Winners of The Tolkien Society Awards 2022 announced
We are pleased to announce the winners of The Tolkien Society Awards 2022.
The Tolkien Society Awards recognise excellence in the fields of Tolkien scholarship and fandom, highlighting our long-standing charitable objective to “seek to educate the public in, and promote research into, the life and works of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE”.
Tolkien Society members were invited to vote on shortlists prepared by the Trustees, which was based on nominations submitted by members of the public.
Congratulations to all winners!
The Tolkien Society Awards 2022
Best Artwork
- WINNER: “Minas Tirith built from 110000 LEGO Bricks”: Model by STEBRICK. Design by Stefano Mapelli. Assembled by BrickCreation.
- “The Curious Fox” by Matěj Čadil
- “Across Arda” by Ralph Damiani
- “Forth Eorlingas!” by Jenny Dolfen
- “Smaug” by Anke Eissmann
- “Fire and Water” by Norloth
Best Article
- “The Red Book and Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: A Fantastic Uncertainty” by Vincent Ferré in Mallorn 62, winter 2021
- “The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun’: Sexuality, Imagery, and Desire in Tolkien’s Works by Yvette Kisor (Tolkien Studies, vol. 18, 2021)
- WINNER: “A Song of Greater Power: Tolkien’s Construction of Lúthien Tinúviel” by Clare Moore in Mallorn 62, winter 2021
Best Book
- The Gallant Edith Bratt, Nancy Bunting and Seamus Hamill-Keays
- WINNER: The Nature of Middle-earth, ed. Carl Hostetter
- Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien (republished), ed. Christopher Tolkien
- Tolkien and the Classical World, ed. Hamish Williams
Best Online Content
- The Digital Tolkien Project (digitaltolkien.com)
- WINNER: The Prancing Pony Podcast (theprancingponypodcast.com)
- The Roving Ranger Newsletter (tinyletter.com/TheTolkienist)
- The Tolkienist (thetolkienist.com)
Outstanding Contribution Award
Brian Sibley
Writer and Broadcaster
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