Editing Interactive Fiction Competition (section)

== Categories ==
Although the first competition had separate sections for [[Inform]] and [[TADS]] games, subsequent competitions have not been divided into sections and are open to games produced by any method, provided that the software used to play the game is freely available.

In addition to the main competition, the entries take part in the Miss Congeniality contest, where the participating authors vote for three games (not including their own). This was started in 1998 to distribute that year's surplus prizes; this additional contest has remained unchanged since then, even without the original reason for its existence.

There is also a 'Golden Banana of Discord' side contest; the distinction is given to the entry with scores with the highest standard deviation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ifcomp.org/about/comp|title=IFComp – About the Competition|website=ifcomp.org|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>