Astounding Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction
The Astounding Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction is given annually by the World Science Fiction Society to the best new writer (of science fiction or fantasy literature).
One of the conditions for a nomination is that the first work has appeared in a professional publication (which must have a circulation of at least 10,000 copies) within the last two years.
Until 2019, the award was the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction, named after John W. Campbell , the hugely influential editor of the science fiction magazine Astounding (now called Analog Science Fiction and Fact ). After Jeanette Ng , the 2019 award winner, strongly criticized the person of Campbell, his views on issues such as slavery and homosexuality and his lasting influence on science fiction literature, "which still lingers on the genre to this day," in her award speech, Analog's editors decided to change the name of the award to Astounding Award for Best New Writer . They justified this as follows:
"Campbell's provocative editorials and opinions on race, slavery, and other matters often reflected positions that went beyond just the mores of his time and are today at odds with modern values, including those held by the award's many nominees, winners and supporters."
"Campbell's provocative editorials and views on race, slavery and other issues depict positions that go beyond what was common at the time and are now in conflict with the values advocated by the award nominees, winners and supporters."
Award winners
- 1973: Jerry Pournelle
- 1974: Spider Robinson and Lisa Tuttle
- 1975: PJ Plauger
- 1976: Tom Reamy
- 1977: CJ Cherryh
- 1978: Orson Scott Card
- 1979: Stephen R. Donaldson
- 1980: Barry B. Longyear
- 1981: Somtow Sucharitkul
- 1982: Alexis A. Gilliland
- 1983: Paul O. Williams
- 1984: RA MacAvoy
- 1985: Lucius Shepard
- 1986: Melissa Scott
- 1987: Karen Joy Fowler
- 1988: Judith Moffett
- 1989: Michaela Roessner
- 1990: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- 1991: Julia Ecklar
- 1992: Ted Chiang
- 1993: Laura Resnick
- 1994: Amy Thomson
- 1995: Jeff Noon
- 1996: David Feintuch
- 1997: Michael A. Burstein
- 1998: Mary Doria Russell
- 1999: Nalo Hopkinson
- 2000: Cory Doctorow
- 2001: Kristine Smith
- 2002: Jo Walton
- 2003: Wen Spencer
- 2004: Jay Lake
- 2005: Elizabeth Bear
- 2006: John Scalzi
- 2007: Naomi Novik
- 2008: Mary Robinette Kowal
- 2009: David Anthony Durham
- 2010: Seanan McGuire
- 2011: Lev Grossman
- 2012: E. Lily Yu
- 2013: Mur Lafferty
- 2014: Sofia Samatar
- 2015: Wesley Chu
- 2016: Andy Weir
- 2017: Ada Palmer
- 2018: Rebecca Roanhorse
- 2019: Jeanette Ng
- 2020: RF Kuang
Web links
- John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer , entry in the Science Fiction Awards + Database
- John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer , indexed in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award Eligibility & Author Profiles (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ [ John W. Campbell Award Is Renamed After Winner Criticizes Him ], article by Peter Libbey in the New York Times of August 28, 2019 (updated September 1, 2019), accessed September 14, 2019.
- ↑ A Statement from the Editor , article on The Astounding Analog Companion of August 27, 2019.