Facts about Nebula Award History
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Stephen King's The Stand won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1979, marking one of the few times a mainstream horror epic claimed the award.
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Ninety-two different authors won Nebula Awards between 1966 and 2023, with only four winning more than three times in the award's fifty-seven year history.
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Ursula K. Le Guin won the most Nebula Awards of any author, with six victories across novel and novella categories between 1970 and 2002.
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In 1989, C.J. Cherryh became the first author to win the Nebula Award for Best Novel twice, claiming her second victory with Cyteen.
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Arthur C. Clarke won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966 for Rendezvous with Rama, establishing a legacy that would span decades.
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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America established the Nebula Awards in 1966 to recognize the best science fiction and fantasy works of the previous year.