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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, 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 Kate Wilhelm [3], Jack McDevitt [1], Ursula K. Le Guin [6]
17 Harlan Ellison [4], Michael Bishop [2]
16 Michael Swanwick [1]
15 Connie Willis [7], Nancy Kress [6]
14 Roger Zelazny [3]
13 Jack Dann [1], Gregory Benford [2], James Patrick Kelly [1], George R. R. Martin [2]
12 Lucius Shepard [1], Poul Anderson [3], Kim Stanley Robinson [3]
11 Gardner Dozois [2], Sarah Pinsker [4], Fritz Leiber [3], Mike Resnick [1]
10 Bruce Sterling, Frederik Pohl [2], Walter Jon Williams [2], Karen Joy Fowler [2], Samuel R. Delany [4], Avram Davidson
9 Joanna Russ [1], Thomas M. Disch, James Tiptree, Jr. [3], Greg Bear [5], John Kessel [2], Andy Duncan [1], Orson Scott Card [2], Joe Haldeman [5], Howard Waldrop [1], John Varley [2], Ken Liu [1]
8 Lois McMaster Bujold [3], Larry Niven [1], Aliette de Bodard [3], William Gibson [1], Richard Bowes, Vonda N. McIntyre [3], Adam-Troy Castro, N. K. Jemisin [1]
Nebula Never-Winners
Number of nominations without ever having won
10 Avram Davidson, Bruce Sterling
9 Thomas M. Disch
8 Richard Bowes, Adam-Troy Castro
7 R. A. Lafferty, Maureen F. McHugh
6 Lawrence M. Schoen, Barry N. Malzberg, Caroline M. Yoachim, Norman Spinrad
5 Sam J. Miller, Susan M. Shwartz, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lisa Goldstein, Pat Cadigan, Eleanor Arnason, Philip K. Dick
4 Christopher Barzak, K. D. Wentworth, Michael A. Burstein, Keith Laumer, Jason Sanford, Vernor Vinge, Fran Wilde, Charles E. Gannon, Robert A. Heinlein, Jonathan Lethem, James H. Schmitz
Total Nebula Losses
Number of times nominated but lost [Number of wins in bracket]
18 Gene Wolfe [2]
17 Robert Silverberg [5], Jack McDevitt [1]
15 Michael Swanwick [1], Michael Bishop [2], Kate Wilhelm [3]
13 Harlan Ellison [4]
12 Ursula K. Le Guin [6], Jack Dann [1], James Patrick Kelly [1]
11 Roger Zelazny [3], Lucius Shepard [1], Gregory Benford [2], George R. R. Martin [2]
10 Bruce Sterling, Mike Resnick [1], Avram Davidson
9 Gardner Dozois [2], Thomas M. Disch, Kim Stanley Robinson [3], Poul Anderson [3], Nancy Kress [6]
8 Frederik Pohl [2], Connie Willis [7], Joanna Russ [1], Ken Liu [1], Andy Duncan [1], Adam-Troy Castro, Fritz Leiber [3], Howard Waldrop [1], Richard Bowes, Walter Jon Williams [2], Karen Joy Fowler [2]
7 Maureen F. McHugh, Larry Niven [1], N. K. Jemisin [1], William Gibson [1], R. A. Lafferty, John Varley [2], Sarah Pinsker [4], John Kessel [2], Orson Scott Card [2]


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