The dragon awards were first presented in 2016 created on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of dragon con to recognize excellence in all things science fiction and fantasy in 2018 11000 voters cast a ballot. The finalist shortlist for the first dragon awards was announced on august 11 2016 and the winners were. He began writing articles about the forgotten realms for dragon magazine beginning in 1979 and subsequently sold the rights to the setting to tsr the creators of the dungeons dragons roleplaying game in 1986.