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{{see also|Bravo Awards}}
The '''Bravo Awards''' were a discord based award ceremony for puzzlehunts in 2021. The ceremony was conducted by Junkmail on 13th January 2022. The ceremony was intended to be a celebration of all things Puzzlehunt.


The '''1st Bravo Awards''', then called just '''Bravo Awards''' were a Discord-based award ceremony. They were intended to celebrate all things puzzlehunt related in 2021.
All puzzles, hunts and creations released between [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021]] (inclusive) and before [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2022]] were eligible for the awards. There was a nomination process by which anyone could submit nominees, followed by a open-to-all voting process for all finalists. Each category usually had between 5 to 10 finalists and some "Honorable Mentions" who did not make the cut.

All puzzles, hunts and creations released between [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021]] (inclusive) and before [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2022]] were eligible for submission, and the ceremony was conducted by Junkmail on 13 January 2022 with an open-to-all voting process for finalists.


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
Winners in each category are listed first and highlighted with boldface text. Remaining nominees (including some honorable mentions) are given in alphabetical order.


{| class="none" style="width:75%"
=== HUNT OF THE YEAR ===
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Hunt of the Year

|-
* '''Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum (Teammate Hunt) - Runner Up'''
|
* '''MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 - Winner'''
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021]]'''
* Puzzle Potluck 4
** '''[[Teammate Hunt 2021|Teammate Hunt 2021 (Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum)]] - Runner Up'''
* Huntinality 2021
** ''[[Huntinality 2021|Huntinality 2021 (Huntinality)]]''
* Silph Puzzle Hunt
* 20/20 Vision (Galactic Puzzle Hunt)
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020|Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020 (20/20 Vision)]]''
** ''[[Puzzle Potluck 4]]''
* Honorable Mentions: QoDE Puzzle Hunt, UMD Puzzlehunt
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021]]''
** Honorable mentions:
=== SHORT HUNT OF THE YEAR ===
*** ''[[QoDE Puzzle Hunt]]''

*** ''[[UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021|UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Art Heist)]]''
* Huntinality 2021
* '''Puzzle Potluck 4 - Winner'''
* UMD Puzzlehunt
* Hunt20 2.1
* Paradox Puzzlehunt
Honorable Mentions: Puzzle Rojak, Inexact Puzzle Hunt, Pirate Hunt (Puzzlehunt CMU Spring)

=== BEST PRESENTATION ===

* '''Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum (Teammate Hunt) - Winner'''
* MIT Mystery Hunt 2021
* Puzzle Potluck 4
Honorable Mentions: Huntinality 2021, UMD Puzzlehunt

=== MOST INNOVATIVE STRUCTURE ===

* Microscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt)
* '''Infinite Corridor (MIT Mystery Hunt) - Winner'''
* Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum (Teammate Hunt)
* Periscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt)
* ⊥IW.giga (MIT Mystery Hunt)
* Puzzle Potluck 4

=== BEST DIRECTION ===

* Silph Puzzle Hunt
* MIT Mystery Hunt 2021
* Puzzle Potluck 4
* '''Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum (Teammate Hunt) - Winner'''
* Honorable Mentions: QoDE Puzzle Hunt, Huntinality 2021
=== BEST METAPUZZLE ===

* Bulletin Board (Curtis Liu, Darren Yin, Rajeev Nayak; Potluck)
* Periscope (Lewis Chen, Jon Schneider, Anderson Wang; Galactic)
* Firefly & Mr. Freeze (Scott Handelman & Jonah Ostroff (ft. Adam Maresca); QoDE)
* '''Infinite Corridor (Jon Schneider; Mystery Hunt) - Winner'''
* Hall of Mirrors (Jacqui Fashimpaur, Liam Thomas, Samuel Yeom; Teammate)

