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==Schedule==
==2005 XYZZY Award Winners==
* [http://www.xyzzynews.com/2005nominees.html First round voting] began on Sunday, January 29, 2006. The first round voting deadline is Sunday, February 12, 2006 at midnight Eastern Standard Time.
* '''Best Game:''' ''[[Vespers]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]]; [[Z-code]]).
* Deadline for second-round voting is Sunday, March 5th, also at midnight EST.  
* '''Best Writing:''' ''[[Vespers]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
* The awards ceremony will occur in [[ifMUD]]'s Massive Auditorium sometime in March 2006. More details to come.
* '''Best Story:''' ''[[Beyond]]'' ([[Roberto Grassi]], [[Paolo Lucchesi]], and [[Alessandro Peretti]]; publisher: [[Mondi Confinanti]]; [[Glulx]]).
* '''Best Setting:''' ''[[Vespers]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
* '''Best Puzzles:''' ''[[Distress]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; [[Hugo]]).
* '''Best NPCs:''' ''[[Vespers]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
* '''Best Individual Puzzle:''' Following the murderer in ''[[Beyond]]'' ([[Roberto Grassi]], [[Paolo Lucchesi]], and [[Alessandro Peretti]]; publisher: [[Mondi Confinanti]]; Glulx).
* '''Best Individual NPC:''' The storyteller, in ''[[Whom the Telling Changed]]'' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; Z-code).
* '''Best Individual PC:''' Wendy Little, in ''[[Tough Beans]]'' ([[Sara Dee]]; Z-code).
* '''Best Use of Medium:''' ''[[Mystery House Possessed]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; Z-code).
 
==2005 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists==
* '''Best Game: ''[[Vespers]]''''' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[All Hope Abandon]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; [[TADS 3]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Chancellor]]'' ([[Kevin Venzke]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Distress]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; [[Hugo]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Finding Martin]]'' ([[Gayla Wennstrom]]; TADS 2).
 
* '''Best Writing: ''[[Vespers]]''''' ([[Jason Devlin]], Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Bolivia By Night]]'' ([[Aidan Doyle]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Chancellor]]'' ([[Kevin Venzke]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Mix Tape]]'' ([[Brett Witty]]; TADS 3).
** Finalist: ''[[Tough Beans]]'' ([[Sara Dee]]; Z-code).
 
* '''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).
 
* '''Best Setting: ''[[Vespers]]''''' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[All Hope Abandon]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; TADS 3).
** Finalist: ''[[Building]]'' ([[Poster]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Chancellor]]'' ([[Kevin Venzke]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Distress]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; Hugo).
 
* '''Best Puzzles: ''[[Distress]]''''' ([[Mike Snyder]]; Hugo).
** Finalist: ''[[Building]]'' ([[Poster]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Cheiron]]'' ([[Sarah Clelland]] and [[Elisabeth Polli]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Finding Martin]]'' ([[Gayla Wennstrom]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Vespers]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
 
* '''Best NPCs: ''[[Vespers]]''''' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[All Hope Abandon]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; TADS 3).
** Finalist: ''[[Bolivia By Night]]'' ([[Aidan Doyle]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Flat Feet]]'' ([[Joel Ray Holveck]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Gilded]]'' ([[John Evans (Gilded author)|John Evans]] as "A Hazard"; TADS 2).
 
* '''Best Individual Puzzle: Following the murderer, in ''[[Beyond]]''''' ([[Roberto Grassi]], [[Paolo Lucchesi]], and [[Alessandro Peretti]]; publisher: [[Mondi Confinanti]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Moving the stone (after the labyrinth), in ''[[All Hope Abandon]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; TADS 3).
** Finalist: Finding something to eat, in ''[[Chancellor]]'' ([[Kevin Venzke]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: Beating the creature, in ''[[Distress]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; Hugo).
** Finalist: Identifying the killer, in ''[[Mystery House Possessed]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; Z-code).
 
* '''Best Individual NPC: The storyteller, in ''[[Whom the Telling Changed]]''''' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Agrath, in ''[[All Hope Abandon]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; TADS 3).
** Finalist: Ralph, in ''[[Flat Feet]]'' ([[Joel Ray Holveck]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Val, in ''[[Gilded]]'' ([[John Evans (Gilded author)|John Evans]] as "A Hazard"; TADS 2).
** Finalist: Cecilia, in ''[[Vespers]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
 
* '''Best Individual PC: Wendy Little, in ''[[Tough Beans]]''''' ([[Sara Dee]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Inspector Maltelli, in ''[[Beyond]]'' ([[Roberto Grassi]], [[Paolo Lucchesi]], and [[Alessandro Peretti]]; publisher: [[Mondi Confinanti]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Conan, in ''[[Conan Kill Everything]]'' ([[Ian Haberkorn]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Jacques, in ''[[Flat Feet]]'' ([[Joel Ray Holveck]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The abbot, in ''[[Vespers]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
 
* '''Best Use of Medium: ''[[Mystery House Possessed]]''''' ([[Emily Short]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[A New Life]]'' ([[Alexandre Owen Muñiz]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Book and Volume]]'' ([[Nick Montfort]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Distress]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; Hugo).
** Finalist: ''[[Whom The Telling Changed]]'' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; Z-code).
 
==Links==
* {{link|deadurl=http://www.xyzzynews.com/2005nominees.html|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926071923/http://www.xyzzynews.com/2005nominees.html|Nominees}}. First round voting began on Sunday, January 29, 2006. The first round voting deadline was Sunday, February 12, 2006 at midnight Eastern Standard Time.
* {{link|deadurl=http://www.xyzzynews.com/2005finalists.html|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722201955/http://www.xyzzynews.com/2005finalists.html|Finalists}}. Second round voting began on Tuesday, February 14, 2006. The second round voting deadline was Sunday, March 5th, also at midnight EST.
* {{link|deadurl=http://www.xyzzynews.com/2005winners.html|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031095025/http://www.xyzzynews.com/2005winners.html|Winning Games of 2005}}.
* The awards ceremony occured in [[ifMUD]]'s Massive Auditorium on Sunday, March 12, 2006 at 4 p.m. EST.
** {{link|deadurl=http://www.xyzzynews.com/2005xyzzyawards.txt|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331214554/http://www.xyzzynews.com/2005xyzzyawards.txt|Ceremony transcript in one text file}} at [[XYZZYnews]]. Contains the peanut-gallery channel chat.
** [http://strackenz.spod-central.org/~lpsmith/IF/xyzzies/2005xyzzyawards.html Ceremony transcript] by [[Lucian P. Smith]] in one HTML page, with peanut-gallery chat in magenta.
** [http://brasslantern.org/community/comps/xyzzy2005.html The 2005 XYZZY Awards Ceremony] at [[Brass Lantern]], split into several pages, and offered both with and without the peanut-gallery comments.
** [[XYZZY_Awards_2005_digest|A digest version of the transcript]] is also available here on the IFWiki.
 
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