Source passage and target author
A passage, typically in a neutral or formal style, together with the identity or style of a target literary author.
AbjadNLP 2027 · Shared task
AbjadStyleTransfer 2027
Authorship style transfer for Urdu literature
Generate text in a target author's literary style while preserving the meaning of the original passage. The proposed 2027 edition focuses on Urdu; additional languages have not been confirmed.
Language focus
Urduاردو ادب اور اسلوب
Illustrative Urdu text, not a dataset sample.
2027 scope: Urdu. Arabic and other Arabic-script languages are not currently confirmed.
About the shared task
Writing in an author's style
AbjadStyleTransfer explores literary authorship style transfer. Given an input passage and a target author, participating systems generate a rewritten passage that reflects the target author's stylistic characteristics while retaining the source meaning.
Style-transferred passage
A generated Urdu passage that captures the target author's writing style without materially changing the original content.
Stylistic fidelity
Capture distinctive literary voice, lexical preferences and expression rather than merely paraphrasing the input.
Meaning preservation
Balance stylistic transformation with semantic faithfulness and natural, fluent Urdu.
Data and evaluation
The earlier edition drew on literary works such as novels and essays and described BLEU and chrF as evaluation measures. The 2027 dataset, permitted source material, licensing, metrics and scoring protocol remain to be confirmed by the organisers.
Taking part
Participation details
Registration, data access, submission procedures and deadlines for 2027 will be published when confirmed.
For background, consult the previous AbjadStyleTransfer website. Its earlier dates, competition links and language coverage should not be assumed to apply to 2027.
Visit the AbjadNLP 2027 workshop page →- Confirmed proposed language
- Urdu
- Additional languages
- To be confirmed
- Data access and licensing
- To be announced
- Evaluation protocol
- To be confirmed
- Registration and submissions
- To be announced
- Shared-task dates
- To be announced
The team
Shared-task organisers
Organisers listed on the previous edition's website. The 2027 organising team is subject to confirmation.
- Shadi AbudalfaKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
- Saad EzziniKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
- Ahmed AbdelaliHUMAIN
- Mustafa JarrarHamad Bin Khalifa University / Birzeit University
- Mo El-HajVinUniversity
- Nadir DurraniHamad Bin Khalifa University
- Hassan SajjadDalhousie University
- Farah AdeebaUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst