Tolkien Society Awards Explained

The Tolkien Society Awards, established in 2014, are presented annually by The Tolkien Society to "recognise excellence in the fields of Tolkien scholarship and fandom". The awards are announced at the Annual Dinner during the Society's AGM and Springmoot weekend.[1]  

Recipients

Best artwork

Year! scope="col"
ArtworkArtistRef.
2014"Eärendil the Mariner"[2] [3]
2015"Ulmo appears before Tuor"[4]
2016[5]
2017"Maglor"[6]
2018[7]
2019"Durin's Crown and the Mirrormere"[8] [9]
2020[10] [11]
2021"He Beheld a Vision of Gondolin Amid the Snow"[12] [13]
2022"Minas Tirith built from 110000 LEGO Bricks"[14] STEBRICK (model), Stefano Mapelli (design), and BrickCreation (assembly)[15]
2023[16] [17]
2024"Frodo's Inheritance"[18] [19] -->

Best article

Year! scope="col"
ArticleAuthorRef.
2014"Tolkien and the boy who didn't believe in fairies"[20]
2015[21]
2016"Tolkien's 'immortal four' meet for the last time"[22]
2017"How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front",[23] in The New York Times, 30 June 2016
2018"'Tears are the very wine of blessedness': joyful sorrow in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings",[24] in Death and Immortality in Middle-earth: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 2016
2019"Was Tolkien really racist?"[25] in The Conversation, 6 December 2018
2020"Deconstructing Durin's Day: Science, Scientific Fan Fiction, and the Fan-Scholar"[26] in Journal of Tolkien Research, vol. 8, no. 1
2021"Defying and Defining Darkness”[27] in Mallorn 61
2022,[28] in Mallorn 62
2023"All that glisters is not gold”[29] in Mallorn 63
2024[30] in Journal of Tolkien Research, vol. 18, no. 1

Best book

Year! scope="col"
BookAuthor(s)Ref.
2014Middle-Earth Envisioned ("Best Book") and Brian Robb
("Best Novel"), edited by  Christopher Tolkien
2015, edited by  Christopher Tolkien
2016 and Christina Scull
2017, edited by Dimitra Fimi and Andy Higgins
2018Beren and Lúthien, edited by  Christopher Tolkien
2019
2020Tolkien's Library
2021Unfinished Tales (40th anniversary edition), edited by  Christopher Tolkien
2022, edited by  Carl Hostetter
2023, edited by  Brian Sibley
2024, edited by  Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien

Online content

Year! scope="col"
SiteRef.
2014LOTR Project by Emil Johansson
2015TolkienBooks.net by Neil Holford
2016 by Bradford Lee Eden
2017— none —
2018Too Many Books and Never Enough by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
2019TolkienGuide.com by Jeremy Edmonds
2020
2021Tolkien Experience Podcast
2022
2023Tolkien Gateway
2024Nerd of the Rings

Outstanding contribution

Year! scope="col"
RecipientRef.
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020 and Christina Scull
2021
2022
2023
2024 (posthumous)

