The Future Competitors

Writers helping writers improve their craft, achieve their goals and recognize their dreams. Our mission is to help ignite writers' creative vision and connect them with the community, education and resources they need to bring it to life. • Fiction • Screenwriting • Nonfiction • Poetry From inspiring prompts, practical techniques, and insightful interviews, to instructional workshops, writing competitions, and professional services—we help writers of all genres and formats develop their craft and hone their business skills at every stage of their career.

National Novel Writing Month is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, established in 1999, in Berkeley, CA. We believe in empowering creative writing, a diversity of voices, and perseverance towards a goal. Most importantly, we believe that stories matter. In 2012, we served more than 450,000 participants all around the world. Our programs include: National Novel Writing Month, which encourages people to make time for creative projects by committing to writing 50,000 words of a novel in the 30 days of November. The Young Writers Program, which provides free resources, curriculum, and virtual tools to educators of creative writing around the world. Come Write In, which helps to turn local libraries, independent bookstores, and community centers into hubs for neighborhood writing literacy.