RIP: NaNoWriMo, 25 years of service
Apr. 1st, 2025 03:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayneNational Novel Writing Month, held in November, has thrown in the towel and is no more. They put forth the challenge of writing 50,000 words in that month and offered a word count tool to measure your progress and awarded badges for the accomplishment.
However, the last few years have been turbulent, a questionable sponsor came on-board and then a flirtation with AI with a very dubious endorsement by the organization caused a large boycott last year. A general downturn in arts sponsorship over the years, and now no NaNo.
It's possible someone else will come up with a new name and organization, if so, we can only hope they adhere to a stronger code of ethics.
https://gizmodo.com/longtime-writing-community-nanowrimo-shuts-down-after-ai-drama-2000583619
However, the last few years have been turbulent, a questionable sponsor came on-board and then a flirtation with AI with a very dubious endorsement by the organization caused a large boycott last year. A general downturn in arts sponsorship over the years, and now no NaNo.
It's possible someone else will come up with a new name and organization, if so, we can only hope they adhere to a stronger code of ethics.
https://gizmodo.com/longtime-writing-community-nanowrimo-shuts-down-after-ai-drama-2000583619
