Sociedad Tolkien Española
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The Sociedad Tolkien Española (Spanish: "Spanish Tolkien Society"), or STE, is a Tolkien Society based in Spain.
History[edit | edit source]
The Society was founded in 1991 in Elche, in view of the coming Centenary, having the first official meeting on 9 February.[1] Its first chairman was José Manuel Ferrández Bru.[2] Although the Executive Committee and its seat is placed in a particular locality, there are many local delegations called "smials".
Ever since 2015, an official podcast releases monthly, called "Regreso a Hobbiton".
Publications[edit | edit source]
The Society publishes the journal Estel twice a year. As of 2023, 99 issues have been published.[3]
The journal Nolmë, more academic, is published irregularly.
Awards[edit | edit source]
Four awards are given out every year:
- "Niggle", artisanship award, with the categories "Pictoral arts and illustration" and "Other arts".
- "Ælfwine", essay award (open to English submissions), with the categories "Academic essay" and "Literary-humanities essay".
- "Gandalf", story award (the oldest, awarded since 1995).
- "Bilbo", micro-story award.
External links[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ "The Sociedad Tolkien Española", Old web of the STE (accessed 14 July 2019)
- ↑ José Manuel Ferrández Bru, "A brief biography", JoseManuelFerrandez.com (accessed 14 July 2019)
- ↑ "Revista Estel", SociedadTolkien.org (accessed 10 July 2023)