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. Please welcome NewNoWriMo 2025!
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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.
NewNoWriMo: New Chapter
We genuinely believe the core idea of the event 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 NewNoWriMo 2025 the best version of the event to date.
We’re bringing our 15 years of experience to make NewNoWriMo 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: support@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.
Any suggestions are welcome: contact us.
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:
- https://fic.fan (English)
- https://fanfictionero.com (Spanish)
- https://ficador.com (Portuguese – currently in beta)