1997 XYZZY Awards

Winner: I-0, by Anonymous
Nominee: Babel, by Ian Finley
Nominee: A Bear's Night Out, by David Dyte
Nominee: The Edifice, by Lucian P. Smith
Nominee: Glowgrass, by Nate Cull

Winner: Sunset Over Savannah, by Ivan Cockrum
Nominee: Babel, by Ian Finley
Nominee: I-0, by Anonymous
Nominee: She's Got a Thing for a Spring, by Brent VanFossen
Nominee: The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin

Winner: Babel, by Ian Finley
Nominee: Glowgrass, by Nate Cull
Nominee: I-0, by Anonymous
Nominee: Madame L'Estrange and the Troubled Spirit, by Ian Ball and Marcus Young
Nominee: Mercy, by Chris Klimas

Winner: A Bear's Night Out, by David Dyte
Nominee: I-0, by Anonymous
Nominee: Mercy, by Chris Klimas
Nominee: She's Got a Thing for a Spring, by Brent VanFossen
Nominee: Sins Against Mimesis, by Adam Thornton

Winner: The Edifice, by Lucian P. Smith
Nominee: Babel, by Ian Finley
Nominee: Everybody Loves a Parade, by Cody Sandifer
Nominee: Heist, by Andy Phillips
Nominee: Zero Sum Game, by Cody Sandifer

Winner: The Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang, by Neil deMause
Nominee: Everybody Loves a Parade, by Cody Sandifer
Nominee: I-0, by Anonymous
Nominee: She's Got a Thing for a Spring, by Brent VanFossen
Nominee: Zero Sum Game, by Cody Sandifer

Winner - The language puzzle: The Edifice, by Lucian P. Smith
Nominee - Setting the digital clock: Heist, by Andy Phillips
Nominee - The hole game: Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die, by Rob Noyes
Nominee - defeating the Kunkel: Sins Against Mimesis, by Adam Thornton
Nominee - Building the Sandcastle: Sunset Over Savannah, by Ivan Cockrum

Winner - Bob: She's Got a Thing for a Spring, by Brent VanFossen
Nominee - The Stranger: The Edifice, by Lucian P. Smith
Nominee - The Taco Junta Girl: I-0, by Anonymous
Nominee - The Cow: The Lost Spellmaker, by Neil James Brown
Nominee - The devil: Sins Against Mimesis, by Adam Thornton

Winner - Tracy Valencia: I-0, by Anonymous
Nominee: Babel, by Ian Finley
Nominee - The bear: A Bear's Night Out, by David Dyte
Nominee - Improv: The Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang, by Neil deMause
Nominee - Mattie: The Lost Spellmaker, by Neil James Brown

Winner: The Tempest, by Graham Nelson and William Shakespeare
Nominee: I-0, by Anonymous
Nominee: A New Day, by Jonathan Fry
Nominee: The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin
Nominee: Sunset Over Savannah, by Ivan Cockrum