C.E.J. Pacian is a time traveller from the 20th century and hobbyist game maker, probably best known for authoring Gun Mute (XYZZY Award winner: Best Puzzles) and Rogue of the Multiverse (XYZZY Award winner: Best Individual NPC).
The Best Individual NPC finalists for 2013 were Bell Park, Captain Verdeterre, Coloratura, Faithful Companion and Horse Master.
Yoon Ha Lee is the author of the IF The Moonlit Tower, which placed 4th in IF Comp 2002 and won the 2002 XYZZY Award for Best Writing. She also authored the StoryNexus game Winterstrike. Her short story collection Conservation of Shadows came out from Prime Books in 2013, and her fiction has appeared in Tor.com, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and other venues.
The Best Writing nominees for 2013 were Coloratura, their angelical understanding and You Will Select A Decision.
The Awards are over for this year, and here are the winners!
(And if you missed the ceremony, a transcript is available.)
Best Game: Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser)
Best Writing: their angelical understanding (Porpentine)
Best Story: Solarium (Alan DeNiro)
Best Setting: Robin & Orchid (Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim)
Best Puzzles: Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser)
Best NPCs: Ollie Ollie Oxen Free (Carolyn VanEseltine)
Best Individual Puzzle: creating the meat monster in Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser)
Best Individual NPC: Captain Verdeterre in Captain Verdeterre’s Plunder (Ryan Veeder)
Best Individual PC: The Aqueosity in Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser)
Best Implementation: Trapped in Time (Simon Christiansen)
Best Use of Innovation: 18 Cadence (Aaron A. Reed)
Best Technological Development: Twine 1.4
Best Supplemental Materials: Multimedia – Dominique Pamplemousse (Deirdra Kiai)