If you’ve been following this blog for more than a year, then you’ll remember this fun, annual event. For those that are new to it, these are awards presented to fantasy characters nominated and voted by YOU. These awards will be presented by characters from The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, who embody the ultimate standard of each award in the fantasy genre.
The Silmarillion Awards were created by DJ Edwardson and Jenelle Schmidt as a way to honor J.R.R. Tolkien as the Father of Modern Fantasy, open up a discussion about some of our other favorite fantasy works, and to have a ton of fun this summer! You could call it their version of the Oscars for fantasy. 😉
Additional Fun:
This year, in addition to the awards, we have PRIZES to giveaway! Each blog will have a different giveaway running throughout the nomination and voting process. For more details, visit Jenelle Schmidt’s blog post HERE and read about the cool prizes being offered!
Let The Voting Begin!
My blog is hosting the Most Mischievous Imp Silmaril.
This award is for the Imp of all imps, the most brilliant doer of mischief and darer of troublemaking. Who never backs away from their curiosity, despite what happens to curious cats, and who can get into trouble as fast as get out of it, alive and in one piece.
This award will be presented to the character YOU vote for, by the presenter, the grand mischief-maker himself, Peregrin Took, more commonly known by his Impish codename Pippin the Hobbit.
Now, go forth to the comments section below this post and write in the comments who you want to nominate for this Silmaril award. You may also second of third someone else’s nomination.
The rules for voting and other info:
- Readers can nominate as many characters for each award as they like.
- Readers may second as many characters as they like.
- Readers may not nominate and then second their own recommendations (at this stage you can vote for as many characters as you want, but you still only get one vote per character).
- Authors are welcome to participate but may not nominate or second any of their OWN characters… they are welcome and encouraged to let their readers know about the awards and may suggest characters to their own readers that they could nominate for various awards.
- The awards are for fantasy characters only. Thus, Katniss Everdeen can’t be nominated because she is from Dystopian. Neither can Ender Wiggin… he’s Sci-Fi.
- Last year’s winners are ineligible for being nominated for this year’s awards. (The award I’m hosting doesn’t have a previous winner, so no worries here 🙂 )
- Tolkien characters are the STANDARD for these awards, and are therefore NOT eligible for winning, as having Gandalf present an award to himself would be awkward. Sauron will gladly accept nominations and the awkwardness, but we’re going to override him… 😉
- This year’s hashtag is #SilmAwards2017.
- This year people can buy mugs and t-shirts HERE!! (proceeds will go to cover costs of prizes for this year and/or next year’s Silmarillion Awards)
The Giveaway:
Enter for a chance to win a paperback of the novel Starscape by Benita J. Prins, and bookmarks from Jenelle Schmidt! To enter, you must nominate or second a nomination in the comments section below. Here is the Rafflecopter link:
RAFFLECOPTER GIVEAWAY
Each blog is hosting a different giveaway, so be sure and check them all out! (see the blog list below)
Dates to remember:
July 3 – Nominations open (here, today!)
July 8 – Nominations close
July 10 – Voting begins
July 15 – Voting closes
July 17 – 28 – Monday through Friday Award Presentations
July 29 – Join us in celebrating the birthday of The Lord of the Rings by posting about why you love Tolkien, fantasy, or what The Lord of the Rings means to you… or something else related to those topics.
And now…GO FORTH AND VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE IN EACH CATEGORY! 🙂
Here is the list of this year’s participating blogs and Silmaril award categories, so hop on over to each:
Wisest Councillor Silmaril – Tracey @ Adventure Awaits
Least Competent Henchman Silmaril – Kyle @ KyleRobertShultz
Silver Tongue Silmaril – Madeline @ Short and Snappy
Most Epic Hero Silmaril – Abbey @Regarding Reading and Writing
Strangest Character Silmaril – Savannah @Scattered Scribblings
Most Epic Heroine Silmaril – Deborah @Road of a Writer
Most Mischievous Imp Silmaril – Elise @Author E.E. Rawls
Most Magnificent Dragon Silmaril – DJ @DJ Edwardson
Most Loyal Friend Silmaril – Zac @Zachary Totah
Most Nefarious Villain Silmaril – Jenelle @Jenelle Schmidt
To read last year’s Silmarillion Awards posts, look HERE.
