What happens to all the novels written for NaNoWriMo? Has anyone been published?

Novels that are uploaded to us for verification and victory between November 25 and November 30 are counted by a computer script, and then automatically deleted. We do not read or keep any novels sent in, and NaNoWriMo authors retain all rights to everything they write during the event.

Many, many winning novels have been written through NaNoWriMo. Our stats:

1999: 21 participants and six winners
2000: 140 participants and 29 winners
2001: 5,000 participants and more than 700 winners
2002: 13,500 participants and around 2,100 winners
2003: 25,500 participants and about 3,500 winners
2004: 42,000 participants and just shy of 6,000 winners
2005: 59,000 participants and 9,769 winners
2006: 79,000 participants and 13,000 winners
2007: 101,510 participants and 15,333 winners

And a growing number of these novels have found publishers, including one New York Times #1 Bestseller!

Jon F. Merz---NaNoWriMo novel: The Destructor (Pinnacle Books, 2003). Contact: Pinnacle Books

Lani Diane Rich---NaNoWriMo novels: Time Off for Good Behavior (Warner Books, 2004) and Maybe Baby (Warner Books, 2005). Contact: www.lanidianerich.com

Sara Gruen---NaNoWriMo novels: Flying Changes (HarperCollins, 2005) and Water for Elephants (Algonquin, 2007). Contact: www.saragruen.com

Rebecca Agiewich---NaNoWriMo novel: BreakupBabe (Ballantine Books, 2006). Contact: http://rebecca.agiewich.net

Francesca Segre---NaNoWriMo novel: Daughter of the Bride (Berkeley Books, 2006). Contact: www.FrancescaSegre.com.

David Niall Wilson---NaNoWriMo novels: Vintage Soul (Five Star/Gale, 2007) and The Mote in Andrea's Eye (Five Star/Gale, 2006). Contact: Five Star/Gale

Gayle Brandeis---NaNoWriMo novel: Self Storage (Ballantine Books, 2007). Contact: www.gaylebrandeis.com

Kimberly Llewellyn---NaNoWriMo novel: Cashmere Boulevard (Berkley Books, 2007). Contact: www.KimberlyLlewellyn.com

Geonn Cannon---NaNoWriMo novel: On the Air (P.D. Publishing, 2007). Contact: P.D Publishing.

Lisa Daily---NaNoWriMo novel: The Dreamgirl Academy (Plume/Penguin Putnam, 2008). Contact: http://stopgettingdumped.com

Jacob and Diane Anderson-Minshall---NaNoWriMo novel: Blind Curves (Bold Strokes Books, 2007) Contact: www.boldstrokesbooks.com

James R. Strickland---NaNoWriMo novel: Looking Glass (Flying Pen Press, 2007) Contact: www.jamesrstrickland.com

Kathy Cano-Murillo---NaNoWriMo novel: Love Shine (Grand Central Publishing, 2007) Contact: www.CraftyChica.com

Ann Gonzalez---NaNoWriMo novel: Running for My Life (WestSide Books, 2008) Contact: www.AnnGonzalez.com

Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen---NaNoWriMo novel: The Compound (Feiwel and Friends, 2008) Contact: www.rockforadoll.com

Jessica Burkhart---NaNoWriMo novel: High Jumps at Collins Academy (Simon & Schuster, 2007).

Jenna Bayley-Burke---NaNoWriMo novel: Just One Spark (Mills & Boon, 2006). Contact: www.jennabayleyburke.com

Teryl Cartwright---NaNoWriMo novel: A Sensible Match (Vintage Romance, 2007). Contact: www.terylcartwright.com

Dave Casler---NaNoWriMo novel: The Story of the Great American Flying Broomstick, Book 1: Genesis (Mt. Sneffels Press, 2007). Contact: www.americanflyingbroomstick.com

Liz Hegarty---NaNoWriMo novel: Salt River (Scholastic New Zealand, April 2009). Contact: www.scholastic.co.nz/

C.J. Lines---NaNoWriMo novel: Filth Kiss (Hadesgate Publishing , 2007). Contact: http://cjlines.com

Moondancer Drake---NaNoWriMo novel: Worlds Collide (PD Publishing). Contact: www.moondancerdrake.com.

Simon Haynes---NaNoWriMo novel: Hal Spacejock No Free Lunch (Fremantle Press, June 2008).

Farhan Devji---NaNoWriMo novel: The Hockey Farmer (Cacoethes Publishing, June 2008). Contact: Cacoethes Publishing

Kalayna-Nicole Price---NaNoWriMo novel: Once Bitten (Bell Bridge Books). Contact: www.Kalayna.com