The “NOVELOUS Worlds” Contest Has Officially Concluded!
MyAnimeList and Honeyfeed are teaming up with Shogakukan, the legendary publisher behind hits like Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End and The Apothecary Diaries, to celebrate the launch of their latest light novel platform:NOVELOUS.
To mark this special occasion, the NOVELOUS Worlds contest calls on all aspiring writers to craft unforgettable narratives. The top 10 finalists will earn a spot on the NOVELOUS app, bringing their stories to a global audience! This year’s contest is all about bold, gripping concepts that hook readers instantly. And what stories are more powerful than love and the end of the world?
Think you have what it takes? The submission window for this contest is from February 10, 2025, to May 7, 2025.
Yani is a Godsinger, a special class of people who can link themselves to the AI gods that watch over her world and hear them when they speak. She loves her god, Imon, more than life. When her status as a Godsinger is threatened by a surprise arranged marriage, Yani must choose how far she's will...
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Ryūka Tatsuhara always dreamt of leaving her boring hometown and starting a new life in Tokyo. But then strange doors called Daimen appeared, bringing kaijus onto Earth. One of them, a massive kaiju known as the Daikaiju, arrived in Ryūka’s town looking for a host to carry his child. When he c...
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When all over Earth, chunks of reality start disappearing from existence in mysterious events known as extirpations, Dr. Ken Soma finds himself at a crossroads: should he divulge the fate of the world, or keep it to himself? His ex-wife, Dr. Irina Alexandrova, Russian expat, decides for him wh...
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One day, Nicholas wakes up to a girl sleeping by his side. This mystery girl, Elerina, mysteriously appears beside him. She comes from a world that is currently at war. After becoming her husband, he commits to supporting her in any way he can.
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For six years, Valeria Evernight has survived in a world left empty by the Vanishing, tirelessly preparing a ritual to find her lost mother. But when she finally completes it, the spell doesn’t bring her mother back; it summons Caelum, a boy from another world who is just as lost as she is. Worse...
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Ryuuto Iwasaki is moving to Tokyo to attend his dream university – part of his vision of a tranquil college life. Suddenly, his plan is turned on its head from a former student’s burnt ramen and a simple question: “Iwasaki-kun, how’s your English?” With that, he is placed in the international ...
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Yani is a Godsinger, a special class of people who can link themselves to the AI gods that watch over her world and hear them when they speak. She loves her god, Imon, more than life. When her status as a Godsinger is threatened by a surprise arranged marriage, Yani must choose how far she's will...
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Ryūka Tatsuhara always dreamt of leaving her boring hometown and starting a new life in Tokyo. But then strange doors called Daimen appeared, bringing kaijus onto Earth. One of them, a massive kaiju known as the Daikaiju, arrived in Ryūka’s town looking for a host to carry his child. When he c...
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A pandemic of a mysterious disease, completely harmless to humans but deadly to plants, begins rapidly destroying all flora in nature, causing a significant drop in the oxygen levels of Earth's atmosphere. According to scientists' calculations, if the current rate of oxygen depletion continues, h...
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When all over Earth, chunks of reality start disappearing from existence in mysterious events known as extirpations, Dr. Ken Soma finds himself at a crossroads: should he divulge the fate of the world, or keep it to himself? His ex-wife, Dr. Irina Alexandrova, Russian expat, decides for him wh...
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“I shall live to see an Age of Magic renewed.” This is the promise of Lavenza, an apostate who wanders the land in search of ancient mana. “I shall live to see my father’s armor reforged.” This is the promise of Deme, a child who delves in dungeons in search of Rafta, the withering flowe...
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Two people, proudly driven by their ideals, fight to come out on top of a system designed to reward conformity and stifle individuality. Alice Bedwyn, the adoptive daughter of an influential banker, will fight for freedom from her Father, starting on her first year at the university for the eli...
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In this world, dungeon delving adventurers have the chance to great riches, courtesy of the loot within. However, an adventurer's potential is determined by a Skill, an innate ability manifested at birth. Low grade skills populate the lower ranks, while those with divine skills populate the high ...
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A modern world is suddenly and strangely tied together with a mystical 7th century East Asia. Mythological beasts still roam the wilds while the Three Kingdoms of Korea and the clans of Yamato Kingship Japan struggle to maintain order. Lucas, fatalistic Korean-American who has only ever wanted to...
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Wounded and humiliated, Daiki, a knight-in-training, merges with a legendary parasite. Abandoning honor for survival, he becomes a hunter. Monsters, mutations, betrayals—his evolution is only beginning. Now, he hunts the summit… and himself. Would you like help refining this for a book blurb o...
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Eren stood at the peak of human achievement—richer than empires, stronger than nations, and feared by all. A man who conquered the world through sheer will, intelligence, and unrelenting ambition. Yet, in the end, his reward was nothing but emptiness. When he chose to leave that life behind, f...
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What would happen if you got isekaied and woke up a few billion years ago back when the earth was still magma and have to make it all the way back to premodern isekai time. That's Rin's story. After her hellish experience she goes through the normal isekai process and realises that she's too damn...
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Perhaps humanity’s greatest sin was forcing them to look down. For as long as humanity has existed, so has war. Now, William and the remnants of mankind march through hell itself to reclaim their pride and bring down those who dare to walk above the clouds. Bullets, mines, knives—everything ...
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On June 4th, 2037 Earth received its one and only communication from beyond the stars. “After careful evaluation carried out by an envoy of the Sunless Consortium, this world has been judged to be deficient and will hereby cease to exist in precisely 365 days to make way for a new, and more ad...
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