Honorable Mentions:
* Microscope (Rahul Sridhar, Lewis Chen, Colin Lu, Anderson Wang; Galactic)
* Telescope (Jon Schneider (additional contributions by Brian Chen, Colin Lu, Rahul Sridhar, Anderson Wang); Galactic)
* Random Hall (Colin Lu, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Robert Tunney, Anderson Wang; Mystery Hunt)
* Getting Going (Level 51; Silph)
* Tunnels (Anderson Wang, Charles Tam, Curtis Chou, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen; Mystery Hunt)
=== BEST FEEDER PUZZLE ===

* Re-Actions (Level 51 and Deusovi; Silph)
* The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle (Yannick Yao; Galactic)
* '''Circular Reasoning (Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen and Robert Tunney; Mystery Hunt) - Winner'''
* Divide & Conquer (Lewis Chen and Anderson Wang; Galactic)
* Nutraumatic (Jakob Weisblat and Rahul Sridhar; Mystery Hunt)
* Time of Your Life (Jacqui Fashimpaur; Teammate)
* Honorable Mention: 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000116 (Lewis Chen; Mystery Hunt)

=== MOST ELEGANT PUZZLE ===

* Divide & Conquer (Lewis Chen and Anderson Wang; Galactic)
* Re-Actions (Level 51 and Deusovi; Silph)
* Minor Differences (Nick Mitchell; QoDE)
* '''Circular Reasoning (Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen and Robert Tunney; Mystery Hunt) - Winner'''
* Symbolic Table (Olga Vinogradova; Teammate)
* MacGregor House (Alan Huang, Colin Lu, and Rahul Sridhar; Mystery Hunt)
* The Bazaar (Herman Chau and Joanna Sands; Teammate)
* The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle (Yannick Yao; Galactic)
* Clusters (Charles Tam and Robert Tunney; Mystery Hunt)

=== NUOVO AWARD FOR PUZZLING INNOVATION ===

* '''Infinite Corridor (Jon Schneider; Mystery Hunt) - Winner'''
* Nutraumatic (Jakob Weisblat and Rahul Sridhar; Mystery Hunt)
* Wah-Street Bets (Benji Nguyen, Dan Simon, and Ryan Liu; Huntinality)
* All That's Left To Do Is Extract (Ivan Wang, Alex Irpan, and Rachel Wei; Teammate)
* Mystery Manor/Remember to Hydrate! (Ivan Wang, Rachel Wei, Christopher Reyes, Liam Thomas; Teammate)

Honorable Mentions:
* Divide & Conquer (Lewis Chen and Anderson Wang; Galactic)
* Bingo (Jakob Weisblat, Joanna Sands, and Rahul Sridhar; Mystery Hunt)

=== BEST INTRODUCTORY PUZZLE ===

* ✏️✉️➡️3️⃣5️⃣1️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ (Anderson Wang, Ben Yang, Jakob Weisblat and Lewis Chen; Mystery Hunt)
* '''Hey, Can You Give Me A Hand With This Puzzle? (Colin Lu, Jakob Weisblat, Leon Zhou, Lillian McKinley; Mystery Hunt) - Winner'''
* If You Give… (mstang; Silph)
* Exactly (Evan Chen, Curtis Chou, Linus Strese, Anderson Wang and Jakob Weisblat; Mystery Hunt)
* Qatalog (Jonah Ostroff; QoDE)
* Don't Let Me Down (Anderson Wang; Mystery Hunt)

=== FUNNIEST PUZZLE ===


|-
* The Minimeta That Goes Wrong (Level 51; Silph)
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Short Hunt of the Year
* So You Think You Can Count (Charles Tam; Mystery Hunt)
|-
* '''MacGregor House (Alan Huang, Colin Lu, and Rahul Sridhar; Mystery Hunt) - Winner'''
|
* Meta-Eval Times/Pin The Tail (Andrew He, Katie Dunn, Catherine Wu, and Patrick Xia; Teammate)
* '''[[Puzzle Potluck 4]]'''
* Objection! (Alex Irpan and Ivan Wang; Teammate)
** ''[[Huntinality 2021|Huntinality 2021 (Huntinality)]]''
** ''[[Hunt20 2.1 Puzzle Hunt]]''
** ''[[Paradox Puzzle Hunt]]''
** ''[[UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021| UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Art Heist)]]''
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[CMU Hunt Spring 2021|CMU Puzzle Hunt Spring 2021 (Pirate Hunt)]]''
*** ''[[Inexact Puzzle Hunt 2021]]''
*** ''[[Puzzle Rojak]]''


