winter
336 35 Susan Palwick
337 35 Wolfgang Hohlbein
338 35 Martin Eisele
339 35 J. N. Williamson
340 35 John Farris
341 35 Ian Lee
342 35 Sylvia Pukallus
343 35 Petrina Smith
344 35 David Kirkpatrick
345 35 Kathryn Ptacek
346 35 J. Brian Clarke
347 35 Daniel Martinange
348 35
Christian Mähr?Christian Maehr
349 35 Danielle Fernandez
350 35 Sylviane Corgiat
351 35 Lorris Murail
352 35 Carol Orlock
353 35 Alan Moore
354 35 Lothar Streblow
355 35 Edward F. Shaver
356 35 Amyas Naegele
357 35 Peter Schattschneider
358 35 Johanna Braun
359 35
Günter Braun?Guenter Braun
360 34 Pauline Ashwell
361 30 A. J. Austin
362 30 Bob Buckley
363 30 Wayne Wightman
364 30 John Gribbin
365 30 David Alexander Smith
366 30 Joseph Manzione
367 30 Timothy Perper
368 30 Martha Cornog
369 29 Larry Niven
370 29 Antony den Ridder
371 29 Janet Asimov
372 29 Rick Cook
373 29 George O. Smith
374 29 Guido Eekhaut
375 29 John Shirley
376 29 David Garnett
377 28 Catherine McCollum
378 28 John Berryman
379 28 Alice Laurance
380 28 Sam Nicholson
381 28 Edward A. Byers
382 28 M. Shayne Bell
383 28 Reinold Widemann
384 27 R. V. Branham
385 27 Ray Brown
386 26 Gerald W. Page
387 26 Kathinka Lannoy
388 25 Michael Moorcock
389 25 Russell Kirk
390 24 Sharon Webb
391 24 Peni R. Griffin
392 23 Russell M. Griffin
393 23 Martin Vesseur
394 23 Dean Whitlock
395 23 Rudy Rucker
396 23 J. Ray Dettling
397 23 Leo Unger
398 22 Brian W. Aldiss
399 22 Ian Stewart
400 22 Ray Aldridge
401 21 Walter Tevis
402 21 Jane Yolen
403 21 William S. Burroughs
404 21 Vance Aandahl
405 20 J. A. Lawrence
406 20 Ronald Anthony Cross
407 19 Fred van der Meulen
408 18 R. A. Lafferty
409 18 David Drake
410 18 Manuel van Loggem
411 18 M. Sargent Mackay
412 16 Ferdinand Francino
413 16 Suzette Haden Elgin
414 16 Zenna Henderson
415 15 John Brunner
416 15 Robert Charles Wilson
417 15 P. C. Hodgell
418 15 Janet Morris
419 14 Gordon Eklund
420 14 Mary C. Pangborn
421 13 Thomas R. Dulski
422 12 David Zindell
423 12 Tom Maddox
424 12 Elissa Malcohn
425 12 François Camoin
426 11 Marc Laidlaw
427 11 Mike McQuay
428 11 Mike Conner
429 11 Brad Ferguson
430 11 Cherie Wilkerson
431 10 Richard Calder
432 10 Kathe Koja
433 10 D. D. Storm
434 10 Grania Davis
435 9 Fred Bals
436 9 Felix C. Gotschalk
437 8 Robert F. Young
438 8 Elizabeth Moon
439 8 George C. Chesbro
440 8 Mark Wheeler
441 7 A. A. Attanasio
442 7 Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.
443 7 Carter Scholz
444 7 Delia Sherman
445 7 Phyllis Gotlieb
446 7 Gregory Frost
447 6 Alexander Jablokov
448 6 Michael Reaves
449 6 Bill Johnson
450 6 Alan Brennert
451 5 Elizabeth Engstrom
452 1 Algis Budrys
453 1 Andreas Eschbach
454 1 Andrzej Sapkowski
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