The Generative AI Competition 3.0

By:
Alan Flurry

The Generative AI student competition returns for its third year and asks students to use Artificial Intelligence to create something meaningful to enrich the UGA community/experience. Submissions are due March 6, 2026. Monetary prizes and swag will be awarded to the top three submissions, judged according to the innovative use of AI, creativity, impact on our local community or the lived experience of UGA community members, and clearly stated documentation of the project’s development process. 

The Generative AI Student Competition 3.0 is co-sponsored by the Office of Instruction and the Center for Teaching and Learning, and is facilitated by Lindsey Harding, Director of the Franklin College Writing Intensive Program, and Aaron Meskin, Department Head of Philosophy.

The Generative AI Competition 3.0: 

Creating Impact for the UGA Community

Plenty of time to submit! You are welcome to submit projects between now and Friday, March 6, 2026.
Plenty of prizes!
  • First place: $600
  • Second place: $400
  • Third place: $200
  • And, winners to share their projects in a spring symposium. 
 
Guidelines: Use generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, DALL-E, Amper) to create something meaningful that enriches the UGA community/experience. 
 
Criteria: Submissions will be evaluated according to the following criteria: 
  • Innovative use of artificial intelligence
  • Creativity
  • Impact on our local community or the lived experience of UGA community members
  • Clearly stated documentation of the development process. Note: this documentation should be extensive and comprehensively address the following:
    • Project’s purpose
    • Goals and choices guiding the development process
    • Tools and resources leveraged in creating the project
    • Detailed process notes
Formats: Format is wide open! 
Deadline: March 6, 2026
Eligibility: All currently enrolled UGA undergraduate, graduate, and professional students are eligible to submit work solo or in collaborative groups. Multidisciplinary group submissions are highly encouraged. Students may utilize work started for class assignments on the condition that the revised project is not then re-submitted as part of a class portfolio, unless the instructor has agreed in writing that the student or students may re-use this work. Students may only be involved with one submission. 
How to submit/enter: If your entry needs special accommodations, please contact the contest coordinators at generativeaicompetition@gmail.com.