View source for IFComp 1997

{{Event
|Type=Competition
|Series=No
|Part of series=The Annual IF Competition
|IFDB event id=t5127frvto2shut
|Image=IFComp 1997 logo.gif
|Organisers=Gerry Kevin Wilson
|Total=34
|Event dates={{Event date
|Event what=Registration ends
|Event when=1997/09/01
}}{{Event date
|Event what=Submissions due
|Event when=1997/09/30
}}{{Event date
|Event what=Voting begins
|Event when=1997/10/08
}}{{Event date
|Event what=Voting ends
|Event when=1997/12/31
}}{{Event date
|Event what=Results announced
|Event when=1998/01/10
}}
}}
The '''3rd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition''' was organized by [[Gerry Kevin Wilson|G. Kevin Wilson]].

==1997 IF Comp Results==
# ''[[The Edifice]]'' ([[Lucian P. Smith]]; [[Z-code]]).
# ''[[Babel]]'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]).
# ''[[Glowgrass]]'' ([[Nate Cull]]; TADS 2).                    
# ''[[She's Got a Thing for a Spring]]'' ([[Brent VanFossen]]; Z-code).
# ''[[A Bear's Night Out]]'' ([[David Dyte]]; Z-code).
# ''[[Sunset Over Savannah]]'' ([[Ivan Cockrum]]; TADS 2).
# ''[[Poor Zefron's Almanac]]'' ([[Carl Klutzke]]; TADS 2).
# ''[[The Lost Spellmaker]]'' ([[Neil Brown]]; Z-code).
# ''[[Sins Against Mimesis]]'' ([[Adam Thornton]] as "One of The Bruces"; Z-code).
# ''[[A New Day]]'' ([[Jonathan Fry]]; Z-code).
# ''[[Zero Sum Game]]'' ([[Cody Sandifer]]; TADS 2).
# ''[[Zombie!]]'' ([[Scott W. Starkey]]; TADS 2).
# ''[[The Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang]]'' ([[Neil deMause]]; TADS 2).
# ''[[Travels in the Land of Erden]]'' ([[Laura A. Knauth]]; Z-code).
# ''[[Unholy Grail]]'' ([[Stuart Allen]]; [[JACL]]).
# ''[[Friday Afternoon]]'' ([[Mischa Schweitzer]]; Z-code).
# ''[[Madame L'Estrange and the Troubled Spirit]]'' ([[Ian Ball]] and [[Marcus Young]]; Z-code).
# ''[[Sylenius Mysterium]]'' ([[C. E. Forman]] as "whomever wrote it"; Z-code).
# ''[[Phred Phontious and the Quest for Pizza]]'' ([[Michael Zey]]; Z-code).
# ''[[Down (game)|Down]]'' ([[Kent Tessman]]; [[Hugo]]).
# ''[[VirtuaTech]]'' ([[David Glasser]]; TADS 2).
# ''[[The Obscene Quest of Dr. Aardvarkbarf]]'' ([[Gary Roggin]]; TADS 2).
# ''[[A Good Breakfast]]'' ([[Stuart Adair]]; Z-code).
# ''[[The Town Dragon]]'' ([[David Cornelson]]; Z-code).
# ''[[The Tempest]]'' ([[Graham Nelson]]; Z-code).
# ''[[Temple of the Orc Mage]]'' ([[Gary Roggin]]; TADS 2).
# ''[[E-Mailbox]]'' ([[Jay Goemmer]]; [[AGT]]).
# ''[[Pintown]]'' ([[Stefan Blixt]]; Z-code).
# ''[[Leaves (by Mikko Vuorinen)|Leaves]]'' ([[Mikko Vuorinen]]; [[Alan]]).
# ''[[Congratulations!]]'' ([[Frederick Hirsch]]; Z-code).
# ''[[CASK]]'' ([[Harry M. Hardjono]]; Z-code).
# ''[[Symetry]]'' ([[Ryan Stevens]] as "Rybread Celsius"; Z-code).
# ''[[Aunt Nancy's House]]'' ([[Nate Schwartzman]]; Z-code).
# ''[[Coming Home]]'' ([[Andrew Katz]]; Z-code).

==Miss Congeniality Awards==
No awards were made in 1997.

