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RIP: NaNoWriMo, 25 years of service
National 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