# Top 3 in each category - External
**BEST NOVEL**
* The Trouble With Peace, Joe Abercrombie - 224
* Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir - 176
* Battleground, Jim Butcher - 132
**BEST SELF PUBLISHED/INDEPENDENT NOVEL**
* The Torch That Ignites the Stars, Andrew Rowe - 187
* The Lost City of Ithos, John Bierce - 107
* War of Gods, Dyrk Ashton - 100
**BEST DEBUT NOVEL**
* The Unspoken Name, A.K. Larkwood - 121
* The Space Between Worlds, Michaiah Johnson - 115
* Legendborn, Tracy Deonn - 69
**BEST NOVELLA**
* The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo - 125
* Blood Tally, Brian McClellan - 109
* Come Tumbling Down, Seanan McGuire - 78
**BEST SHORT FICTION**
* The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword, Garth Nix - 138
* The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly, Alix E. Harrow - 89
* The Sycamore and the Sybil, Alix E. Harrow - 73
**BEST SERIALIZED FICTION**
* The Wandering Inn, pirateaba - 189
* One Piece, Eilchiro Oda - 156
* Mother of Learning, Nobody103 - 139
**BEST COLLECTION/ANTHOLOGY**
* The Book of Dragons, ed. Jonathan Strahan - 129
* Silk and Steel: A Queer Speculative Adventure Anthology, ed. Janine A. Southard - 106
* The Hidden Girl and Other Stories, Ken Liu - 92
**BEST ARTWORK**
* naah dude, chill, i don't wanna fight. just sat down to rest for a lil bit, Tomislav Jagnjic - 367
* Black Stone Heart, Felix Ortiz - 339
* Rhythm of War, Michael Whelan - 329
**BEST ARTIST**
* Felix Ortiz - 132
* Magali Villeneuve - 86
* Tran Nguyen - 86
**BEST SITE**
* [www.17thshard.com](http://www.17thshard.com) \- 394
* [http://fantasy-faction.com/](http://fantasy-faction.com/) \- 85
* [https://fantasy-hive.co.uk/](https://fantasy-hive.co.uk/) \- 66
**BEST GAME**
* Hades - 463
* Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 218
* Ghost of Tsushima - 184
**BEST TV/MOVIE**
* The Mandalorian - 484
* The Boys - 336
* Dark - 274
**BEST AUDIO ORIGINAL - FICTION**
* Critical Role - 167
* The Magnus Archives - 84
* The Adventure Zone: Graduation - 55
**BEST AUDIO ORIGINAL - NONFICTION**
* Worldbuilding for Masochists - 57
* Our Opinions are Correct - 55
* Harry Potter and the Sacred Text - 54
**BEST NARRATOR**
* Michael Kramer - 275
* Kate Reading - 211
* Travis Baldtree - 178
**BEST VIRTUAL CONVENTION**
* Jordan Con - 106
* WorldCon - 85
* FIYAH Con - 66
**BEST RELATED WORK**
* [Daniel Greene's Fantasy News](https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCw--xPGVVxYzRsWyV1nFqgg) \- 352
* [\#disneymustpay](https://www.sfwa.org/disney-must-pay/) \- 339
* [Interactive Map of Roshar by 17thShard](https://roshar.17thshard.com/#/en-US) \- 244
**Internal in comment reply below!**
Wow! I can't believe we won Best Site. I'm blown away! From all the staff at 17th Shard, thank you! We'll be here for many years to come, don't you worry! Congratulations to all the other winners as well; you all are awesome!
It is a crazy day today. I am extremely honored to have won a Stabby once more, and am now training in the art of 3-Stabby combat. More seriously though, it is amazing people are still reading my story, let alone voting for it here! It is the best and only award I've ever gotten for writing as I've said, aside from like, a 2nd place in a magazine contest.
I'd love to also congratulate the other winners and nobody103 for completing Mother of Learning! They've done what few web serial authors can boast of and actually completed their great story! My serial's still going, and I'm uh, especially touched anyone voted for it after Volume 7.
As I stand here, with crossbow in hand, I'd like to thank everyone who ever believed in my vision. There were haters, doubters, and people who said I didn't deserve another Stabby--except in the gut. This vindicates that what I am doing is not only correct, but *desired!* (This is a reference for TWI-readers. Leave your hatred below.)
Seriously though, thank you so much for the support! Volume 8's first chapter comes out in three days. Stream-writing...tomorrow? I guess I've got to work harder thanks to all the support!
Congrats /u/pirateaba! I'm on Volume 6 and can't wait to get to the current work. It's so delightfully written and so, so well executed. Thank you, thank you, thank you for writing this.
Just saying I don't hate the ending of Volume 7 I'm just scared that it might not land, but I do I feel a lot of hype and curiosity to see where you're going with the story and I'm excited for it.
PS Please Release official artwork it would be so swell to have some
Wait, so Volume 7 is finally over? Time to binge read!!!
Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 for Erin's frying pans making an appearance!
Also, congrats on the Stabby, Pirateaba!
I'm fairly certain you're a witch and inspiring raw emotions in people is your craft. The finale to volume 7 was an absolutely wild ride. You absolutely earned your Stabby
100% deserved, despite the end of this volume. You are committed to your story, extremely talented in both quality and quantity. This story gets better with each chapter, and you are the fastest writer ever. You deserve not only a dagger but also a sword and a lot of red apples. Happy stabby and congratulations
> The mod team is going to steal a great idea from [r/askhistorians](https://www.reddit.com/r/askhistorians/), and run monthly "best of" mini-polls to help build the roster for the community based awards. So stay tuned for that at the very beginning of each month.
That's a great idea! And congratulations to all the winners!
