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A Speculative Horror Writing & Audio Podcast Competition by Real Good AI

A Speculative Horror Writing & Audio Podcast Competition by Real Good AI

Welcome to Real Good AI's Digital Commons feat. Bob, Mark, & Wade

Here, in this liminal space of smoke and algorithms, between the real and the virtual, are tales of machine dreams imagined by organic minds

Speculative Horror
use our prompts (coming soon) or create your own!

$500 and a podcast episode reading of your work for up to 5 winners

All stories must be speculative horror, regardless of secondary genre, and must feature an AI system as a central element of the horror.
Participants may consult PhD-Level experts from Real Good AI for scientific guidance.
A short but spoiler-free summary of your story is required for preliminary review and advertising purposes.

Submission Guidelines

Eligibility

General Public

Open To:

Rules

Theme:

18+

Speculative Horror
use our prompts (coming soon) or create your own!

Requirements:

7,000 to 11,000 words

Requirements:

Age Restriction:

Word Limit:

Reward:

Theme:

All stories must be speculative horror, regardless of secondary genre, and must feature an AI system as a central element of the horror.
Participants may consult PhD-Level experts from Real Good AI for scientific guidance.
A short but spoiler-free summary of your story is required for preliminary review and advertising purposes.

Word Limit:

7,000 to 11,000 words

Reward:

$500 and a podcast episode reading of your work for up to 5 winners

Submission & AI Use Policy

About Real Good AI
Real Good AI is a nonprofit organization researching machine learning methods. Because of this focus, all submissions must meaningfully feature artificial intelligence (including AI systems, machine learning, or large language models) as a central element of the horror.
Submissions that do not include an AI element central to the horror theme will not be considered.

Human Authorship Requirement
All entries must be written by humans. AI tools may only be used for light brainstorming or organizational assistance: a 2 on the REAL Rating. AI-generated prose or audio is not permitted.

Your Work Will Not Be Used for Training
Submitted works will be used solely for judging, production (if selected), and promotion of the competition. We do not use submissions to train machine learning models or datasets.

Submission & AI Use Policy

Eligibility

Open To:

General Public

Age Restriction:

18+

Rules

About Real Good AI
Real Good AI is a nonprofit organization researching machine learning methods. Because of this focus, all submissions must meaningfully feature artificial intelligence (including AI systems, machine learning, or large language models) as a central element of the horror.
Submissions that do not include an AI element central to the horror theme will not be considered.

Human Authorship Requirement
All entries must be written by humans. AI tools may only be used for light brainstorming or organizational assistance: a 2 on the REAL Rating. AI-generated prose or audio is not permitted.

Your Work Will Not Be Used for Training
Submitted works will be used solely for judging, production (if selected), and promotion of the competition. We do not use submissions to train machine learning models or datasets.

  • Entries must be original and unpublished.

  • Minimum 7,000 words with an 11,000 word Maximum

    • Stories outside of this range will be disqualified.

  • Only 1 submission per person.

  • Do not submit stories to other competitions until winners are announced.

  • Authors may consult Real Good AI experts for fact-checking; all consultations should be disclosed on the submission form.

    • Do NOT include consultation disclosure in the body of the document, failure to remove disclosure will result in disqualification.

  • AI science should be as accurate as possible

  • Use the REAL Rating and keep manuscripts at a REAL 2 or lower. More information here: https://www.realgoodai.org/real-rating

    • Zero tolerance for using more AI than allowed and will result in disqualification.

  • Authors must provide a short Spoiler Free summary of their story with submission

  • Stories will be judged anonymously. Remove your name from the document body.

    • Author name must be included on the submission form, separate from the document

  • By submitting, authors grant Real Good AI the right to publish the story if selected.

  • If a submission is selected as a winning story, author(s) grant Real Good AI the right to publish the submission in any physical and/or digital mediums.

  • If a submission is selected as a winning story and is published in physical and/or digital mediums, the selected submission shall not be published by any person or entity other than Real Good AI  for a period not exceeding 6 months from the earliest date of publication by Real Good AI.

  • Authors retain all other copyrights.

Submission Guidelines

  • Entries must be original and unpublished.

  • Minimum 7,000 words with an 11,000 word Maximum

    • Stories outside of this range will be disqualified.

  • Only 1 submission per person.

  • Do not submit stories to other competitions until winners are announced.

  • Authors may consult Real Good AI experts for science assistance; all consultations should be disclosed on the submission form.

    • Do NOT include consultation disclosure in the body of the document, failure to remove disclosure will result in disqualification.

  • AI science should accurately represent a real problem.

  • Use the REAL Rating and keep manuscripts at a REAL 2 or lower. More information here: https://www.realgoodai.org/real-rating.

    • Zero tolerance for using more AI than allowed and will result in disqualification.

  • Authors must provide a short spoiler-free summary of their story with submission

  • Stories will be judged anonymously. DO NOT include your name from the document body.

    • Author name must be included on the submission form, separate from the document.

  • By submitting, authors grant Real Good AI the right to publish the story if selected.

  • If a submission is selected as a winning story, author(s) grant Real Good AI the right to advertise, publish, and monetize the submission in any physical and/or digital mediums.

  • If a submission is selected as a winning story and is published in physical and/or digital mediums, the selected submission shall not be published by any person or entity other than Real Good AI  for a period not exceeding 6 months from the earliest date of publication by Real Good AI.

  • Authors retain all other copyright to their work.