Happy timezones, Anvilites! Here’s this week’s community news:
🔥 WorldEmber begins this Saturday!
Get ready for the biggest worldbuilding challenge of the year and make your world 10k words larger! Submit your prep before WorldEmber begins if you want to homework squad badge: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/challenge/worldember-2025-homework/homepage
If you’re sponsoring WorldEmber, keep an eye on your inbox this week for important information!
📖 Last week of NovelEmber
NovelEmber ends at the end of this week, so if you need a last sprint to get to your goal, now’s your time! Make sure to claim your NovelEmber win as soon as you complete the goal by clicking the “Claim your win” button in the NovelEmber page: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/challenge/novelember-2025/homepage
📝 Weekly news page
To make the weekly news more accessible to all World Anvil users, we’ve started this page (the one you’re reading now!). This will be updated every week with the most recent news.
🤔 Should you worldbuild your novel setting first?
When should you worldbuild your novel setting? Before your write, while you write, or after? In this week’s video, Janet gives you a framework to help you with this! https://youtu.be/zwpMHFtVLHQ
🙌 WorldEmber launch stream
WorldEmber will launch during this week’s stream: Saturday 29th at 7pm UK/11am Pacific. Come celebrate the launch of WorldEmber on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/worldanvil
👀 Featured article: WE 25 – Aquatic Promise
This week’s featured article is Blue Fairy 74’s WorldEmber Prep article! It’s an amazing example of solid prep that makes me want to learn more about her world. Check it out and give it some love! https://www.worldanvil.com/w/blueC2B4s-worlds-blue-fairy-74/a/we-25—aquatic-promise-article
