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).
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).
1998 XYZZY Awards
14 games in 10 divisions; award date February 6, 1999
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.
1997 XYZZY Awards
19 games in 10 divisions; award date February 5, 1998
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.
1996 XYZZY Awards
17 games in 8 divisions; award date February 8, 1997
2nd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (1996)
26 games; award date December 2, 1996
The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
First Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (1995)
12 games in 2 divisions; award date November 15, 1995
The annual competition for original IF, judged by the readership of rec.arts.int-fiction.
Softworks AGT Competition 1991
11 games; award date March 5, 1992
2012 Hugo Comp
5 games
2017 XYZZY Awards
23 games in 12 divisions
The category Best Technological Development had only one nominee: Vorple for Glulx 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...
@party Interactive Fiction Competition 2010
2 games
A competition of games written for the 2010 @party demoparty, judged by its attendees.
A Maze Berlin 2015
1 game
Association of Educational and Communications Technology (AECT) Design and Development Showcase, 2017
1 game
Nick's Dilemma was selected to be showcased at the 2017 annual Association of Educational and Communications Technology Design and Development Showcase in Jacksonville, Florida.
ChickenComp
19 games
A minicomp for tiny games where the theme is A CHICKEN CROSSING A ROAD. Games were released on 18-Jun-1998.
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...
DragonComp
7 games
The premise is to write a short game about one or more dragons and make it as funny as possible.
EctoComp 2017
32 games in 4 divisions
You shudder, walking through the night breeze. Lights are flickering off in the distance and your chance of reaching safety in time is slimming. A shadow moves swiftly to your left; your gaze darts towards it but it disappears. Suddenly...