Spring Thing
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Spring Thing is an annual competition to highlight works of Interactive Fiction (text adventure games and other literary works).
Adam Cadre, author of several works of Interactive Fiction, including the well-known Photopia, 9:05, and Varicella, announced the Spring Thing in 2001, both to promote works that would be longer than those entered into the Interactive Fiction Competition, and to encourage authors to submit works to the general public during other times of the year. It was run in 2002 and 2003, but Cadre did not host it the following year. Greg Boettcher picked up the slack, and hosted the Spring Thing from 2005 to 2008.
As with the more well-known Interactive Fiction Competition, works submitted to the Spring Thing must be released as freeware or public domain. Unlike that competition's limit of two hours per work, judges may spend as much time as necessary with an entry in the Spring Thing. The authors need to submit a small fee (currently $7) to enter.
[edit] List of winners to date
2002 -- Tinseltown Blues, by Chip Hayes - the sole entrant in that year
2003 -- Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus, by Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short (game's home page)
2004 -- The Spring Thing was on hiatus this year
2005 -- Whom the Telling Changed, by Aaron A. Reed
2006 -- De baron / The Baron, by Victor Gijsbers
2007 -- Fate, by Victor Gijsbers
2008 -- Pascal's Wager, by Doug Egan
