The 2008 Edmowrimo Theme

We announced this in chat and on Facebook the other day, but here are all the details of the theme we've got planned for this year's Edmowrimo experience!

While contemplating themes for this year's Edmowrimo experience for the 10th anniversary of NaNoWriMo, we took a number of factors into consideration. First and foremost in our minds, however, was the idea of who the mighty Edmonton would challenge this year. While we have found, in the past, inter-region competition to be an effective motivation technique, the ease with which we've defeated our competition has made this somewhat less powerful as a motivation tool. Therefore, this year, we will be pitting the Edmowrimos...against each other!

Dun Dun DUN!

That's right. This year, for the first time ever, the Edmowrimos will be sorted into four Houses. (see here for information on the history of the House system.) This is a concept that was popularized by the Harry Potter series, but dates back much further than that in the British school system. The Houses of the Edmowrimos will compete against one another in word wars, fundraising challenges, and other exciting events throughout the month. If you're motivated by the idea of challenging a stranger in another city, imagine how motivating challenging someone sitting across the room from you will be! We'll have contests at each write-in to see which house can write the most, month-long challenges to see which house has the highest word count, and fundraising competitions to see which house can raise the most money for the Edmowrimos and NaNoWriMo Headquarters! This year HQ is debuting an inter-region challenge for fundraising, so we'll be competing as a group to prove the eminent worthiness of the Edmowrimos. After all, school pride is greater than House pride!

Each house will be led by an ML - Sarah, Karen, Patrick, and Denton, our special guest Head of House. You will be sorted in a special ceremony at the Kick-Off (or at subsequent events if you can't make the kick-off party) into one of our four houses: Exclamation Mark House, Question Mark House, Ellipsis House, or Parentheses House. Or, as we prefer to call it, House! House? House... and (House).

Like any good school, we have a school crest, featuring the logos of each house and complete with school motto, "Novelis Quantitus Maximus, Qualitus Minimus." You can admire Patrick's awesome handiwork here! We invite you to proudly display this noble motto on your official Edmowrimo House Merchandise, available in our brand new store. Check it out here!
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