XYZZY Awards
An annual popular-choice award organized by Eileen Mullin of Xyzzy News. The list of winners and finalists can be viewed either by year or by category.
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Xyzzy Award winners, by year and by category.
1996 Xyzzy Awards Winners
- Best Game - So Far, by Andrew Plotkin.
- Best Writing - So Far, by Andrew Plotkin.
- Best Story - Tapestry, by Daniel Ravipinto.
- Best Setting - Small World, by Andrew Pontious.
- Best Puzzles - So Far, by Andrew Plotkin.
- Best NPCs - Kissing the Buddha's Feet, by Leon Lin.
- Best Individual Puzzle - Opening the gate, in So Far, by Andrew Plotkin.
- Best Individual NPC - The burin, in Frobozz Magic Support, by Nate Cull.
1997 Xyzzy Awards Winners
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.)
- Best Game - Interstate Zero, by Adam Cadre.
- Best Writing - Sunset Over Savannah, Ivan Cockrum.
- Best Story - Babel, Ian Finley.
- Best Setting - A Bear's Night Out, David Dyte.
- Best Puzzles - The Edifice, Lucian Smith.
- Best NPCs - Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang, Neil deMause.
- Best Individual Puzzle - The language puzzle, in The Edifice, by Lucian Smith.
- Best Individual NPC - Bob, in She's Got a Thing for a Spring, by Brent VanFossen.
- Best Individual PC - Tracy Valencia, from Interstate Zero, by Adam Cadre.
- Best Use of Medium - The Tempest, by Graham Nelson.
1998 Xyzzy Awards Winners
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.)
- Best Game - Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
- Best Writing - Photopia, by Adam Cadre
- Best Story - Photopia, by Adam Cadre
- Best Setting - Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
- Best Puzzles - Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
- Best NPCs - Once and Future, by Gerry Kevin Wilson
- Best Individual Puzzle - Getting out of the chair, from Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
- Best Individual NPC - The interrogator, in Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
- Best Individual PC - Little Blue Men, by Michael Gentry
- Best Use of Medium - Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
Links
- XYZZY News
- http://www.spod-central.org/~psmith/IF/xyzzies.html - Dylan O'Donnell's page of Xyzzy Award nominees and winners