|-
Honorable Mentions:
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Presentation
* Six Feet Under (Level 51; Silph)
|-
* Solving Pumpkin Patch with NO Given Pumpkins?! /Menagerial Problems (Brian Lee, Joanna Sands, Patrick Xia, Edgar Chen, Ivan Wang; Teammate)
|
* '''[[Teammate Hunt 2021|Teammate Hunt 2021 (Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum)]]'''
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021]]''
** ''[[Puzzle Potluck 4]]''
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[Huntinality 2021|Huntinality 2021 (Huntinality)]]''
*** ''[[UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021| UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Art Heist)]]''


|-
=== BEST TWIST ON A CLASSIC STYLE ===
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Most Innovative Structure
|-
|
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Infinite Corridor|Infinite Corridor (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'''
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/⊥IW.giga|⊥IW.giga (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Microscope|Microscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]''
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Periscope|Periscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]''
** ''[[Puzzle Potluck 4]]''
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021|Teammate Hunt 2021 (Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum)]]''


|-
* '''Dropcrypt (Colin Lu, Jon Schneider, Anderson Wang, Robert Tunney; Galactic) - Winner'''
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Direction
* One Size Fits All (Jon Schneider; Mystery Hunt)
|-
* Overdone (Level 51; Silph)
|
* Drop Tower (Jonathan; Puzzle Rojak)
* '''[[Teammate Hunt 2021|Teammate Hunt 2021 (Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum)]]'''
* Re-Actions (Level 51 and Deusovi; Silph)
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021]]''
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021]]''
Honorable Mention: Haunted House (Zach; Inexact Puzzlehunt)
** ''[[Puzzle Potluck 4]]''
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[Huntinality 2021|Huntinality 2021 (Huntinality)]]''
*** ''[[QoDE Puzzle Hunt]]''


|-
=== BEST WORD PUZZLE ===
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Metapuzzle
|-
|
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Infinite Corridor|Infinite Corridor (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Jon Schneider</small>
** ''[[Puzzle Potluck 4/Bulletin Board|Bulletin Board (Puzzle Potluck 4)]]'' <small> - Curtis Liu, Darren Yin & Rajeev Nayak</small>
** ''[[QoDE Puzzle Hunt/Firefly & Mr. Freeze|Firefly & Mr. Freeze (QoDE Puzzle Hunt)]]'' <small> - Scott Handelman & Jonah Ostroff (ft. Adam Maresca)</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Hall of Mirrors|Hall of Mirrors (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jacqui Fashimpaur, Liam Thomas & Samuel Yeom</small>
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Periscope|Periscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Lewis Chen, Jon Schneider & Anderson Wang</small>
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Getting Going|Getting Going (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51</small>
*** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Microscope|Microscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Rahul Sridhar, Lewis Chen, Colin Lu & Anderson Wang</small>
*** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Random Hall|Random Hall (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Colin Lu, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Robert Tunney & Anderson Wang</small>
*** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Telescope|Telescope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Jon Schneider with additional contributions by Brian Chen, Colin Lu, Rahul Sridhar & Anderson Wang</small>
*** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Tunnels|Tunnels (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Anderson Wang, Charles Tam, Curtis Chou, Jon Schneider & Lewis Chen</small>


