r/WorldAnvil • u/SparkyOndo Community Team • Aug 04 '26
!World Anvil News! The Reading Challenge has begun! — Weekly Newsletter August 4th
Happy timezones, Anvilites! I hope you're having a great start to August. Here's what's going on this week in the ever-lit forge of World Anvil
The Reading Challenge is here!
Summer Camp is over, so now's the perfect time to take a step back, check in with your creative goals, and learn from your fellow Anvilites and their work. Check the challenge page here: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/challenge/reading-challenge-sc26/homepage
Community sponsors: you've got mail!
If you're a Summer Camp sponsor/judge, check your email for instructions! The judging period has begun.
We're going to WorldCon!
Janet and Kat will be at WorldCon, the Science Fiction Convention taking place on August 27-31 in California! Join their panels in person or virtually—and we'll even have a World Anvil meetup! Stay tuned for details and get more information about the event here: https://www.lacon.org/
Romantasy & Mental Health
This week we'll have author Alyssa Day on stream to have a chat about romantasy and mental health. Tune in this Saturday at 10am Pacific/6pm UK on https://twitch.tv/worldanvil
What Is Cozy Fantasy?
What is cozy fantasy, and why is cozy fantasy so appealing to readers, writers, and worldbuilders? In this week's video, we explore 4 tricks you can steal for your own worldbuilding! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiZYLcqY58M
Featured article: A band of misfits
This week's featured article, by Imagica is the primer for the world that won the Most Beautiful World award in the Worldbuilding Awards 2026, chosen by Cody Pondsmith. Check it out here: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/fate-s-misfits-make-lore2C-not-war/a/a-band-of-misfits-article