1st Bravo Awards

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

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 Huntinality 2021 (Huntinality) Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020 (20/20 Vision) Puzzle Potluck 4 Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 Honorable mentions: QoDE Puzzle Hunt UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Art Heist)
Short Hunt of the Year
Puzzle Potluck 4 Huntinality 2021 (Huntinality) Hunt20 2.1 Puzzle Hunt Paradox Puzzle Hunt UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Art Heist) Honorable mentions: CMU Puzzle Hunt Spring 2021 (Pirate Hunt) Inexact Puzzle Hunt 2021 Puzzle Rojak
Best Presentation
Teammate Hunt 2021 (Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum) MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 Puzzle Potluck 4 Honorable mentions: Huntinality 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 2020) Periscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020) 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: Huntinality 2021 (Huntinality) QoDE Puzzle Hunt
Best Metapuzzle
Infinite Corridor (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Jon Schneider Bulletin Board (Puzzle Potluck 4) - Curtis Liu, Darren Yin & Rajeev Nayak Firefly & Mr. Freeze (QoDE Puzzle Hunt) - Scott Handelman & Jonah Ostroff (ft. Adam Maresca) Hall of Mirrors (Teammate Hunt 2021) - Jacqui Fashimpaur, Liam Thomas & Samuel Yeom Periscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020) - Lewis Chen, Jon Schneider & Anderson Wang Honorable mentions: Getting Going (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) - Level 51 Microscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020) - Rahul Sridhar, Lewis Chen, Colin Lu & Anderson Wang Random Hall (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Colin Lu, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Robert Tunney & Anderson Wang Telescope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020) - Jon Schneider with additional contributions by Brian Chen, Colin Lu, Rahul Sridhar & Anderson Wang Tunnels (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Anderson Wang, Charles Tam, Curtis Chou, Jon Schneider & Lewis Chen
Best Feeder Puzzle
Circular Reasoning (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen & Robert Tunney Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020) - Lewis Chen & Anderson Wang The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020) - Yannick Yao Nutraumatic (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Jakob Weisblat & Rahul Sridhar Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) - Level 51 & Deusovi Time of Your Life (Teammate Hunt 2021) - Jacqui Fashimpaur Honorable mentions: 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000116 (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Lewis Chen
Most Elegant Puzzle
Circular Reasoning (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen & Robert Tunney The Bazaar (Teammate Hunt 2021) - Herman Chau & Joanna Sands Clusters (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Charles Tam & Robert Tunney Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020) - Lewis Chen & Anderson Wang MacGregor House (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Alan Huang, Colin Lu & Rahul Sridhar The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020) - Yannick Yao Minor Differences (QoDE Puzzle Hunt) - Nick Mitchell Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) - Level 51 & Deusovi Symbolic Table (Teammate Hunt 2021) - Olga Vinogradova
Nuovo Award for Puzzling Innovation
Infinite Corridor (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Jon Schneider All That's Left To Do Is Extract (Teammate Hunt 2021) - Ivan Wang, Alex Irpan & Rachel Wei Mystery Manor & Remember to Hydrate! (Teammate Hunt 2021) - Ivan Wang, Rachel Wei, Christopher Reyes & Liam Thomas Nutraumatic (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Jakob Weisblat & Rahul Sridhar Wah-Street Bets (Huntinality 2021) - Benji Nguyen, Dan Simon & Ryan Liu Honorable mentions: Bingo (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Jakob Weisblat, Joanna Sands & Rahul Sridhar Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020) - Lewis Chen & Anderson Wang
Best Introductory Puzzle
Hey, Can You Give Me A Hand With This Puzzle? (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Colin Lu, Jakob Weisblat, Leon Zhou & Lillian McKinley ✏️✉️➡️3️⃣5️⃣1️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Anderson Wang, Ben Yang, Jakob Weisblat & Lewis Chen Don't Let Me Down (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Anderson Wang Exactly (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Evan Chen, Curtis Chou, Linus Strese, Anderson Wang & Jakob Weisblat If You Give... (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) - mstang Qatalog (QoDE Puzzle Hunt) - Jonah Ostroff
Funniest Puzzle
MacGregor House (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Alan Huang, Colin Lu & Rahul Sridhar Meta-Eval Times & Pin The Tail (Teammate Hunt 2021) - Andrew He, Katie Dunn, Catherine Wu & Patrick Xia The Minimeta That Goes Wrong (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) - Level 51 Objection! (Teammate Hunt 2021) - Alex Irpan & Ivan Wang So You Think You Can Count (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Charles Tam Honorable mentions: Six Feet Under (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) - Level 51 Solving Pumpkin Patch with NO Given Pumpkins?! & Menagerial Problems (Teammate Hunt 2021) - Brian Lee, Joanna Sands, Patrick Xia, Edgar Chen & Ivan Wang
Best Twist on a Classic Style
Dropcrypt (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020) - Colin Lu, Jon Schneider, Anderson Wang & Robert Tunney Drop Tower (Puzzle Rojak) - Jonathan One Size Fits All (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Jon Schneider Overdone (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) - Level 51 Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) - Level 51 & Deusovi Honorable mention: Haunted House (Inexact Puzzle Hunt 2021) - Zach
Best Word Puzzle
Circular Reasoning (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen & Robert Tunney Bulletin Board (Puzzle Potluck 4) - Curtis Liu, Darren Yin & Rajeev Nayak Dropcrypt (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020) - Colin Lu, Jon Schneider, Anderson Wang & Robert Tunney PClueRS (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Chris Jones Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) - Level 51 & Deusovi
Best Logic Puzzle
Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020) - Lewis Chen, Anderson Wang Chimera (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) - lovemathboy Fun With Sudoku (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Josh Alman & Mitchell Lee Ignorance (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Jon Schneider, Brian Chen, Mitchell Lee & Xander Hughes Poison Ivy (QoDE Puzzle Hunt) - Scott Handelman, Jonah Ostroff & Adam Maresca RED SUS (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021) - lovemathboy & chaotic_iak STOP DOING LOGIC PUZZLES (CMU Puzzle Hunt Fall 2021) - Kevin Zhou/Kaz Symbolic Table (Teammate Hunt 2021) by Olga Vinogradova
Best Interactive Puzzle
Mystery Manor & Remember to Hydrate! (Teammate Hunt 2021) - Ivan Wang, Rachel Wei, Christopher Reyes & Liam Thomas Beep Arcade (Teammate Hunt 2021) - Herman Chau & David Hashe Meta-Eval Times & Pin The Tail (Teammate Hunt 2021) - Andrew He, Katie Dunn, Catherine Wu & Patrick Xia So You Think You Can Count (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Charles Tam Wah-Street Bets (Huntinality 2021) - Benji Nguyen, Dan Simon & Ryan Liu Honorable mention: Nutraumatic (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021) - Jakob Weisblat and Rahul Sridhar
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

• Link to the Discord server for the ceremony