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The awards were named after the <a href="/wiki/Balrog" title="Balrog">balrog</a>, a fictional creature from <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Middle-earth" title="Middle-earth">Middle-earth</a> <a href="/wiki/Tolkien%27s_legendarium" title="Tolkien's legendarium">legendarium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Locus_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Locus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The awards were originally announced by editor Jonathan Bacon in Issue #15 of <i>Fantasy Crossroads</i> and presented at the Fool-Con II convention on <a href="/wiki/April_Fool%27s_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="April Fool's Day">April Fool's Day</a>, 1979 at <a href="/wiki/Johnson_County_Community_College" title="Johnson County Community College">Johnson County Community College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The awards were never taken seriously and are often referred to, tongue-in-cheek, as the "coveted Balrog Awards".<sup id="cite_ref-Locus_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Locus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_(by_year)"><span id="Awards_.28by_year.29"></span>Awards (by year)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balrog_Awards&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Awards (by year)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1979">1979</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balrog_Awards&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1979"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Best Novel: <i><a href="/wiki/Blind_Voices" title="Blind Voices">Blind Voices</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Reamy" title="Tom Reamy">Tom Reamy</a></li> <li>Best Short Fiction: "Death from Exposure", <a href="/wiki/Pat_Cadigan" title="Pat Cadigan">Pat Cadigan</a></li> <li>Best Collection/Anthology: <i><a href="/wiki/Born_to_Exile" title="Born to Exile">Born to Exile</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Phyllis_Eisenstein" title="Phyllis Eisenstein">Phyllis Eisenstein</a></li> <li>Best Poet: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a></li> <li>Best Artist: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Kirk" title="Tim Kirk">Tim Kirk</a></li> <li>Best Amateur Publication: <i>Shayol</i></li> <li>Best Professional Publication: <i><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Austin%27s_Age_of_Dreams" title="Alicia Austin's Age of Dreams">Age of Dreams</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Austin" title="Alicia Austin">Alicia Austin</a></li> <li>Best Amateur Achievement: Paul C. 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Grant</a> (tie)</li> <li>Judges' Choice: Jonathan Bacon (for <i>Fantasy Crossroads</i>)</li> <li>Judges' Choice: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Norton" title="Andre Norton">Andre Norton</a> (for lifetime achievement)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980">1980</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balrog_Awards&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1980"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Best Novel: <i><a href="/wiki/Dragondrums" title="Dragondrums">Dragondrums</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Anne_McCaffrey" title="Anne McCaffrey">Anne McCaffrey</a></li> <li>Best Short Fiction: "<a href="/wiki/The_Last_Defender_of_Camelot_(short_story)" title="The Last Defender of Camelot (short story)">The Last Defender of Camelot</a>", <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a></li> <li>Best Collection/Anthology: <i><a href="/wiki/Night_Shift_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="Night Shift (book)">Night Shift</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_King" title="Stephen King">Stephen King</a></li> <li>Best Poet: <a href="/wiki/H._Warner_Munn" title="H. 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Warner Munn</a></li> <li>Best Artist: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Whelan" title="Michael Whelan">Michael Whelan</a></li> <li>Best Amateur Publication: <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Newsletter" title="Fantasy Newsletter">Fantasy Newsletter</a></i></li> <li>Best Professional Publication: <i><a href="/wiki/Omni_(magazine)" title="Omni (magazine)">Omni</a></i></li> <li>Best Amateur Achievement: Paul Allen (for <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Newsletter" title="Fantasy Newsletter">Fantasy Newsletter</a></i> and "Of Swords and Sorcery")</li> <li>Best Professional Achievement: <a href="/wiki/Anne_McCaffrey" title="Anne McCaffrey">Anne McCaffrey</a></li> <li>SF Film Hall of Fame: <i><a href="/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="2001: A Space Odyssey (film)">2001: A Space Odyssey</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">Star Wars</a></i> (tie)</li> <li>Fantasy Film Hall of Fame: <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasia_(1940_film)" title="Fantasia (1940 film)">Fantasia</a></i></li> <li>Special Award: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Ballantine" title="Ian Ballantine">Ian Ballantine</a> & <a href="/wiki/Betty_Ballantine" title="Betty Ballantine">Betty Ballantine</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1981">1981</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balrog_Awards&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1981"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Best Novel: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wounded_Land" title="The Wounded Land">The Wounded Land</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_R._Donaldson" title="Stephen