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. The launch edition opens for submissions on June 1, 2026, with results announced on December 1, 2026.
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, and Responsible AI Creativity. 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. 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.
Entry fee: Early entry is £25 GBP per submitted entry until September 1, 2026; standard entry is £35 GBP per submitted entry until November 1, 2026; student entry is £15 GBP per submitted entry for current students and recent graduates.
Eligibility
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.
