1st place	The Meteor, The Stone And A Long Glass Of Sherbet by Graham Nelson
2nd place	Tapestry by Daniel Ravipinto
3rd place	Delusions by C. E. Forman
4th place	Small World by Andrew D. Pontious
5th place	Kissing the Buddha's Feet by Leon Lin
6th place	Fear by Chuan-Tze Teo
7th place	Maiden of the Moonlight by Brian P. Dean
8th place	Wearing the Claw by Paul O'Brian
9th place	Alien Abduction? by Charles Gerlach
10th place	Aayela by Magnus Olsson
11th place	Lists and Lists by Andrew Plotkin
12th place	Ralph by Miron Schmidt
13th place	Reverberations by Russell Glasser
14th place	The Land Beyond the Picket Fence by Martin Oehm
15th place	In the End by Joe Mason
16th place	Piece of Mind by Giles Boutel
17th place	Phlegm by Jason Dyer
18th place	Sir Ramic Hobbs and the Oriental Walk by Gil Williamson
19th place	Stargazer by Jonathan Fry
20th place	Of Forms Unknown by Chris Markwyn
21st place	Curse of Eldor by Stuart Allen
22nd place	Don't Be Late by Greg Ewing
23rd place	House of the Stalker by Jason Clayton White
24th place	Rippled Flesh by Ryan Stevens
25th place	Punkirita Quest 1: Liquid by Ryan Stevens
26th place	My First Stupid Game by Dan McPherson

The organizer of the 1996 Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was Kevin Wilson.