==Links==
* [https://ifcomp.org/comp/1997 Results, on ifcomp.org]
* {{link|deadurl=http://ifcomp.org/comp97|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20020115103733/http://www.ifcomp.org/comp97/|Older ifcomp site}}, including rules.
* The original website:
** [[Jason Melancon]]'s page (hosting the voting form), as it stood {{link|deadurl=http://www.afn.org/~afn55673/contest/|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/19970809051545/http://www.afn.org/~afn55673/contest/|before submissions closed}}.
** Mirror at ifcompetition.org, as it stood {{link|deadurl=http://www.ifcompetition.org/|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/19971224192122/http://www.ifcompetition.org/|during voting}} and {{link|deadurl=http://ifcompetition.org/|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/19980204110453/http://ifcompetition.org/|after the results}}.
* Newsgroup postings:
** {{rgifmsg|msgid=333334ec.573326026@news.gte.net|cmid=c/v4QApg-DS5g/m/hN9R3dlvTWgJ|Call For Unofficial Contest Beta-testers}}  (23-Mar-1997) (also announcing the website).
** {{rgifmsg|msgid=5s592r$s4n@agate.berkeley.edu|cmid=c/n62xrAVSaGY/m/9pfs82qDzPMJ|&#91;CONTEST&#93; News, reminders}} (04-Aug-1997).
** {{rgifmsg|msgid=69774v$sh5@chile.earthlink.net|cmid=c/rHiY1_Y_XzA/m/K7jo29LeP1AJ|&#91;IF-COMP97&#93; Contest Results (sans Prize Draft)}} (10-Jan-1998).
** {{raifmsg|msgid=19980210024900.VAA25772@ladder02.news.aol.com|cmid=c/AfsqgA5yY5M/m/Yn2Ibms7DSgJ|&#91;IF Comp&#93; Complete list of winners}} (10-Feb-1998).
* {{link|deadurl=http://wurb.com/if/award/1#6|Baf's Guide}}
* {{ifarchive index|games/competition97/}}.
* {{spag issue|13}} - COMPETITION SPECIAL - February 5, 1998.
* {{Mathbrush ifcomp review|year=1997|url=https://intfiction.org/t/history-of-ifcomp-year-by-year-1997/11505}}.

===Reviews===
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/9dfd81bdfa74d23a Reviews] by [[Suzanne Britton]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/6753ed4f9f4896f7 Brief comments] by [[Neil Brown]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/605d2712c066f817 Reviews] by [[Adam Cadre]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/a3ae083ce37d3314 Superbrief hits] by [[Lelah Conrad]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/96708be595db5333 Brief comments] by [[David Dyte]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/f8d61b65f976d6fd Reviews: 1], [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/ea82eec257438b7c 2], [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/297180c773504fdb 3] and [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/dbb23fc683e48634 4] by [[C.E. Forman]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/2dfc7e1ea7646ea4 Reviews] by [[John Francis]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/8e499ba7b108a5a9 Dead link to reviews] by [[Phoebe M. Fuentes]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/c0ecb6c416c650fc Brief comments] by [[David Glasser]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/36f0c5350279c305 Reviews] by [[Russell Glasser]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/8ff45daae7dcb38b Reviews] by [[Steven Howard]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/1f19403c8510bff7 Reviews] by [[Mary K. Kuhner]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/bbcf24edc90eec08 Reviews] by [[Dennis Matheson]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/c36345b9c7cb85d8 Brief comments] by [[Brock Kevin Nambo]]
* [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#97list Reviews] by [[Paul O'Brian]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/9e329d0ceb630343 Reviews] by [[Brad O'Donnell]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/39e92dc37cc5a56d Reviews: 1], [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/6632302d5e6d7445/a80326579bd59018 2] and [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/ef2c17be64f990fa 3] by [[Marnie Parker]]
* [http://eblong.com/zarf/gamerev/comp97.html Reviews] by [[Andrew Plotkin]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/624997696aabd22c Votes] and [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/bd39702b969ece09 Some Awards] by [[Gunther Schmidl]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/d2d45f0aa33845b8 Personal Notes about the Competition] by [[Miron Schmidt]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/5cce778aab9e97be Competition Thoughts] by [[Duncan Stevens]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/631bfc5addbcf116 Reviews: 1] and [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/13318e6ec2ba44d1 2] by [[Michael Straight]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/7fbf3cd496306cef Brief reviews] by [[Adam Thornton]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/369ef7d6b677f438 Reviews: Intro], [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/ee4c5f7e21d0c3b8 1], [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/728ff57d89c03e32 2], [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/39b863985de44792 3] and [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/fb2e43976d30620d 4] by [[Christine Simoes Tilden]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/52628cb9c6f90076 Reviews] by [[Roger Burton West]]

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