FicFan Will Be Hosting National Novel Writing Month 2025
A full-scale National Novel Writing Month 2025 event will be hosted this November on FicFan in English, Fanfictionero in Spanish, and Ficmania in Portuguese. We welcome all feedback and suggestions to help make this the best NaNoWriMo yet.
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NewNoWriMo is a month-long writing challenge inspired by NаNoWriMo.
The goal is to write
50,000 words
between
November 1st and November 30th.
Whether you're starting a brand-new story or continuing a long-standing WIP,
NewNoWriMo
invites you to celebrate creativity, community, and the worlds you love. It doesn’t matter if you are a first-time writer or a seasoned pro, this is your month to dive in and create!
Rules
– Word count goal:
Write at least
50,000 words
during November.
– Timeframe:
All words must be written between
12:00 AM on November 1st and 11:59 PM on November 30th,
your local time
– Sole Author:
You must write the 50,000 words yourself.
– Planning is Encouraged:
Outlining, character notes, timelines, research, and worldbuilding are all allowed before and during November and during Preptober but actual prose writing must happen during the challenge period.
– Creative Freedom:
Want to explore original stories, AUs, write a crossover, or experiment with new formats? Go for it! NewNoWriMo is about your creative joy!
The Story of NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo
was a nonprofit organization that hosted an annual writing challenge: write a 50,000-word novel during the month of November. It was an inspiring event that motivated thousands of writers to unleash their creativity and stick with it year after year.
Unfortunately, in recent years, the organization has experienced a steep decline due to lack of funding and poor management, leading to major controversies involving questionable AI sponsors and issues related to child safety.
And finally, the organization has announced it will be shutting down and 2025 event will not happen.
And this is where we’ve chosen to step in.
NaNoWriMo: New Chapter
We genuinely believe the core idea of NaNoWriMo is fantastic. It provides a clear goal, a solid timeline, and a shared sense of purpose in overcoming writer’s block as a community. That’s why we’ve decided to take on the challenge and make
NaNoWriMo 2025
the best version of the event to date.
We’re bringing our 15 years of experience to make
NaNoWriMo 2025
the best it can be. We believe in open dialogue and the power of community. All suggestions are welcome. You can share them here by dropping a message to support with "Ideas and suggestions" category, on our social media channels, or reach out directly via:
kb@fic.fan
Here’s what we can confirm so far:
You’ll be able to participate with both original works and fanfiction, in any genre, fandom, or pairing.
Participation will be completely free for everyone.
We’re dedicating the next several months to ensure the best experience possible.
No AI-generated content allowed, this is a celebration of human creativity.
Everyone deserves to be heard. We are here to listen.
About FicFan
We are a team of writers and fanfiction enthusiasts from Europe, and many of us were part of the original development team behind ficbook.net which is a Russian-language fanfiction platform launched in 2009. Over time, Ficbook grew to more than 20 million users, becoming the second-largest fanfiction website in the world after AO3.
In recent years, however, the Russian government passed harsh anti-LGBTQ+ laws and pressured us to remove all slash and femslash content. We were threatened with criminal charges and even physical violence. But we refused to compromise. For us, writing is about freedom of expression and community. Giving in would have meant betraying everything we’d built.
As a result, Ficbook was banned in Russia. We lost a large portion of our audience, but many loyal writers and readers continue to access the site through VPNs.
Since then, we’ve expanded our vision, launching multilingual platforms based on the Ficbook codebase:
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One identity. One truth. Neither buried.
In a world where identity defines legacy, Alex thinks they have it figured it out.
Until a faceless entity comes from the static to watch, follow, hunt. Reality glitches. Confessions cut deeper than wounds. Every choice threatens the balance built with friends, family, and Alex's lifeline.
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Other times, they set you free.
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This is only the first part.
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