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2020 Google Calendar Events

Welcome to the events page for NaperWriMo, the USA::Illinois::Naperville region of National Novel Writing Month.

Location: see location maps Be sure to bookmark http://naperwrimo.org/events that will always point to the latest Events page. This year will be the seventh Library Crawl (following 2019, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018). Don't know what a write-in is? See All About Write-ins.

You may visit the calendar source: Naperville google calendar

Highlighted Events

• Kick-off potluck lunch: Oct 26, 11:30am–3:00pm
• Nov 1st, midnight: Start Writing!
• Write-ins: see naperwrimo.org/events
• Dueling Trains: Nov 3, 10:30am for Glen Ellyn and Downers Grove Train Stations
• Two Brothers Roundhouse Write-in: TBD
• All Day Write-In: Nov 16, 8am-3pm
• Mid-Month Meetup: Nov 16 (after the all day Write-In)
• Nov 30th, 11:59 PM -- Stop Writing!
• TGIO potluck lunch: Dec 7th, 11:30– 3:00

2020 Preparatory Workshops

• Nichols Library (Naperville) - Community Room, 1-3 pm, Saturdays, October 10, 17, 24
• See 2020 NaNoWriMo workshops

Slack channel events

See the information on our Slack-based regional chatroom.

Naperville Municipal Center 2020 Dates

• NaNoWriMo Kick-off October 31,2020 - 10:45 AM 3 PM Lunch room
• NaNoWriMo All Day Write-in November 14,2020 -8 AM 3 PM Meeting Room B
• NaNoWriMo TGIO December 5,2020 - 11:30 AM 3 PM Lunch room

Nichols Library (NPL) 2020 Dates

• Write-ins at Nichols (Program Room (on the lower level to the left of the staircase as you’re coming down)), 1:30-4:30 pm, Sundays in November
• November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 1:30-4:30 in the Program Room)

Journey 2020 dates

Journey meetings

• Saturday, January 11 - Woodridge (noon-4 pm)
• Saturday, Feb 8 - GEPL (11:30 am-3:30 pm)
• Saturday, March 14 - Woodridge (noon-4 pm)
• Saturday, April 11 - GEPL (11:30 am-3:30 pm)
• Saturday, May 9 - Woodridge (noon-4 pm)
• Saturday, June 13 - GEPL (11:30 am-3:30 pm)
• Saturday, September 12 - Woodridge (noon-4 pm)

Shakespeare Reader's Theatre

• Saturday, Feb 15 1-3 PM (GEPL)

Writer's Voice Workshop

• Saturday, June 20, 1-4 PM (Woodridge)