Silmaril Awards Most Devoted Couple Nominations (CLOSED)

01 Sep 2025 80 Comments

by C.O. Bonham in Silmaril Awards Tags: , ,

It’s that time of year again!

Silmaril Awards season!

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!

And this year is the tenth anniversary!

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 generally considered to be in the fantasy genre. And a given character cannot receive an award more than once. These are lifetime awards.

Also, as Tolkien is, for us, the gold standard of fantasy, his characters are not eligible to be nominated. That’s because they’ll be the ones presenting the awards in this cross-dimensional online ceremony. 

Nominations are submitted on the websites of each of the presenters for that year. 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.

This years Dates:

Nominations will run from Sept 1-5.

You’ll vote on the top 5 nominees from each award from Sept 8-12.

The winners will be announced, one on each weekday over the two weeks running from Sept 15-25.

Finally, we will close out this year’s awards with a special online event on Sept 26. More on that below!

This year I’m hosting The Most Devoted Couple Award. It’s one of the newer awards only being awarded twice before.

Who are the couple that can’t live without each other? The ones that will always find the other and save them? Which couples are so fully bound together that you can’t think of them as individuals anymore?

Nominate your favorite fantasy couples in the comments, but remember:

  • Tolkien and Narnia characters are exempt from nominations
  • Past winners can not be nominated again. These are lifetime awards.

Previous Most Devoted Couple

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Silmaril Awards, we are running not one, but TWO contests. Five winners will be chosen for each contest. You’ll have the chance to win one of many fantasy-themed prizes.

Puzzle Contest

Anyone is eligible to enter this contest by visiting the contest page at silmarilawards.com submitting the form.

https://www.silmarilawards.com/puzzle-contest-2025/

Each host of the Silmaril Awards will post a line from one of Tolkien’s poems on their nomination page. Gather all of them together and enter it when you submit your entry to receive NINE extra entries for a chance to win.

The line for this site is:

We come, we come with roll of drum: ta-runda runda runda rom!

NOTE: By entering you will be added to the Silmaril Awards mailing list and may receive news about the awards or the authors participating as hosts in the future. You may unsubscribe at any time.

The contest will run from September 1-5. Winners will be contacted via email after September 8th.

Voting Contest

While anyone can vote for their favorite fantasy characters, every one who also signs up to our email newsletter while voting will be entered into the contest. Voting will run from September 8-12. Once it opens, you may cast your vote at: https://www.silmarilawards.com/vote/

2nd runners-up will be contacted via email after September 15th. However, two people will be selected to be entered into the grand prize contest. Then on September 26th, the hosts will meet online for a Lord of the Rings trivia contest, with half of the hosts competing for one entrant and half for the other. Whoever’s team wins will walk away with the grand prize and the other entrant will receive the runner-up prize.

Here are the amazing prizes you’ll have a chance to win in the two contests:

  • Stained glass dragon sun catcher
  • Painted gold “One Ring” bowl
  • A Mines of Moria journal
  • A 12×18 inch poster of the Fellowship of the Ring
  • Four paperbacks by authors H.L. Burke, DJ Edwardson, J.L. Mbewe, and Jenelle Leanne Schmidt
  • Four ebooks by those same authors
  • A Lord of the Rings scarf with a map of Middle-earth imprinted on it
  • A sign stating “No admittance except on party business”
  • A Leaf of Lorien pin
  • A 3D printed Tree of Gondor bookmark
  • A Gandalf quote sticker
  • Door of Moria sticker

We hope you’ll join us for these awards and the contest and that it will be a celebration worthy of Bilbo’s hundred and eleventieth birthday party. May the best hobbit win!

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.

Nominate in the comments: Who is the most devoted couple?

Then nominate more at the blogs below:

80 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. C Grace's avatar C Grace
    Sep 05, 2025 @ 22:22:14

    Nominating:

    -Renna & Leith (Blades of Acktar)

    Seconding:

    • Char & Ella (Ella Enchanted)

  2. nanjwalkr's avatar nanjwalkr
    Sep 05, 2025 @ 21:49:38

    For the Silmaril Awards 2025 Most Devoted Couple, I nominate:
    Brant and Dylanna from The Minstrel’s Song Series

    Kiernan Kane and Leila from The Minstrel’s Song Series

    Arnaud and Zara from The Minstrel’s Song Series

  3. nanjwalkr's avatar nanjwalkr
    Sep 05, 2025 @ 21:46:03

    For the Silmaril Awards 2025 Most Devoted Couple, I nominate (or second):
    Brant/Dylanna from The Minstrel’s Song Series

    Kiernan/Leila from The Minstrel’s Song Series

    Arnaud/Zara from The Minstrel’s Song Series

  4. Grace T.'s avatar Grace T.
    Sep 05, 2025 @ 19:59:39

    Seconding Hester/Lucas, Char/Ella, Tress/Charlie, Elend/Vin, Tristran/Yvaine, Essie/Farrendel, Pet/JinYeong, and Eugenides/Irene!

