[1][2] The award is a statuette of a seated lion, with a plaque on the base.

[1][5] In 2010, a Student Paper Award was introduced for the best paper presented at Mythcon by an undergraduate or graduate student;[6] it was renamed the Alexei Kondratiev Award several months after its creation.

[7] The 2023 winners were announced virtually at the Mythopoeic Society's Online Midsummer Seminar 2023.

[6] The Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies dates from 1971, in effect, its name was expanded in 1992.

[11] Scholarly works have three years to win the award once and may be on the final ballot three times.