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Use your AICU account. We send a six-digit code to your email — no password.
Before you sign in
- What can be entered
- Work published between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2026, at a URL anyone can open without logging in.
- Until when
- The current deadline is shown on your dashboard after you sign in.
- What it takes
- A free account, the URL of your work, and a few minutes. A review fee applies; an invitation code waives it.
AICU Award
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Notices / おしらせ
Your entries
Start a new entry
One work per entry. You choose one primary field; the work may also be considered in others.
New entrySchedule
From the award's master schedule. Dates are Japan time unless noted.
New entry
Your work is saved on this device as you type. Images stay on our side once dropped.
New entries have closed
Your entries
Everything you have entered, and where each one has got to.
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Award Supporter
USD $10. You are credited by name, and you receive a vote in the final round — one vote in each of the ten fields, cast with your comment and your critique attached.
This award is decided by the people who look at the work. Ten fields, and in each of them someone has to actually watch, read, listen, and then say why. That is what a Supporter does.
Thank you for supporting the award. You vote in the public round — all ten fields — and we are preparing a vote in the final round as well.
What you receive
- ✦ Credited by name as an Award Supporter — on the site, in the ceremony credits, and in the archive
- ✦ A vote in the final round, cast with your comment and your critique attached, on the finalists each field selected in the free first round
- ✦ One vote in each of the ten fields, for everyone. The amount you give never buys more votes.
- ☑ Agreement with the purpose of the award
- ☑ Agreement to the Code of Conduct
- ☑ Helping the award reach people
How it goes
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Sign in, and say what name to credit
Your real name, a handle, or nothing at all — you choose which of the three appears in the credits. Changing your mind later is a mail to award@aicu.ai.
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Agree, before you pay
Agreement with the purpose of the award, and agreement to the Code of Conduct. We ask first and take payment second, because the reason you hold a vote is that you agreed to these — not that you paid.
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USD $10, once
Paid to AICU Inc. through AICU Checkout. There is no subscription and nothing renews. Full refund within 14 days, as long as you have not yet cast a vote — the legal notice has the details.
If you need a Japanese invoice — consumption tax, a qualified invoice number — write to award@aicu.ai and we will bill in yen from AICU Japan instead. It costs a little more, because the exchange and the fees are in it.
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Vote in the final round, with your critique
The first round is free and open, and it selects three to ten finalists in each field. You vote on those finalists. A vote without a comment is not counted — what the creators receive is not the number, it is what you wrote.
Become an Award Supporter
Signing in and paying happen on award.aicu.ai — the application, kept separate from this site.
Your support
Your activity counts from the moment you agree — before any payment. The influencer evaluation starts here.
Your voice on the page
Your X handle and one line appear in the banner at the top of this page. We read it before it goes up, so it takes a little while. Editing it puts it back in the queue.
Logos and assets
Use them as they are: horizontal, on white, with clear space around the mark. High-resolution PNGs are for print.
- Horizontal lockup (SVG)
- Mark only (SVG)
- Horizontal lockup, PNG 4000px, white background
- Horizontal lockup, PNG 4000px, transparent
- Mark only, PNG 2000px, white background
- Mark only, PNG 2000px, transparent
Schedule
Dates are in Japan time unless marked AoE. This list is the same one the office works from.
| 2026-09-11 | Entries open — work certificates start issuing; the ten fields are announced in turn |
| 2026-09-24 | First-round submissions close (AoE) - those works are now in certification review; entries continue until the second-round deadline |
| 2026-10-16 → 2026-10-26 | Round 3 - screening, recommended works from partner organisations, and publication of the works going to the public vote (16-26 Oct). Recommended entries are free; Late entries are USD 30 per work (from 19 Oct, 21:00 JST). Full versions and credits requested |
| 2026-10-26 | First round - public vote opens (one vote per field per person, 10,000-vote goal); picks 3-10 finalists per field |
| 2026-11-13 | Public vote closes (13 Nov AoE = 14 Nov 21:00 JST) — moved up to make room for the final jury |
| 2026-11-18 → 2026-11-20 | Award ceremony — Fri 20 Nov 15:50–16:50, INTER BEE IGNITION stage IG-204 (Makuhari Messe; show runs 18–20 Nov). An online broadcast is planned. A networking reception follows the same evening, 19:00–21:00, near Makuhari Messe |
| 2026-11-21 | PPV archive opens (separate from the event's own accounts) |
The Jury is chosen from here. From the people who voted in the open round and wrote about what they saw, the office invites about ten. What the role involves is on the Jury page.
Already a Supporter? Your own supporter portal is here.
To talk to us, write to award@aicu.ai or come to Discord. Companies and organisations are on the partnership page.
To confirm
Requests from the award office. Please answer each one by its deadline. You can change your answer any time before then.
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Certificates (cert.aicu.ai)
Each accepted work can receive a Verified Work certificate on cert.aicu.ai: a public record that the award office checked the work by hand. To issue it, we need your consent to four conditions for each work. Nothing is public until the certificate is sealed.
