We are pleased to announce the winners of The Tolkien Society Awards 2023.

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 2023

Best Artwork

• “Days of the King” by Jay Johnstone
• “Helm’s Deep miniature diorama display” build by Elliot Prowse
• “The Lord of the Rings Tarot Deck” by Tomás Hijo
• WINNER: “The Party Tree” by Serena Malyon

Best Article

• WINNER: “All that glisters is not gold” by Sara Brown in Mallorn 63, winter 2022
• “How J.R.R. Tolkien Came to Write the Stories of ‘The Rings of Power’” by John Garth
• “Legal Precedent and Noldorin History: Míriel’s Weaving” by Cami Agan in Loremasters and Libraries in Fantasy and Science Fiction
• “Shadows of Middle-earth: Tolkien in Subculture, Counterculture and Exploitation” by Monica Sanz in Nólë Hyarmenillo An Anthology of Iberian Scholarship on Tolkien

Best Book

• WINNER: The Fall of Númenor, ed. Brian Sibley
• The Great Tales Never End, eds. Richard Ovenden and Catherine McIlwaine
• J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript, eds. Bill Fliss et al.
• Twenty-First Century Tolkien, Nick Groom

Best Online Content

• The Digital Tolkien Project (digitaltolkien.com)
• Tea with Tolkien (teawithtolkien.com)
• WINNER: Tolkien Gateway (tolkiengateway.net)
• The World of J.R.R. Tolkien, by Dimitra Fimi via Audible (https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-World-of-JRR-Tolkien-Audiobook/B0B8T6B5GF)

Outstanding Contribution Award

John D. Rateliff
Independent Tolkien Scholar

About the Author: Daniel Helen

Daniel is an Officer without Portfolio and Trustee of The Tolkien Society. Elected in 2014, he is mainly responsible for the Society's digital operations, including this website.