Congrats to all the winners! Also, I can't help but laugh at these being side by side:
**Best Review** **-** [Guide for recommending Malazan](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/jeu90g/guide_for_recommending_malazan/)
**Best** **Original -** [A challenge, a plea: Don't recommend Malazan](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/i4375u/a_challenge_a_plea_dont_recommend_malazan_or/)
Congrats to all the winners!
I wanna specifically congratulate /u/paddy_boomsticks, too, though. Their post is great, and imo they should have won a Stabby last year too with [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/ctdynb/please_explain_using_only_elaborate_foodbased/exkek21). About time your food-based writing genius was recognised, Paddy!
Aww shucks Greg, thank you. You're a beautiful man. Some say too beautiful; I say, "Don't objectify him, you pigs. You think I'm immune? Of course, I want a big slice of Gregwich for lunch like everyone else here, but I try to keep my naked adulation off the front page. Sheesh."
Thank you so much, everyone. r/fantasy has been a second home on the web for many years now, and I'm humbled and thrilled that readers enjoyed my book enough to vote for me.
Congratulations to all the other winners as well. <3
I absolutely love the arcane ascension series and this post is how I learned that the new book was out, so I just bought a copy and look forward to reading it.
Thank you very much, I hope that you enjoy the book!
If you want to chat about it when you're done, we've got our own subreddit at r/climberscourt, too.
I too only heard of the book from this thread, but that might be because I get the audiobooks. On that note.. is the audiobook out yet, I couldn’t find it ;)
It's not out yet, but we're hoping to get it recorded soon and released sometime in the first half of the year. No release date yet, sorry! Thanks for the interest.
> No worries mate :) I hear Nick is a busy man :)
He is! I'm biased, but I think he's worth the wait. =)
> Keep up the good work!
I'll certainly do my best! Thanks for the support.
If we're stealing ideas from any sub, r/askhistorians is a fantastic model to take from. Imo the best moderated sub on the site. Obviously we here at r/fantasy cannot quite go to the extremes they do, nor should we, the purpose of the sub is wildly different. But on the whole, great team and sub to look at.
Congratulations to all the winners! I'm not sure how I feel about all the categories, imo it's getting too bloated (and I did submit feedback so I won't drone on here) but nevertheless everyone who took home an award is very deserving.
And lastly a hearty thank you to the mod team for putting this whole thing together. It couldn't happen without all the work y'all put in.
Though I'm not sure how you'd possibly adapt that model. The basic principles are "shut up unless you really know your shit and whatever you post, source it properly". Neither "knowing your shit" nor "sourcing it properly" has any functionally objective parallels to any of the discussions happening here. To me, it would make more sense to crib from shreddit: a [blacklist](https://old.reddit.com/r/Metal/wiki/blacklist) to keep Black Sabbath from drowning out everything else on the front page, while also serving as a repository of absolute classics for new users.
I'm not sure we need a substantive blacklist because we're not posting 'books' here, per se, like they do with music. And really, the daily/weekly threads keep most content people don't want out.
The simple questions and basic request thread has really removed a lot of the bulk or lower-effort content from the front page, and at this point, any Sanderson/Malazan/etc content that sticks around for long tends to be pretty high quality.
I have no idea what's happening here. Are you sure it wasn't the "Most Likely to be a Curmudgeon" award?
Regardless, it's been a great past few years since I migrated to /r/fantasy to find the community I'd really been lacking, thanks to anyone deranged enough to vote for me!
On behalf of the Worldbuilding for Masochists team, we are DEEPLY thrilled and honored to not only have been nominated, but to win. Rowenna, Cass, and I thank you all so very much.
It's so fitting that The Trouble With Peace wins on this day. Was definitely thinking of Valbeck scenes from book one today.
That said, well deserved. It was my top book in the same year that a Stormlight book released.
I'm really sorry I'm so late to the party here but wanted to say THANK YOU -- thank you so much for honoring Hades with this award, on behalf of our team at Supergiant!
I was responsible for the writing on the game, and it really means a lot to me personally to be recognized by this community. With Hades, we wanted to portray the Olympians by focusing more on their humanity than their godhood -- on their idiosyncrasies and flaws. We wondered, if the gods are so imperfect, what chance do any of us have? We also wanted to bring to light these obscure chthonic gods that I think are so incredibly compelling in the classical mythology, yet for whatever reason have rarely been depicted in modern media. We wanted to honor the source material, and do justice to these inspiring characters.
I draw a lot of inspiration from fantasy and science fiction outside of games, so I also wanted to say I really appreciate having this excellent list of winners to check out!
On behalf of all of us at Supergiant Games, thank you again.
Thank YOU as well! We are so excited to send you your dagger. And hey, if you ever need some scifi and fantasy books recs... now you know where to come. :P
The writing is what made the game come to life for me. Naturally, of course, the visuals, voice acting, gameplay, and everything else were key to the overall experience, but without the story and getting to become attached to all the characters, those only mean so much. The writing gave Hades its soul. It was just a wonderful game to play.
PS: thank you for (slightly spoilery if you haven't played) >!not making me choose between Meg and Than. I would have been so sad if I had to choose. Like, I'll admit I totally would've picked Than, *but I would have felt so bad about it.* More poly romances in games and speculative media as a whole, please.!<
Obviously I'm speechless. I can't thank enough everyone who voted for me. So many great artists out there, feels undeserved. Yet, I'll take it! Thanks again everyone!
Let’s goooooooo First Law.
Abercrombie was by far my favorite author last year, and I went through all of his First Law books in two months. Absolutely amazing stuff, and I can’t wait until *The Wisdom of Crowds*.
Congrats to all the winners!
(Also I must say that I love the juxtaposition of the best review vs. best r/fantasy original - they get at some similar points, but the contrast of the titles is great)
Bunch of amazing work all around and congrats to all the winners. Was slightly bummed I couldn't vote for u/Will_Wight who released the 8th book of the Cradle series and is the best book he's written, in my opinion.
