Competition news

2015

January 2015

• 4: 8th Annual New Year's Interactive Fiction Event entries released. Organizer: Juhana Leinonen.

February 2015

• 20: My Compy Valentine entries released. Organizer: SPAG.

March 2015

• 15: ParserComp results announced. Winner: Chlorophyll (Steph Cherrywell; Glulx). Organizer: Carolyn VanEseltine.
• 16: Concours de Fictions Interactives Francophones 2015 results announced. Winner: L'Envol (Benjamin Roux; Z-code). Organizer: ifwizz interactive fiction.
• 25: Twiny Jam begins.

April 2015

• 4: Spring Thing 2015 entries released. Organizer: Aaron A. Reed.
• 9: Twiny Jam ends. 239 entries. Organizer: Porpentine.
• 26: XYZZY Awards 2014 results announced. Best Game: 80 Days (inkle, Meg Jayanth; iOS, Android) Organizer: Sam Kabo Ashwell.

May 2015

• 2: Interactive Fiction Grand Prix 2015 results announced. Winners: Die Akte Paul Bennet (Michael Baltes, Z-code) and Die schwarze Lilie (Hannes Schüller, Z-code).
• 27: ShuffleComp: Disc 2 results announced. Six commended entries. Organizer: Neil Butters.

August 2015

• 22: Introcomp 2015 results announced. Winner: Beyond Division (Joseph Geipel; Glulx). Organizer: Jacqueline A. Lott.

October 2015

• 1: IF Comp 2015 entries released.
• 31: Ectocomp 2015 entries released.

November 2015

• 15: IF Comp 2015 voting deadline.
• 16: IF Comp 2015 results announced. Winner: Brain Guzzlers from Beyond! (Steph Cherrywell; Glulx.)

December 2015

• 1: Ectocomp 2015 results announced. Winners: Open That Vein (Chandler Groover; Z-code) and Ashes (Glass Rat Media; Twine)

2016

January 2016

• 18: Deadline for authors' intents to enter The Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction. Organizer: Ryan Veeder.

February 2016

• 7: Phase 2 of imaginary games from imaginary universes closes. Organizer: Jason Dyer.
• 24: imaginary games from imaginary universes entries uploaded to IF archive.
• 28: The Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction entries due.

March 2016

• 8: Deadline for authors' intents to enter Spring Thing 2016. Organizer: Aaron A. Reed.
• 14: Results announced for The Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction.

April 2016

• 1: Spring Thing 2016 entry deadline.
• 6: Spring Thing 2016 entries released.
• 10: TinyUtopias IF Jam begins.
• 11: XYZZY Awards 2015 round 1 voting opens.

May 2016

• 1: XYZZY Awards 2015 round 1 voting deadline.
• 5: The Year of Adventure jam begins. Organizer: Robin Douglas Johnson.
• 7: Spring Thing 2016 ribbon nomination deadline.
• 8: Spring Thing 2016 results announced. Winners: Tangaroa Deep (Astrid Dalmady; Twine) and The Xylophoniad (Robin Johnson; HTML/Javascript).
• 8: Discworld Open Jam begins. Organizer: verityvirtue.
• 20: XYZZY Awards 2015 round 2 voting deadline.
• 28: XYZZY Awards 2015 Award Ceremony. Best Game: Birdland (Brendan Patrick Hennessy; Web browser).

June 2016

• 18: Bring Out Your Dead begins. Organizer: Emily Short.
• 25: Bring Out Your Dead ends.
• 30: IntroComp 2016 intent to enter deadline. Organizer: Jacqueline A. Lott.

July 2016

• 1: IF Comp 2016 intents to enter begin. Organizer: Jason McIntosh.
• 28: Discworld Open Jam ends.
• 31: IntroComp 2016 introduction submission deadline. Organizer: Jacqueline A. Lott

August 2016

• 5: IntroComp 2016 voting opens.

September 2016

• 1: IF Comp 2016 intent to enter deadline.
• 10: IntroComp 2016 voting deadline.
• 11: IntroComp 2016 results announced. Winner: Spellbound (Adam Perry; Glulx).
• 28: Submission deadline for IF Comp 2016 entries.

October 2016

• 1: IF Comp 2016 voting begins.
• 30: Ectocomp 2016 deadline for submitting entries.

November 2016

• 15: IF Comp 2016 voting deadline.
• 17: IF Comp 2016 results announced. Winner: Detectiveland (Robin Johnson).

December 2016

• 31: The Year of Adventure jam ends.