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Browse the XYZZY Awards either by year:

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Best Game | Best Writing | Best Story | Best Setting | Best Puzzles | Best NPCs | Best Individual Puzzle | Best Individual NPC | Best Individual PC | Best Use of Medium (1997–2009) | Best Implementation (2010–) | Best Use of Innovation (2010–) | Best Technological Development (2010–) | Best Supplemental Materials (2010–2013) | Best Use of Multimedia (2014–) | Other awards

See also:

Statistics

The XYZZY Awards 2019 were organized by Sam Kabo Ashwell.

Dates

02-Sep-2020: First round voting opens. "(Unprecedentedly belated, I know. How’s everyone else doing?)"
13-Sep-2020: Last day of first round voting. "First-round voting will remain open through the 13th of September (on US-Pacific time, if you feel like cutting it close)."
14-Sep-2020: Second round voting opens.
27-Sep-2020: Last day of second round voting.
01-Oct-2020: Final results announced.

2019 XYZZY Awards Winners

Best Game: Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith); and Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell) (tie)
Best Writing: Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith)
Best Story: Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith), and Turandot (Victor Gijsbers) (tie)
Best Setting: Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
Best Puzzles: Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)
Best NPCs: Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)
Best Individual Puzzle: Inspiring the artist in Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)
Best Individual NPC: Turandot from Turandot (Victor Gijsbers)
Best Individual PC: Hazel Greene from Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)
Best Implementation: Ryan Veeder’s Authentic Fly Fishing (Ryan Veeder)
Best Use of Innovation: AI Dungeon (Nick Walton)
Best Technological Development: AI Dungeon (Nick Walton)
Best Use of Multimedia: Dull Grey (Provodnik Games), and Heretic’s Hope (Baccaris) (tie)

2019 XYZZY Awards Finalists

Best Game
- Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith)
- Skybreak! (William Dooling)
- Turandot (Victor Gijsbers)
- Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)

Best Writing

- Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith)
- The good people (Pseudavid)
- Limerick Heist (Pace Smith)
- Out (Viktor Sobol)
- Speed Demons (Pleroma)
- Turandot (Victor Gijsbers)
- Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)

Best Story
- Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith)
- Dull Grey (Provodnik Games)
- The good people (Pseudavid)
- Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
- The Missing Ring (Felicity Drake)
- Out (Viktor Sobol)
- robotsexpartymurder (Hanon Ondricek)
- Turandot (Victor Gijsbers)
- Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)

Best Setting
- Additional Tales from Castle Balderstone (Ryan Veeder)
- Dull Grey (Provodnik Games)
- Founder’s Mercy (Thomas Insel)
- Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
- Pirateship (Robin Johnson)
- Ryan Veeder’s Authentic Fly Fishing (Ryan Veeder)

Best Puzzles
- Chuk and the Arena (Agnieszka Trzaska)
- Hard Puzzle 4: The Ballad of Bob and Cheryl (Ade McT)
- Pirateship (Robin Johnson)
- Skies Above (Arthur DiBianca)
- Sugarlawn (Mike Spivey)
- Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)

Best NPCs
- Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith)
- Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
- Mental Entertainment (Thomas Hvizdos)
- The Missing Ring (Felicity Drake)
- robotsexpartymurder (Hanon Ondricek)
- Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)

Best Individual Puzzle
- Finding the good ending in Dull Grey (Provodnik Games)
- Helping Madame Ping Ping with the séance in Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)
- Inspiring the artist in Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)

Best Individual NPC
- Kim Kitsuragi in Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
- The mother in Night Guard / Morning Star (Astrid Dalmady)
- Pontiff Apocrita in Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
- Turandot in Turandot (Victor Gijsbers)

Best Individual PC
- Hazel Greene in Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell)
- Leonora in Night Guard / Morning Star (Astrid Dalmady)
- Sniff Chewpaw in Dungeon Detective 2: Devils and Details (Wonaglot)

Best Implementation
- AI Dungeon (Nick Walton)
- Dull Grey (Provodnik Games)
- Pas De Deux (Linus Åkesson)
- Pirateship (Robin Johnson)
- Ryan Veeder’s Authentic Fly Fishing (Ryan Veeder)
- Skies Above (Arthur DiBianca)
- Sugarlawn (Mike Spivey)

Best Use of Innovation
- AI Dungeon (Nick Walton)
- The Ballroom (Liza Daly)
- Dull Grey (Provodnik Games)
- Flight of the Code Monkeys (Mark C. Marino)
- Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
- Pas De Deux (Linus Åkesson)
- Pirateship (Robin Johnson)
- Ryan Veeder’s Authentic Fly Fishing (Ryan Veeder)

Best Technological Development
- AI Dungeon
- Chapbook
- dMagnetic

Best Use of Multimedia
- Dull Grey (Provodnik Games)
- The good people (Pseudavid)
- Heretic’s Hope (G.C. Baccaris)
- Mushroom Hunt (Polyducks)
- robotsexpartymurder (Hanon Ondricek)
- Wolfsmoon (Marco Innocenti)

Links

XYZZY Awards site:
- XYZZY Awards 2019, first round. September 2, 2020.
- XYZZY Awards 2018: finalists and final round. September 14, 2020.
- XYZZY Awards 2019: final results, final results. October 1, 2020.

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 * '''Best Individual Puzzle'''
-** ''[[Finding the good ending in Dull Grey]]'' ([[Provodnik Games]])
+** Finding the good ending in ''[[Dull Grey]]'' ([[Provodnik Games]])
-** ''[[Helping Madame Ping Ping with the séance in Zozzled]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]])
+** Helping Madame Ping Ping with the séance in ''[[Zozzled]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]])
-** ''[[Inspiring the artist in Zozzled]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]])
+** Inspiring the artist in ''[[Zozzled]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]])
 * '''Best Individual NPC'''
-** ''[[Kim Kitsuragi in Disco Elysium]]'' ([[ZA/UM]])
+** Kim Kitsuragi in ''[[Disco Elysium]]'' ([[ZA/UM]])
-** ''[[The mother in Night Guard / Morning Star]]'' ([[Astrid Dalmady]])
+** The mother in ''[[Night Guard / Morning Star]]'' ([[Astrid Dalmady]])
-** ''[[Pontiff Apocrita in Heretic’s Hope]]'' ([[G.C. Baccaris]])
+** Pontiff Apocrita in ''[[Heretic’s Hope]]'' ([[G.C. Baccaris]])
-** ''[[Turandot in Turandot]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]])
+** Turandot in ''[[Turandot]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]])
 * '''Best Individual PC'''
-** ''[[Hazel Greene in Zozzled]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]])
+** Hazel Greene in ''[[Zozzled]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]])
-** ''[[Leonora in Night Guard / Morning Star]]'' ([[Astrid Dalmady]])
+** Leonora in ''[[Night Guard / Morning Star]]'' ([[Astrid Dalmady]])
-** ''[[Sniff Chewpaw in Dungeon Detective 2: Devils and Details]]'' ([[Wonaglot]])
+** Sniff Chewpaw in ''[[Dungeon Detective 2: Devils and Details]]'' ([[Wonaglot]])
 * '''Best Implementation'''