
"I Was Browsing MAL As Usual Then I Realized My Web Novel Could Become Manga" or "MAL x HF Writing Contest" for short is a MyAnimeList and Honeyfeed collaboration that started in 2021 with the intention of shedding light on all the anime enthusiasts that, with their talent and passion, have created fantastic worlds of their own and delivered them to the world through web novels. Now in 2022, this contest returns with more opportunities for writers around the globe, as the winners will once again get a chance to be adapted into light novel or manga to be published in Japan by Kodansha.
Anime, manga, and light novels from Japan have inspired the world for decades. Now, it's time to show Japan what you can do.
Second chances aren't given, they're earned - or so do six high school students soon realize, after dying in a tragic accident and finding themselves in front of the selfish and fabulous Cupid! He offers them all the opportunity to come back to life with a catch: they can only stay that way if th...
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The country of New England is in the midst of a corporation-controlled cultural movement and on the cusp of a violent revolution. Automation has reached an all-time peak, the gap between the poorest and the richest grows ever larger, and for some reason, the search engines don’t seem to know what...
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What’s life like for a generic side character in your typical fantasy shounen manga? Shun is just a normal high school student—average grades, average aspirations, average circumstances. Things are perfectly ordinary…until he stumbles upon a classmate fighting monsters he can’t see. He’s not s...
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An army of androids led by the enigmatic Rat King besieges cities around the globe every ninety days. In response, the Venator licence was created, granting near limitless freedom and funds to combat the threat. Living in his parents’ shadow, Yagi Akinori needs to avenge his brother. Raise...
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"Dogs don't get to choose." Lucky is a dog that finds themselves mixed in with the exotic animal trade with no memory of their past. With the help of other Pets, Lucky discovers the truth behind their existence and attempts to dismantle the system that perpetuates it: the GACHA System.
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Princess Chiffon loves many things: early morning tea and sweet cakes to lift her spirits… and the scent of blood paired with the crunch of bones. If the latter isn’t enough to warp her elegant façade, her new knight, Caramello, takes every opportunity to bring out the worst in her. Charming and ...
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The country of New England is in the midst of a corporation-controlled cultural movement and on the cusp of a violent revolution. Automation has reached an all-time peak, the gap between the poorest and the richest grows ever larger, and for some reason, the search engines don’t seem to know what...
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Kiro Lane floated along the social current of the esteemed V.I.A.S. High like a piece of driftwood. But it's to be expected. After all, he was the only human living in this world of monsters. That was, until one fateful day when that entire world fell into question. The line between falling in...
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Natsuki has big plans for her freshman year at Miyazawa High - finding herself and seizing the day! Quickly overwhelmed by trying to figure out how to do all that, Natsuki stumbles upon a club that reminds her of a long-lost passion of hers - the Web Novel Club. It's exactly as it sounds. Join...
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What’s life like for a generic side character in your typical fantasy shounen manga? Shun is just a normal high school student—average grades, average aspirations, average circumstances. Things are perfectly ordinary…until he stumbles upon a classmate fighting monsters he can’t see. He’s not s...
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Meet Kakuji Ran, a 17-year-old high schooler and a hard-boiled gacha addict. Kakuji's devotion towards his favorite character, Neri Tendou from the idol rhythm game Kira-Kira Party, is world-class: despite being a fully functional B-level student and working part-time at a local convenience store...
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Jin Yurinhalt was a hero. She led the charge, fought the homunculi, slayed their queen. Jin Yurinhalt won the war. So why does she have trouble sleeping at night? She’s tried therapy. She’s tried pills. Hell, she’s even tried neural implants, but nothing stopped the gnawing darkness that h...
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240 students. Only 40 will graduate. In life, success isn't determined solely by one's academic performance. There exist athletic and creative pursuits, of course, but don't forget how capable one is at manipulating, lying, cheating, and backstabbing others — those talents are important too. T...
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Second chances aren't given, they're earned - or so do six high school students soon realize, after dying in a tragic accident and finding themselves in front of the selfish and fabulous Cupid! He offers them all the opportunity to come back to life with a catch: they can only stay that way if th...
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There are countless things to do at university. Make friends, go to parties, join a club, whatever you'd like to do to enjoy yourself. Sam isn't interested in any of that. In her opinion, things like socializing and club activities are a waste of valuable time. Time that would better be spent ...
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240 students. Only 40 will graduate. In life, success isn't determined solely by one's academic performance. There exist athletic and creative pursuits, of course, but don't forget how capable one is at manipulating, lying, cheating, and backstabbing others — those talents are important too. T...
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When the frontier continent of Jaderis was discovered by airships braving the western winds, a fever full of adventure, exploration, and the promise of surmountable riches swept the heart of every person calling themselves "Adventurer". Adventurer Academy was founded with the intention of groo...
