J. R. R. Tolkien


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Awards Summary

Career and Special Awards: 1

Major Awards: 1

Locus Awards: 1

Other Awards: 10

Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 34

— Career and Special Awards —
winner

— Major Awards —
Hugo Awardsfor SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(1 nomination)

The Lord of the Rings — all-time series — nomination

International Fantasy Awardsfor SF/F works, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)

The Lord of the Rings (Allen & Unwin; Houghton Mifflin) — fiction — winner

— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awardsfor SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(3 nominations; 1 win)

The Lord of the Rings (by JRRT, illustrated by Alan Lee) (HarperCollins UK; Houghton Mifflin) — nonfiction — 8th place

Unfinished Tales (by JRRT, edited by Christopher Tolkien) (Houghton Mifflin) — single author collection — 13th place

The Silmarillion (Houghton Mifflin) — fantasy novel — winner

— Other Awards —
Balrog Awardsfor fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(3 nominations; 2 wins)

Unfinished Tales (by JRRT, edited by Christopher Tolkien) (Allen & Unwin) — collection/anthology — winner

“J.R.R. Tolkien Soundbook” (recording) — collection/anthology — nomination

— professional achievement — winner (tie)

Ditmar Awardsfor Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)

The Silmarillion (Allen & Unwin) — international fiction — winner

Gandalf Awardsfor fantasy novels and grand masters, administered in parallel with the Hugos
(2 nominations; 2 wins)

The Silmarillion (Houghton Mifflin) — book-length fantasy — winner

— grand master of fantasy — winner

Interzone Readers Pollfor stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)

— all-time best sf author — 36th place (tie)

Mythopoeic Awardsfor fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(11 nominations; 4 wins)

Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary (by JRRT, edited by Christopher Tolkien) (Houghton Mifflin) — Inklings studies — nomination

Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary (by JRRT, edited by Christopher Tolkien) (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) — Inklings studies — nomination

The Story of Kullervo (by JRRT, edited by Verlyn Flieger) (HarperCollins) — Inklings studies — nomination

Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary (by JRRT, edited by Christopher Tolkien) (Houghton Mifflin) — Inklings studies — nomination

Beowulf and the Critics (by JRRT, edited by Michael D. C. Drout) (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies) — Inklings studies — winner

Farmer Giles of Ham (by JRRT, edited by Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull) (Houghton Mifflin) — Inklings studies — nomination

Roverandom (by JRRT, edited by Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull) (HarperCollins UK; Houghton Mifflin) — Inklings studies — winner

Roverandom (by JRRT, edited by Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull) (Houghton Mifflin) — Inklings studies — nomination

The Return of the Shadow (by JRRT, edited by Christopher Tolkien) — scholarship/Inkling — winner

The Book of Lost Tales — fantasy — nomination

Unfinished Tales (by JRRT, edited by Christopher Tolkien) — fantasy — winner

Phantastik Preisfor SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website
(2 nominations)

The Children of Húrin — foreign novel — nomination

— international writer — nomination

Prometheus Awardsfor SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(8 nominations; 1 win)

The Lord of the Rings — hall of fame — winner

The Lord of the Rings — hall of fame — nomination

The Lord of the Rings — hall of fame — nomination

The Lord of the Rings — hall of fame — nomination

The Lord of the Rings — hall of fame — nomination

The Lord of the Rings — hall of fame — nomination

The Lord of the Rings — hall of fame — nomination

The Lord of the Rings — hall of fame — nomination



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