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15th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2009)
24 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2009
The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
Saugus.net Halloween Contest 2009
3 games; award date October 31, 2009
A yearly Halloween contest for ghost stories. It has been open to interactive fiction entries since 2002, but none were submitted until 2009.
IntroComp 2009
3 games; award date September 19, 2009
Speed-IF 11th Anniversary
1 game
Write a game with the number 11, teaching, a dishwasher, steam, teleportation, a Marvel character, tossing fish, a long distance relationship, and something about one hour. Go! (from ifwiki.org)
ADRIFT IntroComp 2009
4 games; award date June 15, 2009
The ADRIFT IntroComp 2009 was a competition (organized by Ken Franklin) for ADRIFT games which are just introductions using no more than 3 locations. Judging was via a forum poll where the games could be discussed.
Spring Thing 2009
4 games; award date April 28, 2009
The Spring Thing, also known as the Fall Fooferall, is an annual competition that was originally conceived and organized by Adam Cadre. The Spring Thing is designed to operate at the opposite time of year from the annual IF Comp in...
Spring ting
3 games
The Spring ting was an ADRIFT competition. The submission deadline was April 1, 2009, 23:59 GMT. Only non-registered users of ADRIFT could submit games. The prize for the winner (and also, if there had been five or more entries, for the...
2008 XYZZY Awards
11 games in 10 divisions; award date March 14, 2009
French Comp 2009
3 games; award date February 9, 2009
5th edition of the semi-regular French IF Comp
French Comp 2008
5 games; award date December 16, 2008
4th edition of the semi-regular French IF Comp.
14th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2008)
35 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2008
The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
The Odd Competition
10 games
The Odd Competition is a competition for ADRIFT games, organized by Abbi Park a.k.a. "alsnpk". For this competition, authors need to pair up each one of these numbers: 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11, with one of these: rooms, objects, tasks, events,...
InsideADRIFT Summer Comp 2008
5 games; award date July 31, 2008
A competition for any unreleased, but complete, ADRIFT games, organized by Ken Franklin.
2008 AIF Minicomp
1 game; award date July 2, 2008
The AIF Minicomp is an annual competition for small AIF games.
The Comp With No Name 2008
3 games
The Comp With No Name 2008 was an ADRIFT competition organized by Cowboy. The submission deadline was by June 1, 2008 (that is, the end of May 2008, UK time). Only non-registered users of ADRIFT could submit games. The prize was a free...
Spring Thing 2008
3 games; award date May 6, 2008
The Spring Thing, also known as the Fall Fooferall, is an annual competition that was originally conceived and organized by Adam Cadre. The Spring Thing is designed to operate at the opposite time of year from the annual IF Comp in...
2007 XYZZY Awards
16 games in 10 divisions; award date March 9, 2008
French Comp 2007
5 games; award date February 17, 2008
The third annual competition for IF games in French.
InsideADRIFT Game of the Year Comp 2007
6 games; award date December 30, 2007
This is a competition for any game made using ADRIFT that was either released during the calendar year 2007 or has not been previously released. The winners of mainstream ADRIFT competitions (eg: Ectocomp 2007) will automatically be...
13th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2007)
27 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2007
The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.