Letter 283b

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Letter 283b
Recipient	Donald A. Wollheim, of Ace Books
Date	12 January 1966
Subject(s)	Ace Books' proposal for a Tolkien Award

Letter 283b is a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition.

Summary

Wollheim had repeated his offer for the establishment of a Tolkien Award using all of the royalties earned from the unauthorized edition of The Lord of the Rings and half of the royalties would go to Tolkien. Tolkien refused this offer as well and asked why a Tolkien award should be considered twice as deserving as the living author.