Tolkien Society Awards
{{Short description|Annual award celebrating work relating to J. R. R. Tolkien}}
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File:Eärendil_the_Mariner_by_Jenny_Dolfen_(detail).jpg's painting "Eärendil the Mariner" won the inaugural Tolkien Society award for best artwork in 2014. ]]
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.{{cite web |date=2 April 2014 |title=Announcing the inaugural Tolkien Society Awards |url=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/04/02/88221-announcing-the-inaugural-tolkien-society-awards/ |access-date=3 November 2015 |publisher=TheOneRing.net |archive-date=8 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008210446/https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/04/02/88221-announcing-the-inaugural-tolkien-society-awards/ |url-status=live }}
Recipients
= Best artwork =
{{further|Illustrating Tolkien}}
= Best article =
= Best book =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" width="5%" | Year ! scope="col" |Book ! scope="col" |Author(s) ! scope="col" width="5%" class="unsortable" | Ref. |
| rowspan="2" |2014
|Middle-Earth Envisioned ("Best Book") |{{Sortname|last=Simpson|first=Paul|nolink=1}} and Brian Robb |
| {{Sort|Fall of Arthur|The Fall of Arthur}} ("Best Novel")
|{{Sortname|last=Tolkien|first=J.R.R.|nolink=1}}, edited by Christopher Tolkien | |
| 2015
|Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary |{{Sortname|last=Tolkien|first=J.R.R.|nolink=1}}, edited by Christopher Tolkien | |
| 2016
|{{Sort|Art of The Lord of the Rings|The Art of The Lord of the Rings}} |{{Sortname|last=Hammond|first=Wayne G.}} and Christina Scull | |
| 2017
|{{Sort|Secret Vice|A Secret Vice}} |{{Sortname|last=Tolkien|first=J.R.R.|nolink=1}}, edited by Dimitra Fimi and Andy Higgins | |
| 2018
|{{Sortname|last=Tolkien|first=J.R.R.|nolink=1}}, edited by Christopher Tolkien |
| 2019
|Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth |{{Sortname|last=McIlwaine|first=Catherine}} |
| 2020
|Tolkien's Library |{{Sortname|last=Cilli|first=Oronzo|nolink=1}} |
| 2021
|Unfinished Tales (40th anniversary edition) |{{Sortname|last=Tolkien|first=J.R.R.|nolink=1}}, edited by Christopher Tolkien |
| 2022
|{{Sort|Nature of Middle-earth|The Nature of Middle-earth}} |{{Sortname|last=Tolkien|first=J.R.R.|nolink=1}}, edited by Carl Hostetter |
| 2023
|{{Sort|Fall of Númenor|The Fall of Númenor}} |{{Sortname|last=Tolkien|first=J.R.R.|nolink=1}}, edited by Brian Sibley |
| 2024
|{{Sort|The Letters of JRR Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition|The Letters of JRR Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition}} |{{Sortname|last=Tolkien|first=J.R.R.|nolink=1}}, edited by Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien |
= Online content =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:75%" style="width:75%"
! scope="col" width="5%" | Year ! scope="col" |Site ! class="unsortable" | Ref. |
| 2014
|LOTR Project by Emil Johansson |
| 2015
|TolkienBooks.net by Neil Holford | |
| 2016
|{{Sort|Journal of Tolkien Research|The Journal of Tolkien Research}} by Bradford Lee Eden | |
| 2017
|— none — | |
| 2018
|Too Many Books and Never Enough by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull | |
| 2019
|TolkienGuide.com by Jeremy Edmonds |
| 2020
|{{Sort|Prancing Pony Podcast|The Prancing Pony Podcast}} |
| 2021
|Tolkien Experience Podcast |
| 2022
|{{Sort|Prancing Pony Podcast|The Prancing Pony Podcast}} |
| 2023 |
| 2024
|Nerd of the Rings |
= Outstanding contribution =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:75%"
|+ Outstanding contribution winners ! scope="col" width="5%" | Year ! scope="col" | Recipient ! scope="col" width="5%" class="unsortable" | Ref. |
| 2014
|{{Sortname|last=Tolkien|first=Christopher}} |
| 2015
|{{Sortname|last=Shippey|first=Tom}} | |
| 2016
|{{Sortname|last=Flieger|first=Verlyn}} | |
| 2017
|{{Sortname|last=Garth|first=John|dab=author}} | |
| 2018
|{{Sortname|last=Tolkien|first=Priscilla}} | |
| 2019
|{{Sortname|last=McIlwaine|first=Catherine}} |
| 2020
|{{Sortname|last=Hammond|first=Wayne G.}} and Christina Scull |
| 2021
|{{Sortname|last=Fimi|first=Dimitra}} |
| 2022
|{{Sortname|last=Sibley|first=Brian}} |
| 2023
|{{Sortname|last=Rateliff|first=John D.}} |
| 2024
|{{Sortname|first=Charles E.|last=Noad}} (posthumous) |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.tolkiensociety.org/society/awards/ Official website]
{{J. R. R. Tolkien}}
Category:Awards established in 2014