The Trustees of The Tolkien Society have released the shortlist for The Tolkien Society Awards 2019. Members have until March 29 to cast their votes.

The shortlist for the Awards is as follows:

Best Artwork

• “Winter in Rivendell” by Soni Alcorn-Hender
• “The Two Towers Condiment Set” by Heather Coleman
• “Song for a Queen” by Elena Kukanova
• “The King’s Tower Falls” by Alan Lee
• “Durin’s Crown and the Mirrormere” by Ted Nasmith

Best Article

• “A Fall of Heavenly Iron” by Martin Beech (published in Amon Hen 274 (November 2018)
• “Was Tolkien really racist?” by Dimitra Fimi (published on The Conversation website, 6 December 2018)
• “‘Tolkien in Oxford’ (BBC, 1968): A Reconstruction” by Stuart D. Lee (published in Tolkien Studies 15, 2018)

Best Book

• Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth by Catherine McIlwaine
• The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. by Christopher Tolkien
• A Wilderness of Dragons: Essays in Honor of Verlyn Flieger, ed. by John D. Rateliff

Best Website

• Luke Shelton (luke-shelton.com)
• Parf Edhellen (www.elfdict.com)
• TolkienGuide.com (www.tolkienguide.com)
• TolkenBooks.us (www.tolkienbooks.us)

Outstanding Contribution Award

The recipient of the Outstanding Contribution Award 2019 has been selected by the Trustees and will be announced in due course.