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New Zealand Book Awards Trust
Read original source (EN)https://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/news/book-awards-trust-relaxes-ruling-on-ai-covers-for-2026-awards/51711?pageNum=5
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Lines 41–57: date, reinstatement of two books, resubmission for three other publishers, and retained text restrictions.
Original organiser announcement. Reinstated eligibility is not shortlisting or winning. AI-text restrictions remain, so this is not described as wholesale repeal of AI rules.
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Organiser reinstates two books and relaxes cover restriction for that edition
The organiser allowed both books into the 2026 fiction awards and offered three other publishers that had disclosed AI covers an opportunity to resubmit, while retaining restrictions on AI-written text.
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