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- Active year-round

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- Channels dedicated to writing sprints, goals and critiques

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- Mostly based in Europe

About you:

- writers in any genre or form

- all skill/aspiration levels

- lgbtq+ members welcome

Note: This is primarily a SFW group, however members should be 18+, as we cannot guarantee it will be appropriate for all ages at all times.

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Edit: If so, what are you working on and what's your word count goal?

I can’t decide which one to do first (I’m eventually gonna write both)

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What are you working on?

I'm writing the rough draft of a scifirom novella for an antho. But,-- bonus! A story that was stuck (I'm a panster) unstuck! So have added some words to it also!

In the past (I'm trying to reach 500,000 words this year), I counted discussions and comments discussing my fanfic as a part of my word count. I'm talking about a good seven hundred words about me describing why I added a certain detail, how I feel about it, and how I plan to develop that idea in the future. The comments are replies to comments I get on AO3/FFN and I only counted them when I added details about my fic that will help me in the future.

So, I just replied to a bunch of comments and I made a self-promo post on r/HPfanfiction about me discussing what's going on in the chapter I just posted, and I'm wondering if I should count that discussion as a part of my word count. It has a few details for the future of the fic (which I use to make notes to refer to as I write) but it kinda feels like I'm cheating NaNo.

(For a little more information, I've made a ton of posts about me discussing the future of the fic and me asking for peoples' thoughts on it and me answering any questions they had, leading to me making essay-length replies which helped me plan out a vague outline in my fic and it also helped me plan out some details and some worldbuilding, as well, which I have saved in my notes (this is why I asked people to ask me questions in the first place). I added the number of words to my monthly word count because I was discussing something that helped me in my writing, sort of like an outline, and that's why I'm considering adding the discussion and comments to my word count.)

What are your thoughts on this?

I've never done the camp version before; everyone says they allow us to select from a range of goals since 2017. As I'm attempting to set up my goal, the only option in the drop down box is WORDS.

Have they reverted back to strictly words? Or do I have to select a certain kind of project? Do I need to be using the app instead of the web version? Or in my excitement, am I missing something REALLY obvious? Thanks for any tips!

Hello Everyone…SID here,

I am looking for some camp buddies, because I for one could use some writer friends who participate in Camp NaNo and I need the accountability. See others write helps me to write, and I love that. Also I get slightly competitive (in a good way) I like to write as much as others and sometimes more.

Hopefully I can find someone or people who are also branching out looking to make new friends. You can add me @ SIDSAPAC or you can message me.

Hope & Love, SS

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ASCENSION CABIN has been the BRIGHTEST light in the Camp NaNoWriMo woods since 2015.

Our cabin mates are healers and visionaries, writing to help make the world a better place. To do this, sometimes we use (and write about) crystals, color, aromatherapy, angel communication, meditation, automatic writing, and intuitive readings.

Some of us are writing fiction for adults or young adults, while others are penning nonfiction memoirs and healing manuals.

Many of our cabin mates return each April and July, but we happily welcome new campers who are currently writing Visionary Fiction, New Age, Spiritual or Wellness material.

*If interested in joining a creative and supportive environment, please comment below or contact me at writelighter@yahoo.com.

Hello friends, I hope someone can help with this issue. When I go to select July Camp for my project the option doesn't appear. I can see the option for April is appearing but I can't figure out how to fix it so that I can choose July. Google has been completely unhelpful so I hope that someone on here has encountered this issue as well and can let me know how you fixed the issue. Please and thank you!

:) my account name is Slytherfoot! (it was made during my huge harry potter phase lmao)

Hello, I am looking for all the possible writing sprints that will happen during july. Want to create a calendar in google and my writer journal/Bujo. If you have an already created calendar please share it with me.