  5. jenellelschmidt's avatar jenellelschmidt
    Sep 05, 2025 @ 13:55:53

    I second:

    Cimorene/Mendenbar
    Prism/Fade

    I nominate:

    Hester/Lucas (What comes of attending the commoner’s ball)

    Thea/Athdar (Of Magic Made)

  6. quilldriver08's avatar quilldriver08
    Sep 05, 2025 @ 13:51:22

    will and alyss

  7. quilldriver08's avatar quilldriver08
    Sep 05, 2025 @ 13:50:55

    I second Halt and Pauline and Will and

  8. Leiana's avatar Leiana
    Sep 04, 2025 @ 23:25:05

    Also Sophie and Keefe (KotLC), Grady and Edaline (KotLC), Biana and Dex (KotLC), Patton and Lena (Fablehaven), Kai and Cinder (Lunar Chronicles), Cole and Mira (Five Kingdoms), Logan Tanner and Michelle Benoit (Lunar Chronicles)

  9. instantlymeticulousd9651b2805's avatar instantlymeticulousd9651b2805
    Sep 04, 2025 @ 19:48:24

    I second Irene and Eugenides, Essie and Farrendell, Cimorene and Mendanbar, Selene and Damien, Cieran and Athina, Galen and Saville, Errance and Tryss, and Ela and Kien!

    And I nominate Meliara and Vidanric from Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith!

  10. Rouge13's avatar Rouge13
    Sep 04, 2025 @ 18:49:53

    I second

    Eugenides and Irene
    Essie and Farrendel
    Cimorene and Mendanbar
    Ivanhoe and Lady Rowena
    Elend and Vin
    Addie and Rhys.

  11. brieflykiwibd17fea955's avatar brieflykiwibd17fea955
    Sep 04, 2025 @ 16:02:07

    I second Eugenides and Irene (The Queen’s Thief), Selene and Damien (the Ravenwood Saga), Essie and Farrendel (Elven Alliance), Nia and Esben (the Wingfeather Saga), Cimorene and Mendanbar (the Enchanted Forest Chronicles), Jared and Marilyn (Dragons In Our Midst), Halt and Pauline (Ranger’s Apprentice), and Tress and Charlie (Tress of the Emerald Sea).

    And I nominate Cieran and Athina (Drax Guard: Crew Six), Galen and Saville (Valiant, by Sarah Mcguire), and Kaz and Inej (Six of Crows).

  12. Kesia James-Thorne's avatar Kesia James-Thorne
    Sep 04, 2025 @ 15:57:27

    I nominate:
    Smalls and Heather from Green Ember
    Graystripe and Silverstream from Warriors
    Keefe and Sophie from Keeper of the Lost Cities

    I second: Prism and Fade
    Char and Ella

  13. Rose's avatar Rose
    Sep 04, 2025 @ 15:25:02

    Oh, also nominating Errance and Tryss from Moonscript and Collusion!

  14. H. S. J. Williams's avatar H. S. J. Williams
    Sep 04, 2025 @ 13:59:53

    I nominate:
    Essie and Farrendel from Elven Alliance (love them forever)
    Fran and Fi’eren from The Fralsningdor Chronicles
    Eugenides and Irene from The Queen’s Thief
    Harry and Corlath from The Blue Sword
    Selene and Damien from The Ravenwood Saga
    Layla and Aeric from Shadow Light
    Mirasol and the Master from Chalice

  15. Phoenix Rae's avatar Phoenix Rae
    Sep 04, 2025 @ 13:31:07

    I second:

    Halt and Pauline (Ranger’s Apprentice)

    Artham and Arundelle (The Wingfeather Saga)

    Char and Ella (Ella Enchanted)

    AND nominate:

