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Mythlore is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Mythopoeic Society. It focuses on the literature of myth and fantasy, with special attention to J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. It appears biannually and is described by the Tolkien Society as a "refereed scholarly journal".
Glen H. GoodKnight founded Mythlore, and it first appeared in January 1969. GoodKnight was also the founder of the Mythopoeic Society. Early issues were fanzines with a "sercon" (serious and constructive) orientation.
Mythlore became peer-reviewed with issue eighty-five, published in Winter 1999, under the editorship of Theodore Sherman. Before that point, it had operated as a more informal fan publication.
Janet Brennan Croft, a Tolkien scholar, has served as editor-in-chief since 2006.
Tolkien Journal was founded in 1965 by Richard Plotz, founder of the New York Tolkien Society. It was permanently merged into Mythlore when the Tolkien Society of America also merged with the Mythopoeic Society. The merger was announced in issue fifteen of Tolkien Journal, under editor Ed Meškys.
Mythlore became open-access in 2017 and dropped its embargo on recent articles in 2019. Full text from 2002 onward is available in Expanded Academic ASAP, and an agreement with JSTOR was announced in 2019. Back issues are available through Southwestern Oklahoma State University Library.