NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program is facilitated by National Novel Writing Month, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that believes your story matters.

Our Mission Statement

National Novel Writing Month believes in the transformational power of creativity. We provide the structure, community, and encouragement to help people find their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds—on and off the page.

Other Programs

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is our flagship program and the world's largest creative writing event, where thousands of people attempt to write 50,000 words of a novel in November. Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel. 

Camp NaNoWriMo is a virtual writer's retreat that happens every April and July. Participants set their own word-count goals for any writing project (novel or not) and enroll in virtual cabin groups for community support.

Come Write In provides resources to libraries, community centers, and bookstores around the world. The goal: to make local neighborhood spaces more creative and welcoming to writers of all ages and backgrounds.

Support Us

When you support NaNoWriMo, you not only support people’s dreams of writing novels, memoir, nonfiction, and poetry—you help transform people into creators who see new possibilities in the world. 

The Young Writers Program relies on donations from our community to pay for things like web hosting, classroom kits for educators, pep talks from working authors, and the development of advice articles and other resources for young writers.

Donate today to help NaNoWriMo build a more creative world.

NaNoWriMo also partners with third-party affiliates who return a portion of their proceeds from NaNoWriMo customers to our organization. In working with these affiliate partners, you will play an important role in helping NaNoWriMo! 

Learn about other ways to support us.