Join Camp NaNoWriMo This April!

Start your next writing adventure!

It’s time to check out Camp NaNoWriMo! If you haven’t heard of Camp, it’s a month-long writing challenge like NaNoWriMo that takes place in both April and July. The key differences are that you can set your own word-count goal, and officially tackle any writing project, novel or not.

Need to finish those last 10,000 words of last November’s novel? This is the time! Want to write 75,000 words of that memoir you’ve been dreaming about? Give it a shot! Want to branch out into poetry or screenwriting or graphic novels? Let’s get it, writer.

How does it work?

🔈 Announce Your Project — To participate in Camp NaNoWriMo, just announce a project, then make sure to check “Associate with a NaNoWriMo event”, and select the current Camp NaNoWriMo event. You’ll be able to start updating your word count when Camp officially begins on April 1!

⏱️ Decide on a Goal — Right now, our site only supports word-count goals. If you want to track another kind of goal, such as time or pages, here’s a conversion chart with some guidelines on how to set a goal that works you.

📝 Prepare to Write — Check out our “NaNo Prep 101” workbook for tons of interactive exercises to help you develop your story idea, organize your writing time, and more!

✍🏽 Join a Writing Group — Looking for a writing group to keep you accountable? You can join a group of 3 – 20 writers to share your progress, encouragement, and resources as you write. Start a writing group of your own, or find a writing group to join in the forums. (You can join as many groups as you’d like!)

🗓️ Join an Event — View and participate in upcoming events, such as virtual write-ins, tweet chats, webcasts, and more! Our next scheduled event is the announcement of 2021 Pitchapalooza winners with The Book Doctors on Saturday, March 13, at 12 PM Pacific.

Applications are also now open for the Black Creatives Revision Workshop hosted by our friends at We Need Diverse Books! They’ll be hosting a Twitter Q&A this Friday, March 5, at 4 PM Pacific for interested participants.