Edit: Nominations are now closed and no new comments will be counted. Please come back on September nineth for the finalist voting. See you then and may the Most Magnificent dragon win.
I am hosting again for the premier award for fantasy characters.
The Silmaril Awards. This year there are ten categories including the return of last years newbie, Most Wayward Soul.
I am hosting the nominations and award for The Most Magnificent Dragon. I actually pretty nervious about this year. I heard that when you host the Dragon awards you actually have to host the nominees and I just don’t know if I have the room for them all.
What are the Silmaril Awards?
The Silmaril Awards are all about celebrating fantasy fiction. But whereas most awards go to authors or books, these awards go to the characters themselves!
Started in 2016, these awards are a four week online celebration of all that’s best in fantasy literature. There are several awards in various categories given every year.
The characters who receive them have to be from books in the fantasy genre.
Characters cannot receive the same award more than once. These are lifetime awards.
Tolkien and Narnian characters are not eligible to be nominated. Instead, they’ll be the ones presenting the awards.
Nominations are submitted in the comments of each of the host blogs.
Anyone can submit a nomination and you can second (and third and fourth, etc.) any number of nominations besides your own.
After the nomination period (lasting one week), the five characters receiving the most nominations will make it onto the ballot and you’ll have one week to vote. After the votes are tallied, the winners will be announced, one per day, over the final two weeks of the awards.
The dates for this year’s awards are:
Nominations week — Sept 2-6
Voting week — Sept 9-13
Awards ceremonies — Sept 16-27
Most Magnificent Dragon Past Winners
· 2023 Yurgen from Wingfeather Saga
· 2022 Hulwen from Wingfeather Saga
· 2021 Malcolm Blackfire from The Afterverse
· 2020 Clefspeare from Dragons in Our Midst
· 2019 Saphira from Eragon
· 2018 Eustace from The Chronicles of Narnia
· 2017 Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon
Quick Reminders:
No Tolkien or Narnia Characters
Book characters only (Movies don’t count unless the book came first.)
Only fantasy characters are allows (No sci-fi, adventure, mystery ect…)
Leave your nomination as a comment State the character’s name and what book they’re from.
Second other’s nominations by replying “I second” to their comment.
These are lifetime awards please check the past winners above before nominating.
So, Who do you think the Most Magnificent Dragon is?
Nominate them now, by leaving a comment below!
Then nominate more at the blogs below:
Most Faithful Friend – https://imperialscribis.wordpress.com/2024/08/31/the-silmaril-awards-nominations-for-most-faithful-friend/
Most Nefarious Villain – https://www.hlburkeauthor.com/post/2024-silmaril-awards-nominations-most-nefarious-villain
Most Devoted Couple – https://catherinesrebellingmuse.blogspot.com/2024/09/now-open-nominations-for-silmaril.html?m=1
Most Silver Tongue – https://wp.me/p3FlHI-2io
Most Epic Hero – https://bardonpilgrimage.wordpress.com/2024/09/02/2024-silmaril-award-nominations-most-epic-hero/
Wisest Counselor – https://samsbookshire.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-silmaril-awards-2024-nominations.html
Most Epic Heroine – https://djedwardson.com/2024-silmaril-award-nominations-for-most-epic-heroine/
Most Wayward Soul – https://mackenziekwrites.com/2024/09/02/the-silmaril-awards-nominations-now-open-for-wayward-souls/
Most Mischievous Imp – https://jenelleschmidt.com/blog/nominations-2024-silmaril-awards-mischievous-imps
C. O. Bonham 
Sep 07, 2024 @ 00:25:05
Seconding:
JULIO JULIO JULIO
Sep 06, 2024 @ 21:56:19
I second Gymn, The Daisha, Vollys, Makaidos, Hartanna, Roxil, Thigocia, Gem from the Ilyon Chronicles, Fyrian and Shardas!
Sep 06, 2024 @ 19:05:17
Second Julio
Fyrian
Sep 06, 2024 @ 08:26:50
I nominate Rekavidur from the Vazula chronicles
Sep 05, 2024 @ 17:25:18
I second Julio!!
Sep 05, 2024 @ 17:33:29
(Not sure why my username defaulted to that…? To clarify, my username should have been “Alaina.”)
Sep 05, 2024 @ 15:28:46
I nominate:
Shardas (Dragon slippers)
I second:
Norbert (Harry Potter)
Sep 05, 2024 @ 15:04:00
I second Norbert!
Sep 05, 2024 @ 14:56:46
I second Shardas and Julio
I nominate:
Shimmer (Dragon of the Lost Sea)
Flicker (Dragonfriend)
Grandion (Dragonfriend)
Gnaw (Dragon and Scholar)
Strabo (Magic Kingdom of Landover series)
Sep 05, 2024 @ 14:55:07
I second Shardas and Julio
I nominate:
Shimmer (Dragon of the Lost Sea)
Flicker (Dragonfriend)
Grandion (Dragonfriend)
Gnaw (Dragon and Scholar)
Strabo (Magic Kingdom of Landover series)
Sep 05, 2024 @ 15:01:07
I second Shimmer!
Sep 06, 2024 @ 19:04:19
Gnaw is pleased
Sep 05, 2024 @ 09:14:50
I nominate “the hoard-keeper” from Beowulf
Sep 05, 2024 @ 16:14:47
Seconding the Hoard Keeper!
Sep 06, 2024 @ 14:13:16
I second the Hoard Keeper.
