American magazine publisher
Dell Magazines is a magazine company known for its many puzzle and astrology magazines . It formerly owned Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine , Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine , Asimov's Science Fiction , and Analog Science Fiction and Fact until 2025. [ 1]
It was founded by George T. Delacorte Jr. in 1921 as part of his Dell Publishing Co . Dell was sold in March 1996 to Crosstown Publications , with headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut . The parent company is now known as Penny Publications, LLC , which also publishes Penny Press puzzle magazines.
The first puzzle magazine Dell published was Dell Crossword Puzzles , in 1931, and since then it has printed magazines containing word searches , math and logic puzzles , and other diversions.
Dell Magazines acquired Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine , Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine , Asimov's Science Fiction , and Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 1992 from Davis Publications .
Dell Magazines is also the sponsor of the Astounding Award for Best New WriterWorld Science Fiction Society alongside the Hugo Awards . The award was previously known as the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer from its founding in 1973 until 2019, after that year's winner, Jeannette Ng , criticized John W. Campbell during her award acceptance speech. [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
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