R. Donaldson">Stephen R. Donaldson</a></li> <li>Best Short Fiction: "The Web of the Magi", <a href="/wiki/Richard_Cowper" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Cowper">Richard Cowper</a></li> <li>Best Collection/Anthology: <i><a href="/wiki/Unfinished_Tales" title="Unfinished Tales">Unfinished Tales</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a>, edited by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Tolkien" title="Christopher Tolkien">Christopher Tolkien</a></li> <li>Best Poet: <a href="/wiki/H._Warner_Munn" title="H. Warner Munn">H. Warner Munn</a></li> <li>Best Artist: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Frazetta" title="Frank Frazetta">Frank Frazetta</a></li> <li>Best Amateur Publication: <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Newsletter" title="Fantasy Newsletter">Fantasy Newsletter</a></i></li> <li>Best Professional Publication: <i><a href="/wiki/F%26SF" class="mw-redirect" title="F&SF">F&SF</a></i></li> <li>Best Amateur Achievement: Paul C. Allen & Susan Allen (for <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Newsletter" title="Fantasy Newsletter">Fantasy Newsletter</a></i>)</li> <li>Best Professional Achievement: <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> (for contributions, including the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars"><i>Star Wars</i> saga</a>)</li> <li>SF Film Hall of Fame: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="The Empire Strikes Back">The Empire Strikes Back</a></i></li> <li>Fantasy Film Hall of Fame: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)">The Wizard of Oz</a></i></li> <li>Special Award: <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges" title="Jorge Luis Borges">Jorge Luis Borges</a></li> <li>Special Award: <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1982">1982</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balrog_Awards&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1982"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Best Novel: <i><a href="/wiki/Camber_the_Heretic" title="Camber the Heretic">Camber the Heretic</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Kurtz" title="Katherine Kurtz">Katherine Kurtz</a></li> <li>Best Short Fiction: "A Thief in Korianth", <a href="/wiki/C._J._Cherryh" title="C. J. Cherryh">C. J. Cherryh</a></li> <li>Best Collection/Anthology: <i><a href="/wiki/Shadows_of_Sanctuary" title="Shadows of Sanctuary">Shadows of Sanctuary</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lynn_Asprin" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Lynn Asprin">Robert Lynn Asprin</a>, ed.</li> <li>Best Poet: Frederick Mayer</li> <li>Best Artist: Real Musgrave</li> <li>Best Amateur Publication: <i><a href="/wiki/Eldritch_Tales" class="mw-redirect" title="Eldritch Tales">Eldritch Tales</a></i></li> <li>Best Professional Publication: <i><a href="/wiki/Omni_(magazine)" title="Omni (magazine)">Omni</a></i></li> <li>Best Amateur Achievement: Robert A. Collins (for saving <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Newsletter" title="Fantasy Newsletter">Fantasy Newsletter</a></i>)</li> <li>Best Professional Achievement: <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> (tie)</li> <li>SF Film Hall of Fame: <i><a href="/wiki/Forbidden_Planet" title="Forbidden Planet">Forbidden Planet</a></i></li> <li>Fantasy Film Hall of Fame: <i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(1933_film)" title="King Kong (1933 film)">King Kong</a></i></li> <li>Judges' Choice: <a href="/wiki/Leo_and_Diane_Dillon" title="Leo and Diane Dillon">Leo & Diane Dillon</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1983">1983</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balrog_Awards&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1983"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Best Novel: <i><a href="/wiki/The_One_Tree" title="The One Tree">The One Tree</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_R._Donaldson" title="Stephen R. Donaldson">Stephen R. Donaldson</a></li> <li>Best Short Fiction: "All of Us Are Dying", <a href="/wiki/George_Clayton_Johnson" title="George Clayton Johnson">George Clayton Johnson</a></li> <li>Best Collection/Anthology: <i>Storm Season</i>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lynn_Asprin" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Lynn Asprin">Robert Lynn Asprin</a>, ed.</li> <li>Best Poet: Frederick J. Mayer</li> <li>Best Artist: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hildebrandt" class="mw-redirect" title="Tim Hildebrandt">Tim Hildebrandt</a></li> <li>Best Amateur Publication: <i>Shayol</i></li> <li>Best Professional Publication: <i><a href="/wiki/F%26SF" class="mw-redirect" title="F&SF">F&SF</a></i></li> <li>Best Amateur Achievement: Allan Bechtold (for SF workshops)</li> <li>Best Professional Achievement: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Bova" title="Ben Bova">Ben Bova</a> (for writing and editing <i><a href="/wiki/Omni_(magazine)" title="Omni (magazine)">Omni</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact" title="Analog Science Fiction and Fact">Analog</a></i>)</li> <li>SF Film Hall of Fame: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still" title="The Day the Earth Stood Still">The Day the Earth Stood Still</a></i></li> <li>Fantasy Film Hall of Fame: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dark_Crystal" title="The Dark Crystal">The Dark Crystal</a></i></li> <li>Special Award: <a href="/wiki/Kirby_McCauley" title="Kirby McCauley">Kirby McCauley</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1984">1984</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balrog_Awards&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1984"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Best