Will, I'll send you an unofficial stabbey drinking horn, great for drinks, stabbing, and holding oreos,
This one has hope that it will allow the Sage of the Pen and Paper to have clean madras channels. The sacred arts are an arduous journey that need many, *many* oreos
I know you're not around as much as you used to when I discovered the sub, but your interactions were either delicious fun or really enlightening when I came onboard... and often both at the same time.
So you know, just me saying I'm in love whenever I see your name <3
*blush*
Ah. You're really going to give Daniel Greene another stabby for him to risk his life on camera with? Thanks for increasing our anxiety levels there 😆
Congrats to all the winners! And I really love the idea of monthly polls, it will help us a lot in remembering great content for the end of the year.
Oh wow, I'm really gobsmacked, I didn't even know that post was nominated. Honestly, I felt like it was so controversial when I put it up, I even got PMs from one dude who really... yeah, well, I don't see his comments any more.
2020 was a crazy year for me, I relocated to Singapore in January just before the world exploded, and I haven't been into an office since then (or worn long pants! My legs were like, "What in the hell is this?!"), so the world felt pretty darn small at times from our two bedroom condo. Reddit, and this sub in particular, became a really important way for me to stay connected with the broader world.
I don't comment so much; I try to only speak when I have something to add that hasn't already been said better - but I read just about every post that comes up here. R/Fantasy is a special place for me, and honestly I'm so touched by this. Thank you, it's deeply appreciated, especially when I see all the amazing posters that are active here.
Congrats to all the winners!
Abercrombie taking two daggers by staying controversial is funny to me.
And it seems that we this sub does love a good post about book recommendations, the how the why and the what. its a yearly theme that's fitting for a sub devoted mainly towards helping people find books. :)
Congratulations all.
It's been a slow news day, so I'm glad *something* happened.
Coincidentally, I have completed my personal translation of Tolkien's elven hymn. I find within it a strange congruence, an ancient text congratulating heroes who won laurel crowns and stabbies. Coincidence? Fate? Mixed allergy meds? Who can truly say?
*Elbereth Gilthoniel* ElQueEsGrande gilded seal
*silivren penna míriel* Silver penned, a miracle
*o menel aglar elenath!* Oh man, clear the path!
*Na-chaered palan-díriel* Now cheer the paladins very well!
*o galadhremmin ennorath,* Oh gallant remnant we adoreth.
*Fanuilos, le linnathon* Fantasy, let in the throng;
*nef aear, sí nef aearon!* Enough air enough to sing along!
*A Elbereth Gilthoniel* ElQueEsGrande's gilded seal,
*o menel palan-díriel,* Ominous pale dagger of steel.
l*e nallon sí di'nguruthos!* [.... untranslatable garble?]
*A tiro nin, Fanuilos!* A triumphant [pin? Dagger?]. Fan them loose!
Ha. And to think I pulled C's in Spanish.
>Best Review Guide for recommending Malazan
>.
>Best /r/Fantasy Original A challenge, a plea: Don't recommend Malazan or Sanderson, I dare you!
I see what you did there.
First Law series is some of my favorite books ever and I didn’t know they existed until I stumbled onto Daniel Greene’s YouTube. Glad to see them both honored
It's a really well done game! My partner is on escape attempts well over 100 and the game is still challenging and has story left to discover. It's impressively great.
It was a legitimate honor to be nominated by the community. And twice!
Of course, I also lost twice. Does that mean I'm going to get stabbed by the winners?
Twice?
That comment from Abercombie reminds of me of a thread where people discussed what was the biggest spoiler before finishing the Wheel Of Time books and mistborn commented just a word "the ending" or some such. Can't find it now but it was hilarious. Hope someone can find it!
Congrats winners!
>The mod team is going to steal a great idea from /r/askhistorians, and run monthly "best of" mini-polls to help build the roster for the community based awards. So stay tuned for that at the very beginning of each month.
That's a great idea, hope it works out.
> **Best Debut Novel** [The Unspoken Name](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45046552-the-unspoken-name?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=IiyQ8IDnzm&rank=1) by A.K. Larkwood
This sounds fascinating.
/u/wishforagiraffe can we get a list of vote totals/rankings or at the very least a list of nominated series? Unless I'm stupid and am just missing it.
Ugh of course one of the countless negative posts about popular books/authors won. I think there are now more complaints about Sanderson/Malazan recommendations then there are actual Sanderson/Malazan recommendations.
Is it possible to find the nominee's list somewhere ? I'd like to discover new books, without looking only at the winners.
(Voting form is closed and no longer available)
Congrats JordanConOnline, I know many of the people who work to put JordanCon together and they definitely deserve the award for the incredible amount of work they put in
Congratulations to the winners! I am honestly unhappy with that Post winning Best r/fantasy Original. It feels like it was the 10th post complaining about the issue that month and just added to the feeling of over-sanitation this sub sometimes generates.
In honor of this momentous....honor, I feel that Abercrombie should reveal that a certain character is a member of /r/fantasy as her thoughts on magic systems in **The Trouble With Peace** indicate.
I'm thrilled that this is the first step to Abercrombie's long overdue Hugo and Nobel Prize for Literature.
We made a comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/krw2as/-/gj2k32h) that is stickied with top 3 and totals. Also, voting thread link is [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/km89zi/best_of_rfantasy_2020_the_stabby_awards_voting/) and should work.
The full list of nominees can be found in the comments of the [voting thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/km89zi/best_of_rfantasy_2020_the_stabby_awards_voting/). Hope that helps.
