World Fantasy Awards Tallies
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Multiple Winners
Anthologists Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have each won the WFA 9 times, while Jeffrey Ford has won it most often, 6 times, for works of fiction (including collections). Gene Wolfe has won 5 awards, the 5th in 2010.
Anthologists Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have each won the WFA 9 times, while Jeffrey Ford has won it most often, 6 times, for works of fiction (including collections). Gene Wolfe has won 5 awards, the 5th in 2010.
Losers Club
Kim Newman has leaped to the front of those nominees with the most nominations and no wins, with 10; Joe R. Lansdale and Harry O. Morris Jr. follow with 9 each.
Kim Newman has leaped to the front of those nominees with the most nominations and no wins, with 10; Joe R. Lansdale and Harry O. Morris Jr. follow with 9 each.
Never Even Nominated
Terry Brooks, David Eddings, Robert Jordan, Mercedes Lackey, Anne McCaffrey, and J.K. Rowling have never been even nominated for a WFA; nor has J.R.R. Tolkien, who preceded the awards.
Terry Brooks, David Eddings, Robert Jordan, Mercedes Lackey, Anne McCaffrey, and J.K. Rowling have never been even nominated for a WFA; nor has J.R.R. Tolkien, who preceded the awards.
Total World Fantasy Wins
(Number of fiction wins in parentheses)
(Number of fiction wins in parentheses)
| 10 | Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling (1) |
| 7 | Jeffrey Ford (4) |
| 5 | Ramsey Campbell (3), Donald M. Grant, Rosalie Parker, Gene Wolfe (3) |
| 4 | Karen Joy Fowler (2), Elizabeth Hand (3), Stephen Jones, Stephen King (4), Margo Lanagan (3), R. B. Russell, Stuart David Schiff, Peter Straub (3), Jeff VanderMeer (1), Charles Vess (1) |
Total World Fantasy Nominations
(Number of fiction nominations in parentheses)
[Number of wins in brackets]
(Number of fiction nominations in parentheses)
[Number of wins in brackets]
| 50 | Ellen Datlow [10] |
| 33 | Terri Windling (1) [10] |
| 31 | Stephen Jones [4] |
| 23 | Charles L. Grant (11) [3] |
| 22 | Kelly Link (8) [3] |
| 20 | Stephen King (16) [4] |
| 19 | Charles de Lint (13) [2] |
World Fantasy Never-Winners
Number of nominations without ever having won
(Fiction nominations in parentheses)
Number of nominations without ever having won
(Fiction nominations in parentheses)
| 11 | Kim Newman (9) |
| 10 | John Joseph Adams |
| 9 | Harry O. Morris, Jr., Joe R. Lansdale (4) |
| 7 | Martin H. Greenberg, John Jude Palencar |
| 6 | Scot Stadalsky, Michael Marshall Smith (4), Paul Mikol, Jerad Walters |
| 5 | P. Djeli Clark (5), Glen Hirshberg (3), John Klima, N. K. Jemisin (4), Jill Bauman, David Pringle, Julie Dillon, Michael Bishop (5) |
Total World Fantasy Losses
Number of times nominated but lost [Number of wins in bracket]
Number of times nominated but lost [Number of wins in bracket]
| 40 | Ellen Datlow [10] |
| 27 | Stephen Jones [4] |
| 23 | Terri Windling [10] |
| 20 | Charles L. Grant [3] |
| 19 | Kelly Link [3] |
| 17 | Charles de Lint [2] |
| 16 | Stephen King [4] |
| 15 | Lucius Shepard [2] |
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