Our Impact
NaNoWriMo is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides the structure, community, and encouragement to help people use their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds—on and off the page. We’re also proud to be a majority community-funded charity.
In 2022:
- 413,295 writers participated in our programs, including 85,000 students and educators in the Young Writers Program.
- 791 volunteer Municipal Liaisons guided 671 regions on six continents.
- 1,038 libraries, bookstores, and community centers supported novelists through our Come Write In program.
- 378,264 writing goals were set and tracked using our site tools, including 83,000 on the Young Writers Program website.
- 51,670 writers met goals to become NaNoWriMo winners, including 21,326 young writers.
