2007 IF Art Show
3 games in 3 divisions; award date May 31, 2007
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).
Spring Thing 2007
4 games; award date April 26, 2007
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...
2006 XYZZY Awards
21 games in 10 divisions; award date March 4, 2007
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...
French Comp 2006
4 games; award date December 29, 2006
Second edition of the semi-regular French IF Comp
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.
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....
Spring Thing 2006
4 games; award date April 24, 2006
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...
ADRIFT Writing Challenges Comp
4 games; award date April 1, 2006
The Wrting Challenges Comp was open for any unreleased Adrift game based on one of five given locations. The game should have no more than ten rooms as defined in the ADRIFT Generator. Competition entries are to be in by 18th March 2006...
2005 XYZZY Awards
18 games in 10 divisions; award date March 12, 2006
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.
French Comp 2005
5 games; award date October 26, 2005
The first annual competition for IF games in French.
Finish The Game Comp 2005
5 games; award date October 15, 2005
The object was to take the supplied incomplete game which has just six rooms (in Adrift v4.0 or v3.9) and turn it into a finished game. Items, NPCs, exits, etc, could be added to them but nothing could be taken away. Although you could...
InsideADRIFT Summer Comp 2005
5 games; award date August 28, 2005
The InsideADRIFT Summer Competition was open for any unreleased, but complete, Adrift games. Competition entries were to be in by 21 August 2005 with judging taking place in the following week. The voting deadline was 1500 GMT, Sunday,...
Spring Thing 2005
6 games; award date May 2, 2005
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...
InsideADRIFT Spring Comp 2005
5 games; award date May 1, 2005
The InsideADRIFT Spring Competition was open for any unreleased, but complete, Adrift games. Competition entries were to be in by 17 April 2005 with judging taking place in the following 2 weeks. The voting deadline was 1500 GMT, Sunday,...
2004 XYZZY Awards
17 games in 10 divisions; award date March 20, 2005
Commodore 32 Contest
6 games; award date December 15, 2004
The Commodore 32 Contest was run in 2004 by Dave Bernazzani, who challenged authors to enter Z-Code games whose story files were no larger than 32K in size. (Note that there is no Commodore 32 machine that runs Z-Code; that was just part...
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.
2004 IF Art Show
5 games in 3 divisions; award date June 9, 2004
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).