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J. R. R. Tolkien

science fiction awards database

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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 —

Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors

2013:

— winner

— Major Awards —

Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention

(1 nomination)

1966:

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

International Fantasy Awards — for SF/F works, juried

(1 nomination; 1 win)

1957:

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

— Locus Awards and Poll —

Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine

(3 nominations; 1 win)

1992:

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

1981:

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

1978:

The Silmarillion (Houghton Mifflin) — fantasy novel — winner

— Other Awards —

Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City

(3 nominations; 2 wins)

1981:

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

1979:

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

1979:

— professional achievement — winner (tie)

Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention

(1 nomination; 1 win)

1978:

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

Gandalf Awards — for fantasy novels and grand masters, administered in parallel with the Hugos

(2 nominations; 2 wins)

1978:

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

1974:

— grand master of fantasy — winner

Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers

(1 nomination)

1989:

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

Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society

(11 nominations; 4 wins)

2017:

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

2016:

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

2016:

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

2015:

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

2003:

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

2000:

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

2000:

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

1999:

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

1989:

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

1985:

The Book of Lost Tales — fantasy — nomination

1981:

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

Phantastik Preis — for SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website

(2 nominations)

2008:

The Children of Húrin — foreign novel — nomination

2003:

— international writer — nomination

Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society

(8 nominations; 1 win)

2009:

The Lord of the Rings — hall of fame — winner

2008: