Were you aware of the public scrutiny the organization faced last year when it showed support for using artificial intelligence in creative writing? Do you remember how authors like Maureen Johnson and Daniel José Older resigned from the board raising concerns about AI potentially using writers’ work without permission?
Apart from the AI controversy did you know that NaNoWriMo also received criticism for inconsistent moderation on its forums which created an unsafe environment for teenage writers in the community? These issues although not the sole reason for NaNoWriMo’s closure definitely added to the challenges they were already facing.
In a YouTube video a spokesperson named Kilby mentioned that “To attribute NaNoWriMo’s closure solely to the events of the past year overlooks the broader struggles faced by many nonprofits.” Can you imagine how many members of this large community came to expect the services to be free making sustainability a difficult goal for NaNoWriMo?
né?. Have you heard the news about NaNoWriMo? Can you believe that after 25 years as an online writing community turned nonprofit, they have announced their shutdown? Do you remember how NaNoWriMo, short for National Novel Writing Month, used to challenge writers to complete a rough draft of a novel during November? And did you know that what began as a Yahoo! mailing list in 1999 grew into a huge writing event with hundreds of thousands of participants every year?
The decision to close came after facing ongoing financial struggles that made it difficult for NaNoWriMo to keep going né?
