NaNoWriMo 2025

Hello Canis!

It's that time of year again, and starting Nov. 1st, we all ignore our life priorities and break our keyboards with posts. For those of you who already know what NaNoWriMo is, great! For those of you who think I'm saying a weird conglomeration of letters, NaNoWriMo was a nonprofit organization meant to inspire writers and push creative limits. Sadly, the site shut down after 26 years of intense writing, but we are carrying on the spirit. Essentially, the goal is to write a total of 50,000 words by the end of November (usually in the form of a novel or other written story), but for Canis, we go by total word count across IC posts. If you want to avoid dying in the last half, you should aim to write 1,667 words a day to stay on track.

Members who reach 50k by the end of November will earn a NaNo 50k sprite, which will be displayed on your main account! Awards have no merit in-game; they are simply a fun little badge. Additionally, if there are any members of the community who would like to offer other prizes, please PM me on site or Discord to discuss!

Note: any offers will be awarded at staff discretion so that the prizes can be shared throughout the community. Any changes to the "prize pool" will be announced.

Failure to follow through on prizes may revoke your eligibility to win prizes in future events on-site. Please only offer if you are confident you can follow through.

We allow for easy tracking by turning on the NaNoWriMo word count in your user settings. It does not matter if you share your count publicly or not; it only needs to be turned on for staff to track your progress. A leaderboard will be updated here daily until the final results are in!

Important Rules

• Any words in OOC or note tags will not be counted, so please utilize OOC code for non-countable words.
  
• Threading solely with yourself or repeating large chunks of another player's written speech, this is viewed as cheating. A short indication/repetition of another's written speech is fine to denote what your character is reacting to.
  
• Tracking ends on the 1st of December in your timezone.
  
• Those who won prizes will be announced on December 1st at some point
  

How to enter

• Read all parts of this post
  
• Entering acknowledges you have read our rules and notes to ensure your posts count
  
• Turn on NaNoWriMo word tracking from your main account: User Options > Scroll down to NaNoWriMo Options > Select a show count option and save(this will track all accounts linked to the main)
  
• Reply below to be included in the count
  
• Write like hell (starting Nov. 1st)
  

Past Achievers

2021 — Aso, Noki, Minxy, Cyprin
2022 — Cyprin, Karlee, Buu, Dogeatingdirt, Flowerboy, Minxy
2023 — Hanna

Current prize pool

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Prizes will be handed out pseudo-randomly for either those that reach 50k, or those that generally participated. No prizes will be awarded for "firsts" or "mosts"

• NaNoWriMo GOAL profile sprite (write 50k words or more) Award levels up at 3rd and 5th completion
  
• 1 Chibi — provided by Sentinel
  
• 1 Bust — provided by Sentinel
  

Leaderboard

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1. Aso — 1693
   
2. Sentinel — 1676
   
3. Sylph — 1030
   
4. Gutz — 856
   
5. Saga — 0
   

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