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News - The 2021 Independent Games Festival submissions are now open

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The 2021 Independent Games Festival submissions are now open

<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/the-2021-independent-games-festival-submissions-are-now-open.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>The 2021 Independent Games Festival (IGF) is now <a href="https://igf.com/submit-your-game">accepting submissions</a> for the 23<sup>rd</sup> annual iteration of the event. IGF is the longest running festival, summit and showcase celebrating independent games and their creators.</p>
<p>The IGF is part of the Game Developers Conference 2021, which will take place as a hybrid physical and online event from July&nbsp;19<sup>th</sup> through July 23<sup>rd</sup> at San Francisco’s&nbsp;Moscone&nbsp;Convention Center and virtually. Entries for all of the IGF categories will be accepted now through February 1, 2021, with finalists announced in early May 2021.</p>
<p>Developers submitting games should know that the IGF is working to ensure a safe and accessible awards ceremony for GDC 2021. Nominees will have the opportunity to accept awards in-person or submit a remote acceptance speech.</p>
<p>Finalists will be selected by hundreds of industry peers across game development &amp; media, with specially selected juries picking the winners of each award.</p>
<p>The IGF will nominate standout titles for Excellence in Visual Art, Excellence in Audio, Excellence in Design, Excellence in Narrative and Best Student Game, with six finalists each. The special&nbsp;Nuovo&nbsp;Award, which honors the title that ‘makes the jurors think differently about games as a medium,’ will have eight finalists. The IGF Audience Award will be decided by a public web-based poll that features all the competition finalists. Finally, six finalists will be selected to compete for the&nbsp;Seumas&nbsp;McNally Grand Prize.</p>
<p>The Independent Games Festival has served as a springboard for games that have gone on to become critical and cultural hits. Previous IGF prize winners from the past 20 years include&nbsp;<em>A Short Hike, Return of the&nbsp;Obra&nbsp;Dinn, Quadrilateral Cowboy, Night in the Woods, Her Story, Papers, Please,&nbsp;Spelunky,&nbsp;Braid, Castle Crashers </em>and many more of the game industry’s breakthrough independent titles.</p>
<p>Submissions to the competition are&nbsp;<a href="http://igf.com/submit-your-game">now open to all independent game developers</a>. Important dates for IGF 2021 are as follows:</p>
<p>—&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; December 7, 2020 – Submissions are Open</p>
<p>—&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; February 1, 2021 – Submission Deadline</p>
<p>—&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Early May, 2021 – IGF Finalists Announced</p>
<p>—&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; July 19 – July 23, 2021 – Game Developers Conference 2021</p>
<p>—&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; July 19 – July 20, 2021 – Independent Games Summit @ GDC 2021</p>
<p>—&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; July 21 – July 23, 2021 – IGF Pavilion @ GDC 2021</p>
<p>—&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; July 21, 2021 – IGF Awards Ceremony (Winners announced)</p>
<p>Independent Games Festival organizers would like to encourage submissions from those making interesting or experimental works who, because of the entry fee, might otherwise not enter the contest.</p>
<p>Those creators interested in applying for a waiver on the full ($75) entry fee can find additional details and the waiver application form on the&nbsp;<a href="http://igf.com/submit-your-game">submissions page</a>. Applications are due by Jan&nbsp;11th, 2021. If selected, entrants will be invited to submit to the IGF 2021 without paying the entry fee.</p>
<p>For more information on the 2021 Independent Games Festival, including submission specifics and frequently asked questions, please visit the official&nbsp;<a href="http://igf.com/">Independent Games Festival website</a>. IGF entries can be submitted&nbsp;<a href="http://igf.com/submit-your-game">here</a>.</p>
<p>For more information on GDC 2021 in general visit the show’s&nbsp;<a href="http://gdconf.com/">official website</a>, or subscribe to regular updates via <a href="http://www.facebook.com/GameDevelopersConference">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Official_GDC">Twitter</a>, or <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/GameDevelopersConference">RSS</a>.</p>
<p><strong><em>Gamasutra, IGF, and GDC are sibling organizations under Informa Tech</em></strong></p>
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