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Multiple Literary Awards Granted to Works Using AI in Writing Process
Key points
- Japanese Hoshi Shinichi Literary Award recognized multiple AI-assisted stories.
- AI use varied from minor assistance to extensive generative collaboration.
- The Robert Coover Award went to an AI-driven artist book project.
- A Slovak poetry collection, Výsledky vzniku, used GPT-2 for generation.
Japanese Literary Awards Recognize AI-Assisted Works
The Nikkei Hoshi Shinichi Literary Award in Japan has recognized several short stories that incorporated AI into their writing process. Kamome Ashizawa's "Are You There?" won an Excellence Award in 2022, marking the first AI-assisted story to receive a Hoshi prize. Toh Katagiri's "The Last Painter" and Shamizui's "Genome Tower" also received awards in subsequent years, with varying degrees of disclosed AI involvement.
In 2026, En Shijima's "Parallel Self-Mediation Co., Ltd." and Rino Takinouchi's "Erinnerung" were also recognized. Shijima described working with AI as "choosing" rather than "writing," suggesting a generative collaboration. Takinouchi's work involved extensive rewriting of initial material produced by ChatGPT, including corrections to pronouns, dated phrases, and logic.
Scope of AI Use in Awarded Japanese Works
The extent of AI use in these award-winning Japanese works varied significantly. Ashizawa's winning story was mostly human-written with some AI assistance, while other experiments were largely machine-generated. For "Genome Tower," AI use was limited to inventing a fictional disease name. In contrast, "Erinnerung" involved substantial human revision of AI-generated prose.
The 13th Hoshi award in 2026 received 2,107 entries, with 491 identified as partly AI-created. Three of the four general-division winners that year had used AI somewhere in their process.
International Recognition for AI in Literature
Beyond Japan, other literary awards have also acknowledged works incorporating AI. In 2020, Karen Ann Donnachie and Andy Simionato's artist books, "The Library of Nonhuman Books," won first place in the Robert Coover Award. This project involved an AI reading machine that used computer vision, OCR, and language processing to create new poetic combinations from physical books.
Additionally, the poetry collection "Výsledky vzniku" by Liza Gennart (Zuzana Husárová and Ľubomír Panák) received the Zlatá vlna award in Slovakia in 2021. This collection was created by training GPT-2 on 2,108 Slovak poems.
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Several literary awards, including Japan's Nikkei Hoshi Shinichi Literary Award and the Robert Coover Award, have recognized works where AI was used in the writing process. This indicates a growing acceptance and integration of AI tools in creative literary fields.