From: eileen@interport.net (Eileen Mullin) Subject: 1997 XYZZY Awards Winners announced Date: 09 Feb 1998 Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction,rec.games.int-fiction The winners were announced in a live, online ceremony on ifMUD: A MUD Forever Voyaging on Thursday, February 5th. I'd like to thank everyone who joined in the virtual festivities -- and especially Liza Daly for hosting it all on her MUD. :-) Best Game Interstate Zero (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 (Lucian Smith) Best Individual NPC Bob in She's Got a Thing for a Spring (Brent VanFossen) Best Individual PC Tracy Valencia from Interstate Zero (Adam Cadre) Best Use of Medium The Tempest (Graham Nelson) A transcript of the event will be published in XYZZYnews #15. This list of winners is also posted on my Web site at http://www.xyzzynews.com/awards97.html. Congratulations to all! Eileen