|-
* PClueRS (Chris Jones; Mystery Hunt)
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Feeder Puzzle
* Dropcrypt (Colin Lu, Jon Schneider, Anderson Wang, Robert Tunney; Galactic)
|-
* Bulletin Board (Curtis Liu, Darren Yin, Rajeev Nayak; Potluck)
|
* Re-Actions (Level 51 and Deusovi; Silph)
* '''Circular Reasoning (Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen, Robert Tunney; Mystery Hunt) - Winner'''
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Circular Reasoning|Circular Reasoning (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen & Robert Tunney</small>
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Lewis Chen & Anderson Wang</small>
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle|The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Yannick Yao</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Nutraumatic|Nutraumatic (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jakob Weisblat & Rahul Sridhar</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Re-Actions|Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51 & Deusovi</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Time of Your Life|Time of Your Life (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jacqui Fashimpaur</small>
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000116|1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000116 (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Lewis Chen</small>


|-
=== BEST LOGIC PUZZLE ===
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Most Elegant Puzzle
|-
|
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Circular Reasoning|Circular Reasoning (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen & Robert Tunney</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/The Bazaar|The Bazaar (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Herman Chau & Joanna Sands</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Clusters|Clusters (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Charles Tam & Robert Tunney</small>
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Lewis Chen & Anderson Wang</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/MacGregor House|MacGregor House (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Alan Huang, Colin Lu & Rahul Sridhar</small>
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle|The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Yannick Yao</small>
** ''[[QoDE Puzzle Hunt/Minor Differences|Minor Differences (QoDE Puzzle Hunt)]]'' <small> - Nick Mitchell</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Re-Actions|Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51 & Deusovi</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Symbolic Table|Symbolic Table (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Olga Vinogradova</small>


|-
* Symbolic Table (Olga Vinogradova; Teammate)
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Nuovo Award for Puzzling Innovation
* Ignorance (Jon Schneider, Brian Chen, Mitchell Lee, Xander Hughes; Mystery Hunt)
|-
* '''Divide and Conquer (Lewis Chen, Anderson Wang; GPH) - Winner'''
|
* Poison Ivy (Scott Handelman & Jonah Ostroff, Adam Maresca; QoDE)
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Infinite Corridor|Infinite Corridor (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Jon Schneider</small>
* RED SUS (lovemathboy, chaotic_iak; Silph)
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/All That's Left To Do Is Extract|All That's Left To Do Is Extract (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Ivan Wang, Alex Irpan & Rachel Wei</small>
* Fun With Sudoku (Josh Alman, Mitchell Lee; Mystery Hunt)
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Mystery Manor|Mystery Manor]] & [[Teammate Hunt 2021/Remember to Hydrate!|Remember to Hydrate! (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Ivan Wang, Rachel Wei, Christopher Reyes & Liam Thomas</small>
* STOP DOING LOGIC PUZZLES (Kevin Zhou/Kaz; CMU Fall)
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Nutraumatic|Nutraumatic (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jakob Weisblat & Rahul Sridhar</small>
* Chimera (lovemathboy; Silph)
** ''[[Huntinality 2021/Wah-Street Bets|Wah-Street Bets (Huntinality 2021)]]'' <small> - Benji Nguyen, Dan Simon & Ryan Liu</small>
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Bingo|Bingo (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jakob Weisblat, Joanna Sands & Rahul Sridhar</small>
*** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Lewis Chen & Anderson Wang</small>


|-
=== BEST INTERACTIVE PUZZLE ===
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Introductory Puzzle
|-
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* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Hey, Can You Give Me A Hand With This Puzzle?|Hey, Can You Give Me A Hand With This Puzzle? (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Colin Lu, Jakob Weisblat, Leon Zhou & Lillian McKinley</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/✏️✉️➡️3️⃣5️⃣1️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣5️⃣5️⃣|✏️✉️➡️3️⃣5️⃣1️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Anderson Wang, Ben Yang, Jakob Weisblat & Lewis Chen</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Don't Let Me Down|Don't Let Me Down (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Anderson Wang</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Exactly|Exactly (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Evan Chen, Curtis Chou, Linus Strese, Anderson Wang & Jakob Weisblat</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/If You Give...|If You Give... (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - mstang</small>
** ''[[QoDE Puzzle Hunt/Qatalog|Qatalog (QoDE Puzzle Hunt)]]'' <small> - Jonah Ostroff</small>


