Prix Pascal Opens AI-Assisted French Manuscript Prize, Offering 1 Publication as Literary AI Debate Grows
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 21
Prix Pascal Opens AI-Assisted French Manuscript Prize, Offering 1 Publication as Literary AI Debate Grows
2 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 21
Summary
Applications opened Tuesday for the Prix Pascal de Littérature IA, a new award for unpublished French-language manuscripts co-written with AI, with the winner promised publication.
Entries must run 10,000 to 50,000 words and disclose the AI model and prompt used; ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and LLaMA are all eligible.
A shortlist of 10 will be drawn before an early-December winner announcement, with a five- or six-member jury of writers, critics, journalists, philosophers and publishers due to be named in early November.
The launch follows months of disputes over suspected AI use in major literary awards, including the Commonwealth short story prize, the Caine prize and France's Prix Goncourt.