    Jaron/Sage and Imogen (The Ascendance Series)

    Matthias and Cornflower (Redwall)

    Nia and Esben (The Wingfeather Saga)

  16. ImSoUnpopular's avatar ImSoUnpopular
    Sep 03, 2025 @ 23:41:46

    I nominate Jacin and Winter from The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

  17. Kal Tomson's avatar Kal Tomson
    Sep 03, 2025 @ 15:41:13

    I second Molly+Arthur, Jared+Marilyn, Makaidos+Theodocia, Remus+Tonks, Char+Ella, and Addie+Rhys

    I nominate Bran+Merian from King Raven Trilogy, Elam+Saphira from Oracles of Fire, Halt+Pauline from Rangers Apprentice, and Will+Alyss from Rangers Apprentice.

  18. Willow's avatar Willow
    Sep 02, 2025 @ 22:11:09

    I nominate:

    Arthur and Molly Weasley (Harry Potter)

    Matt and Kate (Airborn)

    Tristran and Yvaine (Stardust)

    Kezi and Olus (Ever)

    Silas and Sarah Heap (Septimus Heap)

    Shade and Marina (Silverwing)

    Cimorene and Mendanbar (Enchanted Forest Chronicles)

  19. Ava's avatar Ava
    Sep 02, 2025 @ 19:07:50

    I’d like to nominate…

    Ava and Elm from the Color Theory trilogy!!

    Alice and Chess from the Curious Realities duology!!

    Claire and Peter from the Heirs of Neverland duology!!

    Kale and Bardon from the Dragonkeeper Chronicles!!

    Elle and Grimwarden from the Berinfell Prophecies!!

    Ela and Kien from the Books of the Infinite!!

    aannnnddd Steris and Waxillium from the post-Mistborn-series!!

  20. Kenna Joy's avatar Kenna Joy
    Sep 02, 2025 @ 15:09:29

    I nominate: Jared and Marilyn Bannister (Dragons in our Midsts, Bryan Davis),

    And Makaidos and Thigocia (Oracles of Fire, Bryan Davis).

    I second Artham and Arundelle.

  21. Gil Kissling's avatar Gil Kissling
    Sep 02, 2025 @ 05:35:18

    Ivanhoe and Lady Rowena from Ivanhoe!

  22. THAGS-and-Yarn's avatar THAGS-and-Yarn
    Sep 02, 2025 @ 02:54:34

    I second Prince Lir and Lady Almathea, and I nominate Artham and Arundelle from the Wingfeather Saga!

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  24. Journey Bloomfield's avatar Journey Bloomfield
    Sep 01, 2025 @ 18:49:50

    Eh. Fictional romances? Must I? Fine. I shall nominate some people.

    Mina and Shin from The Girl who Fell Beneath the Sea

    Nixie and Kashmir from The Girl from Everywhere

    Tress and Charlie from Tress of the Emerald Sea

    Elend and Vin from Mistborn

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  26. Sarah Pennington's avatar Sarah Pennington
    Sep 01, 2025 @ 16:25:48

    I nominate:

    Fiachra and Ailsa from The Dark King’s Curse

    Daniela and Bensiabel from Thief, Witch, and Liar

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  28. KalmarShuffler's avatar KalmarShuffler
    Sep 01, 2025 @ 15:49:44

    I nominate Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks from Harry Potter!

  29. Chloe the MovieCritic's avatar Chloe the MovieCritic
    Sep 01, 2025 @ 13:47:20

    I nominate:

    Pete and Beatriz from All the Crooked Saints ❤

    Ravin and Adi from The Pirate Hunter Chronicles

    Char and Ella from Ella Enchanted

    Addie and Rhys from The Two Princesses of Bamarre

  30. Leiana's avatar Leiana
    Sep 01, 2025 @ 11:11:45

    Prism and Fade from Reformed, by H.L. Burke (they’re also in a bunch of other books in the SVR-verse). They went from “hmm, idk if this is a healthy idea for Prism” to now, where every time they’re on the page I can’t stop smiling. They complement each other perfectly. They’re a power couple in the best way possible.

  31. Emily Golus's avatar Emily Golus
    Sep 01, 2025 @ 10:28:41

    My nomination is Prince Lír and Lady Almathea/the Unicorn from The Last Unicorn. Though their story doesn’t end in the traditional way they make an eternal impact on one another!

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