Novel: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Armageddon_Rag" title="The Armageddon Rag">The Armageddon Rag</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/George_R._R._Martin" title="George R. R. Martin">George R. R. Martin</a></li> <li>Best Short Story: "Wizard Goes A-Courtin'", <a href="/wiki/John_Morressy" title="John Morressy">John Morressy</a></li> <li>Best Collection/Anthology: <i><a href="/wiki/Unicorn_Variations" title="Unicorn Variations">Unicorn Variations</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a></li> <li>Best Poet: Frederick J. Mayer</li> <li>Best Artist: Real Musgrave</li> <li>Best Amateur Publication: <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Newsletter" title="Fantasy Newsletter">Fantasy Newsletter</a></i></li> <li>Best Professional Publication: <i><a href="/wiki/F%26SF" class="mw-redirect" title="F&SF">F&SF</a></i></li> <li>Best Amateur Achievement: Stan Gardner (for saving the Balrogs)</li> <li>Best Professional Achievement: Pendragon Gallery (for promoting fantasy artwork)</li> <li>SF Film Hall of Fame: <i><a href="/wiki/Blade_Runner" title="Blade Runner">Blade Runner</a></i></li> <li>Fantasy Film Hall of Fame: <i><a href="/wiki/Bambi" title="Bambi">Bambi</a></i></li> <li>Judges' Choice: <a href="/wiki/Mercer_Mayer" title="Mercer Mayer">Mercer Mayer</a> (for educating children in <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_art" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasy art">fantasy art</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1985">1985</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balrog_Awards&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1985"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Best Novel: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Practice_Effect" title="The Practice Effect">The Practice Effect</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/David_Brin" title="David Brin">David Brin</a></li> <li>Best Short Story: "A Troll and Two Roses", <a href="/wiki/Patricia_A._McKillip" title="Patricia A. McKillip">Patricia A. McKillip</a></li> <li>Best Collection/Anthology: <i>Daughter of Regals and Other Tales</i>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_R._Donaldson" title="Stephen R. Donaldson">Stephen R. Donaldson</a></li> <li>Best Poet: <a href="/wiki/Ardath_Mayhar" title="Ardath Mayhar">Ardath Mayhar</a></li> <li>Best Artist: <a href="/wiki/Wendy_and_Richard_Pini" title="Wendy and Richard Pini">Richard Pini & Wendy Pini</a></li> <li>Best Amateur Publication: <i>Eldritch Tales</i></li> <li>Best Professional Publication: <i>Masques</i>, <a href="/wiki/J._N._Williamson" title="J. N. Williamson">J. N. Williamson</a>, ed.</li> <li>Best Amateur Achievement: <a href="/w/index.php?title=David_B._Silva&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David B. Silva (page does not exist)">David B. Silva</a> (for <i>The Horror Show</i>)</li> <li>Best Professional Achievement: Hap Henriksen (for <a href="/wiki/EMP_Museum#Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="EMP Museum">the National SF/Fantasy Hall of Fame</a>)</li> <li>SF Film Hall of Fame: <i><a href="/wiki/Starman_(film)" title="Starman (film)">Starman</a></i></li> <li>SF Film Hall of Fame: <i><a href="/wiki/E.T._The_Extraterrestrial" class="mw-redirect" title="E.T. The Extraterrestrial">E.T. The Extraterrestrial</a></i></li> <li>Fantasy Film Hall of Fame: <i><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a></i></li> <li>Special Award: <a href="/wiki/Lester_del_Rey" title="Lester del Rey">Lester del Rey</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balrog_Awards&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bram_Stoker_Award" title="Bram Stoker Award">Bram Stoker Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award" title="Hugo Award">Hugo Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebula_Award" title="Nebula Award">Nebula Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award" title="World Fantasy Award">World Fantasy Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_science_fiction#Science_fiction_awards" title="Outline of science fiction">List of science fiction awards</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balrog_Awards&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Locus-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Locus_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Locus_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111016205602/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Balrog.html"><i>Locus</i> Index to SF Awards: About the Balrog Awards</a>. 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fantasy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grimdark" title="Grimdark">Grimdark</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_tale_parody" title="Fairy tale parody">Fairy tale parodies</a>‎</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairytale_fantasy" title="Fairytale fantasy">Fairytale fantasy</a>‎</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantastique" title="Fantastique">Fantastique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_of_manners" title="Fantasy of manners">Fantasy of manners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_fantasy" title="Hard fantasy">Hard fantasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_fantasy" title="High fantasy">High fantasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_fantasy" title="Historical fantasy">Historical fantasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isekai" title="Isekai">Isekai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LitRPG" title="LitRPG">LitRPG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Low_fantasy" title="Low