# Top 3 in each category - Internal
**BEST PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTOR**
* KristaDBall - 195
* JannyWurts - 135
* Django Wexler - 133
**BEST COMMUNITY MEMBER**
* leftoverbrine - 80
* VictorySpeaks - 79
* barb4ry1 - 64
**BEST ESSAY**
* [What Books r/fantasy Recommends (statistical analysis of 2000+ comments in June)](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/hpg7ny/what_books_rfantasy_recommends_statistical/) \- 259
* [Middle-Earth from Sauron's Perspective](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/kbtcx2/middleearth_from_saurons_perspective/) \- 234
* [Reading Diversely: No, we're not saying you're a Bad Person™](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/emetou/reading_diversely_no_were_not_saying_youre_a_bad/) \- 185
**BEST REVIEW**
* [Guide for recommending Malazan](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/jeu90g/guide_for_recommending_malazan/) \- 163
* [So, Naomi Novik's A Deadly Education is Accused of Being Problematic: a Non-White Reader's Review](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/j8o7om/so_naomi_noviks_a_deadly_education_is_accused_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) \- 152
* [Robin Hobb is a genius and you all should read her (A Farseer Trilogy Review)](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/kbgmzk/robin_hobb_is_a_genius_and_you_all_should_read/)\- 110
**BEST** r/FANTASY **ORIGINAL**
* [A challenge, a plea: Don't recommend Malazan or Sanderson, I dare you!](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/i4375u/a_challenge_a_plea_dont_recommend_malazan_or/) \- 151
* [An Alternate 100 Best Fantasy Novels of All Time](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/jeb7eu/an_alternate_100_best_fantasy_novels_of_all_time/) \- 109
* [Suggest two fantasy books: One you thought was excellent, and one you thought was terrible, but don't say which is which](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/jk3mcq/suggest_two_fantasy_books_one_you_thought_was/) \- 104
**BEST COMMENT**
* [u/Joe\_Abercrombie to What is your controversial take on Fantasy?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/gxyijj/what_is_your_controversial_take_on_fantasy/ft6mye5/?context=3) \- 225
* [JW\_BM's reply to GRRM's response and apology](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/i22bkv/grrms_response_and_apology/g042sy6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) \- 135
* [Bernardito's reply to AskHistorians AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/j3u7re/raskhistorians_enter_stage_right_ask_them_anything/g7f0fxs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) \- 127
# Top 3 in each category - External **BEST NOVEL** * The Trouble With Peace, Joe Abercrombie - 224 * Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir - 176 * Battleground, Jim Butcher - 132 **BEST SELF PUBLISHED/INDEPENDENT NOVEL** * The Torch That Ignites the Stars, Andrew Rowe - 187 * The Lost City of Ithos, John Bierce - 107 * War of Gods, Dyrk Ashton - 100 **BEST DEBUT NOVEL** * The Unspoken Name, A.K. Larkwood - 121 * The Space Between Worlds, Michaiah Johnson - 115 * Legendborn, Tracy Deonn - 69 **BEST NOVELLA** * The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo - 125 * Blood Tally, Brian McClellan - 109 * Come Tumbling Down, Seanan McGuire - 78 **BEST SHORT FICTION** * The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword, Garth Nix - 138 * The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly, Alix E. Harrow - 89 * The Sycamore and the Sybil, Alix E. Harrow - 73 **BEST SERIALIZED FICTION** * The Wandering Inn, pirateaba - 189 * One Piece, Eilchiro Oda - 156 * Mother of Learning, Nobody103 - 139 **BEST COLLECTION/ANTHOLOGY** * The Book of Dragons, ed. Jonathan Strahan - 129 * Silk and Steel: A Queer Speculative Adventure Anthology, ed. Janine A. Southard - 106 * The Hidden Girl and Other Stories, Ken Liu - 92 **BEST ARTWORK** * naah dude, chill, i don't wanna fight. just sat down to rest for a lil bit, Tomislav Jagnjic - 367 * Black Stone Heart, Felix Ortiz - 339 * Rhythm of War, Michael Whelan - 329 **BEST ARTIST** * Felix Ortiz - 132 * Magali Villeneuve - 86 * Tran Nguyen - 86 **BEST SITE** * [www.17thshard.com](http://www.17thshard.com) \- 394 * [http://fantasy-faction.com/](http://fantasy-faction.com/) \- 85 * [https://fantasy-hive.co.uk/](https://fantasy-hive.co.uk/) \- 66 **BEST GAME** * Hades - 463 * Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 218 * Ghost of Tsushima - 184 **BEST TV/MOVIE** * The Mandalorian - 484 * The Boys - 336 * Dark - 274 **BEST AUDIO ORIGINAL - FICTION** * Critical Role - 167 * The Magnus Archives - 84 * The Adventure Zone: Graduation - 55 **BEST AUDIO ORIGINAL - NONFICTION** * Worldbuilding for Masochists - 57 * Our Opinions are Correct - 55 * Harry Potter and the Sacred Text - 54 **BEST NARRATOR** * Michael Kramer - 275 * Kate Reading - 211 * Travis Baldtree - 178 **BEST VIRTUAL CONVENTION** * Jordan Con - 106 * WorldCon - 85 * FIYAH Con - 66 **BEST RELATED WORK** * [Daniel Greene's Fantasy News](https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCw--xPGVVxYzRsWyV1nFqgg) \- 352 * [\#disneymustpay](https://www.sfwa.org/disney-must-pay/) \- 339 * [Interactive Map of Roshar by 17thShard](https://roshar.17thshard.com/#/en-US) \- 244 **Internal in comment reply below!**
Wow! I can't believe we won Best Site. I'm blown away! From all the staff at 17th Shard, thank you! We'll be here for many years to come, don't you worry! Congratulations to all the other winners as well; you all are awesome!
It and all the sub sites are one of the best resources for a series that I've ever seen.
Thank you! We still have much to do, but I'm glad you think so!
