Spring Thing 2026

Spring Thing, also known as the Autumnal Jumble, focuses on bringing together new text games of all kinds: choice-based stories, gamebooks, hypertext fictions, visual novels, text adventures, narrative roguelikes, and wild new experiments.

Entrants to the Main Festival can be nominated for a “Best In Show” ribbon, and all entries are eligible for custom “Audience Award” ribbons. Prize donors also gift fun, unique prizes, which Main Festival entrants have a chance to receive.

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Series: Spring Thing

Official Web site: https://www.springthing.net/2026/

Organizer(s): Brian Rushton profile

Award date: May 9, 2026

Submission deadline: April 4, 2026

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Main Festival

Main Festival games can be nominated for a "Best in Show" 'ribbon', and (unrelatedly) are eligible for prizes.

Entrant: 23 Minutes, by George Larkwright

Back Garden

Back Garden games don't participate in "Best in Show" voting and prizes, but have looser restrictions on entry.

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