Hunt of the Year
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For the best all-around puzzle hunt of 2022
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Short Hunt of the Year
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For the best puzzle hunt designed to be solved by medium-power teams within the first 24 hours.
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Best Direction
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For a hunt with great care towards difficulty, pacing and unlocks, which created something greater than the sum of its parts.
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Best Overall Presentation
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Formerly known as "Best Presentation". For the hunt with the OVERALL best presentation, whether that is in visual design, storytelling, or web slickness.
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Best Narrative
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For the hunt with the best storytelling or narrative.
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Best Visual Design
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For the hunt that is stylistically and aesthetically the most pleasing.
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Most Innovative Structure
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For the hunt or round with an innovative and well-executed structure.
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Best Meta Puzzle
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For the best all-around metapuzzle of 2022.
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Best Meta Pun
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For the cleverest or funniest punny answer for a meta in 2022.
- Brick's Password (Huntinality 2022 - Huntinality 2.0) - Benji Nguyen, Ryan Liu, Violet Xiao
- The Cube (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2022 - The Exam) - Brian Chen, CJ Quines, Anderson Wang, Ben Yang
- Finding the Demon (REDDOThunt 2022) - Tan Chor Kiang, Eunice Wong, Adib Surani
- Mellonopoly (CMU Fall 2022 - Monopoly Hunt) - Samuel Chen, Farid Khuri-Makdisi, Kasper Menezes, Robert Trosten
- Once Upon a Time in the Quest (MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 - Bookspace) - Mark Halpin, Suzanna Roberts
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Best Feeder Puzzle
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For the best all-around feeder puzzle of 2022.
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Best Introductory Puzzle
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For an exceptional puzzle that is approachable and fun for beginner solvers.
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Best Word Puzzle
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For the puzzle that made best use of wordplay in 2022.
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Best Logic Puzzle
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For the puzzle that best made use of logic in 2022.
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Best Interactive Puzzle
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For the puzzle that best made use of interactive elements in 2022.
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Most Elegant Puzzle
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For the most elegant puzzle of 2022.
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Best Twist on a Classic Style
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For the puzzle that best took a classic puzzle style and made it into something even better.
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Nuovo Award for Puzzling Innovation
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For the puzzle or mechanic which pushed the boundaries of what we thought of as possible in a Puzzle Hunt in 2022.
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Best Puzzle Art
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For the puzzle that has the best visual presentation or art.
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Funniest Puzzle
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For the puzzle which told a great joke or made you laugh.
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Best Non-Puzzle Contribution to the Community
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For the websites, tools, and cool/useful things people did for the puzzle hunt community, which weren't puzzles (or at least, aren't just puzzles).
- callingit.in (Website)
- Genres and Rules at puzz.link by X-Sheep
- Google Sheets Template by Softfro
- The Mathemagicians Puzzle Bot / Names Functions Import
- Mini Heyawake Course by Teal
- Named Functions in Google Sheets
- noq.solutions (Website)
- Puzzle resources from "Signals" by Mystery League
- "The Puzzler" by A.J. Jacobs
- puzzles.wiki (Website)
- The Puzzle World Discord server
- TPH Site (GitHub Repository)
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Best Puzzle-Based Media
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For the best podcast, blog, YouTube channel, Twitch channel, or other puzzle-related media from 2022.
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Lifetime Achievement Award
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For the author, constructor, or producer that deserves recognition for their contributions to puzzling, puzzle hunts, and/or the greater puzzling community.
- Joseph DeVincentis (/dev/joe) - Maintainer of MIT Mystery Hunt Index website and author for Mystery Hunts 2008, 2010, 2016, and Caltech Puzzle Hunt
- ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ - Team that hosts Galactic Puzzle Hunt and maintains gph-site
- Eric Berlin - Long time team captain of Palindrome, writer of multiple published puzzling books, author for Mystery Hunts 2001, 2008, 2022
- Greg "Foggy" Brume - Creator of Panda magazine and Puzzle Boats, editor in chief and author of Mystery Hunt 2022 and author for Mystery Hunts 2007, 2009
- Alan Huang (Cesium) - Developer and author for Mystery Hunt 2021, Galactic Puzzle Hunts 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
- Brian Chen (betaveros) - Developer for gph-site, Creator of puzzlehunt.net, Developer and author for Mystery Hunt 2015, 2021, Galactic Puzzle Hunts 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
- Jacqui Fashimpaur - Creative lead and author for Mystery Hunt 2023 and Teammate Hunt 2021, artist and author for Teammate Hunt 2020
- Mark Halpin - Creator of Labor Day Extravaganzas, story captain and author for Mystery Hunt 2022, author for Mystery Hunts 2008, 2010, 2016
- Jamie Hargrove - Logic puzzle constructor.
- Jack Lance - Creator of P.I. Hunts.
- Dan Katz - Author of Puzzlvaria blog, author for Mystery Hunts 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2019
- Jonah Ostroff (Softfro) - Creator of "Google Sheets Puzzle Tricks", author for Microsoft Puzzle Hunts 2019, 2020, 2021 and author for QoDE Puzzle Hunt
- CJ Quines - Author of "200 Puzzles, 50 hours later" blog-post series, Head Scribe and Author for 2020, Author for Mystery Hunt 2021, Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2022
- Will Shortz - Long time editor for New York Times crosswords. Notably not involved with puzzlehunts.
- Charles Steinhardt - Author for Mystery Hunts 2013, 2015, 2018, and Caltech Puzzle Hunt
- Ian Tullis - Author for Mystery Hunts 2009, 2011, 2020, as well as various west coast puzzle events
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