The Tolkien Society grants every year five Awards as a way to recognise excellence in Tolkien studies, art and fandom. Winners are announced during the Annual Dinner in the Annual General Meeting of the Society.[1] If any retribution is granted, it is not indicated.
Every year, the members of the Tolkien Society can propose nominees and vote for them in four categories:
- Best Artwork
- Best Article
- Best Book
- Best Online Content
The Outstanding Contribution Award is selected by the Trustees.
| Year |
Best Artwork |
Best Article |
Best Book |
Best Online Content |
Outstanding Contribution
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| 2014 |
Jenny Dolfen, "Eärendil the Mariner" |
John Garth, "Tolkien and the boy who didn’t believe in fairies |
Book: Paul Simpson and Brian Robb, Middle-earth Envisioned
Novel: Christopher Tolkien (ed.), J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Arthur |
Emil Johansson, The Lord of the Rings Project |
Christopher Tolkien
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| 2015 |
Fabio Leone, "Ulmo appears before Tuor" |
Michael Flowers, "A Hemlock by any other name…" |
Christopher Tolkien (ed.), J.R.R. Tolkien, Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary |
Neil Holford, TolkienBooks.net |
Tom Shippey
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| 2016 |
Tomás Hijo, "The Prancing Pony" |
John Garth, "Tolkien's 'immortal four' meet for the last time" |
Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull, The Art of The Lord of the Rings |
Bradford Lee Eden, The Journal of Tolkien Research |
Verlyn Flieger
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| 2017 |
Elena Kukanova, "Maglor" |
Joseph Loconte, "How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front" |
Dimitra Fimi and Andy Higgins (eds.), J.R.R. Tolkien, A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages |
N/A |
John Garth
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| 2018 |
Jenny Dolfen, "The Hunt" |
Dimitra Fimi, "Tears are the very wine of blessedness': joyful sorrow in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings" |
Christopher Tolkien (ed.), J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien |
Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull, Too Many Books and Never Enough |
Priscilla Tolkien
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| 2019 |
Ted Nasmith, "Durin's Crown and the Mirrormere" |
Dimitra Fimi, "Was Tolkien really racist?" |
Catherine McIlwaine, Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth |
Jeremy Edmonds, TolkienGuide.com |
Catherine McIlwaine
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| 2020 |
Jenny Dolfen, "The Professor" |
Kristine Larsen, "Deconstructing Durin's Day: Science, Scientific Fan Fiction, and the Fan-Scholar" |
Oronzo Cilli, Tolkien's Library |
The Prancing Pony Podcast |
Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull
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| 2021 |
Ted Nasmith, "He Beheld a Vision of Gondolin Amid the Snow" |
Verlyn Flieger, "Defying and Defining Darkness" |
Christopher Tolkien (ed.), J.R.R. Tolkien, Unfinished Tales (40th anniversary edition) |
Tolkien Experience Podcast |
Dimitra Fimi
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| 2022 |
Model by STEBRICK, design by Stefano Mapelli, assembled by BrickCreation, "Minas Tirith built from 110000 LEGO Bricks" |
Clare Moore, "A Song of Greater Power: Tolkien's Construction of Lúthien Tinúviel" |
Carl Hostetter (ed.), J.R.R. Tolkien, The Nature of Middle-earth |
The Prancing Pony Podcast |
Brian Sibley
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| 2023 |
Serena Malyon, "The Party Tree" |
Sara Brown, "All that glisters is not gold" |
Brian Sibley (ed.), J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Númenor |
🎇 Tolkien Gateway 🎆 |
John D. Rateliff
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References
| The Tolkien Society
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| President: J.R.R. Tolkien · Vice-president: Priscilla Tolkien · Chair: Shaun Gunner
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| Topics
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History (Letter to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society) · Archives · Awards · Enyalië · Smials · Tolkien to the World · Tolkien fandom
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| Chairs
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Vera Chapman (1970) · Keith Bridges (1970-1973) · Hartley Patterson (1973-1974) · Jonathan Simons (1974-1984) · Brin Dunsire (1984-1988) · Alex Lewis (1988-1992) · Amanda Fingleson (1992-1996) · Chris Crawshaw (1996-2008) · Matthew Vernon (2008-2009) · Sally Kennett (2009-2013) · Shaun Gunner (2013-present)
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| Annual Events
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Birthday Toast (3 January) · Tolkien Reading Day (25 March) · AGM and Springmoot (April) · Seminar (July) · Oxonmoot (September)
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| Conferences
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Oxonmoot (annual, 1974-present) · J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference (1992) · Tolkien 2005: The Ring Goes Ever On (2005) · The Return of the Ring (2012) · Tolkien 2019 (2019)
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| Publications
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Journals
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Belladonna's Broadsheet (1969-1970) · Mallorn (1970-present) · The Tolkien Society Bulletin (1970-1971) · Andúril (1972) · Amon Hen (1972-present) · Quettar (1980-1995)
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| Books
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An Extrapolation on The Silmarillion (1975) · The Trees, the Jewels and the Rings (1977) · Tolkien in Oxford: The Tolkien Society Guide (1978) · The Tolkien Society Songbook (1985) · Tolkien and Romanticism (1988) · Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference (1995) · The Oxonmoot Songbook (1997) · The Filking Songbook (2001) · The Tolkien Society Guide to Oxford (2005) · Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference (2008) · Tolkien 2005 Souvenir Book (2009) · Proceedings of the Tolkien Society Conference 2012 (2016)
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| Peter Roe Books
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1. Some Light on Middle-earth (1985) · 2. Leaves from the Tree (1991) · 3. The First and Second Ages (1992) · 4. Travel and Communication in Tolkien's Worlds (1996) · 5. Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees, vol. 1 (1997) · 6. Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees, vol. 2 (1998) · 7. Tolkien, the Sea and Scandinavia (1999) · 8. The Ways of Creative Mythologies (2000) · 9. Tolkien: A Mythology for England? (2000) · 10. The Best of Amon Hen, vol. 1 (2000) · 11. Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees, vol. 3 (2001) · 12. Sindarin Lexicon (2001) · 13. The Best of Amon Hen, vol. 2 (2002) · 14. Tolkien: Influenced and Influencing (2005)· 15. Freedom, Fate and Choice in Middle-earth (2012) · 16. Journeys & Destinations (2015) · 17. Death and Immortality in Middle-earth (2017) · 18. Poetry and Song in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien (2018) · 19. Tolkien the Pagan? (2019) · 20. Adapting Tolkien (2021) · 21. Twenty-first Century Receptions of Tolkien (2022) · 22. Tolkien and Diversity (2023)
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