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I guess I’ll start it off? I nominate Will from The Ranger’s Apprentice!
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I second Will! He’s one of my favorites from the series! .)
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I second Will!
-Lia
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Same! 🙂
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Haha, I guess he IS pretty impish, despite his hero status. I second Will! ;D
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I nominate Zouzab from the Wingfeather Saga!
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I second Zouzab. The unforgivable traitorous little imp…. *wanders off muttering about that guy*
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Flicker from Dragonfriend by Marc Secchia
Zad from Halayda by Sarah Delena White
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Second Zad! XD
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I second both Flicker and Zad
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I second Flicker and Zad
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I nominate Peter Pan from…Peter Pan. XD
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I second Peter Pan!
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I second Peter Pan as well! (You don’t get much more impish than that!)
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I second Peter Pan!!!!!
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Oh yes, I second this. XD
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Ooooh definitely seconding Peter.
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I most definitely second Peter Pan! The imp of imps right there, and we love him for it. XD
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I second him!
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I nominate Fred and George Weasley from Harry Potter! (although do they count as one person? because how do you pick just one of them?)
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I second Fred and George! Man, I love those two.
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Second Fred and George!
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I second Fred and George.
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Of course! I second this motion!
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Yes I second Fred and George too!
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Can I second Peter Pan? Does that count as fantasy? 0_0
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I’m pretttty sure… There are fairies etc., after all.
I second Peter Pan. 😀
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I nominate:
Bramble from Where the Woods Grow Wild by Nate Philbrick.
Crispin from The Beast of Talesend by Kyle Robert Shultz.
Darien from the Sentinel trilogy by Jamie Foley.
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I second Crispin!!! Little trouble ducky. ^__^ (The desk though! 😀 )
Also seconding Darien!
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Seconding Bramble!
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Crispin and Darien! Bwahaha. Perfect. XD I second them both!
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Walter from Dragons in Our Midst. 🙂
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YES. I second Walter! 🙂
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Second Walter!
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I second Walter!
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Oh yes, I second Walter too!
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I second Walter.
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I second Walter.
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I second Walter
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I second Walter!
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I TOTALLY second Walter!
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I’d say Puck from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. I know that’s not what most modern fantasy lovers would think of, but Midsummer is pure fairies and magic–it counts, right?
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Second Puck!
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I second Puck!
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I second!
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I second Puck.
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I second Puck!
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PUCK. Now that is brilliant. I second Puck!
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I second Puck!!
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I second!
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Seconding Fred and George Weasley, Peter Pan, and Puck. Especially Puck. XD
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Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell.
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Second Toothless
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Sage from the Ascendance Trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielsen
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I second Sage! He was one of my first picks. 😀
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I second him! Absolutely. ^_^
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Also nominate Robin Goodfellow (from Gerald Morris’s King Arthur books)
Second Will from Ranger’s Apprentice
Second Peter Pan
Second Darien from Sentinel
Second Walter from Dragons in Our Midst
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I LOVE Gerald Morris’s books and gladly second Robin Goodfellow. I currently have the first two books “The Squire’s Tale” and “The Squire, His Knight, & His Lady” checked out from the library for a third or fourth reading.
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Nominate The Pixie from the Surfaeillance series 🙂
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Seconded!
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Third!!
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I nominate Lift from The Stormlight Archive and Bramble from Entwined!
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Second Bramble from Entwined!
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I second Lift.
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I second Lift!
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Seconding Lift!
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I second Bramble!
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I second Bramble from Entwined!
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I second Bramble!
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I nominate Tinkerbell from Peter Pan!
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LOL, I second her!
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Oh yes, I so second her. XD
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Haha, yes! I second Tinkerbell.
