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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 Kate Wilhelm [3], Jack McDevitt [1], Ursula K. Le Guin [6]
17 Harlan Ellison [4], Michael Bishop [2]
16 Michael Swanwick [1]
15 Nancy Kress [6], Connie Willis [7]
14 George R. R. Martin [3], Roger Zelazny [3]
13 Gregory Benford [2], James Patrick Kelly [1], Jack Dann [1]
12 Lucius Shepard [1], Kim Stanley Robinson [3], Poul Anderson [3]
11 Fritz Leiber [3], Gardner Dozois [2], Sarah Pinsker [4], Mike Resnick [1]
10 Karen Joy Fowler [2], Frederik Pohl [2], Avram Davidson, Walter Jon Williams [2], Samuel R. Delany [4], Bruce Sterling
9 James Tiptree, Jr. [3], Thomas M. Disch, Joe Haldeman [5], John Varley [2], Greg Bear [5], Andy Duncan [1], Orson Scott Card [2], Ken Liu [1], John Kessel [2], Joanna Russ [1], Howard Waldrop [1]
8 N. K. Jemisin [1], Richard Bowes, Adam-Troy Castro, William Gibson [1], Vonda N. McIntyre [3], Larry Niven [1], Lois McMaster Bujold [3], Aliette de Bodard [3]
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 Caroline M. Yoachim, Maureen F. McHugh, R. A. Lafferty
6 Lawrence M. Schoen, Barry N. Malzberg, Norman Spinrad
5 Philip K. Dick, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Sam J. Miller, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pat Cadigan, Lisa Goldstein, Eleanor Arnason, Natalia Theodoridou, Susan M. Shwartz
4 Kate Heartfield, Charles E. Gannon, Jonathan Lethem, James H. Schmitz, Christopher Barzak, Robert A. Heinlein, Jason Sanford, Fran Wilde, Keith Laumer, Vernor Vinge, K. D. Wentworth, Michael A. Burstein
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 James Patrick Kelly [1], Jack Dann [1], Ursula K. Le Guin [6]
11 George R. R. Martin [3], Roger Zelazny [3], Lucius Shepard [1], Gregory Benford [2]
10 Avram Davidson, Bruce Sterling, Mike Resnick [1]
9 Poul Anderson [3], Gardner Dozois [2], Nancy Kress [6], Kim Stanley Robinson [3], Thomas M. Disch
8 Joanna Russ [1], Ken Liu [1], Adam-Troy Castro, Howard Waldrop [1], Andy Duncan [1], Frederik Pohl [2], Walter Jon Williams [2], Karen Joy Fowler [2], Fritz Leiber [3], Richard Bowes, Connie Willis [7]
7 Maureen F. McHugh, R. A. Lafferty, N. K. Jemisin [1], William Gibson [1], Larry Niven [1], Caroline M. Yoachim, John Kessel [2], John Varley [2], Sarah Pinsker [4], Orson Scott Card [2]


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