UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
April 20, 2011 (April 15, 2011)

STERLING CHEMICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)		000-50132 (Commission File No.)		76-0502785 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

333 Clay Street, Suite 3600
Houston, Texas (Address of principal execute offices)		77002-4109 (Zip Code)

(713) 650-3700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former names or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.07		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

     Sterling Chemicals, Inc.’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders for 2011 (our “Annual Meeting”) was held on April 15, 2011. At our Annual Meeting (i) seven of our incumbent directors were elected; and (ii) the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 was ratified and approved.

     Under the Restated Certificate of Designations, Preferences, Rights and Limitations of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (our “Preferred Stock”), the holders of our Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, are entitled to elect a percentage of our directors determined by the aggregate amount of shares of our Preferred Stock and our common stock beneficially owned by Resurgence Asset Management, L.L.C. and certain permitted transferees. Currently, the holders of our Preferred Stock are entitled to elect at least a majority of our directors, although the holders of our Preferred Stock designated only three nominees and, accordingly, elected only three directors at the Annual Meeting rather than the number of directors that they were entitled to elect separately as a class at the Annual Meeting. All of our other directors are elected by the holders of our Preferred Stock and the holders of our common stock, voting together as a single class. For purposes of class voting, each share of our Preferred Stock has the right to one vote for each share of our common stock into which such share is convertible on the record date for such vote, which was 1,000 shares on the record date for our Annual Meeting. At our Annual Meeting, three of our directors were elected by the holders of our Preferred Stock and four of our directors were elected by the holders of our Preferred Stock and the holders of our common stock, voting together as a single class. The voting results for the election of our seven directors are set forth below:

     Directors elected by the holders of our Preferred Stock:

Director		For				Withheld
Daniel M. Fishbane			7,637,292				0
Karl W. Schwarzfeld			7,637,292				0
Philip M. Sivin			7,637,292				0

     Directors elected by the holders of our Preferred Stock and the holders of our common stock, voting together as a single class:

Director		For				Withheld
Richard K. Crump			9,904,553				84,462
John V. Genova			9,904,553				84,462
John W. Gildea			9,988,555				460
John L. Teeger			9,988,555				460

     Holders of our Preferred Stock and holders of our common stock voted together as a single class on the ratification and approval of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011. For purposes of class voting, each share of our Preferred Stock has the right to one vote for each share of our common stock into which such share is convertible on the record date for such vote, which was 1,000 shares on the record date for our Annual Meeting. The voting results for the ratification and approval of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 are set forth below:

For		Against		Abstain
10,221,786		430		5

     There were no broker non-votes on any matter voted on at our Annual Meeting.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.