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Please explore this site fully. Our blog posts, which provide timely updates, appear below.


Unleash the (Writing) Kraken!
Halloween, DOKN, TEIN, and more!
Kickoff Draws Nigh!
Program and schedule updates for TNT 2025.
Introducing the Young Authors Guild
A program for writers aged 8-17
TNT 2025: More Info!
Kickoff has moved to 10/25. And the MonsterQuest Challenge scoring has changed!
Preview: TNT 2025!
Here's what's in store for you for That November Thing, 2025 edition. Spooky!
Summer Writers’ Conference 2025
The agenda and link for the Summer Writers’ Conference 2025.
Midsummer Tidbits
NaNoWriMo is gone; big events for the second half of 2025 are here.
The Day of Knockout Noveling!
DOKN is here! Yay!
Go, Team! Write!
We've begun the "write like a kitten on catnip" part of That November Thing. And wow, y'all are ON FIRE. (Well, not literally on fire, although we do keep the bookstore first-aid kit stocked with aloe.) Here's what you need to know for the week ahead. Schedule of Events This …
Happy Halloween! Let’s Get Started!
The "write like a demon out of hell" phase of That November Thing is now upon us. Are you ready? Pretending to be ready? In a full panic? Remember, you still have roughly 12 hours or so to get ready. Bwahaha.