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


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