|-
* Meta-Eval Times/Pin The Tail (Andrew He, Katie Dunn, Catherine Wu, and Patrick Xia; Teammate)
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Funniest Puzzle
* Wah-Street Bets (Benji Nguyen, Dan Simon, and Ryan Liu; Huntinality)
|-
* Beep Arcade (Herman Chau, David Hashe; Teammate)
|
* So You Think You Can Count (Charles Tam; Mystery Hunt)
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/MacGregor House|MacGregor House (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Alan Huang, Colin Lu & Rahul Sridhar</small>
* '''Mystery Manor/Remember to Hydrate! (Ivan Wang, Rachel Wei, Christopher Reyes, Liam Thomas; Teammate) - Winner'''
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Meta-Eval Times|Meta-Eval Times]] & [[Teammate Hunt 2021/Pin The Tail|Pin The Tail (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Andrew He, Katie Dunn, Catherine Wu & Patrick Xia</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/The Minimeta That Goes Wrong|The Minimeta That Goes Wrong (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Objection!|Objection! (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Alex Irpan & Ivan Wang</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/So You Think You Can Count|So You Think You Can Count (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Charles Tam</small>
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Six Feet Under|Six Feet Under (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51</small>
*** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Solving Pumpkin Patch with NO Given Pumpkins?!|Solving Pumpkin Patch with NO Given Pumpkins?!]] & [[Teammate Hunt 2021/Menagerial Problems|Menagerial Problems (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Brian Lee, Joanna Sands, Patrick Xia, Edgar Chen & Ivan Wang</small>


|-
Honorable Mention: Nutraumatic (Jakob Weisblat and Rahul Sridhar; Mystery Hunt)
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Twist on a Classic Style
|-
|
* '''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Dropcrypt|Dropcrypt (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]''' <small> - Colin Lu, Jon Schneider, Anderson Wang & Robert Tunney</small>
** ''[[Puzzle Rojak/Drop Tower|Drop Tower (Puzzle Rojak)]]'' <small> - Jonathan</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/One Size Fits All|One Size Fits All (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jon Schneider</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Overdone|Overdone (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Re-Actions|Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51 & Deusovi</small>
** Honorable mention:
*** ''[[Inexact Puzzle Hunt 2021/Haunted House|Haunted House (Inexact Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Zach</small>


|-
=== BEST NON-PUZZLE (AT LEAST, PRIMARILY) CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY ===
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Word Puzzle
|-
|
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Circular Reasoning|Circular Reasoning (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen & Robert Tunney</small>
** ''[[Puzzle Potluck 4/Bulletin Board|Bulletin Board (Puzzle Potluck 4)]]'' <small> - Curtis Liu, Darren Yin & Rajeev Nayak</small>
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Dropcrypt|Dropcrypt (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Colin Lu, Jon Schneider, Anderson Wang & Robert Tunney</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/PClueRS|PClueRS (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Chris Jones</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Re-Actions|Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51 & Deusovi</small>


