The Astounding Award for Best New Writer is sponsored by Dell Magazines, the publisher of Analog, and honors the best new writers whose work was first professionally published in the previous two calendar years. The award is voted on the same ballot as the Hugos, and presented at the Hugo ceremony.
| Year | Astounding Award for Best New Writer | Title read by S+L | Published | Date read by S+L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Xiran Jay Zhao | Iron Widow | 2021 | Mar 2024 |
| 2023 | Travis Baldree | Legends & Lattes | 2022 | Apr 2023 |
| 2021 | Emily Tesh | Some Desperate Glory | 2023 | Sep 2024 |
| 2020 | R.F. Kuang | The Poppy War | 2018 | Aug 2019 |
The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is sponsored by the publisher of Analog magazine and honors the best new writers whose work was first professionally published in the previous two calendar years. The award was renamed in 2019.
| Year | John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer | Title read by S+L | Published | Date read by S+L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Rebecca Roanhorse | Trail of Lightning | 2018 | Sep 2019 |
| 2016 | Andy Weir | The Martian | 2011 | May 2014 |
| 2012 | Mur Lafferty | Six Wakes | 2017 | Nov 2022 |
| 2011 | Lev Grossman | The Magicians | 2009 | Apr 2012 |
| 2008 | Mary Robinette Kowal | The Calculating Stars | 2018 | Feb 2019 |
| 2007 | Naomi Novik | Uprooted | 2015 | Aug 2015 |
| 2006 | John Scalzi | Old Man's War | 2005 | Jan 2013 |
| John Scalzi | Fuzzy Nation | 2011 | Jul 2011 | |
| John Scalzi | RedShirts | 2012 | Jul 2013 | |
| 2002 | Jo Walton | Among Others | 2011 | Jun 2013 |
| 2000 | Cory Doctorow | Down and out in the Magic Kingdom | 2003 | Jan 2010 |
| 1999 | Nalo Hopkinson | The Salt Roads | 2004 | Feb 2017 |
| 1998 | Mary Doria Russell | The Sparrow | 1996 | Jan 2015 |
| 1992 | Ted Chiang | Stories of Your Life and Others | 2002 | Sep 2014 |
| 1978 | Orson Scott Card | Ender's Game | 1985 | Nov 2007 |
| 1977 | C.J. Cherryh | Downbelow Station | 1981 | Mar 2013 |