fantasy">Low fantasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magical_girl" title="Magical girl">Magical girl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mythic_fiction" title="Mythic fiction">Mythic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mythpunk" class="mw-redirect" title="Mythpunk">Mythpunk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mythopoeia" title="Mythopoeia">Mythopoeia‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omegaverse" title="Omegaverse">Omegaverse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romantic_fantasy" title="Romantic fantasy">Romantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_fantasy" title="Science fantasy">Science fantasy</a>‎ <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dying_Earth_(genre)" title="Dying Earth (genre)">Dying Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planetary_romance" title="Planetary romance">Planetary romance</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gods_and_demons_fiction" title="Gods and demons fiction">Shenmo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_fantasy" title="Urban fantasy">Urban fantasy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Occult_detective_fiction" title="Occult detective fiction">Occult detective fiction‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paranormal_romance" title="Paranormal romance">Paranormal romance</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weird_fiction" title="Weird fiction">Weird fiction</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_weird" title="New weird">New weird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weird_West" title="Weird West">Weird West</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Western" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasy Western">West‎ern fantasy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_film" title="Fantasy film">Film</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_television" title="Fantasy television">television</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fantasy_anime" title="List of fantasy anime">Anime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_fantasy_films" title="Lists of fantasy films">Films</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_fantasy_films" title="List of highest-grossing fantasy films">highest-grossing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sword_and_sorcery_films" title="List of sword and sorcery films">S&S</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fantasy_television_programs" title="List of fantasy television programs">Television programs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_literature" title="Fantasy literature">Literature</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fantasy_authors" title="List of fantasy authors">Authors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballantine_Adult_Fantasy_series" title="Ballantine Adult Fantasy series">Ballantine Adult Fantasy series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_comics" title="Fantasy comics">Comics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fantasy_comics" title="List of fantasy comics">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Encyclopedia_of_Fantasy" title="The Encyclopedia of Fantasy">The Encyclopedia of Fantasy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Masterworks" title="Fantasy Masterworks">Fantasy Masterworks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database" title="Internet Speculative Fiction Database">Internet Speculative Fiction Database</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fantasy_novels" class="mw-redirect" title="List of fantasy novels">List of novels</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fantasy_novels_(A%E2%80%93H)" title="List of fantasy novels (A–H)">A–H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fantasy_novels_(I%E2%80%93R)" title="List of fantasy novels (I–R)">I–R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fantasy_novels_(S%E2%80%93Z)" title="List of fantasy novels (S–Z)">S–Z</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fantasy_story_collections" title="List of fantasy story collections">List of story collections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_publishers" title="List of science fiction publishers">Publishers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_fiction_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasy fiction magazine">Magazines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_(magazine)" title="Fantastic (magazine)">Fantastic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Adventures" title="Fantastic Adventures">Fantastic Adventures</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Locus_(magazine)" title="Locus (magazine)">Locus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction" title="The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction">The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Science_Fantasy_(magazine)" title="Science Fantasy (magazine)">Science Fantasy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unknown_(magazine)" title="Unknown (magazine)">Unknown</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Weird_Tales" title="Weird Tales">Weird Tales</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons & Dragons</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9erie" title="Féerie">Féeries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_podcast" title="Fantasy podcast">Podcasts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balrog_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Balrog Award">Balrog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Fantasy_Award" title="British