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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 1352 Cathy Fenner
2 1317 Arnie Fenner
3 894 Farah Mendlesohn
4 883 S. T. Joshi
5 690 John Clute
6 655 Stephen Jones
7 591 Ursula K. Le Guin
8 457 Alexandra Pierce
9 448 David J. Skal
10 444 Brian W. Aldiss
11 430 Verlyn Flieger
12 426 Paul Kincaid
13 377 Damien Broderick
14 375 Edward James
15 372 William G. Contento
16 356 Stephen King
17 356 Adam Roberts
18 354 Isaac Asimov
19 334 J. R. R. Tolkien
20 330 Robert Weinberg
21 326 James E. Gunn
22 322 Mike Ashley
23 321 Jack Zipes
24 311 Jeff VanderMeer
25 307 Alisa Krasnostein
26 306 John Fleskes
27 296 L. Sprague de Camp
28 294 Michael Whelan
29 293 David Pringle
30 292 Charles N. Brown
31 291 Samuel R. Delany
32 278 Tom Shippey
33 275 John D. Rateliff
34 272 Neil Barron
35 267 Sean McMullen
36 261 Everett F. Bleiler
37 250 Gary K. Wolfe
38 246 Richard Bleiler
39 240 F. T. Barbini
40 230 Julie Phillips
41 228 Kim Newman
42 228 Ron Miller
43 220 Harlan Ellison
44 216 uncredited
45 215 Wayne G. Hammond
46 215 Christina Scull
47 214 Willy Ley
48 213 H. R. Giger
49 212 John Grant
50 207 Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
51 205 Virgil Finlay
52 203 Bob Eggleton
53 200
野田昌宏?のだまさひろ
Noda Masahiro
54 200 Peter Nicholls
55 197 Frank Frazetta
56 193 Philip K. Dick
57 193 Jim Loehr
58 191 Stanley Wiater
59 190 Daniel Falconer
60 190 Brian Froud
61 189 Nigel Suckling
62 187 David Langford
63 185 Andrew M. Butler
64 183 Ian Summers
65 177 J. David Spurlock
66 172 Wayne Barlowe
67 171 Don Maitz
68 170 Joseph Altairac
69 170 Dimitra Fimi
70 167 Russell Blackford
71 165 Barry N. Malzberg
72 164 Iain McIntyre
73 164 Colin Manlove
74 164 Andrew Nette
75 162 Catherine McIlwaine
76 157 H. P. Lovecraft
77 155
François Rouiller?Francois Rouiller
78 155 John Garth
79 155 Cath Filmer-Davies
80 155 Mark Morris
81 155 Joe Mynhardt
82 154 Frank M. Robinson
83 154 Douglas E. Winter
84 152 Bill Sheehan
85 151 Ramsey Campbell
86 150 Robert Silverberg
87 150 Mimi Mondal
88 150 G. Ronald Murphy
89 150
笹本祐一?ささもとゆういち
Sasamoto Yūichi
Sasamoto Yuuichi
Sasamoto Yuichi
90 150
石原藤夫?Fujio Ishihara
91 146 Van Ikin
92 145 Charles Platt
93 143 Vincent Di Fate
94 142 Brian Attebery
95 141 Michael Swanwick
96 140 Gwyneth Jones
97 140 William H. Patterson, Jr.
98 140 Don W. King
99 140 Jane Chance
100 140 Kevin Wetmore
101 140 Selena Chambers
102 136 Diana Wynne Jones
103 135 Donald H. Tuck
104 135 Chesley Bonestell
105 135 Michael Knost
106 135 Tom Weller
107 135 Peter J. Schakel
108 135
Rafael Marín?Rafael Marin
109 135 Fernando Eguidazu
110 135 Michael M. Levy
111 134 Jane Frank
112 130 Fernando Ángel Moreno
113 130 Charles Vess
114 130 Kameron Hurley
115 128 Patti Perret
116 128 Michael Saler
117 126 Algis Budrys
118 125 Paul Tobin (N. Z.)