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I'm in my last year of high school, and I still don't know what life is. I don't have any friends, because I don't need any, I have myself. I have my own little world, in which I live my own little life. Yet when I look at others, I don't even feel alive. At night, I often dream of a yellow cat. ...
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"My name is Ichika Wakabayashi, sixteen years old. I attend an all girls school in a (not quiet enough) rural town. I am the only child of a single mother. And I have a secret. A secret that I can't tell anyone. . . Cliché, I know. What am I some of kind of magical girl, you ask? If only. . ." ...
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(Updates - 3 times a week) Made and funded by the criminal society of the world, this high school provides the upcoming generations of crime lords and corrupt government officials with much-needed education and laws for them to follow. Can the lawless follow laws? And will the main character fu...
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Natsuki has big plans for her freshman year at Miyazawa High - finding herself and seizing the day! Quickly overwhelmed by trying to figure out how to do all that, Natsuki stumbles upon a club that reminds her of a long-lost passion of hers - the Web Novel Club. It's exactly as it sounds. Join...
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To Go Back - 戻るには - Modoru Ni Wa What if you could simply return to a previous state in life? Perhaps back to your first day in school? Maybe your first kiss? Or your first... other things? And what if I told you about a machine that could allow you to do just that? To revisit any aspect of yo...
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Low-profile. Bit part player. Villager B. Although these terms, increasingly more derogatory, have all been used to describe him at one time or another, Tanizaki Seishi is not bothered - he wants nothing more than to while away his school days with his head buried in his beloved books. The...
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Love and fantasy are different but similar in their own ways. One of those ways, and the one that Araldo Tsutsumi is coming to terms with, is discord. His life had never been "normal" but after a chance encounter with a girl with mystical eyes, his world was changed when she — threatens to kill ...
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The slumber of the witch Hana has ended, but it has been so long that our present day is like seventy years in the future for her. Against the suggestion of her friend, Hana decides to explore the new world she is in. But then a fateful encounter occurs.
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Princess Chiffon loves many things: early morning tea and sweet cakes to lift her spirits… and the scent of blood paired with the crunch of bones. If the latter isn’t enough to warp her elegant façade, her new knight, Caramello, takes every opportunity to bring out the worst in her. Charming and ...
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Megumi Kaneko is just your average university student, except of course for her irrationally strong fear of needles and anything that involves them. One miraculous day when Megumi's friend Kana tricks her into going into a tattoo shop with her, Megumi meets Alex. Kana thinks Alex is cute, but Meg...
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Awkward and prone to overthinking, Rin has always struggled socially. It doesn't help that her white hair tends to draw attention. That said, one night on the train she sees a sight even more unusual than herself. A girl with horns. Her name is Evi. At least, that's the only name she's willing...
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“Theft is a crime and he sure is receiving a death penalty!” Katsura Miku once fainted on stage due to a heart attack, and the question was… Who stole her first kiss?!- I mean, who the heck performed CPR on her?! In the quest to find the mysterious male student who ‘supposedly’ stole her ‘firs...
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The Hanabi Buso were once a team of Magical Girls that saved the world countless times, and the Osoroshi Kaidame were once the most feared group of villains in all of Japan. But that was fourteen years ago. Nowadays there is only two left. The leader of the once terrifying villains Kaiyo Omo, or ...
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Enne Bouvire inches toward the truth in the unassuming dystopian city of Frederick. Alejandro Gaitan mulls over the skeletons in his closet; The past and the bloodshed catch up to him, unadulterated and cruel. Those in power realize their threat as our heroes slowly dismantle the underlying power...
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9 years after the destruction of New York City, a young woman finds herself trapped in a web of conspiracy that threatens to tear her life, family, and entire world apart. Only through controlling a devastating, mechanical monster can she learn the truth about the memories she had once forgott...
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Violet and Blue are two companies that are currently waging war on each other. To protect their lifestyles and their homes, the people of Violet will have to take up arms and fend off themselves. Armed with a brand new revolutionary nano-technology, both sides will do anything in their reach to...
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In the future, the most popular augemented reality MMORPG Mage Hackers is released into the public. But when one of the players didn't know that the game is more than just real and people who started playing are actually playing themselves inside the game.
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"Dogs don't get to choose." Lucky is a dog that finds themselves mixed in with the exotic animal trade with no memory of their past. With the help of other Pets, Lucky discovers the truth behind their existence and attempts to dismantle the system that perpetuates it: the GACHA System.
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A girl living her normal working life suddenly finds herself thrust into a web of intrigue and deception. She must struggle to overcome difficult challenges and make hard decisions that might shape the future of her home city of Umevar and she can trust no one. Will repost this on my account o...
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"Bend to the ideologies drilled into your brain since you were born. Bend to the group that wasted precious resources to nurture you. Justices come from the group, the corporation, and what is right or wrong doesn’t matter. Offer your heart and soul to the greater good, to the superiors who gra...
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