Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award
The Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award is awarded by the American Astronomical Society for astronomy writing for an academic audience, specifically textbooks at either the upper-division undergraduate level or the graduate level. The award is one of three AAS medal programs established by Dr. Carlson R. Chambliss, Professor Emeritus of astronomy of Kutztown University, Pennsylvania.
Books suitable for this award must be currently available in North America. Criteria include depth and focus, organization, clarity and effective study aids and exercises. A single gold medal is given, and if the winning book has multiple authors, the $1,000 monetary award is divided, and multiple certificates issued.
| Year | Recipient | Book | Publisher |
| 2006 | Barbara Ryden | Introduction to Cosmology | Addison-Wesley |
| 2007 | Imke de Pater, Jack Lissauer | Planetary Sciences | Cambridge University Press |
| 2008 | Linda S. Sparke, John Gallagher III | Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction | Cambridge University Press |
| 2009 | Dan Maoz | Astrophysics in a Nutshell | Princeton University Press |
| 2010 | Hale Bradt | Astrophysics Processes: The Physics of Astronomical Phenomena | Cambridge University Press |
| 2011 | Caleb A. Scharf | Extrasolar Planets and Astrobiology | University Science Books |
| 2012 | Abraham Loeb | How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form? | Princeton University Press |
| 2013 | George Rieke | Measuring the Universe: A Multiwavelength Perspective | Cambridge University Press |
| 2018 | Kevin Heng | Exoplanetary Atmospheres: Theoretical Concepts and Foundations | Princeton University Press |
| 2019 | David Branch, J. Craig Wheeler | Supernova Explosions | Springer Nature |
| 2020 | Thomas Burbine | Asteroids: Astronomical and Geological Bodies | Cambridge University Press |
| 2022 | Daniel Baumann | Cosmology | Cambridge University Press |
| 2023 | Henny J.G.L.M. Lamers, Emily Levesque | Understanding Stellar Evolution | IOP Publishing |
| 2024 | Viviana Acquaviva | Machine Learning for Physics and Astronomy | Princeton University Press |
| 2025 | Dragan Huterer | A Course in Cosmology: From Theory to Practice | Cambridge University Press |
| 2026 | Marc Pinsonneault, Barbara Ryden | Stellar Structure and Evolution | Cambridge University Press |