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Winner, 15 Jun 2015: This is Cory Doctorow's first Sturgeon Award, after two prior nominations.
Finalists: 15 May 2015: Nancy Kress, Geoffrey A. Landis, and Ian McDonald are past Sturgeon winners, once each, out of five previous nominations for Kress, just the one for Landis, and four for McDonald. Kress' short novel here is currently a finalist for the Nebula and Locus awards.
Robert Reed has been a Sturgeon finalist eight times previously, without having won. Ken Liu has been a finalist four times previously, without having won.
Daryl Gregory's short novel is currently a finalist for the Locus, Nebula, and Shirley Jackson awards. Ken Liu's story this year is also a Nebula and Locus finalist. Sam J. Miller's story is also a Nebula finalist.