Welcome to the SCP Wiki's Contest Archive!
Here, you can find an archived listing of all past contests hosted on the SCP Wiki throughout the years.1 Winners, concepts/themes, prize(s), hosts, and other relevant information will be listed. Links to their respective hubs will also be available along with each contest entry for convenience.
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2009 - 2012
Dr Gears 2009/8/07 - 2009/8/19
To celebrate Dr Gears's birthday (the user, not the character), a general horror-themed contest is run.
WINNER(S):
agatharights 2010/9/01 - 2010/9/30 (Variable)
Multiple short contests, each themed around a short prompt.
WINNER(S):
Varied (See hub)
SCP Wiki Staff 2011/7/27 - 2011/9/01
A contest to determine which SCP will go in the coveted SCP-1000 slot, themed around folktales and urban legends.
WINNER(S):
SCP-1000 - Bigfoot, thedeadlymoose
TroyL 2012/10/21 - 2012/10/31
A tale of themes which incorporate the SCP Foundation and an in-universe Halloween in some shape or form.
WINNER(S):
2013 - 2014
TroyL 2013/1/24 - 2013/2/05
A contest to create some new canons, which birthed some of the most popular onsite canons to this day.
WINNER(S):
The Unfounded Canon, by DrClef, Fantem, Photosynthetic, & Pig_catapult
DrEverettMann 2013/2/25 - 2013/3/22
Five questions, each dealing with an ambiguity or plot hole in another article, are posed. The authors were tasked to write tales answering said questions.
WINNER(S):
Children of Doubt, [Anonymous]
Drewbear 2013/8/01 - 2013/9/07
A contest centered around how pre-existing SCPs would interact with the passage of time.
WINNER(S):
SCP Wiki Staff 2013/11/23 - 2013/12/06
A contest to win the coveted SCP-2000 slot, themed around the concept of Sci-fi.
WINNER(S):
SCP-2000 - Deus Ex Machina, HammerMaiden
CryogenChaos 2014/3/07 - 2014/4/11
A contest to shine the spotlight on some woefully overlooked articles using tales.
WINNER(S):
TroyL 2014/6/20 - 2014/7/12
Some of our most famous Groups of Interest have their origins in this team contest, where teams of authors worked together to invent some more players in the SCP universe.
WINNER(S):
Serpent's Hand, by thedeadlymoose, Dexanote, Vivax, & Zyn
2015 - 2016
thedeadlymoose & TroyL 2015/2/20 - 2015/3/10
In this contest, some of the oldest and most classic articles on the site were treated to a makeover and re-imagining for new audiences.
WINNER(S):
Sophia Light 2015/7/24 - 2014/8/03
Brevity is the soul of wit - and of this contest to create the best article with the fewest words.
WINNER(S):
Decibelles & TroyL 2016/2/10 - 2014/3/16
The Foundation's MTFs got the limelight in this contest all about the Foundation's best people in uniform.
WINNER(S):
Team Basic ("Kappa-10"), by LurkD, djkaktus, Roget, & Doctor Cimmerian
TroyL 2016/4/01
Authors were tasked with creating…. something, alright!
WINNER(S):
Gears Is Totally Not A Robot Guys, Dr Solo
The Minions© day at the scp, Randomini
It's Not Pronounced Like the Thesaurus, Dammit!, Kestin
SCP the Anime, part 4 (Gears/Iceberg, Clef/Kondraki, Rights/Light, Kain, monkey!Bright), MrWrong
Orgy 5 Counsel 9: XXXK End of Virginity Scenario, TyGently
My Loever, the Dog: The Incredibly True Story of Kain Pathos Crow, Zmax15
Decibelles & Dexanote 2016/09/18 - 2016/10/01
Writers were tasked with giving a new dimension to the the orange-jumpsuits ubiquitous in experiment logs and explorations.
WINNER(S):
2017 - 2018
Roget 2017/1/17 - 2017/2/06
SCPs and tales, all about the vast history of the world.
WINNER(S):
Now Hollow Fires Burn Out To Black And Lights Are Guttering Low, Doctor Cimmerian
SCP Administration 2017/3/24 - 2017/4/20
The contest for the coveted SCP-3000 spot, and entries in the SCP Wiki's most renowned genre: horror!
WINNER(S):
SCP-3000 - Anantashesha, by A Random Day, djkaktus, & Joreth
Dexanote 2017/6/09 - 2017/6/19
10 years after SCP-173 was posted, the wiki celebrated its first article with all sorts of articles about the statue.
