NaperWriMo Wiki

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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 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