119 124 Hannes Bok
120 122 Norman Spinrad
121 122 Marina Warner
122 121 David Wingrove
123 121 Steven Paulsen
124 121 Paul Collins
125 120 Mike Resnick
126 120 Jason Fisher
127 120 Robert Boenig
128 120 Arnaud Huftier
129 120 William Patrick Day
130 120 Joy Chant
131 120 Michael Ward
132 120 Charles Butler
133 120 Kim Paffenroth
134 120 Jonathan Maberry
135 120 Rocky Wood
136 120 James Gifford
137 120 Glen Cavaliero
138 120 Lois Rostow Kuznets
139 119 Frank Kelly Freas
140 115 Orson Scott Card
141 115 Robert Bloch
142 114 Helen Merrick
143 113 Tim Underwood
144 113 Julie Dillon
145 112 Lawrence Sutin
146 112 Frederick C. Durant, III
147 111 Gerry de la Ree
148 111 Jo Walton
149 110 Jim Burns
150 110 Shaun Tan
151 109 Arthur C. Clarke
152 108 Donato Giancola
153 107 Boris Vallejo
154 107 Miquel Barceló
155 106 Anne Besson
156 105 Jack Williamson
157 105 Patrick J. Gyger
158 105 Lisa Coutras
159 105 Katherine Ramsland
160 105 Charul Palmer-Patel
161 105 Jerry Griswold
162 105 Lionel Adey
163 105 Clive Bloom
164 105 Christine Poulson
165 105 George Clark
166 105 Daniel Timmons
167 105 Danel Olson
168 105 Mark J. P. Wolf
169 105 Marjorie J. Burns
170 101 Melanie R. Anderson
171 101 J. Gordon Melton
172 101
Lisa Kröger?Lisa Kroger
Lisa Kroeger
173 100 Michael Moorcock
174 100 Judith Merril
175 100 Karen Haber
176 100 Thomas M. Disch
177 100
最相葉月?さいしょうはづき
Saishō Hazuki
Saishou Hazuki
178 100
長山靖生?ながやまやすお
Nagayama Yasuo
179 100 Jean-Marc Lainé
180 100 Denis Mellier
181 100 Elizabeth Miller
182 100
横田順彌?よこたじゅんや
Yokota Junya
Yokota Jun'ya
183 100
と学会?Togakkai
184 98 Edo van Belkom
185 97 Catherine Crook de Camp
186 96 Doug Ellis
187 96 Alan Lee
188 95 Jon Peterson
189 95 Gary Westfahl
190 94 Robert Reginald
191 93 Justine Larbalestier
192 92 Carlos Aguilar
193 90 Leo Dillon
194 90 Diane Dillon
195 89 Beth Meacham
196 88 Jonathan R. Eller
197 88 Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
198 87 David Larkin
199 86 Robert A. Heinlein
200 86 Natacha Vas-Deyres
201 86 Will Errickson
202 86 Grady Hendrix
203 85 Alexei Panshin
204 85 Cory Panshin
205 85 Neil Gaiman
206 85 Chuck Miller
207 85 Eugene Johnson
208 85 Gary A. Braunbeck
209 85 Alison Peirse
210 85 Eric B. Henriet
211 85 Michael Largo
212 85 Caroline Sumpter
213 85
Emmanuel Carrère?Emmanuel Carrere
214 85 Richard Purtill
215 85
水玉螢之丞?みずたま けいのじょう
Mizutama Keinojō
Mizutama Keinojou
Mizutama Keinojo
216 85 Nisi Shawl
217 85 Norbert Spehner
218 85 José Miguel Pallarés
219 85
Hélène Collon?Helene Collon
220 85 Donna R. White
221 85 Doris T. Myers
222 85 Carl F. Hostetter
223 85 Graham Anderson
224 85 Pablo Capanna
225 85 Janet Brennan Croft
226 85 Marek Oziewicz
227 85
巽孝之?たつみたかゆき
Tatsumi Takayuki
228 85 Marc Atallah
229 85 Charlie Jane Anders
230 85 David Naimon
231 85 Jean Marigny
232 85 Francis Berthelot
233 84 Malcolm R. Phifer
234 84 Michael C. Phifer
235 83 John Scalzi
236 83 John Helfers
237 81 Lynne M. Thomas
238 81 Carl Sagan
239 81 Diana Pavlac Glyer
240 80 Howard DeVore
241 80 Emily Pohl-Weary
242 79 Katherine Chu
243 79 Ruth Franklin
244 79 Julie Bell
245 79 Julián Díez
246 78 Jack Vance
247 78 Jared Shurin
248 78 Justin Landon
249 78 Christopher Golden
250 78 Pilar Pedraza
251 77 Darrell Schweitzer
252 77 Mark Bould
253 76 Humphrey Carpenter
254 75 Bruce Sterling
255 75 Pamela D. Scoville
256 75 Nina Auerbach
257 75 Elizabeth Humphrey
258 74 Brom
259 73 Stephen D. Korshak
260 72 Damon Knight
261 71 Stephen Fabian
262 71 Pete Tombs
263 71 Lauric Guillaud
264 70 Bruce Campbell
265 70 Emma Audsley
266 70 Gavin Ashenden
267 70 Richard Laymon
268 70 Thomas Ligotti
269 70 Jeremy Marshall
270 70 Edmund Weiner
271 70 Joe Bob Briggs
272 70 Daniel Gabelman
273 70 Owen Barfield
274 70 Jennifer Schacker
275 70 Douglas Charles Kane
276 70 Don Hutchison
277 70 Daniel J. H. Levack
278 70 David Sandner
279 70 Milly Williamson
280 70 Douglas A. Anderson
281 70 Steve Walker (I)
282 70 Claude Fierobe
283 70 Donald E. Palumbo
284 70 Leslie A. Sconduto
285 70 Alister E. McGrath
286 70 Richard Tuerk
287 70 Heather O'Donoghue
288 70 Eugenio Sánchez Arrate
289 70 Peter Gilliver
290 70 Klaus Geus
291 70 C. W. Sullivan, III
292 70 Elizabeth A. Whittingham
293 70 Marshall B. Tymn
294 70
Daniel Compère?Daniel Compere
295 70 Victoria Price
296 70 Roma A. King, Jr.
