1st 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.
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.
Awards
HUNT OF THE YEAR
- Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum (Teammate Hunt) - Runner Up
- MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 - Winner
- Puzzle Potluck 4
- Huntinality 2021
- Silph Puzzle Hunt
- 20/20 Vision (Galactic Puzzle Hunt)
- Honorable Mentions: QoDE Puzzle Hunt, UMD Puzzlehunt
SHORT HUNT OF THE YEAR
- 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)
- 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)
- Objection! (Alex Irpan and Ivan Wang; Teammate)
Honorable Mentions:
- 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)
BEST TWIST ON A CLASSIC STYLE
- Dropcrypt (Colin Lu, Jon Schneider, Anderson Wang, Robert Tunney; Galactic) - Winner
- One Size Fits All (Jon Schneider; Mystery Hunt)
- Overdone (Level 51; Silph)
- Drop Tower (Jonathan; Puzzle Rojak)
- Re-Actions (Level 51 and Deusovi; Silph)
Honorable Mention: Haunted House (Zach; Inexact Puzzlehunt)
BEST WORD PUZZLE
- PClueRS (Chris Jones; Mystery Hunt)
- 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
BEST LOGIC PUZZLE
- Symbolic Table (Olga Vinogradova; Teammate)
- 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)
- RED SUS (lovemathboy, chaotic_iak; Silph)
- Fun With Sudoku (Josh Alman, Mitchell Lee; Mystery Hunt)
- STOP DOING LOGIC PUZZLES (Kevin Zhou/Kaz; CMU Fall)
- Chimera (lovemathboy; Silph)
BEST INTERACTIVE PUZZLE
- Meta-Eval Times/Pin The Tail (Andrew He, Katie Dunn, Catherine Wu, and Patrick Xia; Teammate)
- 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)
- Mystery Manor/Remember to Hydrate! (Ivan Wang, Rachel Wei, Christopher Reyes, Liam Thomas; Teammate) - Winner
Honorable Mention: Nutraumatic (Jakob Weisblat and Rahul Sridhar; Mystery Hunt)
BEST NON-PUZZLE (AT LEAST, PRIMARILY) CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY
- Cypher House
- Noq (Michael Tang, Jenna H.)
- Meta Data (CJ Quines)
- The Projection Device (Mystery Hunt) - Winner
- Google Sheets Puzzle Tricks (Jonah Ostroff)
- Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later (CJ Quines)
- Character Witness (Level 51)
- Dropquote Solver (CJ Quines)
- Puzzlehunt.net (Betaveros)
DELAYED AWARD FOR MAKING PUZZLE HUNTS BETTER
- gph site - Winner
(This was a non nominated special award)