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).
2003 XYZZY Awards
15 games in 10 divisions; award date March 2, 2004
ADRIFT End Of Year Comp 2003
6 games; award date December 31, 2003
ADRIFT End of Year Comp 2003 was for any ADRIFT game released during 2003.
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.
Saugus.net Halloween Ghost Story Contest 2003
1 game; award date October 31, 2003
A yearly Halloween contest for ghost stories that started in 1998. This was the second year in which it accepted interactive fiction stories.
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).
Spring Thing 2003
4 games; award date April 22, 2003
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...
2002 XYZZY Awards
19 games in 10 divisions; award date February 3, 2003
ADRIFT End Of Year Comp 2002
6 games; award date December 31, 2002
ADRIFT End of Year Comp 2002 was for any ADRIFT game released during 2002.
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.
Saugus.net Halloween Ghost Story Contest 2002
1 game; award date October 31, 2002
A yearly Halloween contest for ghost stories that started in 1998. This was the first year that it accepted interactive fiction entries.
The Top Five IF Games (Adventure Gamers, 2002)
10 games; award date September 23, 2002
A countdown of the best IF released between 1995 and 2002, intended to be useful to IF newcomers.
ADRIFT Summer Comp 2002
2 games; award date August 25, 2002
ADRIFT Summer Comp 2002 also called the Adrift Summer Minicomp ran during August 2002. The organizer was Ken Franklin. The submission deadline was 16:00 GMT on Sunday 18 August 2002. Judging ended at 16:00 GMT on Sunday 25 August 2002.
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...
2001 XYZZY Awards
20 games in 10 divisions; award date March 9, 2002
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.