Вручение 1987 г.

Жюри:
Кингсли Эмис (Kingsley Amis) – видный британский прозаик, поэт и критик, а по совместительству историк фантастики.
Алгис Будрис (Algis Budrys) – известный писатель-фантаст, литературовед и критик, по происхождению литовец.
Джеймс Ганн (James Gunn) — известный писатель-фантаст, экс-президент Ассоциации исследователей научной фантастики (SFRA).
Элизабет Энн Халл (Elizabeth Anne Hull) — литературовед и критик, экс-президент Ассоциации исследователей научной фантастики (SFRA), профессор английского языка.
Сам Люндваль (Sam Lundwall) — известный шведский писатель, переводчик, издатель, редактор старейшего в стране «Журнала Жюля Верна».
Уолтер Мейерс (Walter Meyers) – американский художник, известен своими работами на тему космоса.
Томас Шиппи (Thomas A. Shippey) — британский литературовед, специалист по древнеанглийской литературе, исследователь творчества Дж.Р.Р. Толкина.

Страна: США Дата проведения: 1987 г.

Мемориальная премия Джона В. Кэмпбелла

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