xyzzy award winners

the annual interactive fiction awards. from newest (2022 as of this writing) to oldest

not on igdb:
Trapped in Time (Best Implementation, 2013 - physical/pdf CYOA story)
Best Technological Development (usually awarded to dev tools):
Inform 7 Build 10.1.0 (2022)
Gruescript (2021)
Adventuron (2020)
Dialog (2018)
Vorple for Glulx (2017)
Ink (2016)
Raconteur (2015)
Inform 7 6L02 (2014, tie)
Twine 2 (2014, tie)
Twine 1.4 (2013)
Vorple for Inform 7 (2012)
TADS 3.1 (2011)
Quixe (2010)

Unrated

2016
Best Story
Best NPCs (tie)

Unrated

1999
Best Writing

Unrated

1996
Best Individual NPC (the burin)

Unrated

2022
Best Use of Multimedia

Unrated

2003
Best Puzzles

Unrated

2021
Best Puzzles

Unrated

2014
Best Setting
Best Puzzles
Best Implementation
Best Use of Innovation

Unrated

2012
Best Writing
Best Story

Unrated

1999
Best Setting
Best Individual Puzzle (The Maze)

Unrated

1997
Best Game
Best Individual PC (Tracy Valencia)

Unrated

2018
Best Use of Innovation

Unrated

2020
Best Writing
Best Setting
Best NPCs

Unrated

2018
Best Puzzles

Unrated

2011
Best Use of Innovation
Best Supplemental Materials (PDFs and screencast tutorials)

Unrated

2011
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Doctor M, and Playing Games)

Unrated

1998
Best Individual PC

Unrated

2002
Best NPCs
Best Individual Puzzle (setting the traps)
Best Individual NPC (Boldo)

Unrated

2007
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (the gnome)
Best Individual PC (Grunk)

Unrated

2011
Best Individual PC (Mentula Macanus)

Unrated

2000
Best Writing

Unrated

2012
Best Supplemental Materials (Feelies)

Unrated

2000
Best Story

Unrated

2005
Best Use of Medium

Unrated

2003
Best Writing

Unrated

2004
Best Individual NPC (Audrey)

Unrated

2008
Best Story
Best Setting

Unrated

2013
Best NPCs

Unrated

1998
Best NPCs

Unrated

2011
Best Puzzles

Unrated

2011
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Doctor M, and Last Day of Summer)

Unrated

2022
Best Setting

Unrated

2001
Best NPCs

Unrated

2000
Best Individual Puzzle (the whole game)

Unrated

2010
Best Individual NPC (Dr Sliss)

Unrated

2019
Best Implementation

Unrated

2010
Best Supplemental Materials (Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7, for which Sand-dancer is a supplement & example)

Unrated

2002
Best Game
Best Story
Best Puzzles
Best Individual PC (Pierre)

Unrated

1997
Best Individual NPC (Bob)

Unrated

2000
Best Use of Medium

Six

Unrated

2011
Best Implementation

Unrated

2003
Best Game
Best Story
Best Setting
Best Individual NPC (Triage)

Unrated

1996
Best Setting

Unrated

2008
Best Individual PC (Hardy the Bulldog)

Unrated

1996
Best Game
Best Writing
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (Opening the gate)

Unrated

2004
Best NPCs
Best Individual PC (Julia)

Unrated

2015
Best Puzzles

Unrated

2016
Best Game
Best Implementation

Unrated

2001
Best Individual PC (The Kissing Bandit)

Unrated

2006
Best Story

Unrated

1996
Best Story

Unrated

2022
Best Puzzles
Best Use of Innovation

Unrated

1997
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (The language puzzle)

Unrated

2006
Best Game
Best Individual NPC (Leela)

Unrated

2001
Best Individual Puzzle (deciphering the language)
Best Use of Medium

Unrated

2022
Best Individual PC (Bell Park)

Unrated

2016
Best Use of Innovation
Best Use of Multimedia

Unrated

2020
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (leaving the house)
Best Implementation
Best Use of Innovation

Unrated

2013
Best Writing

Unrated

2009
Best Setting (tie)

Unrated

2021
Best Use of Innovation (tie)

Unrated

2021
Best Individual Puzzle (the hair swap)
Best Implementation (tie)

Unrated

2011
Best Individual Puzzle (The hat mystery; 'meta-puzzle' with Cold Iron, Last Day of Summer, and Playing Games)

Unrated

2022
Best Individual Puzzle (escape room)

Unrated

2020
Best Individual NPC (the parrot) (tie)

Unrated

2016
Best Individual Puzzle (customizing the robot)
Best Individual NPC (The Pine Nut Queen of Tomorrow (aka The Jenny of Tomorrow, aka the robot))

Unrated

2008
Best Use of Medium

Unrated

1999
Best Puzzles

Unrated

2003
Best Individual Puzzle (The Purple Room)

Unrated

1997
Best Use of Medium

Unrated

2017
Best Puzzles

Unrated

2010
Best Story

Unrated

2021
Best Setting
Best Individual PC (Marid)
Best Implementation (tie)

Unrated

2017
Best Game
Best Story
Best NPCs
Best Individual Puzzle (getting past the dragon)
Best Individual NPC (Squire Tuck)

Unrated

2019
Best Story (tie)
Best Individual NPC (Turandot)

Unrated

2020
Best Individual NPC (Kingfisher) (tie)

Unrated

1999
Best Game
Best NPCs
Best Individual NPC (Miss Sierra)
Best Individual PC (Primo Varicella)

Unrated

2007
Best Setting

Unrated

2021
Best Game
Best Story

Unrated

2005
Best Individual NPC (the storyteller)

Unrated

2017
Best Individual PC (Fred Strickland)

Unrated

2014
Best Writing
Best Individual NPC (The Empress)

Unrated

1999
Best Story

Unrated

2019
Best Game (tie)
Best Puzzles
Best Individual Puzzle (inspiring the artist)
Best Individual PC (Hazel Greene)

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updated with 2021 results

2 months ago

2022 results added


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