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Calendar · 18 festivals and awards · checked 1 Nov to 14 Nov 2026

Indie game festival and award deadlines 2026-2027

4 of the 18 festivals and awards in the calendar accept submissions now. The next deadline is Tokyo Indie Games Summit 2027 on 15 Nov 2026. 1 opens later and 2 have not announced a deadline yet.

Festivals pick games for an exhibition, awards for a jury. Both usually close months before the event, and some charge an entry fee. Every date comes from the organiser's own page, and each row says when we last read it there. How we check

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Open now (4)

  • Deadline 15 Nov 202623:59 GMT+9

    Tokyo Indie Games Summit 2027

    Festival · Tokyo Indie Games Summit · event 27-28 Mar 2027 · Tokyo, Japan

    Closing soon· 1 day left

    checked 14 Nov 2026

  • Deadline 8 Dec 202617:00 PST

    D.I.C.E. Awards 2027

    Award · Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences · ceremony 18 Feb 2027 · Las Vegas, Nevada

    Open· 24 days left

    checked 1 Nov 2026

  • Deadline 15 Dec 202623:59 PST

    Peabody Awards: Interactive and Immersive 2026

    Award · Peabody Awards (University of Georgia) · USD 450 fee

    Open· 31 days left

    checked 4 Nov 2026

  • Deadline 31 Jan 202716:00 GMT+9

    BitSummit Official Indie Selection 2027

    Festival · Japan Independent Games Aggregate (JIGA) · event 21-23 May 2027 · Kyoto, Japan · JPY 2,750 fee

    Open· 77 days left

    checked 9 Nov 2026

Opens later (1)

  • Opens 4 Jan 2027

    Indie Video Game Fest 2027

    Festival · Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore) · event 5 Jun 2027 · Baltimore, United States

    Opens later

    checked 4 Nov 2026

Deadline not announced (2)

  • Not announced

    A MAZE. / Berlin 2027

    Festival · A MAZE. · event 5-8 May 2027 · Berlin, Germany

    checked 8 Nov 2026

  • Not announced

    Develop:Star Awards 2027

    Award · Develop:Brighton (Tandem Events) · ceremony 14 Jul 2027

    checked 9 Nov 2026

Closed for this edition (11)

Each entry page points to the next edition once its dates are out.

Statuses as of 14 Nov 2026. When the organiser gives no time, a deadline counts from the start of that day in the earliest time zone. Each name opens its calendar entry, with the source.

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