"Being a Nobel Prize nominee is like kissing your sister."
Being a nominee means that they thought you were less deserving of a peace prize than Arafat!
From the Noble Prize Home Page:
Has X been nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Prize, or where do I find a list of Nobel Prize nominees?
According to the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation, information about the nominations is not to be disclosed, publicly or privately, for a period of fifty years. The restriction not only concerns the nominees and nominators, but also investigations and opinions in the awarding of a prize. Nomination information older than fifty years is public. At this web site the Nomination Databases for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-1949 and for the Nobel Peace Prize, 1901-1951 are now available. Nomination Databases for the other prize categories will follow shortly.
Anybody who says that they have been nominated for a Nobel Prize is flat out lying.