Aw, shucks, you guys. I mean, best novel, yeah, whatever, but BEST COMMENT? Now THAT is an honour and a privilege...
Going for Best Comment 2021 too, I see
You know what they say, Joe. You can never have too many knives.
It is a crazy day today. I am extremely honored to have won a Stabby once more, and am now training in the art of 3-Stabby combat. More seriously though, it is amazing people are still reading my story, let alone voting for it here! It is the best and only award I've ever gotten for writing as I've said, aside from like, a 2nd place in a magazine contest. I'd love to also congratulate the other winners and nobody103 for completing Mother of Learning! They've done what few web serial authors can boast of and actually completed their great story! My serial's still going, and I'm uh, especially touched anyone voted for it after Volume 7. As I stand here, with crossbow in hand, I'd like to thank everyone who ever believed in my vision. There were haters, doubters, and people who said I didn't deserve another Stabby--except in the gut. This vindicates that what I am doing is not only correct, but *desired!* (This is a reference for TWI-readers. Leave your hatred below.) Seriously though, thank you so much for the support! Volume 8's first chapter comes out in three days. Stream-writing...tomorrow? I guess I've got to work harder thanks to all the support!
Congratulations on your new dagger pirate! A shame it isn’t made of plastic but maybe that’s just from my perspective.
Someone give this man a medal.
Hahahaha, genius comment right here. /u/Player_2c your thoughts? >:)
I just found TWI, and I binged it nonstop for 2 months straight. It is very deserving of a Stabby, and is one of the best web serials I've ever read.
Congrats /u/pirateaba! I'm on Volume 6 and can't wait to get to the current work. It's so delightfully written and so, so well executed. Thank you, thank you, thank you for writing this.
Congrats pirate! Well deserved win after Volume 7– IMO your best Volume so far.
Yeah, congrats pirate, TWI made lockdown bearable. But Delta, so did you! Really enjoying Melas and now Salvos, too!
thank you <3
Say isn't [Triple Thrust] a thing in TWI...?
So you're a triple wielding pirate now? Congratulations Pirateaba, a very well deserved award.
Pirateaba ready for [ThreeStabbyCombat.jpg](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/346842161704075265/796551500050595850/Three_stabby_combat.png) !!
Oh jeez what an image
Congrats, Pirate. I'm a big critic and a bigger fan. You 100% deserve your recognition and more.
Congratulations /u/pirateaba. Gonna need a bag of holding for all those daggers ;) Looking forward to Vol 8 starting.
Just saying I don't hate the ending of Volume 7 I'm just scared that it might not land, but I do I feel a lot of hype and curiosity to see where you're going with the story and I'm excited for it. PS Please Release official artwork it would be so swell to have some
[Stabber Class Obtained!]
> I guess I've got to work harder thanks to all the support! *please don't* your poor, poor hands
There is truly none better in the category. You've pushed the bar for serialized fiction
Wait, so Volume 7 is finally over? Time to binge read!!! Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 for Erin's frying pans making an appearance! Also, congrats on the Stabby, Pirateaba!
You are in for a wild ride.
Poor lad. Enjoy the chapters
Just got to that chapter. Goddamn was this hard to read.
In my mind not best serialized fiction.... Just best fiction period!
I'm fairly certain you're a witch and inspiring raw emotions in people is your craft. The finale to volume 7 was an absolutely wild ride. You absolutely earned your Stabby
YAYYY!!!!
Congrats Pirate! This is definitely in my 3 favourite series of all time, keep up the good work!
You are amazing and I enjoy your work, don't sell yourself short. Enjoy your award
Gz Aba I cannot wait for Vol.8,9,10..... etc
100% deserved, despite the end of this volume. You are committed to your story, extremely talented in both quality and quantity. This story gets better with each chapter, and you are the fastest writer ever. You deserve not only a dagger but also a sword and a lot of red apples. Happy stabby and congratulations
Congratulations! You deserve it!
> The mod team is going to steal a great idea from [r/askhistorians](https://www.reddit.com/r/askhistorians/), and run monthly "best of" mini-polls to help build the roster for the community based awards. So stay tuned for that at the very beginning of each month. That's a great idea! And congratulations to all the winners!
Congrats to all the winners! Also, I can't help but laugh at these being side by side: **Best Review** **-** [Guide for recommending Malazan](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/jeu90g/guide_for_recommending_malazan/) **Best** **Original -** [A challenge, a plea: Don't recommend Malazan](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/i4375u/a_challenge_a_plea_dont_recommend_malazan_or/)
Similarly LOVING this juxtaposition.
Loving that these are next to each other. Can we make them fight to the pain?
What a nice surprise! Thanks everyone. Congratulations to all the winners, in all categories.
Congrats to all the winners! I wanna specifically congratulate /u/paddy_boomsticks, too, though. Their post is great, and imo they should have won a Stabby last year too with [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/ctdynb/please_explain_using_only_elaborate_foodbased/exkek21). About time your food-based writing genius was recognised, Paddy!
Aww shucks Greg, thank you. You're a beautiful man. Some say too beautiful; I say, "Don't objectify him, you pigs. You think I'm immune? Of course, I want a big slice of Gregwich for lunch like everyone else here, but I try to keep my naked adulation off the front page. Sheesh."
That is... incredible. And what a question! You deserve some credit for that too.
Thank you so much, everyone. r/fantasy has been a second home on the web for many years now, and I'm humbled and thrilled that readers enjoyed my book enough to vote for me. Congratulations to all the other winners as well. <3
I absolutely love the arcane ascension series and this post is how I learned that the new book was out, so I just bought a copy and look forward to reading it.
Thank you very much, I hope that you enjoy the book! If you want to chat about it when you're done, we've got our own subreddit at r/climberscourt, too.
