Astounding Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer)
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Edition 16 (1988) Winner
Judith Moffett
ジュディス・モフェット
Judith Moffett
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1942 （Kentucky）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English, Swedish
- Residence History
- Kentucky, U.S. → Sweden
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Academic, Poet, Science Fiction Writer, Translator
- Active Years
- 1976-2024
- Affiliations
- Academy of American Poets
- Influenced By
- James Merrill
- Nominations
- 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novelette Finalist (Surviving), 1988 Nebula Award for Best Novelette Finalist (The Hob), 1989 Nebula Award for Best Novella Finalist, 1990 Hugo Award for Best Novella Finalist (Tiny Tango)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award | Surviving | Novelette | — | Winner |
| 1988 | John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer | — | — | — | Winner |
| 1967 | Fulbright Teaching Fellowship | — | — | Fulbright Program | Recipient |
| 1976 | Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant | — | Poetry | Ingram Merrill Foundation | First Grant |
| 1982 | Annual Translation Prize of the Swedish Academy | — | — | Swedish Academy | Winner |
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
1987
Work:
Surviving
Category:
Novelette
Result:
Winner
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
1988
Result:
Winner
Fulbright Teaching Fellowship
1967
Organization:
Fulbright Program
Result:
Recipient
Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant
1976
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Ingram Merrill Foundation
Result:
First Grant
Annual Translation Prize of the Swedish Academy
1982
Organization:
Swedish Academy
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Pennterra
1987 Science FictionSF novel noted for its treatment of alien sexuality and Quakers in science fiction.
AliensQuakersSexuality
The Ragged World
1991 Science FictionBook 1 of the Holy Ground Trilogy.
ApocalypseReligion
Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream
1992 Science FictionBook 2 of the Holy Ground Trilogy, New York Times Notable Book.
TimeReligion
The Bird Shaman
2008 Science FictionBook 3 of the Holy Ground Trilogy.
ShamanismNature
Bibliography
- Keeping Time: Poems
- Whinny Moor Crossing
- James Merrill: An Introduction to the Poetry
- Pennterra
- Two that Came True
- The Ragged World
- Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream
- Tiny Tango
- The Bird Shaman
- Tarzan in Kentucky
- The Bear's Baby and Other Stories
- Homestead Year: Back to the Land in Suburbia
- Unlikely Friends - James Merrill and Judith Moffett: A Memoir
Translations by Author
- Gentleman, Single, Refined and Selected Poems, 1937-1959 by Hjalmar Gullberg
- The North! To The North! Five Swedish Poets of the Nineteenth Century
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- PoeticLyrical science fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- QuakersSwedish influencesNature and humanity
Legacy
American author and academic known for poetry, non-fiction, science fiction, and translations of Swedish literature. Won Theodore Sturgeon Award and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
Archives
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Western Michigan University
- Hanover College