Past John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer Winners
| 1973 | Jerry Pournelle |
| 1974 | (tie) Spider Robinson and 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 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 |
| 2005 | Elizabeth Bear |
| 2006 | John Scalzi |
| 2007 | Naomi Novik |
