We’re back for the 11th year of the Silmaril Awards, the online fantasy character awards by readers and for readers.

Nominate your favorite fantasy characters in ten categories, including our newest category this year, Most Rakish Rogue

This year’s awards

Here is the list of the rest of this year’s awards with links to where you can make your nominations:

• Most Epic Hero
• Most Epic Heroine
• Wisest Counselor
• Most Faithful Friend
• Strangest Character
• Silver Tongue
• Most Nefarious Villain
• Most Magnificent Dragon
• Most Devoted Couple
• Most Rakish Rogue

Schedule

The dates for this year’s awards are as follows:

Nominations week — Sept 7-11

Voting week — Sept 13-17

Awards ceremonies — Sept 20-Oct 2

We look forward to seeing which characters will emerge this year. No doubt the results will surprise us. They always do.

And may the best character win!