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Multiple Winners
Locus Magazine publisher/editor Charles N. Brown and Ansible publisher, fan writer, and author Dave Langford are tied with 29 Hugo each. Connie Willis holds the lead for most Hugos for works of fiction, 11.
Losers Club
Kathryn Cramer has the most nominations (as co-editor of The New York Review of Science Fiction) without ever having won. Among authors, Michael A. Burstein, Michael Bishop, Gene Wolfe, and Jerry Pournelle are prominent Hugo never-winners.
Never Won
Ray Bradbury, A.E. van Vogt, Lester del Rey; Gregory Benford, Norman Spinrad
Never Even Nominated
Michael Moorcock, Paul J. McAuley, Tim Powers, J.G. Ballard. Iain M. Banks received his first Hugo nomination in 2005, Geoff Ryman in 2007
Total Hugo Wins
(Number of fiction wins in parentheses)
29 Charles N. Brown, David Langford (1)
16 Gardner Dozois
15 Michael Whelan
13 Richard E. Geis
12 Mike Glyer, no award (3)
11 Connie Willis (11)
Total Hugo Nominations
(Number of fiction nominations in parentheses)
[Number of wins in brackets]
57 Mike Glyer [12]
55 David Langford (1) [29]
47 Charles N. Brown [29]
41 David G. Hartwell [3]
37 Mike Resnick (30) [5]
35 Stanley Schmidt (1) [1], excess [6]
34 Richard E. Geis [13]
31 Michael Whelan [15], Bob Eggleton [9]
29 Robert Silverberg (24) [4]
27 Brad W. Foster [8]
26 Harlan Ellison (19) [8], Ursula K. Le Guin (20) [8], Gardner Dozois (5) [16], Frank Kelly Freas [10], Andrew I. Porter [3]
25 Edward L. Ferman [7]
24 Connie Willis (24) [11], Michael Swanwick (22) [5]
23 Christopher J Garcia [2], Frederik Pohl (9) [7]
22 Bill Rotsler (1) [4], Ellen Datlow [10], Terry Carr (1) [4]
21 Jonathan Strahan [1], Don Maitz [2], Seanan McGuire (16) [5]
20 Gordon Van Gelder [2], David Pringle [1], Lynne M. Thomas [10], Teddy Harvia [4]
Hugo Never-Winners
Number of nominations without ever having won
(Fiction nominations in parentheses)
18 Steven H Silver
17 Kathryn Cramer
14 Guy H. Lillian III, Kevin J. Maroney
12 Arthur D. Hlavaty, Evelyn C. Leeper, Thomas Canty
11 Taral Wayne, David A. Cherry, Andy Cox
10 Michael A. Burstein (10), Andrew Hooper, Scott H. Andrews, Brian K. Vaughan
9 Stephen E. Fabian, Gene Wolfe (9), Jerry Pournelle (8), Algis Budrys (6), Michael Bishop (9), Aliette de Bodard (9)
8 Mark Plummer, Arnie Fenner, Alasdair Stuart, Cathy Fenner, Bob Devney, James Baen
7 Grant Canfield, Timothy Lane, Michael F. Flynn (7), Howard Waldrop (7), Charles Payseur, Beth Meacham, Spring Schoenhuth
Total Hugo Losses
Number of times nominated but lost [Number of wins in bracket]
45 Mike Glyer [12]
38 David G. Hartwell [3]
34 Stanley Schmidt [1]
32 Mike Resnick [5]
29 excess [6]
26 David Langford [29]
25 Robert Silverberg [4]
23 Andrew I. Porter [3]
22 Bob Eggleton [9]
21 Richard E. Geis [13], Christopher J Garcia [2]
20 Jonathan Strahan [1]
19 David Pringle [1], Michael Swanwick [5], Don Maitz [2], Brad W. Foster [8]
18 Terry Carr [4], Gordon Van Gelder [2], Steven H Silver, Bill Rotsler [4], Charles N. Brown [29], Edward L. Ferman [7], Ursula K. Le Guin [8], Harlan Ellison [8]
17 Kathryn Cramer
16 Frederik Pohl [7], Frank Kelly Freas [10], Steve Stiles [1], Seanan McGuire [5], Michael Whelan [15], Teddy Harvia [4]


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