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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 Lynne M. Thomas, Connie Willis (11)
Total Hugo Nominations
(Number of fiction nominations in parentheses)
[Number of wins in brackets]
57 Mike Glyer [12]
55 excess [8], David Langford (1) [29]
47 Charles N. Brown [29]
41 David G. Hartwell [3]
37 Mike Resnick (30) [5]
35 Stanley Schmidt (1) [1]
34 Richard E. Geis [13]
31 Bob Eggleton [9], Michael Whelan [15]
29 Robert Silverberg (24) [4]
27 Brad W. Foster [8]
26 Jonathan Strahan [1], Harlan Ellison (19) [8], Andrew I. Porter [3], Frank Kelly Freas [10], Ursula K. Le Guin (20) [8], Gardner Dozois (5) [16]
25 Seanan McGuire (20) [6], Edward L. Ferman [7], Lynne M. Thomas [11]
24 Christopher J Garcia [2], Connie Willis (24) [11], Michael Swanwick (22) [5]
23 Frederik Pohl (9) [7]
22 Bill Rotsler (1) [4], Terry Carr (1) [4], Ellen Datlow [10]
21 Don Maitz [2]
20 Teddy Harvia [4], Gordon Van Gelder [2], David Pringle [1]
Hugo Never-Winners
Number of nominations without ever having won
(Fiction nominations in parentheses)
19 Steven H Silver
17 Kathryn Cramer
14 Alasdair Stuart, Guy H. Lillian III, Kevin J. Maroney
13 Scott H. Andrews
12 Arthur D. Hlavaty, Evelyn C. Leeper, Aliette de Bodard (12), Thomas Canty
11 Andy Cox, David A. Cherry, Taral Wayne
10 Andrew Hooper, Michael A. Burstein (10)
9 Gene Wolfe (9), Jerry Pournelle (8), Stephen E. Fabian, Michael Bishop (9), Algis Budrys (6)
8 Bob Devney, Kieron Gillen, James Baen, Cathy Fenner, Arnie Fenner, Mark Plummer
7 Charles Payseur, Tina Connolly (1), Daniel Dos Santos, Timothy Lane, Michael F. Flynn (7), Grant Canfield, Beth Meacham, Howard Waldrop (7), Spring Schoenhuth
Total Hugo Losses
Number of times nominated but lost [Number of wins in bracket]
47 excess [8]
45 Mike Glyer [12]
38 David G. Hartwell [3]
34 Stanley Schmidt [1]
32 Mike Resnick [5]
26 David Langford [29]
25 Robert Silverberg [4], Jonathan Strahan [1]
23 Andrew I. Porter [3]
22 Christopher J Garcia [2], Bob Eggleton [9]
21 Richard E. Geis [13]
19 Don Maitz [2], Michael Swanwick [5], David Pringle [1], Seanan McGuire [6], Steven H Silver, Brad W. Foster [8]
18 Gordon Van Gelder [2], Terry Carr [4], Bill Rotsler [4], Ursula K. Le Guin [8], Edward L. Ferman [7], Charles N. Brown [29], Harlan Ellison [8]
17 Kathryn Cramer


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