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I second Tinkerbell!!!
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I second her! 😀
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I nominate Taggle the cat from Plain Kate by Erin Bow, and the Ale Boy from the Auralia Thread series by Jeffrey Overstreet. (The Ale Boy maaaay count more as a hero than an imp, but he’s young and curious and sneaky, so.)
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I second Taggle! I remember loving that feline. ^_^
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I’m gonna nominate Flicker from Dragonfriend by Marc Secchia
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Erm… don’t count this… I came back a couple of times and didn’t realize that I tried to nominate AND second Flicker! LOL These threads get SO LONG! I love it!
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I nominate Quiz from A Pocket Full of Murder! 😀
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I’ll nominate Kelsier from Mistborn: The Final Empire because of his impetuosity.
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I nominate Blaze from C. B. Cook’s “Twinepathy”! =D
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Haha, yes!! I second him!
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I second Blaze!
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Second Blaze. XD
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I second Blaze. XD
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Second Blaze
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Can Loki of Asgard also be considered? I know he’s originally from Norse mythology, but that’s basically where modern “fantasy” comes from, not to mention Tolkien’s stories.
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Sure! We’re allowing “Till We Have Faces” characters as it’s a retelling of a Greek Myth… I think we can consider mythology to be fantasy-adjacent at the very least!
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Especially if you have a specific story or myth in mind… or a retelling you love.
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Ok, thanks!!
So listen up all you fangirls: LOKI HAS BEEN NOMINATED!!! XD XD
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Loki! I second Loki!!!!!!
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I’m going to second Loki, specifically in the version written by Diana Wynne Jones, “Eight Days of Luke”. 😀
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@ElvenPadawan – by the by, I love your user name! *sci-fi/fantasy fangirl flail*
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Thanks!! (It’s actually also the name of my LOTR/SW podcast.) *joins in flailing* XD
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LOKI!!!! Though, I only know him from the Marvel movie version…does it still count if I second him?
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Honestly, I think Loki from the original myths is pretty close to the Marvel movie version….plus, those movies are based off comics, which I guess *are* technically considered ‘books’, sooo *I* think they’re be ok with that…… (see how good I am at finding loopholes to accommodate my fav characters? XD )
I’m not a technical authority on this though 😉 😀
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YAS LOKI!!! I second!!!
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Oooooooh!!!! Till We Have Faces counts????? Yayyyy!!
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Well, I gotta second Loki.
I haven’t considered mythological characters to nominate… Interesting!
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I have to second Loki as well. XD
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I’ll second Loki. It’s impossible not to 😛
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I nominate Toopka from the DragonKeeper Chronicles by Donita K. Paul.
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I second Toopka!
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Oh, Toopka! Goodness yes, I second her. XD
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I second!
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I nominate Wayne from Alloy of Law. . . . And I’m itching to nominate Wit/Hoid from Sanderson’s Cosmere, but I feel like he falls into a higher category. What say you?
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I second Wayne! Hoid was nominated for strangest character.
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Seconding Wayne! Wit’s been nominated for strangest and bard, but if he’s nominated here I’ll second him too because Sanderson. xD
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I nominate Alcatraz Smedry from Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians.
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Can I nominate Tigger from Winnie-the-Pooh? XD
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Hahaha, if he counts, I second him! XD
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Me too. 🙂
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I totally second him if he counts. 😉
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I also nominate Jest from Heartless by Marissa Meyer.
And Calcifer from Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones.
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Second Calcifer! 😀
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I second Calcifer!
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I nominate Tomas from Lady Moon by Rachel Starr Thomson. (Yes, I’ve nominated him for multiple categories…that’s because he’s awesome. ;))
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I nominate Toopka from Dragon Keeper Chronicles!
Anyway, HI! I’m Lisa, a bit of a new blogger and I’ve never been here before but I’ll look around as soon as I’ve nominated on the other blogs! I’m late!
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Seconding Tinkerbell and Loki.
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