Hi everyone,

I’m the mod at r/literarycontests, and I wanted to spread the word about an upcoming competition -

The 6th international North Street Book Prize for self-published books. Six categories: literary fiction, creative nonfiction/memoir, genre fiction, poetry, children’s picture book, and graphic fiction/memoir. $5,000 to the grand prize winner; $1,000 each to the six category winners; $250 each to six honorable mentions. Judges’ commentary and online publication (excerpt) for all winners. The contest is $65 to enter and the deadline is June 30.

If you’re looking for more literary contests to enter, including many free ones, please check us out at r/literarycontests.

Thanks and all best :]

but I'm already so excited for Camp in July!

Anyone else planning to participate?

i just joined nanowrimo try to write my thesis and hopefully bond with people who are also writing (even tho its not the same)... none of my irl friends are working on their thesis yet and i feel very alone but i really wanna do it. so hopefully camp nanowrimo can be a place to build that kind of support network around working on our respective projects.

A droplet of blood begins to work its way along a tempered glass door, gradually increasing in speed towards the naked white floor tiles. Then another drop follows, and another and another. Only ten seconds have passed but it has become impossible to tell what colour the floor of the bathroom was. A dark metallic odor presents itself. A scent familiar but yet so violently disgusting that it makes you think twice to sniff.

A portrait is hung on the wall adjacent to the shower head staring in the opposite direction. The portrait seems almost as if it was positioned to stare at whomever exit the shower doors. It is a portrait of a vase, in the shape of a pineapple. On the pineapple are fragments of a face but left incomplete. An oblique neon green triangle for its nose right in the center. Two bright pink rectangles for its lips, just barely overlapping at about 45 degrees leaving no room between the nose. One droopy green eye positioned to the left side of face, as if there were meant to be two. The eye is positioned as far upwards as it can be from the nose. The vase sits in the center of the portrait, carrying six different shades of white flowers that can be easily noticed at first glance but a white orchid also reveals itself with closer inspection, sloping to the left in between two peonies. The flowers hang over the rim of the vase fashioning a full head of hair stopping just before the eye. There is little to no room for what can be called a forehead. It stares through the tempered glass with its one eye creating an illusion you are not alone. With an opalescent white setting, the pineapple-shaped vase gives a calming but strange feel. A feeling, you are being watched and no matter what you do, you are not alone.

It has now been an hour; the walls of the bathroom are oblivious to what has taken place. In less than ten minutes this bathroom will be on every news station in Pickering. Some news stations will facetiously call this the setting for a new Tobe Hooper’s horror movie, while most news stations will warn viewers of the graphic and disturbing content and proceed to show live footage.

What a bloody day.

As the title says I did not get my camp "goal". I didn't even really try. Covid 19 crap and working all the time (Walmart) plus a shitty new nanowrimo website with no cozy old school cabins happened. 😣Oh well snow bells. Independent writing for me. I am sure the brand new people who never knew of Nanowrimo 365 days ago might love the horrendous new site. I am on the other hand a four year biased veteran and I am contemplating suicide/murder of my Nanowrimo account. However I think I will just abandon it for quite a while. Anyone else feeling the way I am?

On the bright side I am falling in love with my main story characters. Make lemonade out of lemons I guess with the whole shit site plus covid 19...

I hit 20,004 words today.

I just finalized (in my mind) how my BBG did the crime and why.

20k words in and I have no idea how my heroes are gonna solve the case. 🙃

How are you all doing? Off to a good start or a rough start?

Thus far, I'm proud of myself. Setting a low goal has been really helping me; I'm writing far more than my goal, but it gets me writing, and I know on rough days, it'll keep me from feeling like I failed if I get to my daily goal (which is only 500 words per day.)

Is anyone updating through Twitter? I prefer to go through there than Discord or the website. ( fndtherghtwords if you guys want to follow along.)

I can’t navigate the website correctly and my outline isn’t done! What are you all doing and what do you suggest?

I'm looking for people to friend on NaNoWriMo for Camp NaNoWriMo! I'm writing fanfiction for Camp NaNo this year and my NaNoWriMo name is "dreamsofdeathandmagic". Send me a friend request!

