November 1, 2005
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AND THEY"RE OFF
The official start of NaNoWriMo was last night at midnight.
NaNoWriMo By The Numbers
Founded: 1999, Oakland, CA
Annual participant/winner totals:
1999: 21 participants and six winners
2000: 140 participants and 29 winners
2001: 5000 participants and more than 700 winners
2002: 13,500 participants and around 2100 winners
2003: 25,500 participants and about 3500 winners
2004: 42,000 participants and just shy of 6000 winners
We're estimating about 60,000 participants will head out into the noveling frontier on November 1, 2005.
Last year I was one of those 6,000 as was my friend Maryt63, and Kluless, And Lovingmy40s COULD have been included if she'd been officially signed up instead of just happening to stroll in a week late and churn out her 50,000 words without breaking a sweat. (yeah - thanks for showing up and making the rest of us look bad ... LOL)
This year, I don't know how many people will win, but I know that our little circle had a better than average finish with four of our five making it across the finish line. This year our circle is larger but our comitment is the same. Get those strories written!
If you wanted to swim in our little NaNo pond and you HAVEN'T gotten a group email - that's because I don't have your email address. It's not too late. Send it to me today and you'll be wrapped in the loving arms of the rest of us cranky, caffeine and chocolate eating, sleep-deprived writers who are determined to fly, soar, limp and crawl across that finish line in 29 days, 16 hours and 20 minutes ...
Comments (9)
Oh, I'm the cheatin' Queen, so this year I started EARLY. That's to make myself look even worse, in the eyes of those sticking to the straight-and-narrow, you bunch of law-loving wimps
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Whoohooo for the cranky and caffeinated!
And bless you for being the wonderful cheerleader you are, too. Also, you neglected to mention that YOU wrote TWO novels in a month. Yeah. Like anyone can even pretend to begin to compete....!!
Like i told Prudy...since sometime takes up to a week to come up with the RIGHT word, i'd suck bigtime at that contest
You folks are making me feel like a slacker for not participating. I did it twice, once with success and once without. It is a tough effort, but you know what that old Nietzche guy says..."what doesn't kill us..."
i love your site it has a great feel
I love the new poster this year. I even, for a second, thought about a huge donation so I could get one.
I'm such a nerd. Based upon the percentages of previous years, there should be around 8400 winners this year. If I don't stop doing math and start writing I won't be one of those 8400.
I'm gonna give NaNoWriMo a shot next year... too much going on this year.
Good luck!
how are winners determined? Is it based on quality or just the fact that they finished?
Hey girl! How have you been?... I sure could use a poetry fix from you. Are you writing much poetry these days? Did you get my IM about the MO? I am giving it a little more time. Hopefully, it will pop up... *poetry please* =)
dan
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