Submissions from 2022
Love Conquers Death: Mythological Subversion and Emotional Triumph in “The Tale of Beren and Luthien”, Sam Baughn
Environmentalism in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Sophie Butler
The Impacts of Dune and The Lord of the Rings on American Culture, Nick Collins
The Tragedy of Krudhog the Cruel: A Horrid Tale Best Never Told At All, Eric Ramos
Submissions from 2021
Escape and Reality in Tolkien’s Legendarium, Katherine Hovland
Tolkien’s Heroic Philosophy: How Failure Creates True Heroes, Jacob Lesch
A Light When All Other Lights Go Out, Caitlin Martinez
A Comparison of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson’s Film Adaptations, Jonathan Mendyk
Celestial and Chthonic Imagery in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Frederick T. Pyter
A Thing New and Strange, Joseph Sizemore
Christophany in The Lord of the Rings, Haley Weeder
Submissions from 2017
The Female Presence in Tolkien's Masculine World, Gwen Berglind
Smaug the Magnificent: A Critical Analysis of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Anarcho-monarchism, Michael Hayes
The Catholic Core of a Celebrated Composition, Alexander B. Koch
The Relegation of Bilbo: The Narrative Diminishment of Mr. Bilbo Baggins Across J.R.R. Tolkien’s Legendarium, Katherine Stein
Navigating Tolkien’s Spatial Allegory, Lauren Zappe
Submissions from 2015
The Role of Realism and Idealism in Decision-Making: A Case Study of Tolkien’s and Jackson’s Ents and Elves, Max Bertelotti
Songs in Middle-earth, Ellory Busch
The Inherent Goodness of Gardens and their Stewards, DJ Castillo
Tolkien, Fandom, and Priorities, Melissa Conroy
J.R.R. Tolkien and his Influence on Modern Fantasy Writer Tamora Pierce, Alexandria Curry
Tolkien's Middle-Earth: Race Personified through Orcs, Colleen Fessler
The Heir and the Treasure: The Grammatical Construction of Aragorn and Arwen, Rachel Landsem
Dominion: Examining the Subject of Power in Tolkien, Kieran Moriarty
In a World with No Religion, How Did It Become So Christian? Christianity within The Lord of the Rings, Rhiley O'Rourke
Eowyn as Queen, Brian Scheidt
The Anti-War Adoption of Lord of the Rings, Kayla Spencer
Goblins, Greed, and Goodness: The Symbolic and Narrative Degradation of Goblins within The Hobbit, Katelyn Stine
The Prominence of Pippin, Jasmine Sunderlage