INTERNATIONAL AI CREATOR AWARD 2026
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News and notes from the International AI Creator Award office.
Anyone can vote, free of charge: one work per field, ten fields in all, until 15 November (AoE). Tickets for the 20 November ceremony and the evening networking reception are on sale.
The International AI Creator Award 2026 extends Round 2 to Monday 19 October, 21:00 JST (Anywhere on Earth: 18 October). Round 3 begins: recommended entries are free, and Late entries are USD 30 per work from right after the Round 2 deadline until 26 October (AoE).
The International AI Creator Award 2026 welcomes "窓の杜" operated by Impress Corporation as a media partner. On October 15, 2026, as the first installment, a contribution by Executive Committee Chairman Akihiko Shirai titled "People who create the 'History of Generative AI Works' are gathering! Why not join us too?" was published in the series "Generative AI Stream." The submission deadline for the second phase is October 15 (AoE / Japan time 21:00 on the 16th).
We have released the 9 final judges for the International AI Creator Award 2026. Our gratitude for lending their names to an award with no history yet, and a request to include a critique with each vote. Executive Committee Chairman Akihiko Shirai introduces each one individually.
The International AI Creator Award 2026 closes Round 2 on 15 October (Anywhere on Earth) — 21:00 JST on 16 October. 170 works from 99 creators across 12 countries and regions have come in. Our nine final judges are now published with their names and faces, and every entered work is already public in the gallery.
The international conference on XR in France, Laval Virtual, which has been ongoing since 1999, has agreed to a mutual partnership with its art division, Recto VRso. The 9th exhibition, held from November 19 to 22 in Le Quarante, Laval City, will also feature works by Japanese artists. The exhibition period coincides exactly with the award ceremony in Makuhari.
The entered works of the International AI Creator Award 2026 are now public at aicu.ai/award/2026/gallery/. Seventy-one works as of 5 October, in seven languages, with six ways to sort them — including a timeline that runs left to right by the day each work first appeared. If you are signed in, you can like, comment and share. All three are how a work travels.
The Digital Content Association of Japan (DCAJ) has confirmed its official support for the International AI Creator Award 2026. The ceremony takes place November 18–20 during INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO 2026 at Makuhari Messe.