297 70 Judith Priestman
298 70 Brian Rosebury
299 70 William H. Green
300 70 Roderick McGillis
301 70 Francis Bridger
302 70 Arturo Villarrubia
303 70 Stan Barets
304 70
藤元登四郎?ふじもととしろう
Fujimoto Toshirō
Fujimoto Toshirou
305 70 Corey Olsen
306 70
Xavier Mauméjean?Xavier Maumejean
307 70 Sebastian D. G. Knowles
308 70 John C. Tibbetts
309 70 Étienne Barillier
310 70 Matthew T. Dickerson
311 70 Michael O. Riley
312 70 Hélène Machinal
313 70 Sam Weller
314 70 Joseph McCabe
315 70 Gary William Crawford
316 70 Elizabeth M. Sanders
317 70
Frédéric Landragin?Frederic Landragin
318 70 Nicolas Stanzick
319 70 Aisling Byrne
320 70 Bonnie Gaarden
321 66 John J. Pierce
322 66 Jerry Weist
323 65 Mallory O'Meara
324 65 George Hay
325 65 Joseph Wrzos
326 65 Byron Preiss
327 65 Stefan Ekman
328 65 Perry A. Chapdelaine
329 65 Tony Chapdelaine
330 64 Joy Sanchez-Taylor
331 64 Peter Cannon
332 64 Carlos Díaz Maroto
333 64 John C. Wright
334 63 Fred Nadis
335 63 Karen Burnham
336 63 Paul Williams
337 63 M. J. Simpson
338 63 Liz Bourke
339 62 Maria Tatar
340 62 Alec Nevala-Lee
341 62 Robert H. Waugh
342 61 E. Hoffmann Price
343 61 Andrew Milner
344 61 Bruce Byfield
345 61 David A. Cherry
346 61 Marc Aramini
347 61 J. R. Burgmann
348 60 Baird Searles
349 60 Michael Franklin
350 60 Anthony R. Lewis
351 60 Gary Spencer Millidge
352 60 Peter Dickinson
353 60 Edward Gorey
354 60 Sergi Grau
355 60 Kyle Newman
356 60 Willis Conover
357 60 Michael Witwer
358 60 Sam Witwer
359 59 Antonio José Navarro
360 59 Thomas G. Smith
361 59 Sigrid Ellis
362 59 Thomas Connolly
363 58 Stephen Hickman
364 58 Justin Everett
365 58 Polly Freas
366 58 Miguel Ángel Parra
367 58 Wendy Froud
368 58 Richard Powers
369 58 Jeffrey Shanks
370 58 William K. Hartmann
371 58 Dougal Dixon
372 58 A. N. Wilson
373 58 David G. Panadero
374 58 Maria Sachiko Cecire
375 58 José Manuel Serrano Cueto
376 58 Scott McCloud
377 57 Theodore R. Cogswell
378 57 George Beahm
379 57 Daniel Aguilar
380 56 Harry Harrison
381 56 Ed Emshwiller
382 56 Richard A. Lupoff
383 56 Robert Holdstock
384 56 Carlos Abraham
385 56 J. G. Ballard
386 56 Jeff Jones
387 56 Brian Herbert
388 56 Camille Bacon-Smith
389 55 Jack Mathews
390 55 Luis Ortiz
391 55 Lillian Stewart Carl
392 55 Beth Gwinn
393 55 Jess Nevins
394 54 Lester del Rey
395 54 Joanna Russ
396 54 J. K. Potter
397 54 Chris Foss
398 54 Karen Wynn Fonstad
399 54 Vox Day
400 54 Maxfield Parrish
401 54 David Day
402 54 Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
403 54 Tom Weaver
404 53
天野喜孝?あまのよしたか
Amano Yoshitaka
405 53 Rowena Morrill
406 53 Philip Ball
407 53 Jim C. Hines
