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2003 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists

Best Game: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
- Finalist: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
- Finalist: Risorgimento Represso (Michael Coyne; Z-code).
- Finalist: Scavenger (Quintin Stone; TADS 2).
- Finalist: To Hell in a Hamper (J.J. Guest; Adrift).
Best Writing: Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
- Finalist: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
- Finalist: Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus (Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
- Finalist: To Hell in a Hamper (J.J. Guest; Adrift).
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).
Best Setting: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
- Finalist: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
- Finalist: Gourmet (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
- Finalist: Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
- Finalist: To Hell in a Hamper (J.J. Guest; Adrift).
Best Puzzles: Gourmet (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
- Finalist: The Erudition Chamber (Daniel Freas; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Inevitable (Kathleen M. Fischer; Z-code).
- Finalist: Risorgimento Represso (Michael Coyne; Z-code).
- Finalist: Scavenger (Quintin Stone; TADS 2).
Best NPCs: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
- Finalist: Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
- Finalist: Risorgimento Represso (Michael Coyne; Z-code).
- Finalist: Shadows on the Mirror (Chrysoula Tzavelas; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
Best Individual Puzzle: The purple room in The Recruit (Mike Sousa; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Escaping the quicksand in Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus (Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Making the sandwich in Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus (Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Creating the black powder in Risorgimento Represso (Michael Coyne; Z-code).
- Finalist: Getting into the farm in Risorgimento Represso (Michael Coyne; Z-code).
Best Individual NPC: Triage in Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
- Finalist: The bookseller in City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
- Finalist: Corvallis Oregon in Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
- Finalist: Iona in Scavenger (Quintin Stone; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Galen in Shadows on the Mirror (Chrysoula Tzavelas; TADS 3).
Best Individual PC: The player character in Episode in the Life of an Artist (Peter Eastman; TADS 2).
- Finalist: The chef in Gourmet (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
- Finalist: Eugene Oregon in Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
- Finalist: Enra in Shadows on the Mirror (Chrysoula Tzavelas; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Dr. Thomas Xavier in Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
Best Use of Medium: ASCII and the Argonauts (J. Robinson Wheeler; Z-code).
- Finalist: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
- Finalist: Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
- Finalist: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
- Finalist: To Hell in a Hamper (J.J. Guest; Adrift).

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XYZZY Awards Transcript - The XYZZYnews's transcript of the awards ceremony is all on one page, and includes the peanut-gallery comments.

