Nebula Awards Tallies


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Multiple Winners
With another win in 2011, Connie Willis pulls ahead of Ursula K. Le Guin for the most Nebulas wins, 7. Nancy Kress and Ursula K. Le Guin have 6 each; Greg Bear, Joe Haldeman, and Robert Silverberg have 5 each.
Losers Club
Jack McDevitt and James Patrick Kelly finally won Nebulas in 2007, leaving the late Avram Davidson, with 10 nominations, the leader in this category, with Thomas M. Disch and Bruce Sterling following.
Never Won
Robert A. Heinlein, Philip K. Dick, R.A. Lafferty; Dan Simmons, Neal Stephenson, Tim Powers, Vernor Vinge, John Brunner
Never Even Nominated
Greg Egan, Paul J. McAuley, Stephen Baxter, Iain M. Banks, Christopher Priest, Rudy Rucker, Sheri S. Tepper
Total Nebula Wins
7 Connie Willis
6 Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin
5 Greg Bear, Joe Haldeman, Robert Silverberg
4 Ted Chiang, Samuel R. Delany, Harlan Ellison, Sarah Pinsker
3 Poul Anderson, Philippa Boyens, Lois McMaster Bujold, P. Djeli Clark, Arthur C. Clarke, Aliette de Bodard, Peter Jackson, Kij Johnson, Fritz Leiber, Kelly Link, George R. R. Martin, Vonda N. McIntyre, Kim Stanley Robinson, James Tiptree, Jr., Fran Walsh, Kate Wilhelm, Roger Zelazny
Total Nebula Nominations
[Number of wins in brackets]
22 Robert Silverberg [5]
20 Gene Wolfe [2]
18 Jack McDevitt [1], Ursula K. Le Guin [6], Kate Wilhelm [3]
17 Harlan Ellison [4], Michael Bishop [2]
16 Michael Swanwick [1]
15 Nancy Kress [6], Connie Willis [7]
14 Roger Zelazny [3], George R. R. Martin [3]
13 Gregory Benford [2], James Patrick Kelly [1], Jack Dann [1]
12 Kim Stanley Robinson [3], Poul Anderson [3], Lucius Shepard [1]
11 Fritz Leiber [3], Gardner Dozois [2], Sarah Pinsker [4], Mike Resnick [1]
10 Avram Davidson, Frederik Pohl [2], Bruce Sterling, Samuel R. Delany [4], Karen Joy Fowler [2], Walter Jon Williams [2]
9 Ken Liu [1], Thomas M. Disch, Joe Haldeman [5], John Varley [2], Andy Duncan [1], Greg Bear [5], James Tiptree, Jr. [3], Orson Scott Card [2], Howard Waldrop [1], Joanna Russ [1], John Kessel [2]
8 Richard Bowes, Vonda N. McIntyre [3], Larry Niven [1], William Gibson [1], Aliette de Bodard [3], Adam-Troy Castro, N. K. Jemisin [1], Lois McMaster Bujold [3]
Nebula Never-Winners
Number of nominations without ever having won
10 Bruce Sterling, Avram Davidson
9 Thomas M. Disch
8 Adam-Troy Castro, Richard Bowes
7 R. A. Lafferty, Maureen F. McHugh
6 Lawrence M. Schoen, Barry N. Malzberg, Caroline M. Yoachim, Norman Spinrad
5 Philip K. Dick, Sam J. Miller, Lisa Goldstein, Pat Cadigan, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Eleanor Arnason, Susan M. Shwartz
4 Vernor Vinge, Michael A. Burstein, Christopher Barzak, James H. Schmitz, Jason Sanford, Fran Wilde, Keith Laumer, Robert A. Heinlein, K. D. Wentworth, Jonathan Lethem, Charles E. Gannon
Total Nebula Losses
Number of times nominated but lost [Number of wins in bracket]
18 Gene Wolfe [2]
17 Jack McDevitt [1], Robert Silverberg [5]
15 Kate Wilhelm [3], Michael Bishop [2], Michael Swanwick [1]
13 Harlan Ellison [4]
12 Ursula K. Le Guin [6], James Patrick Kelly [1], Jack Dann [1]
11 Roger Zelazny [3], Gregory Benford [2], George R. R. Martin [3], Lucius Shepard [1]
10 Bruce Sterling, Mike Resnick [1], Avram Davidson
9 Nancy Kress [6], Poul Anderson [3], Gardner Dozois [2], Thomas M. Disch, Kim Stanley Robinson [3]
8 Fritz Leiber [3], Frederik Pohl [2], Connie Willis [7], Karen Joy Fowler [2], Joanna Russ [1], Howard Waldrop [1], Andy Duncan [1], Ken Liu [1], Adam-Troy Castro, Richard Bowes, Walter Jon Williams [2]
7 R. A. Lafferty, N. K. Jemisin [1], Maureen F. McHugh, Larry Niven [1], William Gibson [1], John Varley [2], Sarah Pinsker [4], Orson Scott Card [2], John Kessel [2]


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