Prizes

(You can also see the list of who chose what prize.)

Money and Gift Certificates

• £100, donated anonymously.
• $100, donated by Dan Shiovitz.
• $100, donated by Dan Schmidt.
• $50, donated by Dan Shiovitz.
• $50 gift certificate to Best Buy, donated by Mark Musante.
• $25 gift certificate to Powells.com bookstore, donated by Peter Berman.

Food

• Two bottles of "Adventurer's Ale"^*, donated by Doug Jones.
• English farmhouse cheddar, donated by Emily Short. Recipient must live in the continental US.
• An Ass Kickin'^TM Snackin' Basket, donated by Jay Penney.
• Two bottles of Italian wine^*, donated by Francesco Cordella.

^*You must be of the appropriate legal age to choose this prize.

Games

• The big pile of puzzles: a USA puzzle, two mystery puzzles (500 pieces each), a Las Vegas puzzle (513 pieces), and a computer puzzle (1000 pieces), donated by Billy Harris.
• Several Infocom game maps from the Invisiclues: Beyond Zork, Lurking Horror, Hollywood Hijinks, Bureaucracy, Ballyhoo, Stationfall, Enchanter, Sorcerer, Spellbreaker, Zork 1 - 3, Witness, AMFV, Trinity, Plundered Hearts, and Deadline, donated by Billy Harris.
• Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage, a CRPG/adventure game for the Nintendo 64, donated by Mark Silcox.
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in good condition and with all feelies, donated by Lelah Conrad.
• A Comp 2000 CD, donated by Tim Emmerich.
• The upcoming CD by the band Secret-Secret, containing the IF game City of Secrets by Emily Short. The leaflet is autographed by the band and by Emily. The game will run on Mac or Windows. The CD should ship before the end of 2001. Donated by Secret-Secret.
• Witch Trial, a Cheapass Game for 3 to 7 players, donated by Stephen Granade.
• Once and Future, unopened, donated by Paul O'Brian.
• Planescape: Torment (a new copy), a CRPG for Windows, donated by Paul O'Brian.
• Baldur's Gate (a new copy), a CRPG for Windows, donated by Paul O'Brian.
• Any game from the current Activision catalog, subject to availability (three prizes), donated by Activision.
• Jinxter (Firebird edition), complete with feelies, donated by Andy Sithers.
• The Neverhood for Windows, The Legend of Kyrandia 3 for DOS, and King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride for Windows (one prize), donated by Jason Dyer.
• Return to Zork, donated by David Samuel Myers.

Computer Hardware and Other Electronics

• A slightly-used Vadem Clio C-1000, a Windows CE machine, loaded with FrotzCE and several games, donated by Pascal Ludowissy.
• A used Technics SA-AX530 AV stereo receiver, donated by Mike Sousa.

Books and Magazines

• The Used Book Store Set: Ensign Flandry by Poul Anderson, All the Colors of Darkness by Lloyd Biggle, Jr., Replay by Ken Grimwood, and Guardians of Time by Poul Anderson, donated by Skip Rosebaugh.
• Planetfall by Arthur Byron Cover and Shadowkeep by Alan Dean Foster, donated by Torbjörn Andersson.
• The Lord of the Rings Millennium Edition and the BBC Audio rendition of the same (12 CDs), donated by David Cornelson.
• Callahan's Key by Spider Robinson, donated by Skip Rosebaugh.
• Whiteout, a graphic novel by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber, donated by Oren Ronen.
• A one-year subscription to Grampa Barmo's Discount Game Magazine, donated by Demian Katz.
• Characters and Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card, donated by Emily Short.
• $20 worth of books from Adam's For-Sale Books, donated by Adam Cadre.
• The 8-book ROMANCE NOVEL PAK: featuring Judith McNaught, Nora Roberts, and some fine-though-used regency romances, donated anonymously.
• The Cheerios Play Book and The Cheerios Animal Play Book, donated by Karalee Coleman.
• Gravity's Rainbow, used but in good condition, donated by Jonathan Rosebaugh.

Clothing

• A white Network Solutions ifarchive.org t-shirt, "complete with goofy Network Solutions logo on the front and emblazoned (if anything in a plain black sans-serif font can be) with 'ifarchive.org' across the back," size XL, donated by Paul Mazaitis. (A note from Paul: the shirt is not very durable, and probably won't stand up to repeated wearings.)

Music

• It's Not As Bad As I'm Making It Sound, an Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives album, donated by Dan Schmidt.
• A compilation CD of Finnish rock'n'roll, donated by Mikko Vuorinen.

Stuff

• Genuine Monkey Kitsch: monkey-shaped cast iron bottle opener and plastic salt and pepper shakers, donated by Tina Sikorski. (Note that the monkeys are wearing fezzes.)

Special Prizes

• A brand-new boxed copy of the CorelDRAW 10 Suite for either PC or Mac, to go to the highest-rated game which features graphics, donated by Gilles Duchesne. (In this case, "featuring graphics" means either the graphics are an integral part of the game or they are part of separate "feelies," and they consist of more than a token graphic or two. ASCII graphics are allowed.)
• Trophies for the top three authors, donated by Bill Shlaer.
• The Golden Banana of Discord, which is to go to the game whose scores have the highest standard deviation, donated by Brendan Barnwell.

Most any and all prizes are acceptable. If you have a prize you'd like to donate, please mail me.

This year's organizer is Stephen Granade.