408 53 Nat Segaloff
409 52 Teresa Nielsen Hayden
410 52 Dick Jude
411 51 Richard Comballot
412 51 William Gibson
413 51 Gerry Canavan
414 51 Daniel Ritter
415 51 Donald Franson
416 51 Earl Kemp
417 51 G. Peter Winnington
418 51 David Schecter
419 51 Steve Kronenberg
420 51 Marc Burrows
421 51 David Ritter
422 51 Nancy Kemp
423 51 Stephan Martiniere
424 51 Mary Anne Mohanraj
425 51 Xavier Fournier
426 50 Kate Wilhelm
427 50 Charles A. Huttar
428 50 Tara O'Shea
429 50
日本SF作家クラブ?にほんSFさっかクラブ
Nihon SF Sakka Kurabu
Nihon Esu Efu Sakka Kurabu
430 50 John Edgar Browning
431 50 Caroline Joan Picart
432 50
あさりよしとお?Asakari Yoshito
433 50
Евгений Харитонов?Evgeniy Kharitonov
434 50 Carol A. Senf
435 50 Paul F. Ford
436 50 Michel Jeury
437 50 Richard Dalby
438 50
池澤春菜?いけざわはるな
Ikezawa Haruna
439 50 John M. Bowers
440 50 Robert L. Forward
441 50 Frederik Pohl
442 50 William F. Nolan
443 50
増山久明?Masuyama Hisaaki
ますやまひさあき
444 50
前田建設工業?Maeda Kensetsu Kōgyō
Maeda Kensetsu Kougyou
Maeda Kensetsu Kogyo
まえだけんせつこうぎょう
445 50 Benoît Grison
446 50 Paul Simpson-Housley
447 50 Lisa Morton
448 50 David Keyworth
449 50 Sergio Gaut vel Hartman
450 50
牧眞司?まきしんじ
Maki Shinji
451 50
大森望?Ohmori Nozomi
おおもりのぞみ
Ōmori Nozomi
Oomori Nozomi
Omori Nozomi
452 50 Pascal Pinteau
453 50
くられ?Kurare
454 50 Nancy Marie Brown
455 50
会津信吾?あいずしんご
Aizu Shingo
456 50 Sergio Mars
457 50 Pierre Versins
458 50 David J. Schow
459 50 Fabien Mauro
460 50 Wojtek Siudmak
461 50
小谷真理?こたにまり
Kotani Mari
462 50 Henri Delmas
463 50 Alain Julian
464 50 Tim Waggoner
465 50 Sørina Higgins
466 50 Richard Firth Green
467 50 Ïan Larue
468 50 Grevel Lindop
469 50 Clare Burgess
470 50 Susannah Clements
471 50
鹿野司?しかのつかさ
Shikano Tsukasa
472 50
穴沢優子?あなざわゆうこ
Anazawa Yūko
Anazawa Yuuko
473 50 Stephen Jacobs
474 50
後藤真孝?ごとうまさたか
Gotō Masataka
Gotou Masataka
Goto Masataka
475 50 Frédéric Jaccaud
476 50 Lola Robles
477 50 Lucy A. Snyder
478 50 Elisa G. McCausland
479 50
早川書房編集部?はやかわしょぼうへんしゅうぶ
Hayakawa Shobō Henshūbu
Hayakawa Shobou Henshuubu
480 50 Harry Warner, Jr.
481 50 Claire Fitzpatrick
482 50 Stefan Dziemianowicz
483 50 Sorcha Ní Fhlainn
484 50
Zoran Živković?Zoran Zivkovic
485 50 Robert Runté
486 50 Louis-Vincent Thomas
487 50 Philip Zaleski
488 50 Carol Zaleski
489 50 Roger Lancelyn Green
490 50 Jean-Jacques Lecercle
491 50 Alain Carrazé
492 50 David A. Kyle
493 50 Cynthia Ward
494 50 Kerry Gammill
495 50
Gérard Cordesse?Gerard Cordesse
496 50 Guy Bouchard
497 50 Tish Farrell
498 50 Ugo Bellagamba
499 50
Éric Picholle?Eric Picholle
500 50 Jean-Claude Forest
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