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1999 Spring IF Art Show

3 games in 2 divisions; award date May 7, 1999

A competition for IF art pieces with minimal use of plots or puzzles. Entrants were expected to focus on objects (Still Life division), scenery (Landscape division), or NPCs (Portrait division).

1999 Summer IF Art Show

2 games; award date September 8, 1999

A competition for IF art pieces with minimal use of plots or puzzles. Entrants were expected to focus on objects (Still Life division), scenery (Landscape division), or NPCs (Portrait division).

2000 IF Art Show

8 games in 4 divisions; award date April 2, 2000

A competition for IF art pieces with minimal use of plots or puzzles. Entrants were expected to focus on objects (Still Life division), scenery (Landscape division), or NPCs (Portrait division).

2001 IF Art Show

4 games in 2 divisions; award date April 17, 2001

A competition for IF art pieces with minimal use of plots or puzzles. Entrants were expected to focus on objects (Still Life division), scenery (Landscape division), or NPCs (Portrait division).

2003 IF Art Show

6 games in 3 divisions; award date May 3, 2003

A competition for IF art pieces with minimal use of plots or puzzles. Entrants were expected to focus on objects (Still Life division), scenery/rooms (Landscape division), NPCs (Portrait division), or activities (Event division).

2004 IF Art Show

5 games in 3 divisions; award date June 9, 2004

2007 IF Art Show

3 games in 3 divisions; award date May 31, 2007

Project Revival Jam 2

1 game

They know you abandoned them, and they're back for revenge. Maybe it's a project you have long-since forgotten. Maybe it's a half-finished experiment gathering dust in your lab. Maybe it's an idea that haunts your dreams. Maybe it's a...

SeedComp! - 2023

18 games in 10 divisions

SeedComp! is a 2-round interactive fiction game jam, focusing on creativity and the growth of ideas. Join our Discord! SeedComp! is separated into 2 distinct rounds: Planting and Sprouting. You can take part in either or both. The first...

Short Games Showcase 2024

93 games in 7 divisions; award date January 26, 2025

The Short Games Showcase is an opportunity to show off shorter interactive fiction works made in the past year (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024), regardless of whether they've been submitted to any previous jam or competition or not, and...

Spring Thing 2019

20 games in 2 divisions; award date May 6, 2019

The Spring Thing Interactive Festival is an annual online festival celebrating new works of interactive fiction; it takes place in the Spring, usually April-May. IF fans of all backgrounds are encouraged to enter their new works, or play...

The IF Short Games Showcase 2023

70 games in 6 divisions; award date January 27, 2024

The Short Games Showcase is an opportunity to show off shorter interactive fiction works made in the past year (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023), regardless of whether they've been submitted to any previous jam or competition or not, and...

@party competition 2011

1 game; award date June 19, 2011

An interactive fiction competition at @party 2011, a computer art festival in Harvard, Massachusetts, USA.

10th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2004)

36 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2004

The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.

10th IF Grand Prix 2016

4 games; award date May 2, 2016

German language IF competition as announced on Nov 21, 2015 on if-de forum http://forum.ifzentrale.de/viewtopic.php?t=1375

11th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2005)

36 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2005

The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.

12th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2006)

43 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2006

The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.

12th IF Grand Prix 2022

6 games; award date May 2, 2022

German language IF competition as announced on Nov 25, 2021 on if-de forum https://if-forum.org/topic.php?id=1269

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.

13th IF Grand Prix 2023

4 games; award date May 2, 2023

German language IF competition as announced on Nov 30, 2022 on if-de forum https://if-forum.org/topic.php?id=1288 https://ifwizz.de/grand-prix-2023.html https://ifwizz.de/grand-prix-2023-ergebnisse.html

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.

14th IF Grand Prix 2024

5 games; award date May 2, 2024

German language IF competition as announced on Oct 31, 2023 on if-de forum https://if-forum.org/topic.php?id=1311 https://ifwizz.de/grand-prix-2024.html

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.

15th IF Grand Prix 2025

4 games; award date May 16, 2025

German language IF competition

16th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2010)

26 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2010

The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.

17th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2011)

38 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2011

The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.

18th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2012)

28 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2012

The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.

19th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2013)

35 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2013

The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.

2016 ADRIFT End of the Year Comp.

8 games; award date June 8, 2017

The Rules of engagement are as follows: 1: Game must be written in either Adrift V4 or V5 2. Must be an original work. 3. Must be released in 2016 4. Judging will last a month (or shorter if we only get a few games, or longer if we get...

2017 XYZZY Awards

23 games in 12 divisions; award date June 4, 2018

The category Best Technological Development had only one nominee: Vorple for Glulx

2018 XYZZY Awards

29 games in 12 divisions; award date August 14, 2019

Best Technological Development:...

2019 ADRIFT Game of the Year Award

9 games; award date April 3, 2020

2019 was a pretty good year for Adrift with 11 games released and a couple of them even entering the Annual IF Competition. The rules for being taken into consideration for the award are simple. 1: The game must be written using the...

