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Award Category: Best New Writer (John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer / Astounding Award for the Best New Science Fiction Writer)

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Displaying the wins for this category. You can also view all awards and nominations in this category.

1973
1 ---- Jerry Pournelle
1974
1 ---- Spider Robinson
1 ---- Lisa Tuttle
1975
1 ---- P. J. Plauger
1976
1
ⓘ1184 ballots counted
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5
Tom Reamy 407 423 445 447 509
John Varley 219 228 250 255 334
Arsen Darnay 176 188 209 213
No Award 181 185 191
Joan D. Vinge 107 121
M. A. Foster 94
---- Tom Reamy
1977
1 ---- C. J. Cherryh
1978
1 ---- Orson Scott Card
1979
1 ---- Stephen R. Donaldson
1980
1 ---- Barry B. Longyear
1981
1 ---- S. P. Somtow
1982
1 ---- Alexis Gilliland
1983
1 ---- Paul O. Williams
1984
1 ---- R. A. MacAvoy
1985
1 ---- Lucius Shepard
1986
1 ---- Melissa Scott
1987
1 ---- Karen Joy Fowler
1988
1 ---- Judith Moffett
1989
1 ---- Michaela Roessner
1990
1 ---- Kristine Kathryn Rusch
1991
1 ---- Julia Ecklar
1992
1 ---- Ted Chiang
1993
1 ---- Laura Resnick
1994
1 ---- Amy Thomson
1995
1 ---- Jeff Noon
1996
1
ⓘ480 ballots counted
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
David Feintuch 141 143 144 149 180 264
Felicity Savage 114 122 123 147 175
Michael A. Burstein 118 118 118 127
Sharon Shinn 37 43 43
No Award 38 38 60
Tricia Sullivan 32
37 nominations
 ---- David Feintuch
1997
1 ---- Michael A. Burstein
1998
1
ⓘ440 ballots counted
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4
Mary Doria Russell 177 178 190 206
Susan R. Matthews 72 72 79 84
Richard Garfinkle 68 68 72 82
Andy Duncan 59 59 66
Raphael Carter 37 37
No Award 27
38 nominations
 ---- Mary Doria Russell
1999
1 ---- Nalo Hopkinson
2000
1
ⓘ514 ballots counted
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
Cory Doctorow 128 129 141 171 195 286
Ellen Klages 119 119 124 138 178
Kristine Smith 99 99 106 119
Shane Tourtellotte 84 84 89
Thomas Harlan 55 55
No Award 29 39
---- Cory Doctorow
2001
1
ⓘ561 ballots counted
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
Kristine Smith 181 191 198 201 257 315
Jo Walton 109 123 127 128 151
Thomas Harlan 84 95 113 113
No Award 67 69 74 88
Douglas Smith 61 65
James L. Cambias 59
29 nominations
 ---- Kristine Smith
2002
1
ⓘ441 ballots counted
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Runoff
Jo Walton 161 161 170 195 283
Ken Wharton 76 76 83 95
Alexander C. Irvine 64 64 76 86
Wen Spencer 62 63 66
Tobias S. Buckell 44 44
No Award 34 50
53 nominations
 ---- Jo Walton
2003
1
ⓘ417 ballots counted
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
Wen Spencer 108 108 116 139 163 240
Charles Coleman Finlay 87 87 96 128 149
Karin Lowachee 78 78 81 86
Ken Wharton 69 69 80
David D. Levine 52 52
No Award 23 37
60 nominations
 ---- Wen Spencer
2004
1
ⓘ659 ballots counted
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
Jay Lake 259 259 264 288 323 443
David D. Levine 133 133 144 160 208
Karin Lowachee 106 106 123 144
Tim Pratt 73 73 80
Chris Moriarty 55 57
No Award 33 50
32 nominations
 ---- Jay Lake
2005
1
ⓘ323 ballots counted
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
Elizabeth Bear 101 105 105 117 148 192
Steph Swainston 90 92 92 95 115
K. J. Bishop 58 59 59 67
Chris Roberson 37 38 39
No Award 22 23 29
David Moles 15
20 nominations
 ---- Elizabeth Bear
