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.
Recipients
Best artwork
+Artwork winners YearArtworkArtist Ref.2014"Eärendil the Mariner"2015"Ulmo appears before Tuor"20162017"Maglor"20182019"Durin's Crown and the Mirrormere"20202021"He Beheld a Vision of Gondolin Amid the Snow"2022"Minas Tirith built from 110000 LEGO Bricks"STEBRICK (model), Stefano Mapelli (design), and BrickCreation (assembly)20232024"Frodo's Inheritance"2025"Arrival in the Shire"
Best article
+Article winners YearArticleAuthor Ref.2014"Tolkien and the boy who didn't believe in fairies"20152016"Tolkien's 'immortal four' meet for the last time"2017"How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front", in The New York Times, 30 June 20162018"'Tears are the very wine of blessedness': joyful sorrow in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings", in Death and Immortality in Middle-earth: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 20162019"Was Tolkien really racist?" in The Conversation, 6 December 20182020"Deconstructing Durin's Day: Science, Scientific Fan Fiction, and the Fan-Scholar" in Journal of Tolkien Research, vol. 8, no. 12021"Defying and Defining Darkness" in Mallorn 612022, in Mallorn 622023"All that glisters is not gold" in Mallorn 632024 in Journal of Tolkien Research, vol. 18, no. 12025"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", J. R. R. Tolkien's 1953 W. P. Ker Memorial Lecture: An Updated Chronology and Related Findings, in English Studies, vol. 105, no. 6
Best book
+Book winners YearBookAuthor(s) Ref.2014Middle-Earth Envisioned ("Best Book") and Brian Robb ("Best Novel"), edited by Christopher Tolkien2015Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, edited by Christopher Tolkien2016 and Christina Scull2017, edited by Dimitra Fimi and Andy Higgins2018Beren and Lúthien, edited by Christopher Tolkien2019Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth2020Tolkien's Library2021Unfinished Tales (40th anniversary edition), edited by Christopher Tolkien2022, edited by Carl Hostetter2023, edited by Brian Sibley2024, edited by Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien2025, edited by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
Online content
+ Online content winners YearSite Ref.2014LOTR Project by Emil Johansson2015TolkienBooks.net by Neil Holford2016 by Bradford Lee Eden2017— none —2018Too Many Books and Never Enough by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull2019TolkienGuide.com by Jeremy Edmonds20202021Tolkien Experience Podcast20222023Tolkien Gateway2024Nerd of the Rings2025Digital Tolkien Project
Outstanding contribution
+ Outstanding contribution winners Year Recipient Ref.2014201520162017201820192020 and Christina Scull2021202220232024 (posthumous)2025
References
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