WINNER(S):
Everyone
Internet Outreach 2017/7/30 - 2017/8/30
The first art contest, displaying all the wonderful visual creativity of the SCP Community.
WINNER(S):
Varied
ProcyonLotor & A Random Day 2018/2/17 - 2018/2/20
Authors were tasked with crafting and posting three articles back-to-back with only 24 hours apiece, conforming to three surprise themes. Clock's ticking.
WINNER(S):
ProcyonLotor & A Random Day 2018/05/18 - 2018/06/15
The SCP world has been extensively developed over the years - which is why in this contest, teams of authors figured out how to destroy it in the most bombastic ways.
WINNER(S):
Team Clever Gentlemen - Weryllium, CadaverCommander, Modern_Erasmus, & fieldstone
SCP Administration 2018/07/1 - 2018/08/8
The race for the SCP-4000 slot as Series 5 opened, all about history.
WINNER(S):
Dexanote 2018/10/1 - 2018/10/30
A seasonal contest to celebrate all the tropes and clichés of the spookiest holiday.
WINNER(S):
2019 - 2020
taylor_itkin does not match any existing user name & Uncle Nicolini 2019/1/01 - 2019/1/31
SCP authors were given a list of some of the most common clichés on the site and encouraged to subvert them - or even play them straight.
WINNER(S):
ProcyonLotor & A Random Day 2019/3/09 - 2019/3/15
The triumphant return of Jamcon, doubled in length to 48 hours to write about shaggy dogs, pulp fiction, and dreams.
WINNER(S):
SCP-4808, SCP-4804, & not-a-seagull-proposal, notgull
SCP-4290, barrels-of-prose, & sweeter-dreams-inc, NatVoltaic
ProcyonLotor & A Random Day 2019/6/24 - 2019/7/16
Collaborative articles can be difficult, but this duos contest showed just how fruitful a good partnership can be.
WINNER(S):
Land Of Honey & SCP-4475, KindlyTurtleClem & Lt Flops
SCP-4688 & Eric's Journal, notgull and Mew-ltiverse
Carroll 280: Barrels O'Hooch/Chicago Spirit Repeating Order (R-01221) & SCP-4256, Ihp does not match any existing user name & Uncle Nicolini
ProcyonLotor 2020/01/01 - 2020/02/01
The contest for the SCP-5000 slot - themed around mysterious mystery.
WINNER(S):
ProcyonLotor & A Random Day 2020/3/09 - 2020/3/15
Jamcon the Third, with the themes "explosions", "delicious", and "more than meets the eye".
WINNER(S):
SCP-5983, adoption-poster-pearl, & SCP-5149, Rounderhouse
cool-guys-dont-look-at-explosions, project-proposal-2018-145, & SCP-5047, Uncle Nicolini
ProcyonLotor & A Random Day 2020/3/09 - 2020/3/15
Authors were assigned each other's containment procedures and object class, and told to build the best article they could without ever knowing their coauthor.
WINNER(S):
SCP-5250, by Popsioak does not match any existing user name & Dyslexion
Modulum & ProcyonLotor 2020/9/17 - 2020/10/29
Many of the canons created in the original Canon Contest fell into a quiet slumber - this canon revived them with a bang, retouched to modern tastes.
WINNER(S):
The Man In The White Suit, by Rounderhouse, Captain Kirby, Tufto, & Woedenaz
2021 - 2022
ProcyonLotor & taylor_itkin does not match any existing user name 2021/2/14 - 2021/2/21
Love is in the air. Better write about it.
WINNER(S):
skyisover-thiscruelmoon-weintertwined, CelesteKara does not match any existing user name
ProcyonLotor & taylor_itkin does not match any existing user name 2021/03/22 - 2021/04/01
Jamcon. Again! "Marine", "corruption", and "what could possibly go wrong?".
WINNER(S):
ProcyonLotor & taylor_itkin does not match any existing user name 2021/5/25 - 2021/6/01
The contest for the SCP-6000 slot, in tune with the theme of nature.
WINNER(S):
SCP-6000 - The Serpent, the Moose, and the Wanderer's Library, Rounderhouse
Woedenaz 2021/7/03 - 2021/7/22
An unofficial contest to inject a little humor back into the wiki by playing off our favorite memes.
WINNER(S):
UraniumEmpire 2021/10/25 - 2021/11/13
An unofficial festival to celebrate the spookiest articles for three equally-spooky features.
WINNER(S):