The John W. Campbell Memorial Award (not to be confused with the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) is awarded each year to the best SF novel published in the US. It was the first major SF award established after the Hugos and Nebulas, and is distinguished from them by being a judged award, limited to novel.

Full Name	John W. Campbell Memorial Award
First year given	1973, for novels published in 1972
History	Founded by Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss in 1972 to honor recently-deceased John W. Campbell, the influential editor of Astounding (later Analog) magazine from 1937 until his death in 1971.
Who	Selected judges
Scope	SF novels published in the US
Dating convention	year of award
Issues and controversies	The 1994 result of 'no award' was reportedly due to difficulties with the voting process among the judges, not a judgment that no novel was worthy of an award.
Type	prize
Website	http://www.ku.edu/~sfcenter/campbell.htm