JIG is running a competition for short IF games with the theme of “escape”, designed for play and judging on their website. This is a cool opportunity to showcase IF for an audience of casual gamers (some of whom are already IF fans but don’t follow the community regularly). And there are some nice prizes for the top-ranking games, as well.
Entries are due Jan. 31, 2010, with a three-week judging period to follow.
Emily Short's Interactive Storytelling 
Hello Emily! I was in Passo Fundo last month, and I saw you talking about IF, I loved it! and now I wanna write my master degree project about it! hope to count with your help!
hugs!
Thanks for the heads up. I was tinkering with an idea that might just work.