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Literary magazine will no longer engage in \u2018external publishing partnerships\u2019 after Commonwealth prize furore<\/p>\n

The prominent literary magazine Granta will no longer publish the winning entries of the annual Commonwealth short story prize after one of this year\u2019s winners drew widespread accusations of AI use.<\/p>\n

The magazine said it would no longer be involved in \u201cexternal publishing partnerships\u201d in which it had no editorial control.<\/p>\n

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