How it works: ① you check how the certificate will read (name and title) and agree to the four conditions → ② the award office applies → ③ cert.aicu.ai seals it and it becomes public. Once the office has applied, the name and title cannot be changed, so please check them carefully.
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Your work in AICU Magazine Vol.30
Accepted works are also featured in AICU Magazine Vol.30. The Preview Edition is out now on Kindle and is free to read with Kindle Unlimited. The magazine is in Japanese, so the title in the original language is used. The name and title you confirm here are used for both the certificate and the magazine. If you ask for a correction to your magazine page, we will ask you to check the name and title here again.
Member settings (member.aicu.ai)
AICU Member (member.aicu.ai) is AICU's membership for creators. Here you choose whether to link it with the award.
AICU Member page
If you have a public page on member.aicu.ai, you can show it next to your name in the gallery, and your accepted works will be listed on that page as "AICU Award 2026" (comments are shown as a count only). This happens only when you turn this on.
Your pass:
Thank you for getting a pass. Here is what it includes and what to do before the day.
Registered name:
What your pass includes
- Creator Lounge, award ceremony and after-party (with dinner)
- Creator pitch on stage (recorded and streamed live on YouTube)
- Store promotion: a table at the Creator Market to sell or hand out your work
- Help handing out your flyers, and a stand for your payment QR (Square, PayPay etc.)
- A colour e-paper badge on loan
- AICU Magazine Vol.30 paperback, handed to you at the venue
- Creator Lounge and after-party dinner
- AICU Magazine Vol.30 paperback, handed to you at the venue
Before the day
- Answer the Nov 20 registration under “Requests”. Tell us there if you want to pitch or have a table at the market.
- Register for Inter BEE (free) to enter the venue.
- At the venue, give your name at reception. AICU Magazine Vol.30 is handed to you there.
Because of venue rules, what you offer (title, type and planned price) must be applied for in advance. We will decline items that differ greatly from your application, and adult (NSFW) doujinshi or similar. Cash cannot be exchanged; please bring your own payment QR code. If you need help with payment, ask us in advance (AICU Checkout is available with a 20% payment fee).
Ceremony & Afterparty
Join us at Makuhari Messe on the day the winners are announced. If you have entered a work, choose the Creator Pass or the Basic Pass.
Will you come to Makuhari on 20 November?
Please answer from here, whether or not you win. It helps us prepare the venue and the food.
- Award ceremony
- 2026-11-20 15:50-16:50 JST
INTER BEE IGNITION stage, Makuhari Messe IG-204 - Creator Lounge
- 2026-11-20 12:00–15:00 (tentative) · International Conference Hall, 1F special venue · pitches (streamed live on YouTube), creator market, networking
- Afterparty
- 2026-11-20 19:00-21:00 JST
Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall (by invitation only)
Creator Pass
¥9,900 tax included
For those who have entered a work. Sell and show your work, and meet people.
- Creator Lounge, award ceremony and after-party (with dinner)
- Creator pitch on stage (recorded and streamed live on YouTube)
- Store promotion: a table at the Creator Market to sell or hand out your work
- Help handing out your flyers, and a stand for your payment QR (Square, PayPay etc.)
- A colour e-paper badge on loan （ezSign）
- AICU Magazine Vol.30 paperback, handed to you at the venue
Because of venue rules, what you offer (title, type and planned price) must be applied for in advance. We will decline items that differ greatly from your application, and adult (NSFW) doujinshi or similar. Cash cannot be exchanged; please bring your own payment QR code. If you need help with payment, ask us in advance (AICU Checkout is available with a 20% payment fee).
For those who have entered a work
Get a ticket ↗Basic Pass
¥5,500 tax included
- Creator Lounge and after-party dinner
- AICU Magazine Vol.30 paperback, handed to you at the venue
For those who have entered a work
Get a ticket ↗General ticket
¥11,000 tax included
- After-party (with dinner)
- Gifts, including the AICU Magazine Vol.30 paperback
Please apply by 12:00 JST on Friday 13 November, so that we can arrange the meals.
Seats are limited. If you have been invited, the award office will contact you separately.
Timeline
What happens to an entry, and when.
The stages a work goes through
Dates
Entered works
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Partners
The organisations supporting the International AI Creator Award 2026. Thank you.
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Reading…
See the worksThe handbookThe terms, in full
Your card
This is what the site shows beside your critiques. You can change it any time.
Where each field stands
Live from the award. Entries keep arriving until the deadline, so these move.
| Field | Entries | Listed | Finalists | Your choice |
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Your ballot
One work per field. A note is optional. You can change it until judging closes. Nothing is sent until you press Save for that field.
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My comments
The comments you have left on works. To edit one, open the work and rewrite it — one comment per work, and the newest version is kept.
Creator settings
How your name is shown. Entries already sent keep the name they were sent with.
These settings are used only within the International AI Creator Award. They are not linked to your AICU membership (member.aicu.ai).
If anything goes wrong, or you are unsure about something in your entry, the Award office is here — any time. Ask the Award office →