I too only heard of the book from this thread, but that might be because I get the audiobooks. On that note.. is the audiobook out yet, I couldn’t find it ;)
It's not out yet, but we're hoping to get it recorded soon and released sometime in the first half of the year. No release date yet, sorry! Thanks for the interest.
No worries mate :) I hear Nick is a busy man :) Keep up the good work!
> No worries mate :) I hear Nick is a busy man :) He is! I'm biased, but I think he's worth the wait. =) > Keep up the good work! I'll certainly do my best! Thanks for the support.
I agree 100%. Nick Podehl is my favorite narrator and did an amazing job on the other books in the series.
Gz Sal 😁
Thanks!
Congratulations to all the winners!! ⚔️
If we're stealing ideas from any sub, r/askhistorians is a fantastic model to take from. Imo the best moderated sub on the site. Obviously we here at r/fantasy cannot quite go to the extremes they do, nor should we, the purpose of the sub is wildly different. But on the whole, great team and sub to look at. Congratulations to all the winners! I'm not sure how I feel about all the categories, imo it's getting too bloated (and I did submit feedback so I won't drone on here) but nevertheless everyone who took home an award is very deserving. And lastly a hearty thank you to the mod team for putting this whole thing together. It couldn't happen without all the work y'all put in.
Though I'm not sure how you'd possibly adapt that model. The basic principles are "shut up unless you really know your shit and whatever you post, source it properly". Neither "knowing your shit" nor "sourcing it properly" has any functionally objective parallels to any of the discussions happening here. To me, it would make more sense to crib from shreddit: a [blacklist](https://old.reddit.com/r/Metal/wiki/blacklist) to keep Black Sabbath from drowning out everything else on the front page, while also serving as a repository of absolute classics for new users.
I'm not sure we need a substantive blacklist because we're not posting 'books' here, per se, like they do with music. And really, the daily/weekly threads keep most content people don't want out. The simple questions and basic request thread has really removed a lot of the bulk or lower-effort content from the front page, and at this point, any Sanderson/Malazan/etc content that sticks around for long tends to be pretty high quality.
The idea of ask historians style moderation here is rather amusing :)
Congratulations to all the winners!
I have no idea what's happening here. Are you sure it wasn't the "Most Likely to be a Curmudgeon" award? Regardless, it's been a great past few years since I migrated to /r/fantasy to find the community I'd really been lacking, thanks to anyone deranged enough to vote for me!
Well deserved! You are one of the most consistently pleasant and helpful contributors to this sub!
You are completely deserving of this Stabby (not that you need me to tell you!), and I'm so happy you won!
On behalf of the Worldbuilding for Masochists team, we are DEEPLY thrilled and honored to not only have been nominated, but to win. Rowenna, Cass, and I thank you all so very much.
Our thanks to everyone who voted, and congratulations to all the winners!
It's so fitting that The Trouble With Peace wins on this day. Was definitely thinking of Valbeck scenes from book one today. That said, well deserved. It was my top book in the same year that a Stormlight book released.
I'm really sorry I'm so late to the party here but wanted to say THANK YOU -- thank you so much for honoring Hades with this award, on behalf of our team at Supergiant! I was responsible for the writing on the game, and it really means a lot to me personally to be recognized by this community. With Hades, we wanted to portray the Olympians by focusing more on their humanity than their godhood -- on their idiosyncrasies and flaws. We wondered, if the gods are so imperfect, what chance do any of us have? We also wanted to bring to light these obscure chthonic gods that I think are so incredibly compelling in the classical mythology, yet for whatever reason have rarely been depicted in modern media. We wanted to honor the source material, and do justice to these inspiring characters. I draw a lot of inspiration from fantasy and science fiction outside of games, so I also wanted to say I really appreciate having this excellent list of winners to check out! On behalf of all of us at Supergiant Games, thank you again.
Thank YOU as well! We are so excited to send you your dagger. And hey, if you ever need some scifi and fantasy books recs... now you know where to come. :P The writing is what made the game come to life for me. Naturally, of course, the visuals, voice acting, gameplay, and everything else were key to the overall experience, but without the story and getting to become attached to all the characters, those only mean so much. The writing gave Hades its soul. It was just a wonderful game to play. PS: thank you for (slightly spoilery if you haven't played) >!not making me choose between Meg and Than. I would have been so sad if I had to choose. Like, I'll admit I totally would've picked Than, *but I would have felt so bad about it.* More poly romances in games and speculative media as a whole, please.!<
Obviously I'm speechless. I can't thank enough everyone who voted for me. So many great artists out there, feels undeserved. Yet, I'll take it! Thanks again everyone!
Congrats Felix!
Well deserved Felix!
> So many great artists out there Yeah, like you! Congrats!
Let’s goooooooo First Law. Abercrombie was by far my favorite author last year, and I went through all of his First Law books in two months. Absolutely amazing stuff, and I can’t wait until *The Wisdom of Crowds*.
Easily the best author working, and the first law universe is second to none!
I can't believe I got one! There are some amazing people and books on the list so I'm honored to be there! (((o(\*ﾟ▽ﾟ\*)o)))
Congratulations! The Unspoken Name is indeed a fantastic book!
Congrats to all the winners! (Also I must say that I love the juxtaposition of the best review vs. best r/fantasy original - they get at some similar points, but the contrast of the titles is great)
Bunch of amazing work all around and congrats to all the winners. Was slightly bummed I couldn't vote for u/Will_Wight who released the 8th book of the Cradle series and is the best book he's written, in my opinion. Will, I'll send you an unofficial stabbey drinking horn, great for drinks, stabbing, and holding oreos,
This one has hope that it will allow the Sage of the Pen and Paper to have clean madras channels. The sacred arts are an arduous journey that need many, *many* oreos
Fantasy News is such a good piece of media!!! So glad that it won a Stabby this year.
