Prix Pascal de Littérature ia launches for AI‑co‑written French books
The Prix Pascal de Littérature ia opened this week, inviting French‑language manuscripts of 10,000 to 50,000 words that were co‑written with any major language model, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and LLaMA. Entrants must disclose which model and prompt were used and submit an unpublished work that tackles an ethical, social or ecological problem.
Key points
- The Prix Pascal de Littérature ia accepts French manuscripts of 10,000–50,000 words co‑written with any major LLM, e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, LLaMA.
- Founded by entrepreneurs Philippe Rodriguez, Albin Serviant and philosopher Gilles Mentré, the prize offers publication and aims to address ethical, social or ecological challenges.
- Applications opened in October, close end of November; a shortlist of ten will be chosen, with the winner announced in early December.
The prize was created by technology entrepreneurs Philippe Rodriguez, Albin Serviant and philosopher Gilles Mentré. Rodriguez is a founding partner at the M&A advisory firm Avolta and a noted figure in European crypto and blockchain; Serviant is a digital‑media entrepreneur and former chair of the LGBTQ+ magazine Têtu; Mentré teaches at Harvard and the University of Paris 1 and co‑founded the online voting platform Electis. Applications opened in October, close at the end of November, a shortlist of ten will be drawn up, and the winner will be announced in early December.
The launch follows months of controversy over AI‑generated entries in other literary awards such as the Commonwealth short story prize, the Caine prize and the Prix Goncourt, highlighting the growing debate about AI’s role in literature.
New prize launches for books co-written with AI
The Guardian AI · 21 October 2026
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