
The “THE ISEKAI presented by KADOKAWA” Contest Has Officially Concluded!
MyAnimeList and Honeyfeed are once again teaming up to deliver the most thrilling and challenging contests, and this time, we've joined forces with one of the industry's most iconic companies: KADOKAWA—the publisher behind some of the biggest hits in the Isekai light novel scene, such as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, The Rising of the Shield Hero, Overlord, and Sword Art Online.
The “MyAnimeList x Honeyfeed Writing Contest 2025 – THE ISEKAI presented by KADOKAWA” will reward the top 3 Fantasy Isekai stories with $3,000 each, and if one entry truly stands out, it could take home the Grand Prize of $5,000 instead, along with the chance to get picked up for publication.
Ready to transport readers to your own Isekai world? Submit your story between July 7 and September 29, 2025, and seize the chance to win big and gain incredible exposure!
Being taken to a strange new world with your best friend might be a dream for some, but when Mitsuta finds himself in a fantasy land he is shocked to find that he has no cool powers, no new skills, and is just as much of a loser as he was back home. His dog however...
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Hiroyuki Satoyama is an HR manager. That much is abundantly clear. So much so, he doesn’t know why he’s chosen as the Light’s hero to fight the demon king? On top of that, his only skill is Appraisal and the world he arrives in is already almost lost. What is an HR manager to do—except recruit...
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Two drinking buddies get isekai’d after a thunderstorm at a medieval music festival. Armed with cheap costumes, bad hangovers, and endless thirst, they stumble into a fantasy world full of magic, monsters, and mead. Alongside a sharp-witted elf girl, their misadventures may just turn into the stu...
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Raymond Roberts is a game dev at 2-Square Studios who finds himself summoned into their latest game, Angel Sword Online; An unfinished mess of a MMORPG on the verge of being released to the public. While most others on the team had lost hope, the game’s mascot Tensei claims that he can fix it fro...
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Sayane was a struggling, down-on-her-luck J-Pop idol who was crushed on stage. After dying, she wakes up in a dangerous realm where music was once the source of magic but is now long forgotten. A tyrannical empire wiped all music from history and silenced the realm so that no one could ever op...
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Empathy can be an error. Forgiveness can be fatal. These two lessons have burned deep within her bones for as long as Sheila can remember. Even without the weight of family or friends, she has never known true freedom. Undistracted by both poverty and terminal illness, she races towar...
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Two drinking buddies get isekai’d after a thunderstorm at a medieval music festival. Armed with cheap costumes, bad hangovers, and endless thirst, they stumble into a fantasy world full of magic, monsters, and mead. Alongside a sharp-witted elf girl, their misadventures may just turn into the stu...
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When Hikaru Takahashi is pushed into traffic by a jealous coworker, he awakens in another world as Ren. Just Ren. Nothing special; no talents, no magic, and no floating EXP gauge that will let him progress through an overpowered skill tree. Instead, he is simply a baby, a twin son of a humble ...
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A grandma got isekai'd?!? Follow the tale of granny Annie Smith and her "mentor" Lilin Conquista, looking at a dark world already conquered by the demon king that needs to be fixed from within! Will Annie Smith be able to fix the world with her kindness?
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“Every sky needs its clouds. Every captain needs a ship. And every Lock needs its Key.” Rokuro Adachi was just an ordinary high school delinquent—until the day everything burned. When a mysterious invader descends on his world, Rokuro loses everything. Then… he wakes up somewhere else. A ne...
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Being taken to a strange new world with your best friend might be a dream for some, but when Mitsuta finds himself in a fantasy land he is shocked to find that he has no cool powers, no new skills, and is just as much of a loser as he was back home. His dog however...
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Hiroyuki Satoyama is an HR manager. That much is abundantly clear. So much so, he doesn’t know why he’s chosen as the Light’s hero to fight the demon king? On top of that, his only skill is Appraisal and the world he arrives in is already almost lost. What is an HR manager to do—except recruit...
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Upon his arrival in another world, Kade is given a simple mission. Prevent the demon lord from fighting the hero. He lives a peaceful life with the demon lord, who turns into his familiar, but after several years of peace, his mission finally catches up to him. He must face a new threat that may ...
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Scientist Shintaro Nagao – a genius who changed the future of humanity. He discovered a cure for cancer and created devastating military technology, yet falls victim to an international conspiracy. But death is not his final stop. Shintaro is reborn as a baby in a new magical world under the name...
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While playing his favorite virtual reality MMO after finishing a raid with his friends, player Kianic is hit by a sudden flash of light. Strangely finding himself within the game's world and with no recollection of his real name. As bizarre the situation is, Kianic must set himself forth to answe...
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Can a day get worse? You should never ask that question, because yes, it can. Missing the bus is one thing. Getting into a thunderstorm another. Being summoned to another world a third. After that there’s not much else to do besides defeating the dark goddess. But something is not right. Every...
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"You're a mean cheapskate!" Francisco Alvear has heard this plenty from his peers and clients. He's the best financial advisor, solving people's financial situations comes easy to him. Though he does not take joy in his job. Listening to how people spend their money so frivolously irritates him...
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Thirteen-year-old Penny Scribs just wanted to escape — from school, from her bullies, from reality itself. In her notebook, she created SMILE, a superhero who fights evil with the power of rock, paper, and scissors. It was childish. It was her safe space. But after a brutal bullying incident k...
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Our hero wakes up one day as a black hole in a strange solar system, and it could tear the planetary neighborhood apart.
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