All articles
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All About Local Events/ Regions
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All About Writing Groups
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Can I change my username or email address?
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Can I participate if I’m not American? Can I write a novel in any language?
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Can I partner with NaNoWriMo to promote my product or organization?
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Can I pay for merchandise with a personal check?
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Can I send a donation directly via PayPal?
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Can I use the NaNoWriMo name or logo?
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Can I write with a partner?
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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Do I have to start my novel from scratch on the first of the month? Can I use an outline?
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Do I still get a halo if I opt out of physical donor thank-you gifts?
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Do you support corporate matching gifts?
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Getting Started...
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How and when can I sign up? When do I start writing?
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How can I add a word count update to a past date, or delete an incorrect word count update?
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How can I find my regional Forum?
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How can I fix stats on a previous goal or project?
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How can I leave a region?
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How can I meet and write with Wrimos in my area?
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How can I register a Come Write In location?
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How can I track progress that isn't a word count?
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How do I add or remove a writing buddy?
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How do I create a goal for an existing project?
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How do I create a project for Camp?
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How do I create a Writing Group?
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How do I donate by check or money order?
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How do I donate on behalf of a friend or gift a halo to another participant?
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How do I edit one of my writing goals?
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How do I find Buddies?
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How do I join a Writing Group?
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How do I leave a Writing Group?
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How do I post, edit, or delete a book cover?
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How do I post, edit, or delete a novel excerpt or synopsis?
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How do I recover my password or username?
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How do I support NaNoWriMo?
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How do I unmute a forum?
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How do I update my progress? How often should I update it?
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How do I upload an author photo to my profile?
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How do I win National Novel Writing Month? What are the prizes? Is there an entry fee?
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How do I “home” or affiliate with my local region(s)?
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How do returns and refunds work?
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How does my donation or purchase support NaNoWriMo?
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How much does shipping cost?
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How to Win and Collect Winner Goodies
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How will NaNoWriMo use my donation?
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I am having trouble being invited to/ inviting someone to a Writing Group
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I haven't received a verification email. How can I verify my account?
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Is my donation tax-deductible?
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Is there a minimum age to participate?
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What are badges?
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What are forums?
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What are the different methods of updating my word count?
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What do I do if someone in my Writing Group is posting abusive content or spam in the message board?
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What do I do with my novel after the month is over?
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What genres can I write in? Can I write non-fiction or poetry?
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What if I don’t finish? Or hit my word-count goal but I’m only halfway through my novel?
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What is a "Halo"?
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What is a halo? What is the public donor thank-you page?
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What is a Writing Group?
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What is Discourse (Forums)?
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What kind of company is NaNoWriMo?
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What should I do if I notice a bug?
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When will my order arrive?
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When will my order ship?
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Where are my old writing buddies?
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Where do I write my novel? Do I type it on the NaNoWriMo website?
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Where is my Halo?
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Which browsers does NaNoWriMo support?
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Why 50,000 words? And how do you define “novel”?
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Why is shipping so expensive?
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Why isn’t there a region near me?
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Will the company I work for match my donation?