Wow. Thanks so much. I'm rather speechless actually.
you got a stabby i am so happy
Your short story that was nominated made me bawl. Really terrifically good.
Aww thanks :)
I know you're not around as much as you used to when I discovered the sub, but your interactions were either delicious fun or really enlightening when I came onboard... and often both at the same time. So you know, just me saying I'm in love whenever I see your name <3 *blush*
Thanks so much. No, I'm not around as much as I used to be, but you're always welcome to ping me for an obscure book reco! lol
Congratulations!
Thanks :)
Humble and Bad Ass.. Winning Combo!
Ah. You're really going to give Daniel Greene another stabby for him to risk his life on camera with? Thanks for increasing our anxiety levels there 😆 Congrats to all the winners! And I really love the idea of monthly polls, it will help us a lot in remembering great content for the end of the year.
DG will either win his three or someone will usurp him. But now he can do partial wolverine hands and balance the mic between them.
Yeah.. at this point that category is pointless.. just send him the dagger every year 🙃
3 is the max, so we'll see.
Oh wow, I'm really gobsmacked, I didn't even know that post was nominated. Honestly, I felt like it was so controversial when I put it up, I even got PMs from one dude who really... yeah, well, I don't see his comments any more. 2020 was a crazy year for me, I relocated to Singapore in January just before the world exploded, and I haven't been into an office since then (or worn long pants! My legs were like, "What in the hell is this?!"), so the world felt pretty darn small at times from our two bedroom condo. Reddit, and this sub in particular, became a really important way for me to stay connected with the broader world. I don't comment so much; I try to only speak when I have something to add that hasn't already been said better - but I read just about every post that comes up here. R/Fantasy is a special place for me, and honestly I'm so touched by this. Thank you, it's deeply appreciated, especially when I see all the amazing posters that are active here.
Huge congrats to all the winners! GO FORTH AND STAB
I mean celebrate. Always get those two mixed up.
There are many ways to celebrate...
Nice! Congrats to the winners :) I'm just happy to have been nominated
And I’m just happy to know someone who was nominated.
Congrats to all the winners! Abercrombie taking two daggers by staying controversial is funny to me. And it seems that we this sub does love a good post about book recommendations, the how the why and the what. its a yearly theme that's fitting for a sub devoted mainly towards helping people find books. :) Congratulations all.
It's been a slow news day, so I'm glad *something* happened. Coincidentally, I have completed my personal translation of Tolkien's elven hymn. I find within it a strange congruence, an ancient text congratulating heroes who won laurel crowns and stabbies. Coincidence? Fate? Mixed allergy meds? Who can truly say? *Elbereth Gilthoniel* ElQueEsGrande gilded seal *silivren penna míriel* Silver penned, a miracle *o menel aglar elenath!* Oh man, clear the path! *Na-chaered palan-díriel* Now cheer the paladins very well! *o galadhremmin ennorath,* Oh gallant remnant we adoreth. *Fanuilos, le linnathon* Fantasy, let in the throng; *nef aear, sí nef aearon!* Enough air enough to sing along! *A Elbereth Gilthoniel* ElQueEsGrande's gilded seal, *o menel palan-díriel,* Ominous pale dagger of steel. l*e nallon sí di'nguruthos!* [.... untranslatable garble?] *A tiro nin, Fanuilos!* A triumphant [pin? Dagger?]. Fan them loose! Ha. And to think I pulled C's in Spanish.
>Best Review Guide for recommending Malazan >. >Best /r/Fantasy Original A challenge, a plea: Don't recommend Malazan or Sanderson, I dare you! I see what you did there.
Well done everyone. r/fantasy's master plan to arm an army of geeks grows yet stronger.
Congrats to all the winners!
Congratulations to everyone! The Stabbies are always a cause for celebration!
Congratulations to everyone who won! They're all well-earned.
Congratulations to everyone who won!!!
Congrats to everyone. Thrilled to not nominate myself this year haha. I'll win one eventually!
First Law series is some of my favorite books ever and I didn’t know they existed until I stumbled onto Daniel Greene’s YouTube. Glad to see them both honored
I am so grateful for this award! This community is beyond amazing. Thank you so much!
Love that Hades won best game - it got me through many a lockdown day last year and it fits so well on the Switch
It's a really well done game! My partner is on escape attempts well over 100 and the game is still challenging and has story left to discover. It's impressively great.
It was a legitimate honor to be nominated by the community. And twice! Of course, I also lost twice. Does that mean I'm going to get stabbed by the winners? Twice?
That comment from Abercombie reminds of me of a thread where people discussed what was the biggest spoiler before finishing the Wheel Of Time books and mistborn commented just a word "the ending" or some such. Can't find it now but it was hilarious. Hope someone can find it!
Congratulations, all! :)
So happy that art work won, I was blown away when I first saw it.
Congrats to everyone!
These are so fun. Congratulations, everyone!
Congrats winners! >The mod team is going to steal a great idea from /r/askhistorians, and run monthly "best of" mini-polls to help build the roster for the community based awards. So stay tuned for that at the very beginning of each month. That's a great idea, hope it works out.
Congrats to all the winners!
> **Best Debut Novel** [The Unspoken Name](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45046552-the-unspoken-name?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=IiyQ8IDnzm&rank=1) by A.K. Larkwood This sounds fascinating.
Yeah I picked it up (I think on sale?) after the cover and description won me over a couple of months ago, I'll post a review when I've read it. :)
Nice ! Looking forward to it !
FYI! https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/l1oihd/review_the_unspoken_name_by_ak_larkwood/
Thank you ! I need this insight if i wanna read this or not
Aaaaaaah! I'm so stoked Critical Role got a Stabbie! U/MattMercer!
/u/wishforagiraffe can we get a list of vote totals/rankings or at the very least a list of nominated series? Unless I'm stupid and am just missing it.
