Less than a year after a full-throated embrace of AI, NaNoWriMo is shutting down :
March 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Less than a year after a full-throated embrace of AI, NaNoWriMo is shutting down :
A reminder that NaNoWriMo is okay with genAI submissions, so please don't take part in NaNoWriMo
November 2, 2024 at 1:30 PM
A reminder that NaNoWriMo is okay with genAI submissions, so please don't take part in NaNoWriMo
Hey remember when Nanowrimo said "sure why not" to allowing AI slop in their process and then immediately died after 20 years of operation
oh, no reason, was just thinkin' about it
oh, no reason, was just thinkin' about it
August 5, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Hey remember when Nanowrimo said "sure why not" to allowing AI slop in their process and then immediately died after 20 years of operation
oh, no reason, was just thinkin' about it
oh, no reason, was just thinkin' about it
Finally, our long literary nightmare is over. NaNoWriMo is dead! Long live writing how you like, when you can!
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April 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Finally, our long literary nightmare is over. NaNoWriMo is dead! Long live writing how you like, when you can!
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Inktober 🤝 NaNoWriMo
destroying
their own
annual creative
community
event
destroying
their own
annual creative
community
event
October 4, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Inktober 🤝 NaNoWriMo
destroying
their own
annual creative
community
event
destroying
their own
annual creative
community
event
I'm talking about NaNoWriMo ofc
October 26, 2024 at 7:33 PM
I'm talking about NaNoWriMo ofc
happy nanowrimo [time of year] also fuck nanowrimo [organization]
November 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
happy nanowrimo [time of year] also fuck nanowrimo [organization]
ProWritingAid, the NaNoWriMo sponsor that incorporated AI tools suspiciously close to the time when NaNoWriMo said it would accept AI "written" books, is now trying to capitalize on the end of NaNoWriMo with a "Novel Beginnings" contest
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February 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
ProWritingAid, the NaNoWriMo sponsor that incorporated AI tools suspiciously close to the time when NaNoWriMo said it would accept AI "written" books, is now trying to capitalize on the end of NaNoWriMo with a "Novel Beginnings" contest
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Finished prep work for NanoWrimo in record time.
September 5, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Finished prep work for NanoWrimo in record time.
Last writes for Nanowrimo.
Hooters and Nanowrimo dying on the same day? God's putting together a hell of a band
April 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Last writes for Nanowrimo.
For writers looking for alternatives to NaNoWriMo, here's a list of alternatives (feel free to suggest others!):
vanillapapers.net/2025/04/01/n...
Includes @storyaday.bsky.social #ShutUpAndWrite #PathfindersWritingCollective #4TheWords #MyWriteClub #Autocrit
vanillapapers.net/2025/04/01/n...
Includes @storyaday.bsky.social #ShutUpAndWrite #PathfindersWritingCollective #4TheWords #MyWriteClub #Autocrit
6 Best Alternatives To NaNoWriMo (An Ultimate List)
Beyond NaNoWriMo: Explore these incredible writing challenges to ignite your creativity, find community and achieve your literary goals.
vanillapapers.net
September 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
For writers looking for alternatives to NaNoWriMo, here's a list of alternatives (feel free to suggest others!):
vanillapapers.net/2025/04/01/n...
Includes @storyaday.bsky.social #ShutUpAndWrite #PathfindersWritingCollective #4TheWords #MyWriteClub #Autocrit
vanillapapers.net/2025/04/01/n...
Includes @storyaday.bsky.social #ShutUpAndWrite #PathfindersWritingCollective #4TheWords #MyWriteClub #Autocrit
just remembered that i had a keyboard for my TI-83 so i could use it for nanowrimo in like 2007
March 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
just remembered that i had a keyboard for my TI-83 so i could use it for nanowrimo in like 2007
NaNoWriMo
nanowrimo.org
October 7, 2023 at 2:31 AM
Nanowrimo has much to answer for.
August 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Nanowrimo has much to answer for.
NaNoWriMo Goes Bankrupt After Embracing AI: futurism.com/nanowrimo-cl...
NaNoWriMo Goes Bankrupt After Embracing AI
Less than a year after defending AI, the nonprofit behind the National Novel Writing Month — better known as NaNoWriMo — is closing.
futurism.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
NaNoWriMo Goes Bankrupt After Embracing AI: futurism.com/nanowrimo-cl...
as announced in their newsletter and in a video community update, NaNoWriMo will officially be shutting down.
March 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
as announced in their newsletter and in a video community update, NaNoWriMo will officially be shutting down.
Also, nanowrimo!
Inktober sets completely unrealistic expectations regarding output. Making a complete inked drawing in one day EVERY day for a month is insane and a recipe for burnout. Don’t tie your worth to something that even professionals believe is unrealistic.
Didn't we agreed to stop romanticing Inktober a couple of years ago bc the guy running It was terrible and the trend glorifies art as content, or what happened
September 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Also, nanowrimo!
NaNoWriMo: partnered with vanity presses that prey on authors, had a child grooming scandal, accusations of being a hostile work environment and all volunteers quit or got fired, started heavily promoting AI and called people ableist for being anti-AI
Also NaNoWriMo: No one wants to give us money 😔
Also NaNoWriMo: No one wants to give us money 😔
Less than a year after a full-throated embrace of AI, NaNoWriMo is shutting down :
April 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
NaNoWriMo: partnered with vanity presses that prey on authors, had a child grooming scandal, accusations of being a hostile work environment and all volunteers quit or got fired, started heavily promoting AI and called people ableist for being anti-AI
Also NaNoWriMo: No one wants to give us money 😔
Also NaNoWriMo: No one wants to give us money 😔
oh shit i forgot to start nanowrimo
November 29, 2024 at 7:54 PM
oh shit i forgot to start nanowrimo
NaNoWriMo in the finding out phase, I see.
April 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
NaNoWriMo in the finding out phase, I see.
nanowrimo starts today o_o
/vibrates
/vibrates
November 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
nanowrimo starts today o_o
/vibrates
/vibrates
Oh, that was like the LEAST problematic thing about NaNoWriMo in recent years...
September 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Oh, that was like the LEAST problematic thing about NaNoWriMo in recent years...
Inspired by NaNoWriMo, Couch to 5K now says it's OK to get a taxi
September 2, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Inspired by NaNoWriMo, Couch to 5K now says it's OK to get a taxi