
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.
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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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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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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Human girl meets catgirl, then hold hands and kiss and stuff
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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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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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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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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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“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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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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Selena Evander never expected an old book to connect her with Prince Leonhardt, a man from the past whose fate ended in tragedy. Can love transcend time?
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For the past 43 years, the world has been devastated by terrible negative impacts.... These negative impacts were caused by none other than a prolonged war. A war that closed many access routes. Many people suffered, whether from disease or hunger. This war was named World War III. However, this ...
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Yukino Shirakawa, the aloof “Dango Princess,” never cared for people—until Ren Takamine arrived, bringing with him the warm scent of red bean and a world unlike her own. He’s not just a new student—he’s something other, and his presence begins to melt the barriers Yukino thought she’d built f...
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An adventurous trio, with it's own reasons, excitedly goes to explore the infamous land of Arctica, widely known for it's supernatural activity and unsolved mysteries. But what's coming up on them is a truth they've wondered for years being verified right before their eyes.
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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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Annie and Tommie are just trying to survive middle school, each other, and the quiet tension of being adopted into a family that holds more secrets than answers. But as the world around them begins to shift—news blackouts, missing people, strange visions—what once felt like a normal life begins t...
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Meddling with evolving viruses, Fion, an anguished, genius virologist, genetically edits his hand-selected creation to be unassuming and untraceable even in the view of the whole world with his body as a vessel. Traversing the false peace, can a benevolent researcher and a weapon-obsessed hero...
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Joni and the entire world heard the same devastating news at the same time: “Beginning now, the world will end in 365 days, coming to a close within this exact hour. Explosions will not wreck the land, and blood need not be recklessly spilled in hopes of putting a stop to the inevitable. The ...
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He wasn’t a hero. He was a salaryman. Burnt out. Alone. Just another face in Tokyo’s crowd—until a stray bolt of lightning ended everything. It wasn’t fate. It wasn’t destiny. It was a god who wasn’t watching where he stepped. And when the divine slip-up couldn’t be undone, Lucen was off...
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What if fate wasn’t absolute? Haru awakens in a world where the sky shifts in unnatural hues, an anomaly in the rigid order of Orbis. The system denies his existence, yet something within him refuses to yield. To the Fate Guardians, he is a threat, one that must be erased before balance is los...
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