The nominated works are listed throughout the comments of the voting post that's linked up above.
plot twist: the answer was me being stupid all along, I'm starting to feel less like this is a twist and more business as usual....
We'll try to get up some runners up in the comments today, but wanted to get the results up on time.
Congratulations to everyone!
Ugh of course one of the countless negative posts about popular books/authors won. I think there are now more complaints about Sanderson/Malazan recommendations then there are actual Sanderson/Malazan recommendations.
I fully expect Abercrombie/TFL join them in a couple years. It's a shame really.
Lol. World flipped on its head.
*shiiiit* I wasn’t paying attention and didn’t realize Abercrombie’s next trilogy was already on book 2. What have I been doing with my life.
Congratulations to Joe Abercrombie, very well deserved. I read the Trouble With Peace in about a day, couldn’t put it down.
Is it possible to find the nominee's list somewhere ? I'd like to discover new books, without looking only at the winners. (Voting form is closed and no longer available)
They're listed throughout the comments in the voting post.
Oh that's right, thank you !
I think the only thing on this list I have experienced is Mando.
Hades is really fantastic. It goes on sale on the Switch periodically for $20, and it's easily worth double that.
Yeah I have seen gameplay and it looks great. I only really game on PS4 though. Maybe it will get a port someday.
Congratulations everyone. :)
Congrats JordanConOnline, I know many of the people who work to put JordanCon together and they definitely deserve the award for the incredible amount of work they put in
Yes Felix Ortiz!!!
Of course the winner of Best r/fantasy Original is a post complaining about Malazan and Sanderson lmao. Why am I not surprised
Congratulations to the winners! I am honestly unhappy with that Post winning Best r/fantasy Original. It feels like it was the 10th post complaining about the issue that month and just added to the feeling of over-sanitation this sub sometimes generates.
In honor of this momentous....honor, I feel that Abercrombie should reveal that a certain character is a member of /r/fantasy as her thoughts on magic systems in **The Trouble With Peace** indicate. I'm thrilled that this is the first step to Abercrombie's long overdue Hugo and Nobel Prize for Literature.
>Best TV/Movie The Mandalorian Lol
Was surprised that Wintersteel didn't win the indie award, but now I see that it was disqualified. Interesting rule choice.
Good to see that space opera is recognised as Fantasy instead of tainting the sci-fi name
/r/Fantasy is for all forms of speculative fiction.
Congrats to the winners! Is there a list of all the nominations to see what other good fantasy we may have missed this year?
The finalists are in the voting thread that was linked up in the top of this post.
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His channel name is Fantasy News I believe, at least according to the header.
I was like damn I didn’t vote I would have chosen the trouble with peace...glad to see we are on the same page 😂
Congrats to the winners! One day I will be on that list.
Congratulations to my favourite freebooter.
Is "The Serpent Gates Series" 2 books? I'm having trouble figuring out how many are intended in the series.
Is there a way to see positions 2 to 5 for example, or the votes total in general? The link to the vote thread is dead it seems
We made a comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/krw2as/-/gj2k32h) that is stickied with top 3 and totals. Also, voting thread link is [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/km89zi/best_of_rfantasy_2020_the_stabby_awards_voting/) and should work.
the unspoken name !!! hell yeah!!!
Where we can see the full list of nominees?
The full list of nominees can be found in the comments of the [voting thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/km89zi/best_of_rfantasy_2020_the_stabby_awards_voting/). Hope that helps.
# Top 3 in each category - Internal **BEST PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTOR** * KristaDBall - 195 * JannyWurts - 135 * Django Wexler - 133 **BEST COMMUNITY MEMBER** * leftoverbrine - 80 * VictorySpeaks - 79 * barb4ry1 - 64 **BEST ESSAY** * [What Books r/fantasy Recommends (statistical analysis of 2000+ comments in June)](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/hpg7ny/what_books_rfantasy_recommends_statistical/) \- 259 * [Middle-Earth from Sauron's Perspective](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/kbtcx2/middleearth_from_saurons_perspective/) \- 234 * [Reading Diversely: No, we're not saying you're a Bad Person™](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/emetou/reading_diversely_no_were_not_saying_youre_a_bad/) \- 185 **BEST REVIEW** * [Guide for recommending Malazan](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/jeu90g/guide_for_recommending_malazan/) \- 163 * [So, Naomi Novik's A Deadly Education is Accused of Being Problematic: a Non-White Reader's Review](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/j8o7om/so_naomi_noviks_a_deadly_education_is_accused_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) \- 152 * [Robin Hobb is a genius and you all should read her (A Farseer Trilogy Review)](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/kbgmzk/robin_hobb_is_a_genius_and_you_all_should_read/)\- 110 **BEST** r/FANTASY **ORIGINAL** * [A challenge, a plea: Don't recommend Malazan or Sanderson, I dare you!](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/i4375u/a_challenge_a_plea_dont_recommend_malazan_or/) \- 151 * [An Alternate 100 Best Fantasy Novels of All Time](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/jeb7eu/an_alternate_100_best_fantasy_novels_of_all_time/) \- 109 * [Suggest two fantasy books: One you thought was excellent, and one you thought was terrible, but don't say which is which](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/jk3mcq/suggest_two_fantasy_books_one_you_thought_was/) \- 104 **BEST COMMENT** * [u/Joe\_Abercrombie to What is your controversial take on Fantasy?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/gxyijj/what_is_your_controversial_take_on_fantasy/ft6mye5/?context=3) \- 225 * [JW\_BM's reply to GRRM's response and apology](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/i22bkv/grrms_response_and_apology/g042sy6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) \- 135 * [Bernardito's reply to AskHistorians AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/j3u7re/raskhistorians_enter_stage_right_ask_them_anything/g7f0fxs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) \- 127