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==Best Story Winners==
* '''1996 Best Story''': ''[[Tapestry]]'' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''1997 Best Story''': ''[[Babel]]'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* '''1998 Best Story''': ''[[Photopia]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
* '''1999 Best Story''': ''[[Worlds Apart]]'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; TADS 2).
* '''2000 Best Story''': ''[[My Angel]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; Z-code).
* '''2001 Best Story''': ''[[All Roads]]'' (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
* '''2002 Best Story''': ''[[Savoir Faire]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; Z-code).
* '''2003 Best Story''': ''[[Slouching Towards Bedlam]]'' (Daniel Ravipinto and [[Star Foster]]; Z-code).
* '''2004 Best Story''': ''[[Blue Chairs]]'' ([[Chris Klimas]]; Z-code).
* '''2005 Best Story''': ''[[Beyond]]'' ([[Roberto Grassi]], [[Paolo Lucchesi]], and [[Alessandro Peretti]]; publisher: [[Mondi Confinanti]]; [[Glulx]]).
* '''2006 Best Story''': ''[[The Traveling Swordsman]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; Hugo).
* '''2007 Best Story:''' ''[[A Fine Day for Reaping]]'' ([[James Webb]] aka "revgiblet"; ADRIFT).
* '''2008 Best Story:''' ''[[Nightfall]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; Glulx).
* '''2009 Best Story:''' ''[[Blue Lacuna]]'' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; Glulx).
* '''2010 Best Story:''' ''[[The Warbler's Nest]]'' ([[Jason McIntosh]]; Z-code).
* '''2011 Best Story:''' ''[[The Play]]'' ([[Dietrich Squinkifer]], writing as Deirdra Kiai).
* '''2012 Best Story:''' ''[[howling dogs]]'' ([[Porpentine]], [[Twine]]).
* '''2013 Best Story:''' ''[[Solarium]]'' ([[Alan DeNiro]]; Web browser).
* '''2014 Best Story:''' ''[[80 Days]]'' ([[inkle]], [[Meg Jayanth]]; iOS, Android)
* '''2015 Best Story:''' ''[[Birdland]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]; 01-Oct-2015; Web browser).
* '''2018 Best Story''': ''[[Bogeyman]]'' ([[Elizabeth Smyth]])

