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A competition for AI storytellers

Submit a Body of Work that tells a story from start to finish. Be reviewed by expert judges, and compete for a $1,000 grant and a feature in Prompt Magazine.

Free to enter · Open worldwide · Judged on skill · Entries close 12 July

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[Architecture of Feeling]

[This series explores emotion as spatial existence rather than internal experience. It envisions feelings as architectural environments, where memory, silence, time, and transformation take physical form and become inhabitable worlds.
Each image acts as a threshold between the visible and the invisible, translating intangible emotional states into structured landscapes shaped by light, scale, and atmosphere. Absence becomes structure, memory becomes material, and silence becomes presence.
Rather than depicting emotion, the series invites the viewer to enter it—immersing them in shifting environments of fragility, longing, stillness, and awakening. The work suggests that human feeling extends beyond the self and unfolds into imagined architectures that reflect inner reality.]
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Edition 1 Theme

The Architecture of Feeling

Pick a feeling - (wonder, longing, awe, the quiet kind of joy, it's up to you!) - and build a Body of Work that tells a story about it. Tell one story from start to finish, as a collection of images and/or videos, or as a single edited video. Think short film or mini exhibition, not a single image, clip, or mood board.

We want to feel it, not just see it.

Full competition details

Key Dates

Entries open

Jun 15, 2026

Entries close, judging begins

Jul 12, 2026

Winners announced

Jul 20, 2026

Entries close in 23d 17h 35m

Awards & Prizes

  • 🏆
    Best Overall$1,000 USD grant + feature in Prompt Magazine
  • 📖
    Best StorytellingFeature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio + partner credits
  • Most CreativeFeature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio + partner credits
  • ❤️
    Community FavouriteFeature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio + partner credits
  • 🎖️
    Highly Commended (×10)Partner credits + print copy of Prompt Magazine + Highly Commended badge

Full prize list

Judging Panel

Sarah Impey

AI Community Manager, Runware

Marco Pittarello

Founder, Prompt Magazine

Gully Ahmed

Gully Ahmed

NightCafe community member

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Key Dates

Entries open

Jun 15, 2026

Entries close, judging begins

Jul 12, 2026

Winners announced

Jul 20, 2026

Entries close in 23d 17h 35m

Discuss NightCafe Select

@Smile_1234

  • 0Creations
 

Edition 1 Theme

The Architecture of Feeling

Pick a feeling - (wonder, longing, awe, the quiet kind of joy, it's up to you!) - and build a Body of Work that tells a story about it. Tell one story from start to finish, as a collection of images and/or videos, or as a single edited video. Think short film or mini exhibition, not a single image, clip, or mood board.

We want to feel it, not just see it.

Full competition details

Key Dates

Entries open

Jun 15, 2026

Entries close, judging begins

Jul 12, 2026

Winners announced

Jul 20, 2026

Entries close in 23d 17h 35m

Awards & Prizes

  • 🏆
    Best Overall$1,000 USD grant + feature in Prompt Magazine
  • 📖
    Best StorytellingFeature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio + partner credits
  • Most CreativeFeature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio + partner credits
  • ❤️
    Community FavouriteFeature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio + partner credits
  • 🎖️
    Highly Commended (×10)Partner credits + print copy of Prompt Magazine + Highly Commended badge

Full prize list

Discuss NightCafe Select

Edition 1 Theme

The Architecture of Feeling

Pick a feeling - (wonder, longing, awe, the quiet kind of joy, it's up to you!) - and build a Body of Work that tells a story about it. Tell one story from start to finish, as a collection of images and/or videos, or as a single edited video. Think short film or mini exhibition, not a single image, clip, or mood board.

We want to feel it, not just see it.

Full competition details

Awards & Prizes

  • 🏆
    Best Overall$1,000 USD grant + feature in Prompt Magazine
  • 📖
    Best StorytellingFeature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio + partner credits
  • Most CreativeFeature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio + partner credits
  • ❤️
    Community FavouriteFeature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio + partner credits
  • 🎖️
    Highly Commended (×10)Partner credits + print copy of Prompt Magazine + Highly Commended badge

Full prize list