Welcome to the third annual Silmaril Awards, the fantasy character awards that celebrate the best in fantasy fiction. But they’re not your typical awards. They don’t go to books or even authors, but instead to the characters in the books themselves.
There are ten awards being presented this year, and for each award nominations may be made by anyone. This is done by simply posting a comment on that particular presenter’s site (the full list is below). The rules for nominating are as follows:
- You may nominate as many characters as you wish.
- You may also second as many characters nominated by others as you choose.. The more “seconds” (and thirds, fourths, etc) a character receives, the more likely that character will move on to the voting round, which will be the top five most nominated characters from each category.
- Nominations are allowed for fantasy book characters only! (Movie characters are not allowed, unless the book came first).
- The Silmaril Awards are “lifetime” awards. Characters who have already won a Silmaril in previous years are not eligible to win the same award again (though they may win other awards.) For a list of past winners, please visit silmarilawards.com.
The Silver Tongue award
If it’s not obvious from the title, this page is where you’ll find the Silmaril Award Nominations for Silver Tongue.
The Silver Tongue silmaril goes to a character who held you rapt with their words. Their voice is full of riddles, wit, and a magic all their own. They hold you spellbound with their clever speech, leaving you wanting more. They are blessed with the gift of a silver tongue, and they wield it well.
The award will be presented by an individual who may be small, but his quick wit and clever riddles have helped him out of more than a few sticky situations.
This year’s awards
Here it the full list of this year’s awards with links to each site where you may make your nominations:
- Least Competent Henchman
- Most Epic Hero
- Most Epic Heroine
- Most Faithful Friend
- Most Mischievous Imp
- Most Magnificent Dragon
- Most Nefarious Villain
- Silver Tongue (right here)
- Strangest Character
- Wisest Councillor
Awards schedule
The awards this year will go by the following schedule:
Nominations week — September 3-7
Voting week — September 10-14
Awards ceremonies — September 17-28
This year we also have an official website so we can keep all the links and latest updates about the awards. Bookmark it and check back often as the awards unfold!
And now, let the nominations begin!
Awww, bummer, Mo isn’t eligible this year? He’s one of my favorite characters ever <3 Glad he won last year though!
I nominate Eanrin from Goldstone Wood
Lionheart from Goldstone Wood
Florid Sword from Wingfeather Saga
I SECOND THE FLORID SWORD!!! XD
I second Florid Sword!
Second Eanrin!
I second the Florid Sword.
I second Eanrin!
I second Eanrin and Lionheart!!
I second Eanrin! He really deserves an award!
Second Florid Sword!
I second Lionheart and Eanrin!!!
I second Eanrin!
I second Eanrin and Lionheart!
I second Lionheart and the Florid Sword!
I second the Florid Sword
Haha, second Florid Sword! He definitely has a way with words.
I second the Florid Sword.
I second Eanrin and the Florid Sword!
I second Eanrin and Lionheart for sure!
I second Eanrin and Lionheart both!
I SECOND EANRIN
And Lionheart and Florid Sword too–they’re some of my favorites!
I second The Florid Sword!
I nominate Sorek from Angie Grigaliunas’ Purification Era series!
I nominate Kiernan Kane from the Minstrel’s Song series by Jenelle Schmidt!
I second! (I mean, I met him like. . . two chapters ago, buuut. He’s that kind of person. :))
I second Kiernan Kane!!
I second Kiernan!
Second Keirnan Kane. I like the sound of his name. (And I like him too.)
My daughter nominates Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle.
Second Howl! 🙂
I second Howl!
I SECOND!
Yessss, second Howl!
I second Howl!
I second Howl!
Second Howl!
I second Howl!
I nominate:
Arbrook Huxley from The Electrical Menagerie by Mollie E. Reeder
Chrestomanci (Christopher Chant) from the Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones
I fully second Arbrook Huxley!! <3
I second Huxley
I’M FOR HUXLEY!!
I second Chrestomanci!
Second Arbrook Huxley.
I nominate Nakor from Raymond E. Feist’s Conclave of Shadows series (he appears in other books/series set in Midkemia too but I can’t remember which ones exactly).
I nominate Timothy from Ilyon Chronicles by Jaye L. Knight.
I second Timothy!
I second Timothy!
Second Timothy.
Second Timothy.
I nominate Granite from Rizkaland Legends by Kendra E. Ardnek.
I nominate Wit from the Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson.
YESSS, WIT!!!!
SECONDED!
I second Wit!!
Seconded!
I second Granite from the Rizkaland Legends and Timothy from the Ilyon Chronicles. (It wasn’t letting me reply to anyone’s comments.)
I nominate Zhenya from Windswept by Sarah White
I nominate Theryn from Dragon Lyric by Bethany A. Jennings.
I nominate Will from The Ranger’s Apprentice – he gets pretty good with the musical skills 🙂
Interesting! I second Will. 🙂
Second Will. Will’s the best.
Greybeard Halt, he lived with the goats,
At least that’s what I’ve heard tell
He hasn’t changed his socks for years,
But the goats don’t mind the smell…
Seconded!
Second Will!
Halt made Will spend all night up a tree for saying that one once! 😉
I nominate Percy Jackson from the Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus series.
And Fred the Singing Sword from the Dark Sea Annals/Myridian Chronicles (I think that’s what they’re called now?).
I second Fred! XD
Second Percy.
I nominate Gonff, prince of mouse-thieves, from Mossflower!
Seconded!
Second Gonff, prince of mouse thieves! (And prince of escapes!)
I nominate Koren from the Dragons of Starlight series by Bryan Davis.
Oh, great idea, Christine! I second Koren!
Second Koren.
I nominate:
Puddleglum (The Chronicles of Narnia)
Severus Snape (Harry Potter)
I second Puddleglum!!
I nominate Harry Potter. Think of all the sticky situations he’s talked himself out of!
I second Granite and Gonff!
Lyra Silvertongue Belacqua from His Dark Materials (Northern Lights etc).
I nominate Oberon from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. I’ve loved his “I know a bank. . .” speech since I was little.
I second Oberon.
Ooh, I’ll second Oberon!
Seconding Oberon
I nominate:
-Tanwen from The Story Peddler by Lindsay Franklin (I mean, someone who can make crystal figures out of her storytelling words must have a silver tongue!)
-Merlin from Dragons in Our Midst by Bryan Davis (a prophet from the days of King Arthur!)
Aww, I totally second Tanwen! And Merlin. 🙂
I nominate Maggie Folchart (if that’s her name) from Inkheart.
I second Maggie!
Oops! Sorry about that! My sister tried to second, but forgot to change it back to her name.
No worries, Abi. Thanks for the clarification!
I second Maggie!