John W. Campbell Memorial Award
The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel, was established in 1973. The winner is chosen by an international panel of judges.
Winners of the award are listed in italics. If you are able to supply any missing information please contact us.
| Year | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Beyond Apollo | Barry N. Malzberg |
| The Listeners | James E. Gunn | |
| 1974 | Redezvous with Rama | Arthur C. Clarke |
| Malevil | Robert Merle | |
| The Green Gene | Peter Dickinson | |
| The Embedding | Ian Watson | |
| 1975 | Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said | Philip K. Dick |
| The Dispossessed | Ursula K. Le Guin | |
| 1976 | The Year of the Quiet Sun | Wilson Tucker |
| The Stochastic Man | Robert Silverberg | |
| Orbitsville | Bob Shaw | |
| 1977 | The Alteration | Kingsley Amis |
| 1978 | Gateway | Frederik Pohl |
| Roadside Picnic / Tale of the Troika | Boris & Arkady Strugatsky | |
| A Scanner Darkly | Philip K. Dick | |
| 1979 | Gloriana | Michael Moorcock |
| ...And Having Writ | Donald Benson | |
| Altered States | Paddy Chayefsky | |
| 1980 | On Wings of Song | Thomas M. Disch |
| Engine Summer | John Crowley | |
| The Unlimited Dream Company | J.G. Ballard | |
| 1981 | Timescape | Gregory Benford |
| The Dreaming of Dragons | Damien Broderickv | |
| The Shadow of the Torturer | Gene Wolfe | |
| 1982 | Riddley Walker | Russell Hoban |
| 1983 | Helliconia Spring | Brian W. Aldiss |
| No Enemy But Time | Michael Bishop | |
| 1984 | The Citadel of the Autarch | Gene Wolfe |
| The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica | John Calvin Batchelor | |
| Tik-Tok | John Sladek | |
| 1985 | The Years of the City | Frederik Pohl |
| Green Eyes | Lucius Shepard | |
| Neuromancer | William Gibson | |
| 1986 | The Postman | David Brin |
| Galapagos | Kurt Vonnegut Jr. | |
| Blood Music | Greg Bear | |
| Kiteworld | Keith Roberts | |
| 1987 | A Door Into Ocean | Joan Slonczewski |
| This is the Way the World Ends | James Morrow | |
| Speaker for the Dead | Orson Scott Card | |
| 1988 | Lincoln's Dreams | Connie Willis |
| Drowning Towers | George Turner | |
| The Unconquered Country | Geoff Ryman | |
| 1989 | Islands in the Net | Bruce Sterling |
| The Gold Coast | Kim Stanley Robinson | |
| Dragonsdawn | Anne McCaffrey | |
| 1990 | The Child Garden | Geoff Ryman |
| 1991 | Pacific Edge | Kim Stanley Robinson |
| Queen of Angels | Greg Bear | |
| Only Begotten Daughter | James Morrow | |
| 1992 | Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede | Bradley Denton |
| The Difference Engine | William Gibson & Bruce Sterling | |
| A Woman of the Iron People | Eleanor Arnason | |
| The Silicon Man | Charles Platt | |
| Stations of the Tide | Michael Swanwick | |
| 1993 | Brother to Dragons | Charles Sheffield |
| Sideshow | Sheri S. Tepper | |
| A Fire Upon the Deep | Vernor Vinge | |
| 1994 | (No Award) | |
| Beggars in Spain | Nancy Kress | |
| Moving Mars | Greg Bear | |
| 1995 | ||
| 1996 | The Time Ships | Stephen Baxter |
| 1997 | Fairyland | Paul J. McAuley |
| 1998 | Forever Peace | Joe Haldeman |
| Slant | Greg Bear | |
| Secret Passages | Paul Preuss | |
| 1999 | Brute Orbits | George Zebrowski |
| Starfarers | Poul Anderson | |
| Distraction | Bruce Sterling | |
| 2000 | A Deepness in the Sky | Vernor Vinge |
| Darwin's Radio | Greg Bear | |
| Greenhouse Summer | Norman Spinrad | |
| Starfish | Peter Watts | |
| The Silicon Dagger | Jack Williamson | |
| 2001 | Genesis | Poul Anderson |
| Infinity Beach | Jack McDevitt | |
| Ash: A Secret History | Mary Gentle | |
| Calculating God | Robert J. Sawyer | |
| The Fresco | Sheri S. Tepper |
Note: 1994 is the first year that the JWCM award had no winner. Locus quotes James Gunn (the administrator of the award) as saying that the nomination process broke down. The judges didn't receive enough books from publishers to make an informed decision.
