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On February 6, 1999, the winners were announced in a live, online ceremony on ifMUD.

1998 XYZZY Award Winners

Best Game: Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
Best Writing: Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
Best Story: Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
Best Setting: Anchorhead (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
Best Puzzles: Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
Best NPCs: Once and Future (Gerry Kevin Wilson; TADS 2).
Best Individual Puzzle: Getting out of the chair, from Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
Best Individual NPC: The interrogator, in Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
Best Individual PC: The employee, in Little Blue Men (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
Best Use of Medium: Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).

1998 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists

Best Game: Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Anchorhead (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- Finalist: Little Blue Men (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- Finalist: Once and Future (Gerry Kevin Wilson; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
Best Writing: Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: Anchorhead (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- Finalist: Little Blue Men (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- Finalist: Muse: An Autumn Romance (Christopher Huang; Z-code).
- Finalist: Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
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).
Best Setting: Anchorhead (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- Finalist: Losing Your Grip (Stephen Granade; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Muse: An Autumn Romance (Christopher Huang; Z-code).
- Finalist: Once and Future (Gerry Kevin Wilson; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
Best Puzzles: Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Anchorhead (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- Finalist: Enlightenment (Taro Ogawa; Z-code).
- Finalist: Losing Your Grip (Stephen Granade; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Once and Future (Gerry Kevin Wilson; TADS 2).
Best NPCs: Once and Future (Gerry Kevin Wilson; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Guilty Bastards (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
- Finalist: Mother Loose (Irene Callaci; Z-code).
- Finalist: Muse: An Autumn Romance (Christopher Huang; Z-code).
- Finalist: Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
Best Individual Puzzle: Getting out of the chair, from Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: The snack machine, in Little Blue Men (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- Finalist: The granite cube, in Losing Your Grip (Stephen Granade; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Getting out of the maze, in Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: Entering the warehouse, in The Plant (Michael J. Roberts; TADS 2).
Best Individual NPC: The interrogator, in Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Michael, in Anchorhead (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- Finalist: The troll, in Enlightenment (Taro Ogawa; Z-code).
- Finalist: The wolf, in Mother Loose (Irene Callaci; Z-code).
- Finalist: Alley, in Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
Best Individual PC: The employee, in Little Blue Men (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- Finalist: Mover #005, in Bad Machine (Dan Shiovitz; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Rev. Stephen Dawson, in Muse: An Autumn Romance (Christopher Huang; Z-code).
- Finalist: The agent, in Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: The troll, in Zork: A Troll's Eye View (Dylan O'Donnell; Z-code).
Best Use of Medium: Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés (Stephen Granade; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Bad Machine (Dan Shiovitz; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Once and Future (Gerry Kevin Wilson; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).

Links

Finalists for 1998 (archive).
Winning Games of 1998 (archive).
The award ceremony took place on February 6, 1999 in ifMUD's Massive Auditorium.
- Transcript of the ceremony - courtesy of Andrew Plotkin.

