What to do if you didn't validate http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-illinois-naperville/threads/46432 NewMexicoKid If you have 50,000+ words in your novel and your progress bar is still blue, it probably means that you did not validate. This is fine if you do not care about the video cheer, the PDF certificate and the icons that validated winners received. Validated winners are also eligible for the CreateSpace free five books offer. If you didn't validate because you had technical difficulties doing so, please post your request for help <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/tech-help-site-bug-reports/threads/45838" rel="nofollow">in this tech-help thread</a>. They should be able to help you. Good luck! Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:15:23 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-illinois-naperville/threads/46432?page=1#forum_thread_comment_914200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-illinois-naperville/threads/46432?page=1#forum_thread_comment_914200 Tairisanders What video cheer??? I never got any cheers??? :( Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:42:49 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-illinois-naperville/threads/46432?page=1#forum_thread_comment_930164 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-illinois-naperville/threads/46432?page=1#forum_thread_comment_930164 AmaranthMuse Do tell me about this cheer! Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:35:22 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-illinois-naperville/threads/46432?page=1#forum_thread_comment_941918 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-illinois-naperville/threads/46432?page=1#forum_thread_comment_941918 NewMexicoKid If you win, you go <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/winners/youwon" rel="nofollow">to the winners page</a> and there is a video cheer there by the NaNoWriMo staff. It's really quite nice :-) Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:18:22 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-illinois-naperville/threads/46432?page=1#forum_thread_comment_943868 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-illinois-naperville/threads/46432?page=1#forum_thread_comment_943868