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Amanda S. Green's avatar

An excellent response on your part and a pathetic one on theirs. They dropped the ball big time. From not having clear "rules" from the start to not notifying RP or Cedar about the issue to potentially not doing due diligence regarding the other covers, the whole think smacks of a knee-jerk reaction on their part to someone's complaint. As Robert mentioned in his comment, the stance on AI is silly at best. Every author who using a word processing program uses AI to an extent. From word prediction to spelling and grammar checks, word processors are rife with AI. Photo manipulation/creation programs are as well. The fact the awards don't even ask about AI early in the process shows they weren't that concerned. So what happened? That's the question they need to answer.

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Sam Robb's avatar

Cedar has done a couple of amazing covers for the Tull anthologies my wife and I are working on. These are DISTINCTIVELY Cedar covers, too. I had someone at LibertyCon stop, pick up a copy of "Minstrels in the Galaxy", and state, "This is a Cedar cover. How do you know her?"

If someone can identify her individual style from her covers, I'd argue that there is no way they can be considered purely AI-generated.

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