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 ## Competitions and events
 
 ## Ongoing
-* The annual XYZZY Awards are coming up
-* The Spring Thing is just around the corner too
-* Sub-q magazine seeks submissions
-* SPAG is looking for authors too
+* The annual [XYZZY Awards](http://xyzzyawards.org/) are coming up. It's time to fill IMDB with 2016 games.
+* The [Spring Thing](http://springthing.net/) is just around the corner too
+* Sub-q magazine [seeks submissions.](https://sub-q.com/about/submissions/)
+* SPAG is [looking for authors](http://www.spagmag.org/issue-64/issue-64-letter-from-the-editor-and-call-for-submissions/) too
 
 ## Engines and tools
 * The [Interactive Fiction Virtual Machines Suite](https://github.com/curiousdannii/ifvms.js) (ifvms.js) got an update to [version 1.1.0](https://github.com/curiousdannii/ifvms.js/releases/tag/v1.1.0)