==Best Story Winners and Finalists==
* '''1996 Best Story: ''[[Tapestry]]''''' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Delusions]]'' ([[C.E. Forman]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Lost New York]]'' ([[Neil deMause]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Time: All Things Come to an End]]'' ([[Andy Phillips]]; Z-code).
* '''1997 Best Story ''[[Babel]]''''' ([[Ian Finley]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Glowgrass]]'' ([[Nate Cull]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[I-0]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Madame L'Estrange and the Troubled Spirit]]'' ([[Ian Ball]] and [[Marcus Young]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Mercy]]'' ([[Chris Klimas]]; Z-code).
* '''1998 Best Story: ''[[Photopia]]''''' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Anchorhead]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Little Blue Men]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Losing Your Grip]]'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
* '''1999 Best Story: ''[[Worlds Apart]]''''' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Aisle]]'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Common Ground]]'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Lunatix: The Insanity Circle]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS).
** Finalist: ''[[The Mulldoon Legacy]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Varicella]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
* '''2000 Best Story: ''[[My Angel]]''''' ([[Jon Ingold]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Being Andrew Plotkin]]'' ([[J. Robinson Wheeler]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Heroine's Mantle]]'' ([[Andy Phillips]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup]]'' ([[Paul O'Brian]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Masquerade]]'' ([[Kathleen M. Fischer]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Rameses]]'' ([[Stephen Bond]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Shade]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]] as "Ampe R. Sand"; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Shrapnel]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
* '''2001 Best Story: ''[[All Roads]]''''' ([[Jon Ingold]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Fallacy of Dawn]]'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]; [[Hugo]]).
** Finalist: ''[[First Things First]]'' ([[J. Robinson Wheeler]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Pytho's Mask]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Vicious Cycles]]'' ([[Simon Mark]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Voices]]'' ([[Aris Katsaris]]; Z-code).
* '''2002 Best Story: ''[[Savoir-Faire]]''''' ([[Emily Short]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Augustine]]'' ([[Terrence V. Koch]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[The Moonlit Tower]]'' ([[Yoon Ha Lee]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me!]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]] and [[Mike Sousa]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[When Help Collides]]'' ([[J. D. Berry]]; Z-code).
* '''2003 Best Story: ''[[Slouching Towards Bedlam]]''''' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[City of Secrets]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; [[Glulx]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Narcolepsy]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Redemption]]'' ([[Kathleen M. Fischer]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[To Hell in a Hamper]]'' ([[J. J. Guest]]; [[ADRIFT]]).
* '''2004 Best Story: ''[[Blue Chairs]]''''' ([[Chris Klimas]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[The Act of Misdirection]]'' ([[Callico Harrison]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[The Cabal]]'' ([[Stephen Bond]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[The Dreamhold]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Future Boy!]]'' ([[Kent Tessman]]; Hugo).
** Finalist: ''[[Necrotic Drift]]'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]; Hugo).
* '''2005 Best Story: ''[[Beyond]]''''' ([[Roberto Grassi]], [[Paolo Lucchesi]], and [[Alessandro Peretti]]; publisher: [[Mondi Confinanti]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[All Hope Abandon]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; TADS 3).
** Finalist: ''[[Chancellor]]'' ([[Kevin Venzke]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Distress]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; Hugo).
** Finalist: ''[[Vespers]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
* '''2006 Best Story: ''[[The Traveling Swordsman]]''''' ([[Mike Snyder]]; Hugo).
** Finalist: ''[[Moon-Shaped]]'' ([[Jason Ermer]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Pantomime]]'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]; Hugo).
** Finalist: ''[[The Baron]]'' a.k.a. ''[[De Baron]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; Z-code; English and Dutch).
** Finalist: ''[[The Elysium Enigma]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; TADS 3).
* '''2007 Best Story: ''[[A Fine Day for Reaping]]''''' ([[James Webb]] aka "revgiblet"; ADRIFT).
** Finalist: ''[[An Act of Murder]]'' ([[Christopher Huang]] as "Hugh Dunnett"; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Dead Cities]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Deadline Enchanter]]'' ([[Alan DeNiro]] as Anonymous; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Fate]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; Z-code).
* '''2008 Best Story: ''[[Nightfall]]''''' ([[Eric Eve]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Afflicted]]'' ([[Doug Egan]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Everybody Dies]]'' ([[Jim Munroe]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Gun Mute]]'' ([[C.E.J. Pacian]]; TADS 3).
** Finalist: ''[[Violet]]'' ([[Jeremy Freese]]; Z-code).
* '''2009 Best Story: ''[[Blue Lacuna]]''''' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[The King of Shreds and Patches]]'' ([[Jimmy Maher]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral]]'' ([[Ian Finley]] and [[Jon Ingold]]; publisher: [[Textfyre]]; [[FyreVM]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Make It Good]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; Z-code).
* '''2010 Best Story: ''[[The Warbler's Nest]]''''' ([[Jason McIntosh]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Gris et Jaune]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]] as "Steve van Gaal"; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[One Eye Open]]'' ([[Colin Sandel]] and [[Carolyn VanEseltine]]; Glulx).
* '''2011 Best Story: ''[[The Play]]''''' ([[Dietrich Squinkifer]], writing as Deirdra Kiai).
** Finalist: ''[[Bonehead]]'' ([[Sean M. Shore]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Cryptozookeeper]]'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]).
** Finalist: ''[[The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M]]'' ([[Michael D. Hilborn]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Zombie Exodus]]'' ([[Jim Dattilo]]).
* '''2012 Best Story: [[howling dogs]]''' ([[Porpentine]], [[Twine]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Changes]]'' ([[David Given]], [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Eurydice]]'' (Anonymous, [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''[[First Draft of the Revolution]]''
* '''2013 Best Story: [[Solarium]]''' ([[Alan DeNiro]]; Web browser).
** Finalist: ''[[Coloratura]]'' ([[Lynnea Glasser]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Horse Master]]'' ([[Tom McHenry]]; Web browser).
** Finalist: ''[[ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III]]'' ([[Porpentine]]; Web browser).
* '''2014 Best Story: [[80 Days]]''' ([[inkle]], [[Meg Jayanth]]; iOS, Android)
** Finalist: ''[[Eidolon]]'' ([[A.D. Jansen]]; Web browser)
** Finalist: ''[[the uncle who works for nintendo]]'' ([[michael lutz]]; Web browser)
** Finalist: ''[[Venus Meets Venus]]'' ([[kaleidofish]]; Web browser)
** Finalist: ''[[With Those We Love Alive]]'' (Porpentine, Brenda Neotenomie; Web browser)
* '''2015 Best Story: [[Birdland]]''' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]; 01-Oct-2015; Web browser).
** Finalist: ''[[Arcane Intern (Unpaid)]]'' ([[Astrid Dalmady]]; Web browser)
** Finalist: ''[[Cape]]'' ([[Bruno Dias]]; Web browser)
** Finalist: ''[[Map (by Ade)|Map]]'' ([[Ade McT]]; Glulx)

* '''2018 Best Story: [[Bogeyman]]''' ([[Elizabeth Smyth]])
** Finalist: ''[[Alias 'The Magpie']]'' ([[J. J. Guest]])
** Finalist: ''[[Animalia]]'' ([[Ian Michael Waddell]])
** Finalist: ''[[Cannery Vale]]'' ([[Hanon Ondricek]])
** Finalist: ''[[Dead Man’s Fiesta]]'' ([[Ed Sibley]])
** Finalist: ''[[Dungeon Detective]]'' ([[Wonaglot]], [[Caitlin Mulvihill]])

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