Katherine Morayati is the author of Broken Legs, which took second place in 2009’s Interactive Fiction Competition and was nominated for several XYZZYs, winning Best NPCs and Best Individual PC. By day and by night, she writes about music (as Katherine St. Asaph, which is a long story that involves Steps) for a whole bunch of places. She promises she will finish another game soon.
The Best Writing finalists were Coloratura, their angelical understanding and You Will Select A Decision.
Joey Jones is the co-author of philosophy romp The Chinese Room, and Calm, a post-apocalyptic tea-drinking simulator. Interested in pushing the boundaries of parser fiction, he was behind the meta-fictional IFDB Spelunking and is currently working on a much expanded re-release of the adverb-only blank verse game, Danse Nocturne. His interests include literature, foraging, and the abolition of paid employment.
The finalists for Implementation were Trapped in Time, Depression Quest, their angelical understanding, Coloratura and Robin and Orchid.
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)