So the whole point of Camp is that we get to chose our own goal, rather than NaNoWriMo, where we're supposed to do 50,000 words. So it's strange to me that r/NaNoWriMo lets you have custom flair but r/campnanowrimo does not. My goal is 50 hours, but I can't show that off in the flair because they're all preset word count goals. Can we please of customizable goals?

Hi everyone,

I am starting Camp NaNoWriMo, and I am excited. Currently, I am rereading my NaNo2019 Book so I can edit it. With a huge goal, I know I'll get defeated of I don't accomplish it, so does anyone want to be buddies and keep each other accountable? I don't know if they have cabins anymore, but I am down for group chats. My nano name is sidsapac.

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Best,

SID SAPAC

Today is our first official day of camp! I'm so excited to get started and take a break from reality for a bit. Good luck everyone!

Now I work for Walmart so I am an "essential employee" but I have seen people mention in the nanowrimo sub they are starting earlier since they are expected to stay home for most of the time.

I HATE the new nanowrimo website. So I am starting my project that I am somewhat outlining in a pinch tomorrow after work.

Who all else has gone your own way?

I have to admit a part of me is glad the new site is shit. We don't need nanowrimo permission slips to write.

I still miss the private cabins though. 😭. Time to move on!

Oh but I won't count anything written before April in my count for April. Of course I might just lose while being me like I did last November.

Hi there poets and writers of r/CampNaNoWriMo,

I'm u/winningwriters, the mod over at r/literarycontests. We post daily about upcoming submissions opportunities in all genres. Our huge database of calls for entries comes from Winning Writers, a longstanding writers' resources site.

Right now we are also accepting submissions for two contests of our own:

The Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest offers a first prize of $1000, a second prize of $250, and ten honorable mentions of $100 each. Entrants are invited to submit humor poetry on any theme. The top twelve entries will be published online. The contest is international and the deadline is April 1. The contest is free to enter.

The Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest offers a two first prizes of $3,000 each (up from $2,000 last year,) as well as ten honorable mentions of $200 each. Entrants are invited to submit short fiction and essays on any topic. The top twelve entries will be published online. The contest is international and the deadline is April 30th. The fee for the contest is $20.

Sometimes when I post, there are some replies worried about a scam, so in order to head that off I just want to say that our competitions are listed by The Write Life as some of the top writing competitions out there, and we’re in Writer’s Digest’s top eight sites for writers. Besides contests, we also offer a lot of free publishing and style resources, including a database of free poetry and prose competitions, at https://winningwriters.com/. And of course, stop by our subreddit for daily submissions opportunities worldwide, r/literarycontests.

Thank you, and all best,

u/winningwriters

Hi writers of r/CampNaNoWriMo,

I’d like to invite you to r/literarycontests, a new sub for calls for submissions to literary contests and publications. We post calls for submissions for all genres, especially fiction, poetry, short story, essay, nonfiction, and self-published books. The organizations whose calls we post include journals and magazines, anthologies, and foundations, niche and mainstream, both in print and online, from all over the world. We prioritize established contests with low, or no, entry fees, which offer cash prizes and publication opportunities.

r/literarycontests is updated daily, and all calls for submissions are flaired by genre. The posted contests have all been vetted by the writers’ resource organization Winning Writers, one of Writer's Digest's "101 Best Websites for Writers" (May/June 2019 issue). The mission of r/literarycontests is to connect writers with the opportunities that will help their development both in craft and reputation.

Members of r/literarycontests are encouraged to contribute calls for entries that fit the standards listed in the sidebar. All submissions are approved by me, your friendly mod, in order to ensure consistency in post formatting and contest quality.

So, welcome along to r/literarycontests! I think a lot of writers don't realize how many opportunities, especially free opportunities, there are out there to submit work. We would definitely like to see the number of writers making use of these opportunities grow. Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you around the sub.

All the best, /u/winningwriters