2006
1
ⓘ386 ballots counted
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Runoff
John Scalzi 183 183 190 279
Chris Roberson 42 42 46
Sarah Monette 42 42 44
Steph Swainston 37 37 38
K. J. Bishop 33 33 36
Brandon Sanderson 29 29
No Award 20 28
41 nominations
 ---- John Scalzi
2007
1
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Finalist Pass 1 Runoff
Naomi Novik 203 289
Sarah Monette 53
Lawrence M Schoen 34
Brandon Sanderson 25
Scott Lynch 19
No Award 14 23
81 nominations
 ---- Naomi Novik
2008
1
ⓘ365 ballots counted
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Mary Robinette Kowal 114 119 123 123 129 165 235
Scott Lynch 91 92 95 95 107 130
David Louis Edelman 62 65 73 73 88
Joe Abercrombie 36 39 42 42
No Award 24 24 24 37
Jon Armstrong 20 22
David Anthony Durham 18
17 nominations
 ---- Mary Robinette Kowal
2009
1
ⓘ1074 ballots counted
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
David Anthony Durham 97 97 111 133 161 254
Aliette de Bodard 81 84 91 113 158
Tony Pi 76 76 86 108
Gord Sellar 70 70 79
Felix Gilman 66 66
No Award 41 52
45 nominations
 ---- David Anthony Durham
2010
1
ⓘ544 ballots
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
Seanan McGuire 138 139 149 184 233 317
Lezli Robyn 101 102 114 142 174
Felix Gilman 101 101 114 128
Gail Carriger 101 101 112
Saladin Ahmed 68 68
No Award 35 55
57 nominations
 ---- Seanan McGuire
2011
1
ⓘ1138 ballots
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
Lev Grossmann 263 264 291 322 412 644
Lauren Beukes 232 233 247 319 397
Dan Wells 206 207 267 304
Saladin Ahmed 195 195 212
Larry Correia 175 176
No Award 67 121
64 nominations
 ---- Lev Grossman
2012
1
ⓘ1175 ballots counted
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
E. Lily Yu 274 275 302 370 531 802
Brad R. Torgersen 293 296 316 350 438
Karen Lord 250 250 278 305
Mur Lafferty 167 167 197
Stina Leicht 132 132
No Award 59 76
53 nominations
 ---- E. Lily Yu
2013
1
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Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
Mur Lafferty 266 267 292 331 409 638
Stina Leicht 206 207 234 277 364
Chuck Wendig 197 198 214 264
Max Gladstone 163 164 180
Zen Cho 112 112
No Award 88 134
Total Votes 1033 1033 1033 1033 1033 1033
85 nominations
 ---- Mur Lafferty
2014
1
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Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
Sofia Samatar 488 550 552 589 727 1130
Max Gladstone 423 450 450 501 647
Wesley Chu 361 381 381 452
Ramez Naam 195 209 209
No Award 158 158 222
Benjanun Sriduangkaew 145
Preference 1770 1748 1592 1542 1374 1352
No Preference 0 22 178 228 396 418
Total Votes 1770 1770 1770 1770 1770 1770
156 nominations
 ---- Sofia Samatar
2015
1
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Finalist Pass 1 Runoff
Wesley Chu 2655 3395
No Award 529 644
Eric S. Raymond 489
Kary English 427
Jason Cordova 220
Rolf Nelson 68
Preference 4388 4039
No Preference 0 349
Total Votes 4388 4388
106 nominations
 ---- Wesley Chu
2016
1
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Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
Andy Weir 1056 1067 1090 1142 1144 1683
Alyssa Wong 1058 1062 1080 1100 1110
No Award 123 125 126 130 448
Pierce Brown 75 80 86
Sebastien de Castell 57 59
Brian Niemeier 37
Preference 2406 2393 2382 2372 2254 2131
No Preference 0 13 24 34 152 275
Total Votes 2406 2406 2406 2406 2406 2406
1046 nominations
 ---- Andy Weir
2017
1
ⓘ1st year of eligibility.
