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  ===Accolades===
  The second season was nominated for 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, which included Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Peter Dinklage. It won six awards, for,  Outstanding Costumes for a Series, Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series,  Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic),  Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour), and Outstanding Special Visual Effects.
   Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series Drama
   Best Supporting Actress, Drama
   David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss, George R. R. Martin, Vanessa Taylor, Alan Taylor, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis and Bernadette Caulfield
   Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
  64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
   Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series
   Gemma Jackson, Frank Walsh, and Tina Jones for "Garden of Bones", "The Ghost of Harrenhal" and "A Man Without Honor"
   Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
   Outstanding Costumes for a Series
   Michele Clapton, Alexander Fordham, and Chloe Aubry for "The Prince of Winterfell"
   Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media
   Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series
   Kevin Alexander, Candice Banks, Rosalia Culora, and Gary Machin for "The Old Gods and the New"
   Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)
   Paul Engelen and Melissa Lackersteen for "The Old Gods and the New"
   Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special
   Paul Engelen, Conor O'Sullivan, and Rob Trenton for "Valar Morghulis"
   Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
   Peter Brown, Kira Roessler, Tim Hands, Paul Aulicino, Stephen P. Robinson, Vanessa Lapato, Brett Voss, James Moriana, Jeffrey Wilhoit, and David Klotz for "Blackwater"
   Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series (1 hour)
   Matthew Waters, Onnalee Blank, Ronan Hill, and Mervyn Moore for "Blackwater"
   Outstanding Special Visual Effects
   Rainer Gombos, Juri Stanossek, Sven Martin, Steve Kullback, Jan Fiedler, Chris Stenner, Tobias Mannewitz, Thilo Ewers, and Adam Chazen for "Valar Morghulis"
  2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards
   Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
   Hollywood Post Alliance Awards
   Outstanding Visual Effects – Television
  Outstanding International Producer
   David Benioff, Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss and D. B. Weiss
   Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
   Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
   British Society of Cinematographers
   Best Cinematography in a Television Drama
   Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
   Best Television Series – Drama
   For the complete first season on Blu-ray
   Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon
   Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon
   For the complete first season on Blu-ray
   Individual Achievement in Drama
   Outstanding Achievement in Drama
   Breakthrough Performer of the Year
   The cast of ''Game of Thrones''
   ADG Excellence in Production Design Award
   One-Hour Single Camera Television Series
   Gemma Jackson for "The Ghost of Harrenhal"
   American Society of Cinematographers
   Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in One-Hour Episodic Television Series
   Kramer Morgenthau for "The North Remembers"
  British Academy Television Awards
   Costume Designers Guild Awards
   Outstanding Period/Fantasy Television Series
   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing – Television Series – One Hour
   Ronan Hill, Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters, and Brett Voss for "Blackwater"
  10th Irish Film & Television Awards
   Favourite Program – International Drama
  Best Sound Editing – Long Form Dialogue and ADR in Television
  ''Game of Thrones'' for "Valar Morghulis"
  Best Sound Editing – Long Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television
  ''Game of Thrones'' for "Valar Morghulis"
  Best Sound Editing — Short Form Dialogue and ADR in Television
  ''Game of Thrones'' for "Blackwater"
  Best Sound Editing – Short Form Music in Television
  ''Game of Thrones'' for "Blackwater"
  Best Sound Editing – Short Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television
  ''Game of Thrones'' for "Blackwater"
   Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
   Neil Marshall (director) and George R. R. Martin (writer) for "Blackwater"
  "The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama"
   David Benioff, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss, D. B. Weiss
   19th Screen Actors Guild Awards
   Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
   Rob Cooper, Jamie Edgell, Dave Fisher, Dave Forman, Paul Herbert, Michelle McKeown, Sian Miline, Jimmy O’Dee, Domonkos Pardanyi, Marcus Shakesheff, CC Smiff, and Mark Southworth
   Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial or Broadcast Program
   Irfan Celik, Florian Friedmann, Ingo Schachner, Chris Stenner for "Training the Dragons"
   Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program
   Falk Boje, Esther Engel, Alexey Kuchinsky, Klaus Wuchta for "White Walker Army"
   Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial or Broadcast Program
   Rene Borst, Thilo Ewers, Adam Figielski, Jonas Stuckenbrock for "Pyke"
   Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
   Rainer Gombos, Steve Kullback, Sven Martin, Juri Stanossek for "Valar Morghulis"
   Writers Guild of America Awards
   David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, George R. R. Martin, Vanessa Taylor, D. B. Weiss
  Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actor
  Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress
  Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress
   For the complete second season on Blu-ray