NaperWriMo Wiki

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Event logistics and zoom links will be posted in our regional forum] -- note: you will need to log into the nanowrimo.org forums to see these.

2021 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 eighth Library Crawl (following 2019, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020). 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 party: Oct 30, 1-3 PM
• Nov 1st, midnight: Start Writing! (midnight-6 am)
• Write-ins: see naperwrimo.org/events
• All Day Write-In: Nov 13, 10am-6 pm
• Mid-Month Social Break: Nov 13 9-10 am
• Nov 30th, 11:59 PM -- Stop Writing!
• TGIO potluck lunch: Dec 4th, 1-3 pm

2021 Preparatory Workshops

• Nichols Library (Naperville), 1-3 pm, Saturdays, October 9, 16, 23
• See 2020 NaNoWriMo workshops

Slack channel events

See the information on our Slack-based regional chatroom.

Naperville Municipal Center 2022 Dates

If conditions permit next year in 2022...

• NaNoWriMo Kick-off October 29,2022 - 1-3 PM (Lunch room). Executive Director Grant Faulkner will be there for Q&A!
• NaNoWriMo All Day Write-in November 12,2022 -10 AM - 6 PM (Meeting Room B)
• NaNoWriMo TGIO December 10,2022 - 1-3 PM (Lunch room)

Nichols Library (NPL) 2021 Dates

These events will be virtual

• Write-ins 1-4:30 pm, Sundays in November (Nov 7, 14, 21, 28)

Journey 2022 dates

Journey meetings

• Saturday, January 8 (noon-3 pm)
• Saturday, Feb 12 (noon-3 pm)
• Saturday, March 12 (noon-3 pm)
• Saturday, April 9 (noon - 3 pm)
• Saturday, May 14 (noon-3 pm)
• Saturday, June 11 (noon-3 pm)
• Saturday, September 10 (noon-3 pm)

• NOTE: All Journey events will be online-only

Shakespeare Reader's Theatre

• Saturday, Feb 19 1-3 PM

Writer's Voice Workshop

• Saturday, June 18, 1-4 PM