Fantasy Award">British Fantasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_Award" title="Crawford Award">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Awards" title="Dragon Awards">Dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandalf_Award" title="Gandalf Award">Gandalf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gemmell_Awards_for_Fantasy" title="David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy">Gemmell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award" title="Hugo Award">Hugo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Fantasy_Award" title="International Fantasy Award">International Fantasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Fantasy_Novel_Award" title="Japan Fantasy Novel Award">Japan Fantasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Locus_Award" title="Locus Award">Locus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s_d%27Or" title="Méliès d'Or">Méliès d'Or</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mythopoeic_Awards" title="Mythopoeic Awards">Mythopoeic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebula_Award" title="Nebula Award">Nebula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_Awards" title="Saturn Awards">Saturn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A4htifantasia_Award" title="Tähtifantasia Award">Tähtifantasia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award" title="World Fantasy Award">World Fantasy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_fandom" title="Fantasy fandom">Fandom</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_art" title="Fantastic art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fanspeak" title="Fanspeak">Fanspeak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filk_music" title="Filk music">Filk music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter_fandom" title="Harry Potter fandom"><i>Harry Potter</i> fandom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Inklings" class="mw-redirect" title="The Inklings">The Inklings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovecraft_fandom" title="Lovecraft fandom">Lovecraft fandom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mythopoeic_Society" title="Mythopoeic Society">Mythopoeic Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tolkien_fandom" title="Tolkien fandom">Tolkien fandom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tolkien%27s_influence_on_fantasy" class="mw-redirect" title="Tolkien's influence on fantasy">Tolkien's influence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Works_inspired_by_J._R._R._Tolkien" class="mw-redirect" title="Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien">Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Fantasy_Convention" title="World Fantasy Convention">World Fantasy Convention</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_trope" title="Fantasy trope">Tropes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Legendary_creature" title="Legendary creature">Creatures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angel" title="Angel">Angels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demon" title="Demon">Demons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devil" title="Devil">Devils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghoul" title="Ghoul">Ghouls</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elemental" title="Elemental">Elementals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy" title="Fairy">Faeries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Familiar" title="Familiar">Familiars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire-breathing_monster" title="Fire-breathing monster">Fire-breathing monsters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)" title="Chimera (mythology)">Chimera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">Dragons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gargoyle_(monster)" title="Gargoyle (monster)">Gargoyles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imp" title="Imp">Imps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinn" title="Jinn">Jinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nymph" title="Nymph">Nymphs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shapeshifting" title="Shapeshifting">Shapeshifters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Werecat" title="Werecat">Werecats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werewolf" title="Werewolf">Werewolves</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skin-walker" title="Skin-walker">Skin-walkers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supernatural#Spirit" title="Supernatural">Spirits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talking_animals_in_fiction" title="Talking animals in fiction">Talking animals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Undead" title="Undead">Undead</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Personifications_of_death" title="Personifications of death">Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghost" title="Ghost">Ghosts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lich" title="Lich">Liches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mummy_(undead)" title="Mummy (undead)">Mummies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeleton_(undead)" title="Skeleton (undead)">Skeletons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vampire" title="Vampire">Vampires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zombie" title="Zombie">Zombies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unicorn" title="Unicorn">Unicorns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai" title="Yōkai">Yōkai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_stock_characters" title="List