2022 XYZZY Awards

19 games in 12 divisions; award date January 8, 2024

Best Technological Development:...

20th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2014)

42 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2014

The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.

21st Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2015)

53 games in 2 divisions; award date November 16, 2015

The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.

22nd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2016)

58 games in 2 divisions; award date November 17, 2016

The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.

23rd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2017)

79 games in 2 divisions; award date November 17, 2017

The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.

24th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2018)

77 games in 2 divisions; award date November 17, 2018

The annual competition for original IF with a maximum playing time of 2 hours.

2nd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (1996)

27 games in 2 divisions; award date December 2, 1996

The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.

3rd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (1997)

34 games; award date January 10, 1998

The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.

4th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (1998)

27 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 1998

The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.

5th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (1999)

37 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 1999

The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.

6th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2000)

53 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2000

The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.

7th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2001)

51 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2001

The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.

7th Annual New Year's Minicomp

5 games

Hi! Look at the time, it's my pleasure to announce the 7th annual New Year's Minicomp! For those unfamiliar with this, a short explanation as to the motivation behind it. It's meant to offer people a chance at writing a small work of IF...

8th IF Grand Prix 2014

4 games; award date May 2, 2014

German language IF competition announced on Dec 10, 2013 on if-de forum http://forum.ifzentrale.de/viewtopic.php?t=1267. Voting results from May 1, 2014: http://ifwizz.de/grand-prix-2014-ergebnisse.html

8th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2002)

38 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2002

The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.

9th IF Grand Prix 2015

4 games; award date May 2, 2015

German language IF competition announced on Dec 1, 2014 on if-de forum http://forum.ifzentrale.de/viewtopic.php?t=1338.

9th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2003)

30 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 2003

The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.

ADRIFT Intro Comp 2005

8 games

The challenge is to come up with a brilliant beginning to an Adrift game that is in a working playable form. This must really make the player want to actually continue with the rest of the game, if it existed. So, it is a competition for...

ADRIFT Summer Comp 2004

6 games

Rules for this competition Time limited. The game is must be written during the period 15-22 August 2004. To ensure compliance there will be required first and completion line for the game, as well as a compulsory object to be announced...

AdventureJam 2020

6 games; award date June 5, 2020

AdventureJam 2020 (Six IF-games were entered into this more general adventure game jam, which had 67 entries) Create an Adventure Game in Two Weeks: April 21st-May 5th! AdventureJam returns this year with a few changes! As always, anyone...

Beginner's Game Competition 2017

3 games; award date August 31, 2017

Goal: To create a beginner’s game that will be suitable for IF newcomers and (hopefully) wet their appetite for playing other games, or maybe even create their own. Suggestion: Put yourself in the player’s shoes. This is your first...

Casual Gameplay Design Competition #7

30 games; award date February 22, 2010

We are pleased to announce a very special Casual Gameplay Design Competition, one focused entirely on interactive fiction! For CGDC #7, we're calling on IF authors to craft one-room games incorporating the theme "escape". It's text-only...

Cover Stories

11 games

Cover Stories was a game jam / minicomp for artists and creators of interactive fiction. In the first stage, artists created or sourced images that they thought would make good covers for an IF game; in the second, authors chose covers...

ECTOCOMP 2008

7 games

The annual Adrift Hallowe'en (horror and sci-fi) themed competition. Entries must be completed in 3 hours. ULES: * The theme is fairly general; ghost stories, horror, the supernatural, weird fiction, spine-chilling tales, pulp magazine...

Ectocomp 2009

3 games; award date November 17, 2009

The annual Adrift Hallowe'en (horror and sci-fi) themed competition. Entries must be completed in 3 hours. "Ectocomp is a Speed IF Competition for Hallowe'en. Entries can be darn near anything (they don't always turn out to be horror,...

Ectocomp 2011

10 games; award date December 2, 2011

The 5th annual Hallowe'en speed-IF competition. Entries are all written in 3 hours or less. Traditionally an ADRIFT-only event, 2011 is notable for being the first Ectocomp to allow non-ADRIFT entries.

First Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (1995)

12 games in 2 divisions; award date October 4, 1995

The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.

French Comp 2005

5 games; award date October 26, 2005

The first annual competition for IF games in French.

French Comp 2006

4 games; award date December 29, 2006

Second edition of the semi-regular French IF Comp

French Comp 2007

5 games; award date February 17, 2008

The third annual competition for IF games in French.

French Comp 2008

5 games; award date December 16, 2008

4th edition of the semi-regular French IF Comp.

French Comp 2009

3 games; award date February 9, 2009

5th edition of the semi-regular French IF Comp

French Comp 2011

6 games; award date April 22, 2012

7th edition (6th was cancelled) of the semi-regular French IF Comp.

GameplayComp

1 game; award date November 20, 2009

The aim of GameplayComp is to create a game which explores non-traditional forms of gameplay while still remaining IF.

imaginary games jam

16 games

Premise: The authors received a randomized list of five imaginary games created by other participants in the jam. They were to pick one (or more) and make: a sequel, a prequel, a fan fiction, a critical response game, a sidequel, a...

inkJam 2023

24 games; award date October 4, 2023

The inkJam is an annual community organized jam focused on storytelling and narrative games written in ink. When does it begin? The jam begins on Friday, October 20th, 9PM CEST. Who can enter? Everyone is more than welcome, either alone...