|-
* Cypher House
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Logic Puzzle
* Noq (Michael Tang, Jenna H.)
|-
* Meta Data (CJ Quines)
|
* '''The Projection Device (Mystery Hunt) - Winner'''
* '''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]''' <small> - Lewis Chen, Anderson Wang</small>
* Google Sheets Puzzle Tricks (Jonah Ostroff)
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Chimera|Chimera (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - lovemathboy</small>
* Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later (CJ Quines)
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Fun With Sudoku|Fun With Sudoku (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Josh Alman & Mitchell Lee</small>
* Character Witness (Level 51)
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Ignorance|Ignorance (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jon Schneider, Brian Chen, Mitchell Lee & Xander Hughes</small>
* Dropquote Solver (CJ Quines)
** ''[[QoDE Puzzle Hunt/Poison Ivy|Poison Ivy (QoDE Puzzle Hunt)]]'' <small> - Scott Handelman, Jonah Ostroff & Adam Maresca</small>
* Puzzlehunt.net (Betaveros)
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/RED SUS|RED SUS (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - lovemathboy & chaotic_iak</small>
** ''[[CMU Hunt Fall 2021/STOP DOING LOGIC PUZZLES|STOP DOING LOGIC PUZZLES (CMU Puzzle Hunt Fall 2021)]]'' <small> - Kevin Zhou/Kaz</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Symbolic Table|Symbolic Table (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]''<small> by Olga Vinogradova
</small>
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! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Interactive Puzzle
|-
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* '''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Mystery Manor|Mystery Manor]] & [[Teammate Hunt 2021/Remember to Hydrate!|Remember to Hydrate! (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Ivan Wang, Rachel Wei, Christopher Reyes & Liam Thomas</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Beep Arcade|Beep Arcade (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Herman Chau & David Hashe</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Meta-Eval Times|Meta-Eval Times]] & [[Teammate Hunt 2021/Pin The Tail|Pin The Tail (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Andrew He, Katie Dunn, Catherine Wu & Patrick Xia</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/So You Think You Can Count|So You Think You Can Count (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Charles Tam</small>
** ''[[Huntinality 2021/Wah-Street Bets|Wah-Street Bets (Huntinality 2021)]]'' <small> - Benji Nguyen, Dan Simon & Ryan Liu</small>
** Honorable mention:
*** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Nutraumatic|Nutraumatic (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jakob Weisblat and Rahul Sridhar</small>


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=== DELAYED AWARD FOR MAKING PUZZLE HUNTS BETTER ===
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Non-Puzzle Contribution to the Community
|-
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* '''The Projection Device (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)'''
** ''Character Witness'' <small> - Level 51</small>
** ''Cypher House''
** ''Dropquote Solver'' <small> - CJ Quines</small>
** ''Google Sheets Puzzle Tricks'' <small> - Jonah Ostroff</small>
** ''Meta Data'' <small> - CJ Quines</small>
** ''Noq'' <small> - Michael Tang & Jenna H.</small>
** ''Puzzlehunt.net'' <small> - Betaveros</small>
** ''Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later'' <small> - CJ Quines</small>


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* '''gph site - Winner'''
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Delayed Award for Making Puzzle Hunts Better
|-
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* '''gph site''' (This was a non nominated special award)
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== External links ==
(This was a non nominated special award)
* [https://discord.gg/BxqJbRGKND Link] to the Discord server for the ceremony


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== See Also ==


[[Category:Bravo Awards]]
* [https://discord.gg/BxqJbRGKND Link to the discord server for the ceremony]

Latest revision as of 13:56, 14 February 2024

See also: Bravo Awards

The 1st Bravo Awards, then called just Bravo Awards were a Discord-based award ceremony. They were intended to celebrate all things puzzlehunt related in 2021.

All puzzles, hunts and creations released between MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 (inclusive) and before MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 were eligible for submission, and the ceremony was conducted by Junkmail on 13 January 2022 with an open-to-all voting process for finalists.

Awards[edit | edit source]

Winners in each category are listed first and highlighted with boldface text. Remaining nominees (including some honorable mentions) are given in alphabetical order.

Hunt of the Year
Short Hunt of the Year
Best Presentation
Most Innovative Structure
Best Direction
Best Metapuzzle
Best Feeder Puzzle
Most Elegant Puzzle
Nuovo Award for Puzzling Innovation
Best Introductory Puzzle
Funniest Puzzle
Best Twist on a Classic Style
Best Word Puzzle
Best Logic Puzzle

Best Interactive Puzzle
Best Non-Puzzle Contribution to the Community
  • The Projection Device (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)
    • Character Witness - Level 51
    • Cypher House
    • Dropquote Solver - CJ Quines
    • Google Sheets Puzzle Tricks - Jonah Ostroff
    • Meta Data - CJ Quines
    • Noq - Michael Tang & Jenna H.
    • Puzzlehunt.net - Betaveros
    • Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later - CJ Quines
Delayed Award for Making Puzzle Hunts Better
  • gph site (This was a non nominated special award)

External links[edit | edit source]

  • Link to the Discord server for the ceremony
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