External links

Official website

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2 April 2014 . Announcing the inaugural Tolkien Society Awards . 3 November 2015 . . 8 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151008210446/https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/04/02/88221-announcing-the-inaugural-tolkien-society-awards/ . live .
  2. Web site: Dolfen . Jenny . Jenny Dolfen . Eärendil the Mariner . Jenny Dolfen Art . 20 April 2024 . 3 February 2013.
  3. Web site: Milos . Lily . 2014-04-21 . The Tolkien Society Announces Award Winners . 2024-04-19 . Middle-earth News . en-US . 2023-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230517092952/https://middleearthnews.com/2014/04/21/the-tolkien-society-announces-award-winners/ . live .
  4. Web site: Leone . Fabio . Ulmo appears before Tuor . www.deviantart.com . 20 April 2024 . en . 13 September 2014.
  5. Web site: Hijo . Tomás . “El poney pisador”. Detalles. Disponible en la... - tomashijoart . Tomás Hijo Art . 20 April 2024.
  6. Web site: Kukanova . Elena . Maglor . www.deviantart.com . 20 April 2024 . en . 8 September 2016.
  7. Web site: Dolfen . Jenny . Jenny Dolfen . The Hunt . Jenny Dolfen Art . 20 April 2024 . 11 November 2017.
  8. Web site: Nasmith . Ted . Ted Nasmith . Durin's Crown and the Mirrormere . Ted Nasmith . 20 April 2024 . 15 August 2018.
  9. Web site: 2019-05-17 . Tolkien Society Awards 2019 . 2024-04-19 . . 2023-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326031611/https://locusmag.com/2019/05/tolkien-society-awards-2019/ . live .
  10. Web site: Dolfen . Jenny . Jenny Dolfen . T-shirt design for Tolkien2019 in Birmingham . Jenny Dolfen Art . 20 April 2024 . 20 July 2019.
  11. Web site: 2020-04-20 . Tolkien Society Awards 2020 . 2024-04-19 . . 2023-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230129152141/https://locusmag.com/2020/04/tolkien-society-awards-2020/ . live .
  12. Web site: Nasmith . Ted . Ted Nasmith . “He Beheld a Vision of Gondolin Amid the Snow” . Ted Nasmith . 20 April 2024 . 23 December 2020.
  13. Web site: 2021-04-12 . Tolkien Society Awards 2021 . 2024-04-19 . . 2023-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230609184359/https://locusmag.com/2021/04/tolkien-society-awards-2021/ . live .
  14. Web site: BricksCreations . — at Minas Tirith . www.facebook.com . 20 April 2024.
  15. Web site: 2022-04-08 . 2022 Tolkien Society Awards . 2024-04-19 . . 2023-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324095537/https://locusmag.com/2022/04/2022-tolkien-society-awards/ . live .
  16. Web site: Malyon . Serena . The Party Tree . Serena Malyon . 20 April 2024.
  17. Web site: 2023-04-03 . 2023 Tolkien Society Awards . 2024-04-19 . . 2023-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231225135131/https://locusmag.com/2023/04/2023-tolkien-society-awards/ . live .
  18. Web site: Giancola . Donato . Donato Giancola . Middle-earth . donatoarts.com . 20 April 2024.
  19. Web site: 2024-04-18 . 2024 Tolkien Society Awards . 2024-04-19 . . 2024-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240418212206/https://locusmag.com/2024/04/2024-tolkien-society-awards/ . live .
  20. Web site: Garth . John . John Garth (author) . Tolkien and the boy who didn't believe in fairies . johngarth.co.uk . 20 April 2024.
  21. Web site: Flowers . Michael . A Hemlock by any other name… . The Tolkien Society . 20 April 2024 . 9 June 2014.
  22. Web site: Garth . John . John Garth (author) . Tolkien's 'immortal four' meet for the last time . John Garth . 20 April 2024 . 25 September 2015.
  23. News: Loconte . Joseph . Opinion: How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front . 20 April 2024 . . registration . 30 June 2016.
  24. Book: Fimi, Dimitra . Death and Immortality in Middle-earth: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 2016 . Helen . Daniel . Dimitra Fimi . 'Tears are the very wine of blessedness': joyful sorrow in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings . 21 November 2017 . Luna Press Publishing . 978-1-911143-33-8 .
  25. Web site: Fimi . Dimitra . Dimitra Fimi . Was Tolkien really racist? . . 20 April 2024 . 6 December 2018.
  26. Larsen . Kristine . Deconstructing Durin's Day: Science, Scientific Fan Fiction, and the Fan-Scholar . . 2019 . 8 . 1 . 20 April 2024 . 2471-934X.
  27. Defying and Defining Darkness . Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society . 2020 . Winter 2020 . 61 . 15–19 . Flieger . Verlyn . Verlyn Flieger. 20 April 2024 . 0308-6674 .
  28. A Song of Greater Power: Tolkien's Construction of Lúthien Tinúviel . Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society . 2021 . Winter 2021 . 62 . 6–16 . Moore . Clare . 0308-6674 .
  29. "All that glisters is not gold”: The Ring of Power and the Deception of Simile . Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society . 2022 . Winter 2022 . 63 . 7–14 . Brown . Sara . 0308-6674 .
  30. Brown . Sara . The Tale of 'Aldarion and Erendis': Not Just a Medieval Love Story . Journal of Tolkien Research . 5 February 2024 . 18 . 1 . 20 April 2024 . 2471-934X.

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