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Posted by Shaun Gunner at 20:57 on 7 April 2024

Winner of the Best Artwork Award 2022: “Minas Tirith built from 110000 LEGO Bricks”. Model by STEBRICK. Design by Stefano Mapelli. Assembled by BrickCreation.

The Trustees of The Tolkien Society are pleased to announce the shortlist for The Tolkien Society Awards 2024. Voting is open exclusively to members of the Society through the Members’ Area.

Shortlist

The shortlist for the Awards is as follows:

Best Artwork

“Frodo’s Inheritance” by Donato Giancola
“Ancalagon the Black vs Earendel Sky Battle” by @gilestelscanvas
“Ent” by Francesco Simone Savi
“From Minas Tirith To Hobbiton” by Jay Johnstone
“The Road Goes Ever On” by Matěj Čadil

Best Article

“By the Waters of Anduin We Lay Down and Wept: Tolkien’s Akallabêth and the Prophetic Imagination” by Tom Emmanuel in Mallorn 64, winter 2023
“Of houses and raiments – philosophical aspects of corporality in Arda” by Thomas Fornet-Ponse in Journal of Tolkien Research vol. 16 no. 1
“The Tale of ‘Aldarion and Erendis’: Not Just a Medieval Love Story” by Sara Brown in Journal of Tolkien Research vol. 18 no. 1

Best Book

Pity, Power, and Tolkien’s Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many, Thomas P. Hillman
The Battle of Maldon, ed. Peter Grybauskas
The Letters of JRR Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition, eds. Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien

Best Online Content

A Long Expected Soundscape (jordanrannells.com)
Digital Tolkien Project (digitaltolkien.com)
In Deep Geek (youtube.com/@InDeepGeek)
Nerd of the Rings (youtube.com/@NerdoftheRings)

Outstanding Contribution Award

The recipient of the Outstanding Contribution Award 2024 has been selected by the Trustees and will be announced in due course.

Voting

Every member will be able to vote once in each category via the Members’ Area of this website.

You have until midnight on Friday 12^th April to vote.

If you’re not a member but would like to take part, join the Society now.

About the Author: Shaun Gunner

Shaun is the CEO of The Tolkien Society, having previously served as the Chair from 2013 to 2025. Shaun has overseen the Society's expansion from 600 to over 4,000 members. Shaun regularly speaks about adaptations of Tolkien's works and the future of Tolkien scholarship whilst passionately believing the Society needs to reach out to new audiences. In his spare time he can be found playing video games and Lego, or on X (formerly known as Twitter). He chaired another charity, Mankind, and is a local councillor.