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+{{Event
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-== 1998 Xyzzy Awards Winners ==
+On February 6, 1999, the winners were announced in a live, online ceremony on [[ifMUD]].
-On February 6, 1999, the winners were announced in a live, online ceremony on [[ifMUD]]. (Link to transcript should go here.) (Link to the full list of nominees for 1998.)
+== 1998 XYZZY Award Winners ==
+* '''Best Game''': ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
+* '''Best Writing''': ''[[Photopia]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
+* '''Best Story''': ''[[Photopia]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
+* '''Best Setting''': ''[[Anchorhead]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
+* '''Best Puzzles''': ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
+* '''Best NPCs''': ''[[Once and Future]]'' ([[Gerry Kevin Wilson]]; [[TADS 2]]).
+* '''Best Individual Puzzle''': Getting out of the chair, from ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
+* '''Best Individual NPC''': The interrogator, in ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
+* '''Best Individual PC''': The employee, in ''[[Little Blue Men]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
+* '''Best Use of Medium''': ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
+== 1998 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists ==
+* '''Best Game''': ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
+** Finalist: ''[[Anchorhead]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Little Blue Men]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Once and Future]]'' ([[Gerry Kevin Wilson]]; [[TADS 2]]).
+** Finalist: ''[[Photopia]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
+* '''Best Writing''': ''[[Photopia]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Anchorhead]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Little Blue Men]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Muse: An Autumn Romance]]'' ([[Christopher Huang]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
+* '''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).
+* '''Best Setting''': ''[[Anchorhead]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Losing Your Grip]]'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; TADS 2).
+** Finalist: ''[[Muse: An Autumn Romance]]'' ([[Christopher Huang]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Once and Future]]'' ([[Gerry Kevin Wilson]]; TADS 2).
+** Finalist: ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
+* '''Best Puzzles''': ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Anchorhead]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Enlightenment]]'' ([[Taro Ogawa]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Losing Your Grip]]'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; TADS 2).
+** Finalist: ''[[Once and Future]]'' ([[Gerry Kevin Wilson]]; TADS 2).
+* '''Best NPCs''': ''[[Once and Future]]'' ([[Gerry Kevin Wilson]]; TADS 2).
+** Finalist: ''[[Guilty Bastards]]'' ([[Kent Tessman]]; [[Hugo]]).
+** Finalist: ''[[Mother Loose]]'' ([[Irene Callaci]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Muse: An Autumn Romance]]'' ([[Christopher Huang]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Photopia]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
+* '''Best Individual Puzzle''': Getting out of the chair, from ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: The snack machine, in ''[[Little Blue Men]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: The granite cube, in ''[[Losing Your Grip]]'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; TADS 2).
+** Finalist: Getting out of the maze, in ''[[Photopia]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: Entering the warehouse, in ''[[The Plant]]'' ([[Michael J. Roberts]]; TADS 2).
+* '''Best Individual NPC''': The interrogator, in ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: Michael, in ''[[Anchorhead]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: The troll, in ''[[Enlightenment]]'' ([[Taro Ogawa]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: The wolf, in ''[[Mother Loose]]'' ([[Irene Callaci]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: Alley, in ''[[Photopia]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
+* '''Best Individual PC''': The employee, in ''[[Little Blue Men]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: Mover #005, in ''[[Bad Machine]]'' ([[Dan Shiovitz]]; TADS 2).
+** Finalist: Rev. Stephen Dawson, in ''[[Muse: An Autumn Romance]]'' ([[Christopher Huang]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: The agent, in ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: The troll, in ''[[Zork: A Troll's Eye View]]'' ([[Dylan O'Donnell]]; Z-code).
+* '''Best Use of Medium''': ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clich&eacute;s]]'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; TADS 2).
+** Finalist: ''[[Bad Machine]]'' ([[Dan Shiovitz]]; TADS 2).
+** Finalist: ''[[Once and Future]]'' ([[Gerry Kevin Wilson]]; TADS 2).
+** Finalist: ''[[Photopia]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
+==Links==
+* {{link|deadurl=http://www.xyzzynews.com/98nominees.html|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182535/http://www.xyzzynews.com/98nominees.html|Finalists for 1998}}.
+* {{link|deadurl=http://www.xyzzynews.com/98winners.html|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624144927/http://www.xyzzynews.com/98winners.html|Winning Games of 1998}}.
+* The award ceremony took place on February 6, 1999 in [[ifMUD]]'s Massive Auditorium.
+** [http://www.eblong.com/zarf/award-transcript2.html Transcript of the ceremony] - courtesy of [[Andrew Plotkin]].
-* '''Best Game''': ''<b>Spider and Web</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]).
-** Finalist: ''Anchorhead''.
-** Finalist: ''Little Blue Men''.
-** Finalist: ''Once and Future''.
-** Finalist: ''Photopia''.
-* '''Best Writing''': ''<b>Photopia</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]).
-** Finalist: ''Anchorhead''.
-** Finalist: ''Little Blue Men''.
-** Finalist: ''Muse: An Autumn Romance''.
-** Finalist: ''Spider and Web''.
-* '''Best Story''': ''<b>Photopia</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]).
-** Finalist: ''Anchorhead''.
-** Finalist: ''Little Blue Men''.
-** Finalist: ''Losing Your Grip''.
-** Finalist: ''Spider and Web''.
-* '''Best Setting''': ''<b>Anchorhead</b>'' ([[Michael Gentry]]).
-** Finalist: ''Losing Your Grip''.
-** Finalist: ''Muse: An Autumn Romance''.
-** Finalist: ''Once and Future''.
-** Finalist: ''Spider and Web''.
-* '''Best Puzzles''': ''<b>Spider and Web</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]).
-** Finalist: ''Anchorhead''.
-** Finalist: ''Enlightenment''.
-** Finalist: ''Losing Your Grip''.
-** Finalist: ''Once and Future''.
-* '''Best NPCs''': ''<b>Once and Future</b>'' ([[Gerry Kevin Wilson]]).
-** Finalist: ''Guilty Bastards''.
-** Finalist: ''Mother Loose''.
-** Finalist: ''Muse: An Autumn Romance''.
-** Finalist: ''Photopia''.
-* '''Best Individual Puzzle''': Getting out of the chair, from ''<b>Spider and Web</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]).
-** Finalist: The snack machine, in ''Little Blue Men''.
-** Finalist: The granite cube, in ''Losing Your Grip''.
-** Finalist: Getting out of the maze, in ''Photopia''.
-** Finalist: Entering the warehouse, in ''The Plant''.
-* '''Best Individual NPC''': The interrogator, in ''<b>Spider and Web</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]).
-** Finalist: Michael, in ''Anchorhead''.
-** Finalist: The troll, in ''Enlightenment''.
-** Finalist: The wolf, in ''Mother Loose''.
-** Finalist: Alley, in ''Photopia''.
-* '''Best Individual PC''': The employee, in ''<b>Little Blue Men</b>'' ([[Michael Gentry]]).
-** Finalist: Mover #005, in ''Bad Machine''.
-** Finalist: Rev. Stephen Dawson, in ''Muse: An Autumn Romance''.
-** Finalist: The agent, in ''Spider and Web''.
-** Finalist: The troll, in ''Zork: A Troll's-Eye View''.
-* '''Best Use of Medium''': ''<b>Spider and Web</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]).
-** Finalist: ''Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clich&eacute;s''.
-** Finalist: ''Bad Machine''.
-** Finalist: ''Once and Future''.
-** Finalist: ''Photopia''.
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