XYZZY Awards (Best Story)

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Statistics

Best Story Winners

1996 Best Story: Tapestry (Daniel Ravipinto; Z-code).
1997 Best Story: Babel (Ian Finley; TADS 2).
1998 Best Story: Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
1999 Best Story: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
2000 Best Story: My Angel (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
2001 Best Story: All Roads (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
2002 Best Story: Savoir Faire (Emily Short; Z-code).
2003 Best Story: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
2004 Best Story: Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).

Best Story Winners and Finalists

1996 Best Story: Tapestry (Daniel Ravipinto; Z-code).
- Finalist: Delusions (C.E. Forman; Z-code).
- Finalist: Lost New York (Neil deMause; TADS 2).
- Finalist: So Far (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Time: All Things Come to an End (Andy Phillips; Z-code).
1997 Best Story: Babel (Ian Finley; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Glowgrass (Nate Cull; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Interstate Zero a.k.a. I-0 (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: Madame L'Estrange and the Troubled Spirit (Ian Ball and Marcus Young; Z-code).
- Finalist: Mercy (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
1998 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).
1999 Best Story: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Aisle (Sam Barlow; Z-code).
- Finalist: Common Ground (Stephen Granade; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Lunatix: The Insanity Circle (Mike Snyder; Dos).
- Finalist: The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
2000 Best Story: My Angel (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Being Andrew Plotkin (J. Robinson Wheeler; Z-code).
- Finalist: Heroine's Mantle (Andy Phillips; Z-code).
- Finalist: LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup (Paul O'Brian; Z-code).
- Finalist: Masquerade (Kathleen M. Fischer; Z-code).
- Finalist: Rameses (Stephen Bond; Z-code).
- Finalist: Shade (Andrew Plotkin as "Ampe R. Sand"; Z-code).
- Finalist: Shrapnel (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
2001 Best Story: All Roads (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Fallacy of Dawn (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
- Finalist: First Things First (J. Robinson Wheeler; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Pytho's Mask (Emily Short; Z-code).
- Finalist: Vicious Cycles (Simon Mark; Z-code).
- Finalist: Voices (Aris Katsaris; Z-code).
2002 Best Story: Savoir Faire (Emily Short; Z-code).
- Finalist: Augustine (Terrence V. Koch; TADS 2).
- Finalist: The Moonlit Tower (Yoon Ha Lee; Z-code).
- Finalist: Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me! (Jon Ingold and Mike Sousa; TADS 2).
- Finalist: When Help Collides (J.D. Berry; Z-code).
2003 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).
2004 Best Story: Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
- Finalist: The Act of Misdirection (Callico Harrison; Z-code).
- Finalist: The Cabal (Stephen Bond; Z-code).
- Finalist: The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
- Finalist: Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).