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Original organizer 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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New Zealand Book Awards Trust · EN · 2025-12-05
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Organizer reinstates two books and relaxes cover restriction for that edition
The organizer 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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