I’m pretty new to the interactive fiction world, so this is my first year following the XYZZY awards.
If you played some interactive fiction you enjoyed that was released in 2012, you might want to vote for it in one of their many categories. Their list of nominees is vast and I believe it can be added to in the first round of voting, so if something you loved is missing from the list, you should email the XYZZY folks. The relevant address is listed on the nominees page.
Exciting!