2026 AI Creativity Awards
2026 AI Creativity Awards is now open for entries!
The 2026 AI Creativity Awards is an international awards programme for creative work shaped with AI, covering projects that are generated, assisted, manipulated, improved, questioned, or refined through human creative judgement.
Short description
The 2026 AI Creativity Awards is an international awards programme in the launch edition for creative work shaped with AI, covering projects that are generated, assisted, manipulated, improved, questioned, or refined through human creative judgement.
Every entry must include a clear AI disclosure explaining the tools, models, generated or transformed elements, source material, and human direction behind the work.
AI Creativity Awards is designed for artists, designers, filmmakers, writers, musicians, students, studios, agencies, and independent makers who use AI as part of a real creative process.
The competition welcomes a broad range of AI-enabled creative practice across eight categories:
➜ AI Image & Illustration
➜ Motion & Film
➜ Design & Brand Systems
➜ Music & Audio
➜ Writing & Narrative
➜ Interactive & Experience
➜ Fashion, Product & Spatial
➜ Responsible AI Creativity
Every entry must be at least partially generated, improved, manipulated, or assisted with AI. Entrants must disclose the nature of AI involvement and the tools or models used.
The awards do not require one approved workflow. A work can be prompt-led, edited by hand, model-assisted, composited, generated in parts, or shaped through a longer human-led process. What matters is that the role of AI is explained clearly.
Some entries may be mostly generated. Others may use AI for editing, prototyping, sound, image-making, story development, or production. We care about the finished work, but also about the choices behind it: the idea, the tools, the source material, the edits, the rejects, and the human judgement that shaped the final piece.
Jurors review creative ambition, execution, originality, category relevance, the quality of AI disclosure, and responsible handling of source material, making the award especially relevant for creators who want their process and authorship to be judged transparently.
Results will be announced on December 1, 2026.
Eligibility
This competition is open to creators, teams, studios, agencies, students, and independent makers from eligible countries, with entrants required to be at least 18 or have authorised adult, school, university, or studio permission, and each entry must involve AI and include sufficient rights and disclosure.
Prize
Winners and shortlisted entrants receive recognition benefits including the relevant 2026 AI Creativity Awards title, digital laurels for their own channels, a public results feature, and a digital certificate; winning entries are published with creator credit, category, work summary, media link, and a short AI-use summary, and there is no cash prize in the 2026 launch edition.
Entry fees
Entry fee during the Early entry period (until September 1, 2026) is £25 GBP. Instead standard entry (until November 1, 2026) is £35 GBP. Per submitted entry for current students and recent graduates entry fee is £15 GBP.
