Award of Excellence

An award given to those web sites which, through the use of superior design, fantastic visual appeal, and outstanding content, have clearly advanced the educational role, the impact, and the overall appeal of fantasy and imagination in our world today.

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Elfwood

Elfwood is probably the single greatest site on this page. It is an incredible collection of well-organized fantasy artists and their work. They currently have over 71,000 fantasy pieces in their archives!

The Encyclopedia of Arda is a complete guide to anything Tolkienesque. The design is excellent, and the site is visually very pleasing. The amount of information is incredible. Look up anything from the races and places in Tolkien's works, to a complete list of Tolkien related websites.

Gareth Long's Encyclopedia of Monsters, Mythical Creatures and Fabulous Beasts is a worthy receiver of our Award of Excellence. The layout is simple and easy to navigate, and the informational value is outstanding. Click on an entry and you'll instantly be provided with an in-depth essay, pictures, and a complete bibliography.

The one site that might have Elfwood beat, About.com's Fantasy/Sci-Fi Books page, is practically an entire resource on one page! Whether you want to find out about an author, get a review on a book, find a fantasy club, get an interview with your favorite author, buy a book, get the lowdown on fantasy news, find fantasy artwork, or more, This is the place to go!

Includes book reviews, and a relatively large links page, among other things.

Concentrates on books and games. Includes reviews, interviews, links, and more. Very nice design.

Large Lord of the Rings movie news and fan site.

The official film site. Includes info, news, and preview.

Large book review site. You should be able to find several reviews for any fantasy book.

Find information on books and authors. Also includes areas for discussion, and an art section.

Book reviews and ratings.

Books by Tolkien, Lewis, Jaques, and Lawhead. Plus a creature encyclopedia.

Large book review site. You should be able to find several reviews for any fantasy book.

The big daddy list of fantasy authors. If you can't find him here, you can find him there.

Lots of great art, but good luck trying to get the rights.

"Award of Excellence" winner. Huge site with lots of art. The place to go if you want fantasy art.

Linda Gruber's art page. Some fascinating art.

This site is home to two of fantasy's great artists.

An RPG web ring. Lots of sites (some of which are strangely not RPG sites).

An archive of Tolkien-inspired games. Some old, some new.

An "Award of Excellence" site. A good "first-stop" resource. You can find just about anything here.

An archive of every fantasy book every released.

Another "Award of Excellence" site. Look up any creature from anywhere.

A site that tries to give an overview of what fantasy is, different types of fantasy, fantasy games, races, creatures, art--basically, an introduction to fantasy.

The society itself says it best: "Welcome to the homepage of The Mythopoeic Society, a non-profit international literary and educational organization for the study, discussion, and enjoyment of fantasy and mythic literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams."

An interesting site which concentrates on online fantasy animation. Is this a genre? It's already produced on epic of seven series. go check it out.

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