of stock characters">Characters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbarian" title="Barbarian">Barbarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caveman" title="Caveman">Caveman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damsel_in_distress" title="Damsel in distress">Damsel in distress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dark_lord" title="Dark lord">Dark lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donor_(fairy_tale)" title="Donor (fairy tale)">Donor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragonslayer" title="Dragonslayer">Dragonslayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_godmother" title="Fairy godmother">Fairy godmother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hero" title="Hero">Heroes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magician_(fantasy)" title="Magician (fantasy)">Magicians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occult_detective_fiction" title="Occult detective fiction">Occult detective</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_and_fantasy_detectives" title="List of science fiction and fantasy detectives">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_man" title="Wild man">Wild man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witchcraft" title="Witchcraft">Witches</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Magic_in_fiction" title="Magic in fiction">Magic system</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hard_and_soft_magic_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard and soft magic systems">Hard and soft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Classical_element" title="Classical element">Elements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_magic" title="Black magic">Dark</a>/<a href="/wiki/Gray_magic" title="Gray magic">neutral</a>/<a href="/wiki/White_magic" title="White magic">light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_magic" title="Ceremonial magic">Ceremonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_magic" title="Love magic">Love</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_magic" title="Moon magic">Moon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_item" title="Magic item">Magic item</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grimoire" title="Grimoire">Grimoire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_ring" title="Magic ring">Magic ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_magical_weapons" title="List of magical weapons">Magical weapons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Magic_sword" title="Magic sword">Magic sword</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runes" class="mw-redirect" title="Runes">Runes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wand" title="Wand">Wand</a></li></ul></li> <li>Schools <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alchemy" title="Alchemy">Alchemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demonology" title="Demonology">Demonology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divination" title="Divination">Divination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egregore" title="Egregore">Egregore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evocation" title="Evocation">Evocation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incantation" title="Incantation">Incantation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Necromancy" title="Necromancy">Necromancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runic_magic" title="Runic magic">Runecraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamanism" title="Shamanism">Shamanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shapeshifting" title="Shapeshifting">Shapeshifting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thaumaturgy" title="Thaumaturgy">Thaumaturgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theurgy" title="Theurgy">Theurgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witchcraft" title="Witchcraft">Witchcraft</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_races" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasy races">Fantasy races</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Centaur" title="Centaur">Centaurs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwarf_(folklore)" title="Dwarf (folklore)">Dwarves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elf" title="Elf">Elves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ent" title="Ent">Treants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giant" title="Giant">Giants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnome" title="Gnome">Gnomes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goblin" title="Goblin">Goblins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gremlin" title="Gremlin">Gremlins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halfling" title="Halfling">Halflings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobgoblin" title="Hobgoblin">Hobgoblins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobold" title="Kobold">Kobolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leprechaun" title="Leprechaun">Leprechauns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merfolk" title="Merfolk">Merfolk</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mermaid" title="Mermaid">Mermaids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merman" title="Merman">Mermen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogre" title="Ogre">Ogres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oni" title="Oni">Oni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orc" 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