RIP

You will be missed.

"The NaNoWriMo organization is shutting down"

#NaNoWriMo #ShutDown #Nonprofit #Writing #Writers #AI #Controversy #NationalNovelWritingMonth

https://www.theverge.com/news/642258/nanowrimo-organization-shutting-down

@bookstodon @writers

Już jest. 1 część mojego opowiadania na Substacku:
https://monikaibetley.substack.com/p/znikniecie-wujenki-cz-1
#pisanie #opowiadania #selfpublishing #mojepisanie #mastowriting #pisanie
#opowiadanie
#poezja
#literatura
#twórczość
#NaNoWriMo
#FediLit
#FediPisarze

This is dumb but I didn't know #Nanowrimo was gone. I knew that had troubles with the AI thingy but didn't know it resulted in them folding.
That said, wondered who was in charge of their PR because *that* was a dumpster fire...

via @justincox

https://justincox.com/blog/2025/04/ai-killed-nanowrimo/

AI Killed NaNoWriMo

This Just In: The writing month challenge may be dead, but there's a new option to keep writers going. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
https://writingcooperative.com/ai-killed-nanowrimo-76f1c3378fd

#thisjustin #writing #nanowrimo #socialmedia
@indieauthors

"We believe that to categorically condemn AI would be to ignore classist and ableist issues surrounding the use of the technology," the nonprofit's 2024 statement reads, "and that questions around the use of AI tie to questions around privilege."

Ohoh yhtäkkiä en olekaan lainkaan suruissani tästä konkkauutisesta. Oon toisaalta ällistynyt miten tää luokka- ja ableismidiskurssi on hiipinyt tekoälyn puolustukseen, ja toisaalta en yhtään. Ihmisillä on jokin omituinen illuusio, että jotkut nyt vaan tuottaa tuosta vain aina heti erinomaista ja julkaistavaa taidetta, eikä näe vuosien raatamista ja harjoittelua taustalla.
Eikä tekoälyä käyttävät ihmiset edes itse tee sitä ”taidettaan”, kone syöttää puppua. En mitenkään kehtaisi sanoa sellaista omaksi tuotokseksi, vielä kun se on varastettua tavaraa.

https://futurism.com/nanowrimo-closing-embracing-ai

#NaNoWriMo is shutting down.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/02/creative-writing-nanowrimo-to-close-after-20-years

We like #WritingMonth as an alternative.
https://writingmonth.org/

#NaNoWriMo 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR6NnjgeIIY @bookstodon

#NaNoWriMo 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR6NnjgeIIY @bookstodon

NaNoWriMo Goes Bankrupt After Embracing AI
https://futurism.com/nanowrimo-closing-embracing-ai

US nonprofit National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), recently embroiled in AI and content moderation scandals, shuts down after 25 years, citing financial issues

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nanowrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/

The nonprofit behind the annual National Novel Writing Month (#NaNoWriMo) challenge is closing its doors.

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.

https://futurism.com/nanowrimo-closing-embracing-ai

#NaNoWriMo no no no https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nanowrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/

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.

Looks like #WritingMonth, my open source #NaNoWriMo alternative, just hit 750 users.

https://writingmonth.org

https://www.theverge.com/news/642258/nanowrimo-organization-shutting-down

NaNoWriMo, the nonprofit organization behind the annual writing challenge to finish a novel in November, is shutting down due to financial struggles.

This comes after participation and fundraising decreased in recent years, and controversies over the use of AI tools and child grooming allegations.

The NaNoWriMo site will remain online, but the challenges will no longer be formally hosted.

Go Fash, (as in embrace GenAI and Child abuse) lose Cash

"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."

And that's how you destroy something after 20 years.

https://www.theverge.com/news/642258/nanowrimo-organization-shutting-down

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.

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.

I'm a bit rushed right now, but I'll add details later in comments below this post. Questions and comments welcome.

I think something that really isn't discussed clearly enough is highlighted here: https://flipboard.com/@futurism/futurism-1lupih3cz/-/a-u207kQCtTpO4CFsx3nlHdg%3Aa%3A1737388686-%2F0

Do you know that #writers were the ones donating to #NaNoWriMo ? And that generally speaking it is creatively inclined people who typically want to pay for the goods made by other creatively inclined people. That writers are typically readers who share book recommendations with other writers and have various #Books communities they're involved in.

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