Two prominent authors disqualify for 2026 Okham Book Awards amid A.I using
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Two prominent authors disqualify for 2026 Okham Book Awards amid A.I using

November 18, 2025
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Two prominent authors have been disqualified from the 2026 Okham Book Awards, New Zealand’s highest literary award, because their covers were designed using artificial intelligence, or AI. Stephanie Johnson’s short story collection ‘Obligate Carnivore’ and Elizabeth Smither’s novella ‘Angel Train’ were submitted in the fiction category last month, but were

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