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-* <b>Best Game &mdash; ''Slouching Towards Bedlam''</b> by [[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]<br>Finalists: ''City of Secrets, Risorgimento Represso, Scavenger, To Hell in a Hamper''
+* <b>Best Game</b>: ''<b>Slouching Towards Bedlam</b>'' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]; [[Z-code]]).
-* <b>Best Writing &mdash; ''Narcolepsy''</b> by [[Adam Cadre]]<br>Finalists: ''City of Secrets, Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus, Slouching Towards Bedlam, To Hell in a Hamper''
+** Finalist: ''City of Secrets'' ([[Emily Short]]; [[Glulx]]).
-* <b>Best Story &mdash; ''Slouching Towards Bedlam''</b> by [[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]<br>Finalists: ''City of Secrets, Narcolepsy, Redemption, To Hell in a Hamper''
+** Finalist: ''Risorgimento Represso'' ([[Michael Coyne]]; [[Z-code]]).
-* <b>Best Setting &mdash; ''Slouching Towards Bedlam''</b> by [[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]<br>Finalists: ''City of Secrets, Gourmet, Narcolepsy, To Hell in a Hamper''
+** Finalist: ''Scavenger'' ([[Quintin Stone]]; [[TADS 2]]).
-* <b>Best Puzzles &mdash; ''Gourmet''</b> by [[Aaron A. Reed]]<br>Finalists: ''The Erudition Chamber, Inevitable, Risorgimento Represso, Scavenger''
+** Finalist: ''To Hell in a Hamper'' ([[J.J. Guest]]; [[Adrift]]).
-* <b>Best NPCs &mdash; ''City of Secrets''</b> by [[Emily Short]]<br>Finalists: ''Narcolepsy, Risorgimento Represso, Shadows on the Mirror, Slouching Towards Bedlam''
+* <b>Best Writing</b>: ''<b>Narcolepsy</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Glulx]]).
-* <b>Best Individual Puzzle &mdash;</b> The purple room in <b>''The Recruit''</b> by [[Mike Sousa]]<br>Finalists: ''Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus, Risorgimento Represso''
+** Finalist: ''City of Secrets'' ([[Emily Short]]; [[Glulx]]).
-* <b>Best Individual NPC &mdash;</b> Triage in <b>''Slouching Towards Bedlam''</b> by [[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]<br>Finalists: ''City of Secrets, Narcolepsy, Scavenger, Shadows on the Mirror''
+** Finalist: ''Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus'' ([[Dan Shiovitz]] and [[Emily Short]]; [[TADS 3]]).
-* <b>Best Individual PC &mdash;</b> The player character in <b>''Episode in the Life of an Artist''</b> by [[Peter Eastman]]<br>Finalists: ''Gourmet, Narcolepsy, Shadows on the Mirror, Slouching Towards Bedlam''
+** Finalist: ''Slouching Towards Bedlam'' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]; [[Z-code]]).
-* <b>Best Use of Medium &mdash; ''ASCII and the Argonauts''</b> by [[J. Robinson Wheeler]]<br>Finalists: ''City of Secrets, Narcolepsy, Slouching Towards Bedlam, To Hell in a Hamper''
+** Finalist: ''To Hell in a Hamper'' ([[J.J. Guest]]; [[Adrift]]).
+* <b>Best Story</b>: ''<b>Slouching Towards Bedlam</b>'' ([[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]]).
+* <b>Best Setting</b>: ''<b>Slouching Towards Bedlam</b>'' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]; [[Z-code]]).
+** Finalist: ''City of Secrets'' ([[Emily Short]]; [[Glulx]]).
+** Finalist: ''Gourmet'' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; [[Z-code]]).
+** Finalist: ''Narcolepsy'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Glulx]]).
+** Finalist: ''To Hell in a Hamper'' ([[J.J. Guest]]; [[Adrift]]).
+* <b>Best Puzzles</b>: ''<b>Gourmet</b>'' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; [[Z-code]]).
+** Finalist: ''The Erudition Chamber'' ([[Daniel Freas]]; [[TADS 2]]).
+** Finalist: ''Inevitable'' ([[Kathleen M. Fischer]]; [[Z-code]]).
+** Finalist: ''Risorgimento Represso'' ([[Michael Coyne]]; [[Z-code]]).
+** Finalist: ''Scavenger'' ([[Quintin Stone]]; [[TADS 2]]).
+* <b>Best NPCs</b>: ''<b>City of Secrets</b>'' ([[Emily Short]]; [[Glulx]]).
+** Finalist: ''Narcolepsy'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Glulx]]).
+** Finalist: ''Risorgimento Represso'' ([[Michael Coyne]]; [[Z-code]]).
+** Finalist: ''Shadows on the Mirror'' ([[Chrysoula Tzavelas]]; [[TADS 3]]).
+** Finalist: ''Slouching Towards Bedlam'' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]; [[Z-code]]).
+* <b>Best Individual Puzzle</b>: The purple room in ''<b>The Recruit</b>'' ([[Mike Sousa]]; [[TADS 2]]).
+** Finalist: Escaping the quicksand in ''Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus'' ([[Dan Shiovitz]] and [[Emily Short]]; [[TADS 3]]).
+** Finalist: Making the sandwich in ''Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus'' ([[Dan Shiovitz]] and [[Emily Short]]; [[TADS 3]]).
+** Finalist: Creating the black powder in ''Risorgimento Represso'' ([[Michael Coyne]]; [[Z-code]]).
+** Finalist: Getting into the farm in ''Risorgimento Represso'' ([[Michael Coyne]]; [[Z-code]]).
+* <b>Best Individual NPC</b>: Triage in ''<b>Slouching Towards Bedlam</b>'' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]; [[Z-code]]).
+** Finalist: The bookseller in ''City of Secrets'' ([[Emily Short]]; [[Glulx]]).
+** Finalist: Corvallis Oregon in ''Narcolepsy'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Glulx]]).
+** Finalist: Iona in ''Scavenger'' ([[Quintin Stone]]; [[TADS 2]]).
+** Finalist: Galen in ''Shadows on the Mirror'' ([[Chrysoula Tzavelas]]; [[TADS 3]]).
+* <b>Best Individual PC</b>: The player character in ''<b>Episode in the Life of an Artist</b>'' ([[Peter Eastman]]; [[TADS 2]]).
+** Finalist: The chef in ''Gourmet'' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; [[Z-code]]).
+** Finalist: Eugene Oregon in ''Narcolepsy'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Glulx]]).
+** Finalist: Enra in ''Shadows on the Mirror'' ([[Chrysoula Tzavelas]]; [[TADS 3]]).
+** Finalist: Dr. Thomas Xavier in ''Slouching Towards Bedlam'' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]; [[Z-code]]).
+* <b>Best Use of Medium</b>: ''<b>ASCII and the Argonauts</b>'' ([[J. Robinson Wheeler]]; [[Z-code]]).
+** Finalist: ''City of Secrets'' ([[Emily Short]]; [[Glulx]]).
+** Finalist: ''Narcolepsy'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Glulx]]).
+** Finalist: ''Slouching Towards Bedlam'' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]; [[Z-code]]).
+** Finalist: ''To Hell in a Hamper'' ([[J.J. Guest]]; [[Adrift]]).
 ==Links==
 * [http://www.xyzzynews.com/2003transcript.html XYZZY Awards Transcript] - The [[XYZZYnews]]'s transcript of the awards ceremony is all on one page, and includes the peanut-gallery comments.
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