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Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
Literary magazine will no longer engage in ‘external publishing partnerships’ after Commonwealth prize furore
TL;DR
- Granta will cease publishing winning entries from the Commonwealth short story prize.
- The decision follows controversy over accusations that one of the winning stories was AI-generated.
- Granta cited its need for editorial control in external publishing partnerships.
- The author of the disputed story, Jamir Nazir, explained their writing process involves speech-to-text due to health issues.
- The Commonwealth Foundation stated that all shortlisted writers affirmed no AI was used, and the foundation confirmed this.
- Granta will keep the shortlisted stories on its website.