1st Bravo Awards

The Bravo Awards were a Discord-based award ceremony, 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

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
MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 Teammate Hunt 2021 (Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum) - Runner Up Cardinality Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Huntinality) Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021 (20/20 Vision) Puzzle Potluck 4 Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 Honorable mentions: QoDE Puzzle Hunt 2021, UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Art Heist)
Short Hunt of The Year
Puzzle Potluck 4 Cardinality Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Huntinality) Hunt20 2.1 Paradox Puzzle Hunt UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Art Heist) Honorable mentions: CMU Puzzle Hunt Spring 2021 (Pirate Hunt), Inexact Puzzle Hunt 2021, Puzzle Rojak 2021
Best Presentation
Teammate Hunt 2021 (Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum) MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 Puzzle Potluck 4 Honorable mentions: Cardinality Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Huntinality), UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Art Heist)
Most Innovative Structure
Infinite Corridor (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) ⊥IW.giga (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) Microscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021) Periscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021) Puzzle Potluck 4 Teammate Hunt 2021 (Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum)
Best Direction
Teammate Hunt 2021 (Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum) Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 Puzzle Potluck 4 Honorable mentions: Cardinality Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Huntinality), QoDE Puzzle Hunt 2021
Best Metapuzzle
Infinite Corridor (Mystery Hunt 2021) by Jon Schneider Bulletin Board (Puzzle Potluck 4 by Curtis Liu, Darren Yin & Rajeev Nayak Firefly & Mr. Freeze (QoDE Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Scott Handelman & Jonah Ostroff (ft. Adam Maresca) Hall of Mirrors (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Jacqui Fashimpaur, Liam Thomas & Samuel Yeom Periscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Lewis Chen, Jon Schneider & Anderson Wang Honorable mentions: Getting Going (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Level 51 Microscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Rahul Sridhar, Lewis Chen, Colin Lu & Anderson Wang Random Hall (Mystery Hunt 2021) by Colin Lu, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Robert Tunney & Anderson Wang Telescope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Jon Schneider with additional contributions by Brian Chen, Colin Lu, Rahul Sridhar & Anderson Wang Tunnels (Mystery Hunt 2021) by Anderson Wang, Charles Tam, Curtis Chou, Jon Schneider & Lewis Chen
Best Feeder Puzzle
Circular Reasoning (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen & Robert Tunney Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Lewis Chen & Anderson Wang The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Yannick Yao Nutraumatic (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Jakob Weisblat & Rahul Sridhar Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Level 51 & Deusovi Time of Your Life (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Jacqui Fashimpaur Honorable mention: 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000116 (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Lewis Chen
Most Elegant Puzzle
Circular Reasoning (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen & Robert Tunney The Bazaar (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Herman Chau & Joanna Sands Clusters (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Charles Tam & Robert Tunney Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Lewis Chen & Anderson Wang MacGregor House (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Alan Huang, Colin Lu & Rahul Sridhar The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Yannick Yao Minor Differences (QoDE Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Nick Mitchell Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Level 51 & Deusovi Symbolic Table (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Olga Vinogradova
Nuovo Award For Puzzling Innovation
Infinite Corridor (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Jon Schneider All That's Left To Do Is Extract (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Ivan Wang, Alex Irpan & Rachel Wei Mystery Manor (Teammate Hunt 2021) & Remember to Hydrate! (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Ivan Wang, Rachel Wei, Christopher Reyes & Liam Thomas Nutraumatic (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Jakob Weisblat & Rahul Sridhar Wah-Street Bets (Cardinality Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Benji Nguyen, Dan Simon & Ryan Liu Honorable mentions: Bingo (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Jakob Weisblat, Joanna Sands & Rahul Sridhar Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Lewis Chen & Anderson Wang
Best Introductory Puzzle
Hey, Can You Give Me A Hand With This Puzzle? (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Colin Lu, Jakob Weisblat, Leon Zhou & Lillian McKinley ✏️✉️➡️3️⃣5️⃣1️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Anderson Wang, Ben Yang, Jakob Weisblat & Lewis Chen Don't Let Me Down (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Anderson Wang Exactly (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Evan Chen, Curtis Chou, Linus Strese, Anderson Wang & Jakob Weisblat If You Give... (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) by mstang Qatalog (QoDE Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Jonah Ostroff
Funniest Puzzle
MacGregor House (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Alan Huang, Colin Lu & Rahul Sridhar Meta-Eval Times (Teammate Hunt 2021) & Pin The Tail (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Andrew He, Katie Dunn, Catherine Wu & Patrick Xia The Minimeta That Goes Wrong (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Level 51 Objection! (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Alex Irpan & Ivan Wang So You Think You Can Count (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Charles Ta Honorable mentions: Six Feet Under (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Level 51 Solving Pumpkin Patch with NO Given Pumpkins?! (Teammate Hunt 2021) & Menagerial Problems (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Brian Lee, Joanna Sands, Patrick Xia, Edgar Chen & Ivan Wang
Best Twist On A Classic Style
Dropcrypt (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Colin Lu, Jon Schneider, Anderson Wang & Robert Tunney Drop Tower (Puzzle Rojak 2021) by Jonathan One Size Fits All (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Jon Schneider Overdone (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Level 51 Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Level 51 and Deusovi Honorable mention: Haunted House (Inexact Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Zach
Best Word Puzzle
Mystery Hunt 2021/Circular Reasoning (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen & Robert Tunney Bulletin Board (Puzzle Potluck 4) by Curtis Liu, Darren Yin & Rajeev Nayak Dropcrypt (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Colin Lu, Jon Schneider, Anderson Wang & Robert Tunney PClueRS (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Chris Jones Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Level 51 & Deusovi
Best Logic Puzzle
Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Lewis Chen, Anderson Wang Chimera (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) by lovemathboy Fun With Sudoku (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Josh Alman & Mitchell Lee Ignorance (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Jon Schneider, Brian Chen, Mitchell Lee & Xander Hughes Poison Ivy (QoDE Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Scott Handelman, Jonah Ostroff & Adam Maresca RED SUS (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) by lovemathboy & chaotic_iak STOP DOING LOGIC PUZZLES (CMU Puzzle Hunt Fall 2021) by Kevin Zhou/Kaz Symbolic Table (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Olga Vinogradova
Best Interactive Puzzle
Mystery Manor (Teammate Hunt 2021) & Remember to Hydrate! (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Ivan Wang, Rachel Wei, Christopher Reyes & Liam Thomas Beep Arcade (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Herman Chau & David Hashe Meta-Eval Times (Teammate Hunt 2021) & Pin The Tail (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Andrew He, Katie Dunn, Catherine Wu & Patrick Xia So You Think You Can Count (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Charles Tam Wah-Street Bets (Cardinality Puzzle Hunt 2021) by Benji Nguyen, Dan Simon & Ryan Liu) Honorable mention: Nutraumatic (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) by Jakob Weisblat and Rahul Sridhar
Best Non-Puzzle (At Least, Primarily) Contribution To The Community
The Projection Device (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) Character Witness by Level 51 Cypher House Dropquote Solver by CJ Quines Google Sheets Puzzle Tricks by Jonah Ostroff Meta Data by CJ Quines Noq by Michael Tang & Jenna H. Puzzlehunt.net by Betaveros Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later by CJ Quines
Delayed Award For Making Puzzle Hunts Better
gph site (This was a non nominated special award)

See Also

• Link to the discord server for the ceremony