Reimagine
Reimagine — 5th AI-ARTS Competition 2026
Share what you’re creating with AI. Reimagine brings together artists exploring images, movement, sound and new creative possibilities. Join a community that values your ideas, your process and your artistic voice.
Welcome to the fifth competition
Whether you’re joining us for the first time or returning with new work, you’re welcome here. Reimagine celebrates the imagination, care and creative choices that artists bring to working with AI.
Our community is guided by the AI-ARTS Manifesto and our commitment to ethical creative practice.
New voices, new possibilities
An image, a series, a film or a piece of music can open up a different way of seeing and feeling. Bring your experiments, your developed ideas and your own perspective. We welcome different approaches to creating with AI.
Dates to plan around
Submissions open on 6 November and close at 23:59 on 15 December 2026, giving you 40 days to share your work. All dates and times are UK time (Europe/London).
Accepted entries can be published during this period, and you can vote as soon as they appear.
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Competition opens
6 Nov 2026, 00:00
Explore Reimagine and find out how to take part.
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Share your work
6 Nov 2026, 00:00
Submit by the end of 15 December 2026 (UK time)Choose your artworks, tell us about your process and submit your entries.
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Support your favourites
From each accepted entry’s publication
Available through the end of 31 January 2027 (UK time)Discover the entries and support the works that speak to you. Voting starts when each accepted entry is published.
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Entry review
16 Dec 2026, 00:00
Available through the end of 23 December 2026 (UK time)We review entries as they arrive so accepted work can be shared with the community. Final checks: 16–23 December 2026.
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Jury assessment
4 Jan 2027, 00:00
Available through the end of 29 January 2027 (UK time)The jury explores each eligible work using the published assessment criteria.
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Preparing the results
1 Feb 2027, 00:00
Available through the end of 12 February 2027 (UK time)We bring together the assessments and public votes and prepare the results.
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Results announcement
15 Feb 2027, 12:00
Discover the recognised works and celebrate the artists behind them.
Taking part
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
Choose the modality that fits your work. The entry limits are shown below.
Still images & series
Individual images or a coherent series of images. A series counts as one entry.
Moving image, sound & mixed media
Video, animation, music, sound and works that combine these forms.
You can enter an individual image or a coherent image series. Submit sound and mixed-media work through the reviewed video/YouTube route.
Tell us how AI contributed, which tools you used and the creative choices you made. Include any relevant credits, permissions and content notices.
Before submitting, please read our Ethics guidance, Manifesto and competition terms.
5 in Still images & series; 5 in Moving image, sound & mixed media; 10 entries overall. A series counts as one entry. Accepted media: image, multimodal series, video.
How to submit
How to submit
Sign in to your artist account and choose an existing artwork or add something new. Complete your entry and tell us about the ideas and process behind your work.
Submit by 23:59 on 15 December 2026. Once your entry has been reviewed and accepted, it can appear in the competition gallery.
Select the competition modality when entering, and receive public votes as soon as your accepted entry is published.
Jury assessment
Jury assessment
Every entry is considered for its ideas, originality, creative execution and overall experience. We value different approaches to working with AI and the artistic choices behind each work.
Published assessment weighting
AI assessment applies to still images and series. Only scores approved by the organisers will contribute. Where an approved score is not yet available, the entry will show ‘Awaiting approved AI assessment’. Moving image, sound and mixed media are assessed without an AI score.
The judging panel will be announced here. Judges and organisers will not assess entries where they have a conflict of interest.
Still images & series: Human jury 60% · Public vote 20% · Approved AI 10% · Organisers 10%
Moving image, sound & mixed media: Human jury 65% · Public vote 25% · AI not applicable · Organisers 10%
At least 2 non-recused judges assess each entry.
- Creativity
- Originality
- Execution
- Thematic relevance
- Emotional impact
- Aesthetics
- Societal engagement
- Overall experience
Panel to be announced.
Public voting
Public voting
Explore the published entries and support the works that speak to you.
Voting opens for each artwork as soon as it is accepted and published, and closes on 31 January 2027.
Sign in with a verified account to vote. You cannot vote for your own work. Scoring judges do not take part in this public vote.
The published assessment weights are shown under Jury assessment.
Earlier entries have more time to receive votes. Public voting is therefore one part of the assessment, alongside the jury and organisers.
Recognition and shared discovery
Celebrate the creativity of our community. Discover the works recognised through the competition and meet the artists behind them.
Meet the participating artists
Explore the entries, meet the artists and discover the ideas and creative choices behind their work.
Entries will appear here after eligibility review and release by the organising team.
Bring your perspective
Share what you’re creating with AI and tell us the story behind it. We’d love to see your work.