InsideADRIFT Game of the Year Comp 2006

6 games; award date December 31, 2006

This is a competition for any game made using ADRIFT that was either released during the calendar year 2006 or has not been previously released. The winners of mainstream ADRIFT competitions (eg: InsideADRIFT Summer Comp 2006, ADRIFT...

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...

InsideADRIFT Summer Comp 2006

3 games; award date July 21, 2006

InsideADRIFT Summer Comp 2006 for unreleased games created in ADRIFT. The deadline was June 30th, 2006. This date was earlier to reduce possible scheduling conflicts with Spring Thing and IF Comp. The voting deadline was 21st July 2006....

Interactive Fiction Top 50 of All Time (2011 edition)

48 games; award date October 1, 2011

People were asked to send in a list of between 1 and 20 of their favourite IF games of all time (in no particular order). The number of points a game got was the number of lists on which it appeared. 35 participants cast a total of 437...

Interactive Fiction Top 50 of All Time (2015 edition)

50 games; award date March 18, 2015

Interactive Fiction Top 50 of All Time (2019 edition)

68 games; award date August 2, 2019

Interactive Fiction Top 50 of All Time (2023 edition)

70 games; award date September 15, 2023

Locus Jam 2024

15 games

The Locus Jam is an interactive fiction mini-jam all about places, spaces, and rooms. Come create an IF piece set in one specific place! This jam is a commemoration of Porpentine's Locus Jam.

Nouvim 3000 - 2019 edition

7 games

This is primarily a French language interactive fiction jam. You may participate in a very poor French ;) or even in another language, but in this later case we won't garantee any feedback on your game. If you want to ask questions on an...

Nouvim 3000 - 2022 edition

7 games

ParserComp 2021

18 games; award date August 2, 2021

An annual IF/Text Adventure competition with a focus on text input & output (parser) games. Graphics are allowed, sounds are allowed, clickable words are allowed, but the core method of control should be a keyboard (or voice if it...

Partim 500 - 2022 edition

10 games

SERVEUR DISCORD FRANCOPHONE : https://discord.gg/vrmGavw This is primarily a French language interactive fiction jam. You may participate in a very poor French ;) or even in another language, but in this later case we won't garantee any...

Partim500 - Edition 2023

9 games

Partim500 - Edition 2024

11 games

PAX East 2010 Speed-IF

11 games

Also known as PAX East Speed-IF, the sixty-eighth Speed-IF ran live on Saturday, March 27th, 1:30pm to 2:30 pm, in the IF Suite at PAX East 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts. The organizer was David A. Cornelson. Entries from off-site were...

PAX East 2011 Speed-IF

9 games

The seventy-first Speed-IF, with no particular name, took place at PAX East 2011 in Boston on March 12th, 2011. The organizer was David Cornelson. Topics were chosen via a madlibs in the early afternoon. Authors had until 10:30pm to send...

PunyJam #2

3 games; award date December 6, 2021

A jam where you write a text adventure using the PunyInform library. If you haven't heard of PunyInform before, the fastest way to get started is probably by reading the articles and tutorials which are linked on the PunyInform page....

Questcomp 2013

2 games; award date July 17, 2013

Questcomp 2013 was the first IF Competition open exclusively to games created with Quest.

REALLY BAD IF

27 games

Welcome to Really Bad IF, the unranked interactive fiction jam where the goal is to simply make really bad IF games. Bring your terribly written, bug-riddled coded, nonsensical-story games along! (At the authors' request, not every work...

ShuffleComp 2023

15 games in 2 divisions; award date January 22, 2024

ShuffleComp 2023: The Re-Shuffling ShuffleComp is a musical interactive fiction competition where you make games based on songs, which are submitted by other entrants. The last ShuffleComp occurred in 2015. The rules here are largely...

ShuffleComp: Disc 2

17 games; award date May 27, 2015

ShuffleComp is an event for interactive fiction, both parser and hypertext, in which entrants write games based on music tracks. Entrants and other participants submit a list of songs and pseudonyms, and the organizer shuffles up all the...

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)

SpeedIF Without Number

5 games

Write a game where the PC is purple, at least to start with, for whatever reason. The subsequent tale must include a big white chef's hat, gravel, the triumphant return of somebody or something, and an evil fish (or any form of sealife.)...

Spring Thing 2002

1 game; award date June 2, 2002

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 Thing 2003

4 games; award date April 22, 2003

Spring Thing 2005

6 games; award date May 2, 2005

Spring Thing 2006

4 games; award date April 24, 2006

Spring Thing 2007

4 games; award date April 26, 2007

Spring Thing 2008

3 games; award date May 6, 2008

Spring Thing 2009

4 games; award date April 28, 2009

Spring Thing 2013

3 games; award date April 29, 2013

Spring Thing 2014

10 games; award date May 12, 2014

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