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Ada Palmer 526 533 535 570 634 719 1092
Malka Older 243 246 246 278 358 516
Sarah Gailey 225 230 231 265 625
Kelly Robson 219 220 221 255
Laurie Penny 174 176 176
No Award 74 78 116
J. Mulrooney 26
255 nominating ballots with 187.28 final points.
 ---- Ada Palmer
2018
1
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Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Rebecca Roanhorse 324 324 351 377 437 561 940
Vina Jie-Min Prasad 324 325 347 381 437 523
Rivers Solomon 206 207 220 241 273
Jeannette Ng 160 160 177 218
Katherine Arden 160 162 176
Sarah Kuhn 135 136
No Award 47 70
Preference 1356 1314 1271 1217 1147 1084 1010
No Preference 0 42 85 139 209 272 346
Total Votes 1356 1356 1356 1356 1356 1356 1356
60 nominating ballots (9.84%) with 29.83 final points.
 ---- Rebecca Roanhorse
2019
1
ⓘ2nd year of eligibility
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Jeannette Ng 284 285 323 366 420 559 900
Rivers Solomon 276 276 300 347 393 516
S. A. Chakraborty 191 192 238 271 360
Katherine Arden 210 212 242 260
Vina Jie-Min Prasad 192 192 204
R. F. Kuang 183 183
No Award 63 82
137 nominations with 74.78 final points.
 ---- Jeannette Ng
2020
1
ⓘ2nd year of eligibility
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Runoff
R.F. Kuang 330 330 357 385 421 694
Nibedita Sen 167 167 177 187 213
Tasha Suri 122 122 138 157 194
Emily Tesh 106 107 123 140
Sam Hawke 93 95 106
Jenn Lyons 89 89
No Award 29 43
133 nominations with 92.45 final points.
 ---- R. F. Kuang
2021
1
ⓘ2nd year of eligibility
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Micaiah Johnson 221 221 230 277 305 355
Emily Tesh 198 200 218 232 321 364 585
Lindsay Ellis 183 183 188 198 220
Jenn Lyons 158 158 168 182
Simon Jimenez 106 107 109
A. K. Larkwood 59 59
No Award 48 64
90 nominations with 46.23 points
 ---- Emily Tesh
2022
1
ⓘ1st year of eligibility Cast Ballots: 1090 of 2235
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Shelley Parker-Chan 278 278 298 330 369 498 807
Micaiah Johnson 242 242 254 294 356 420
Xiran Jay Zhao 230 230 247 262 299
Tracy Deonn 133 133 146 168
A. K. Larkwood 117 117 129
Everina Maxwell 90 90
No Award 34 43
119 nominations with 65.65 points.
 ---- Shelley Parker-Chan
2023
1
ⓘFirst year of eligibility According to the voting statistics released on 2024-01-20, there were 1674 valid ballots cast, 800 valid ballots cast in category.
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Runoff
Travis Baldree 389 393 615
Isabel J. Kim 100 102
刘麦加 95 96
Everina Maxwell 69 69
辛维木 64 64
Naseem Jamnia 46 46
No Award 37 52
Preference 800 770 667
No Preference 0 30 133
Total Votes 800 800 800
According to the voting statistics released on 2024-01-20, there were 225 nominations with 97.90 final points.
 ---- Travis Baldree
2024
1
ⓘEligibility extended at request of Dell Magazines. According to the 2024 Hugo Voting Statistics, there were 3,436 valid ballots cast, 1,201 valid ballots cast in this category.
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Xiran Jay Zhao 391 391 411 431 473 554 774
Moniquill Blackgoose 224 224 238 267 316 395
Ai Jiang 183 184 202 211 247
Sunyi Dean 142 142 152 181
Hannah Kaner 117 117 125
Em X. Liu 95 95
No Award 49 79
According to the 2024 Hugo Voting Statistics, there were 47 nominations with 32.42 final points.
 ---- Xiran Jay Zhao
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