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IndieAuthors.Social News<p>NaNoWriMo is Being Discontinued After 25 years</p><p>National Novel Writing Month is being discontinued due to financial support and community backlash. <br> The post NaNoWriMo is Being Discontinued After 25 years first appeared on Good e-Reader.<br><a href="https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/nanowrimo-is-being-discontinued-after-25-years" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">goodereader.com/blog/digital-p</span><span class="invisible">ublishing/nanowrimo-is-being-discontinued-after-25-years</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/NationalNovelWritingMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalNovelWritingMonth</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shutdown</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
Author Help<p><a href="https://gts.authorhelp.uk/tags/nanowrimo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a> is shutting down.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/02/creative-writing-nanowrimo-to-close-after-20-years" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/02/creative-writing-nanowrimo-to-close-after-20-years</a></p><p>We like <a href="https://gts.authorhelp.uk/tags/writingmonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingMonth</span></a> as an alternative.<br><a href="https://writingmonth.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://writingmonth.org/</a></p>
Jess Torley (Wilson) [she/her]<p>I'm so depressed to hear that NaNoWriMo is folding. I had a go at it in 2019 and wrote 30,000 words before I had a mammogram scare and went into a tailspin which meant I didn't finish. I have always felt like I would go back and try again some time. I liked the community and the support, the incentives, the local meetups, the merch... Now what? <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a></p>
wilander<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a> is shutting down due to several years of deteriorating finances and inability to focus on fundraising because of child safety issues with the Young Writers space that had to take priority. Full notes from the Executive Director on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR6NnjgeIIY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=TR6NnjgeIIY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
wilander<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a> is shutting down due to several years of deteriorating finances and inability to focus on fundraising because of child safety issues with the Young Writers space that they had to take priority. Full notes from the Executive Director on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR6NnjgeIIY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=TR6NnjgeIIY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
1 tripod in 3 trenchcoats<p>NaNoWriMo Goes Bankrupt After Embracing AI<br><a href="https://futurism.com/nanowrimo-closing-embracing-ai" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/nanowrimo-closing</span><span class="invisible">-embracing-ai</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/nanowrimo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nanowrimo</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Frankie ✅<p>US nonprofit National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), recently embroiled in AI and content moderation scandals, shuts down after 25 years, citing financial issues </p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nanowrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nano</span><span class="invisible">wrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nanowrimo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nanowrimo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scandal</span></a></p>
Steven Saus [he/him]<p>(01 Apr) Longtime Writing Community NaNoWriMo Shuts Down After AI Drama </p><p>National Novel Writing Month is no more ❲at least formally❳. </p><p><a href="https://s.faithcollapsing.com/wlyge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">s.faithcollapsing.com/wlyge</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Archive: ais: <a href="https://archive.md/wip/Eg5BE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/wip/Eg5BE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ia: <a href="https://s.faithcollapsing.com/mfnaf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">s.faithcollapsing.com/mfnaf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/artificial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artificial</span></a>-intelligence <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>content</span></a>-moderation <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/nanowrimo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nanowrimo</span></a></p>
Kagan MacTane (he/him)<p>One thing that makes me very happy about <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a> crashing and burning: It's good evidence that the <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> world is not even remotely buying into the AI hype. (Unlike another industry I'm involved in... 🙄)</p><p>Having poor moderation practices that enabled grooming? That was bad for them. But promoting AI? That *killed* them. Writers are going: "AI? Fuck, no! 🙅👎⛔️🖕</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AICrap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AICrap</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AIHype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIHype</span></a></p>
Nela Dunato<p>The nonprofit behind the annual National Novel Writing Month (<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a>) challenge is closing its doors.</p><p>Kilby Blades, a romance author serving as NaNoWriMo's interim executive director, announced in a video and in emails posted to social media that the nonprofit, which challenged participants to crank out a draft for a novel every November, would be shuttering because, essentially, it's out of money.</p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/nanowrimo-closing-embracing-ai" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/nanowrimo-closing</span><span class="invisible">-embracing-ai</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
C.Circo<p><a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a> no no no 😔 <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nanowrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nano</span><span class="invisible">wrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/</span></a> </p><p>The whole point is to write as the act and process of writing is the purpose, not having some AI generate an end product. Such a waste.</p>
KR Holton<p>Goodbye <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nanowrimo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nanowrimo</span></a>. It didn't have to be like this, but Kilby chose every wrong thing to do and say she possibly could have and then got mad at the community for calling her out. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.krholton.com/post/the-official-end-of-nanowrimo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">krholton.com/post/the-official</span><span class="invisible">-end-of-nanowrimo</span></a></p>
Amin Hollon 🏳<p>Looks like <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/writingmonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingMonth</span></a>, my open source <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/nanowrimo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a> alternative, just hit 750 users. 🎉</p><p><a href="https://writingmonth.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://writingmonth.org</a></p>
James House-Lantto (He/Him)<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/642258/nanowrimo-organization-shutting-down" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/642258/nanow</span><span class="invisible">rimo-organization-shutting-down</span></a></p><p>NaNoWriMo, the nonprofit organization behind the annual writing challenge to finish a novel in November, is shutting down due to financial struggles. </p><p>This comes after participation and fundraising decreased in recent years, and controversies over the use of AI tools and child grooming allegations. </p><p>The NaNoWriMo site will remain online, but the challenges will no longer be formally hosted. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a></p>
J. Martin<p>woah</p><p><a href="https://reactormag.com/nanowrimo-the-nonprofit-organization-is-shutting-down/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reactormag.com/nanowrimo-the-n</span><span class="invisible">onprofit-organization-is-shutting-down/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nanowrimo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nanowrimo</span></a> is shutting down</p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Go Fash, (as in embrace GenAI and Child abuse) lose Cash</p><p>"In 2023, many writers abandoned NaNoWriMo after it refused to take a stand against the use of AI tools in writing. Around the same time, one of its moderators faced child grooming accusations, leading to more criticism from the community."</p><p>And that's how you destroy something after 20 years. </p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/642258/nanowrimo-organization-shutting-down" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/642258/nanow</span><span class="invisible">rimo-organization-shutting-down</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a></p>
WesDym<p>NaNoWriMo has gone bankrupt, after an ill-considered choice involving AI. (I don't know the details.) I was an ML for Years 4-5.</p><p>I'm in south-central Connecticut, Greater New Haven area. If anyone is interested in a go-it-alone or, let's say, federated but locally-oriented effort come November, I'm game. Contact me here or privately.</p><p>I'm a bit rushed right now, but I'll add details later in comments below this post. Questions and comments welcome.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a></p>
Humphrey Archer<p>So, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a> is done</p>
ClaraBlackInk<p>Everyone is always eager to buy or support a book via the library. We discuss movies, tv shows, art and various creative mediums to exchange knowledge and inspire each other with &quot;new&quot; things that someone might love.</p><p>Some of the writers make money off their work, others don&#39;t and rely on money from elsewhere.</p><p>That <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a> has failed in this fashion should alarm others who rely on creative folks for sales. We don&#39;t want to spend money with people who screw over our friends.</p>
ClaraBlackInk<p>in not just the act of creating something but also in the communities built around making things, businesses are cutting off money to the very people who bring community to those businesses.</p><p>The writing group I&#39;m part of ran their own challenge instead of <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a> last year. This was before the AI announcement but after the community scandals. These writers didn&#39;t want to continue despite having been active as participants and donors. So we just moved on.</p><p>We often share book recommendations</p>
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