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Note: The first XYZZY Awards ceremony was conducted via telnet on Saturday, February 8th, 1997.

== 1996 XYZZY Award Winners ==
* '''Best Game''': ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''Best Writing''': ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
* '''Best Story''': ''[[Tapestry]]'' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]]; Z-code).
* '''Best Setting''': ''[[Small World]]'' ([[Andrew Pontious]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* '''Best Puzzles''': ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
* '''Best NPCs''': ''[[Kissing the Buddha's Feet]]'' ([[Leon Lin]]; TADS 2).
* '''Best Individual Puzzle''': Opening the gate, in ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
* '''Best Individual NPC''' Three way tie:
** The burin, in ''[[Frobozz Magic Support]]'' ([[Nate Cull]]; TADS 2).
** Evan, in ''[[Kissing the Buddha's Feet]]'' ([[Leon Lin]]; TADS 2).
** The Devil in ''[[Small World]]'' ([[Andrew Pontious]]; TADS 2).

== 1996 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists ==
* '''Best Game''': ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''[[The Light: Shelby's Addendum]]'' ([[Colm McCarthy]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Lost New York]]'' ([[Neil deMause]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet]]'' ([[Graham Nelson]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Time: All Things Come to an End]]'' ([[Andy Phillips]]; Z-code).
* '''Best Writing''': ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Aayela]]'' ([[Magnus Olsson]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Lost New York]]'' ([[Neil deMause]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet]]'' ([[Graham Nelson]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Tapestry]]'' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]]; Z-code).
* '''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).
* '''Best Setting''': ''[[Small World]]'' ([[Andrew Pontious]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[The Light: Shelby's Addendum]]'' ([[Colm McCarthy]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Lost New York]]'' ([[Neil deMause]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Night at the Computer Center]]'' ([[Bonni Mierzejewska]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
* '''Best Puzzles''': ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Frobozz Magic Support]]'' ([[Nate Cull]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Lost New York]]'' ([[Neil deMause]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet]]'' ([[Graham Nelson]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Time: All Things Come to an End]]'' ([[Andy Phillips]]; Z-code).
* '''Best NPCs''': ''[[Kissing the Buddha's Feet]]'' ([[Leon Lin]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Lost New York]]'' ([[Neil deMause]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Small World]]'' ([[Andrew Pontious]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[The Underoos that ate New York!]]'' ([[Gerry Kevin Wilson]]; 1994; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[The Wedding]]'' ([[Neil James Brown]]; Z-code).
* '''Best Individual Puzzle''': Opening the gate, in ''<b>[[So Far]]</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The crystals, in ''[[Fear]]'' ([[Chuan-Tze Teo]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The elephant, in ''[[The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet]]'' ([[Graham Nelson]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: (cramped, crawling), in ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code). 
** Finalist: Riding the creature, in ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
* '''Best Individual NPC''': The burin, in ''[[Frobozz Magic Support]]'' ([[Nate Cull]]; TADS 2);<br>also Evan, in ''[[Kissing the Buddha's Feet]]'' ([[Leon Lin]]; TADS 2);<br>and The Devil in ''[[Small World]]'' ([[Andrew Pontious]]; TADS 2). (It was a three-way tie.)
** Finalist: Leo the Lemming, in ''[[Phlegm]]'' ([[Jason Dyer]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Christopher Robin, in ''[[Ralph (by Schmidt)|Ralph]]'' ([[Miron Schmidt]]; Z-code).

Note that the award categories [[Best Individual PC]] and [[Best Use of Medium]] had not yet been created.

==Links==
* {{dead link|url=http://www.xyzzynews.com/xyzzy.13g.html|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317164001/http://www.xyzzynews.com/xyzzy.13g.html|XYZZYnews Issue #13 Winners' Circle -- XYZZY Awards}}
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