25th Anniversary Special Fund Campaign launch

Forum moderator applications

If you'd like to be a moderator for the NaNoWriMo forums, applications are now open! As a general rule, we suggest that new MLs focus on learning the ML ropes for at least a year before adding moderator duties on top, but we strongly encourage MLs who feel confident with the ML role to apply to be a moderator since you're already so familiar with how our community works. We'd particularly love to expand our ranks outside North America!

There's more information about what being a moderator involves in this forum thread, and you can also ask any questions you have there as well.

Events to share with a wider audience

Are you hosting a virtual event that has capacity for a larger audience? We love being able to feature regional events on our HQ calendar where we can. If you've got an event planned that you know you can accommodate a larger audience, review the criteria and then submit your information using this form to see if we can highlight it! 

In-person event venue suggestions

If you're in the midst of trying to get your events sorted out and struggling to find venues for things, there's a really great conversation happening in this thread on the ML forum that has a ton of creative ideas for in-person event venues! 

Notes and info from the ML NaNo Prep event

Our first-ever ML NaNo Prep event last Friday (or at least it was Friday in my time zone!) was a rousing success—we had a ton of fun and had some really great discussions about activities and resources for hosting NaNo Prep events. You can find all of the resources I used and how I used them, plus a link to the recording of the event and the text from the chat, in this forum thread. Thanks to everyone who joined us, I hope you got some helpful ideas from it and also enjoyed yourself!

There are so many moving parts and so much information all the time, sometimes it can be helpful to just do a quick check-in with what you should have done by now and what you should be getting ready for:

Immediate to-dos:

• Ensure you've ordered your ML kit (information on that is in this email)
   
• Finalizing dates and times for any October events you're hosting and adding them to your events page
   
• New MLs: finishing up the ML training in the Google Classroom

Ongoing to-dos:

• Adding your events to your events page as they're confirmed
   
• Approving participant-submitted events in your region 
   
• Coordinating with your co-MLs to send regular regional messages about upcoming events, how they can submit their own events, and where they can find conversation and community in your region

Task to complete by next May:

• Complete one of the ML workshops (which one depends on whether you are a new or returning ML, though you are of course welcome to participate in all of them if you want!)

Frequently used ML links

ML Support Hub
ML Forums
Join the ML Discord
ML Facebook group
New ML Training Google Classroom
ML workshop information