Campbell award (best new writer) - Definition and Overview

The John W. Campbell Award for the Best New Writer in Science Fiction is awarded annually by the World Science Fiction Society. It is awarded to the best new science fiction or fantasy writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy appearing in a professional publication (defined as 10,000 or more copies) was published in the previous two years.

Recipients

• 1973 - Jerry Pournelle
• 1974 (tie) - Spider Robinson, Lisa Tuttle
• 1975 - P. J. Plauger
• 1976 - Tom Reamy
• 1977 - C. J. 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 - R. A. 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