Sep 04, 2024 @ 15:03:14
I second:
Julio
The Dragon Prince
Norbert
And I nominate the dragons from Spenser’s Faerie Queen and from Beowulf!
Sep 06, 2024 @ 12:59:42
I second the Dragon from Beowulf!
Sep 04, 2024 @ 11:12:18
I second Gem (Ilyon Chronicles, I think there’s another somewhere…), Vollys, Makaidos, Roxil, Thigocia, Hartanna, Valcor, and Festus
I nominate
Thorne from the Inheritance Cycle; The Daisha from Moonscript (or is this a second, is she already out here?); Legossi from Dragons in our Midst; The Mistress from the Mark of the Thief
Sep 04, 2024 @ 10:04:29
I nominate Shardas from dragon slippers and Norbert from Harry Potter
Sep 04, 2024 @ 13:56:28
I second Norbert!
Sep 04, 2024 @ 14:22:35
I second Norbert!
Sep 03, 2024 @ 23:21:02
I second Gem from the Ilyon Chronicles, Vollys, Shardas, Gymn, and Makaidos!
And I nominate Soni from Jade Torch: The Killing Thought, The Daisha from Moonscript, and Roxil, Thigocia, Hartanna, and Valcor from the Dragons in our Midst books!
Sep 04, 2024 @ 12:16:30
I second The Daisha!
Sep 06, 2024 @ 08:24:28
Seconding the daisha
Sep 06, 2024 @ 21:55:40
second Hartanna
Sep 03, 2024 @ 21:21:35
I second the Dragon Prince
I nominate Gem from Ilyon Chronicles
Sep 06, 2024 @ 08:23:33
I second Gem
Sep 03, 2024 @ 17:51:46
I nominate the Dragon Prince from the Green Ember series
Sep 05, 2024 @ 14:36:40
I second!
Sep 06, 2024 @ 08:22:51
I second the dragon prince
Sep 03, 2024 @ 14:01:09
I nominate Ytotia/The Dragon Witch/Hri Sora/ Flame at Night from the Tales of Goldstone Wood.
I also nominate Julio… for fifth place! Bah-ha haa!
Sep 06, 2024 @ 08:22:07
I second the dragon witch
Sep 03, 2024 @ 13:41:44
I nominate Vollys from the Two Princesses of Bamarre…she’s been my favorite Dragon since I was 12.
Sep 03, 2024 @ 15:15:58
I second Vollys!
Sep 03, 2024 @ 21:44:51
I second Vollys!!!
Sep 03, 2024 @ 13:19:21
Seconding Julio and almost reluctant to nominate more contenders because my poor boy deserves a win after all these years…but I would like to nominate Xisis from Tress of the Emerald Sea, and Temeraire from His Majesty’s Dragon as well.
Sep 03, 2024 @ 12:03:39
Vyseris from The Bound and the Broken by Ryan Cahill.
Sep 03, 2024 @ 12:02:11
Vyseris, from The Bound and the Broken, by Ryan Cahill
Sep 02, 2024 @ 17:43:00
I second Shardas and nominate Julio from Crockett and Crane. Malcolm won already, so maybe we can get Julio out of fifth place this year. 😂
Sep 03, 2024 @ 09:58:26
Seconding Julio! Poor boy needs a win already!
Sep 03, 2024 @ 10:02:15
Seconding Julio. Someday he’ll get out of fifth. XD
Sep 03, 2024 @ 13:39:41
Seconding Julio
Sep 04, 2024 @ 04:57:26
Seconding Julio!
Sep 05, 2024 @ 14:41:09
I second Julio! After all this time I’m wondering if maybe he has a curse XD
Sep 02, 2024 @ 17:31:50
I nominate:
Gymn from Dragon Keeper Chronicles
Dobkin from Dragon Keeper Chronicles
Makaidos from Dragons in our Midst
My daughter’s nominations:
Zeke, Tichondrius, Zevonus, and The Dragon King, all from And They Found Dragons
Evie’s Dad from Pennyroyal Academy (they apparently never say his name)
Sep 03, 2024 @ 10:01:45
I second Gymn!
Sep 02, 2024 @ 17:14:49
I nominate Festus from Heroes of Olympus,
Spitfyre from the Septimus Heap Series,
and I second Fyrian from The Girl Who Drank the Moon.
Sep 03, 2024 @ 22:53:27
Seconding Festus!
Sep 02, 2024 @ 16:07:26
You’ve got this! The dragons aren’t the WORST category to host.
I nominate The Dragon from Tales of Goldstone Wood.
I second Shardas.
Sep 02, 2024 @ 17:18:41
I second The Dragon
Sep 03, 2024 @ 13:40:18
I second the Dragon
Sep 04, 2024 @ 10:11:31
I second the dragons from tales of goldstone wood
Sep 06, 2024 @ 08:17:42
I second the dragon
Sep 06, 2024 @ 08:19:16
I second the dragon
Sep 06, 2024 @ 08:20:30
I second the dragon
Sep 02, 2024 @ 12:31:17
I nominate:
Fyrian from The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Shardas from Dragon Slippers
These two are basically the only dragons I know and eventually one of them is going to win. XD
Sep 02, 2024 @ 11:51:55
May I nominate “The Daisha” from HSJ Williams’ Moonscript? She’s a gem of motherliness x attitue awesomeness and a highlight of the whole book! ❤