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
2008: 119,301participants and 21,683 winners
And a growing number of these novels have found publishers, including one New York Times #1 Bestseller!
Jon F. Merz--- The Destructor (Pinnacle Books, 2003). Contact: Pinnacle Books
Lani Diane Rich--- Time Off for Good Behavior
Sara Gruen--- Flying Changes
Rebecca Agiewich--- BreakupBabe
Francesca Segre--- Daughter of the Bride
David Niall Wilson--- Vintage Soul (Five Star/Gale, 2007) and The Mote in Andrea's Eye
Gayle Brandeis--- Self Storage (Ballantine Books, 2007). Contact: www.gaylebrandeis.com
Kimberly Llewellyn--- Cashmere Boulevard (Berkley Books, 2007). Contact: www.KimberlyLlewellyn.com
Geonn Cannon---On the Air
Contact: P.D Publishing.
Lisa Daily--- The Dreamgirl Academy (Plume/Penguin Putnam, 2008). Contact: http://stopgettingdumped.com
Jacob and Diane Anderson-Minshall--- Blind Curves (Bold Strokes Books, 2007) Contact: www.boldstrokesbooks.com
James R. Strickland--- Looking Glass (Flying Pen Press, 2007) Contact: www.jamesrstrickland.com
Kathy Cano-Murillo--- Love Shine (Grand Central Publishing, 2007) Contact: www.CraftyChica.com
Ann Gonzalez--- Running for My Life (WestSide Books, 2008) Contact: www.AnnGonzalez.com
Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen--- The Compound (Feiwel and Friends, 2008) Contact: www.rockforadoll.com
Jessica Burkhart--- High Jumps at Collins Academy (Simon & Schuster, 2007).
Jenna Bayley-Burke--- Just One Spark
Teryl Cartwright--- A Sensible Match (Vintage Romance, 2007). Contact: www.terylcartwright.com
Dave Casler--- The Story of the Great American Flying Broomstick, Book 1: Genesis (Mt. Sneffels Press, 2007). Contact: www.americanflyingbroomstick.com
Liz Hegarty--- Salt River (Scholastic New Zealand, April 2009). Contact: www.scholastic.co.nz/
C.J. Lines--- Filth Kiss (Hadesgate Publishing , 2007). Contact: http://cjlines.com
Moondancer Drake--- Worlds Collide (PD Publishing). Contact: www.moondancerdrake.com.
Simon Haynes--- Hal Spacejock No Free Lunch (Fremantle Press, June 2008).
Farhan Devji--- The Hockey Farmer (Cacoethes Publishing, June 2008). Contact: Cacoethes Publishing
Kalayna-Nicole Price--- Once Bitten (Bell Bridge Books). Contact: www.Kalayna.com
Katherine Bell--- Amaranth: The Preterhumans, Book 1 (Cacoethes Publishing). Contact: www.KatherineBell.net
Angela Korra'ti--- Faerie Blood (Drollerie Press). Contact: www.DrolleriePress.com
Terie Gerrison--- SpringFire and SummerDanse (Llewellyn Worldwide). Contact: www.TerieGarrison.com
Kathleen Kaufman--- The Tree Museum (Way Things Are Publications, March 2009). Contact: www.WayThingsArePublications.com
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes--- Persistence of Memory
Mette Finderup--- Blink: En kærlighedsroman (Gyldendal, 2009). Contact: www.finderup.dk/blink
Erin Grace-- The Indefatigable Wright Brothers (Jumping Duck Media, 2008). Contact: www.jumping-duck.com.
Catherine Wade---Let's Dish and Another Time Around (Samhain Publishing, 2009).
Sarah Dooley---Livvie Owen Lived Here (Feiwel and Friends, 2010).
Rachael Herron---How to Knit a Love Song (Avon, 2010). Contact: www.rachaelherron.com/
Alayna Williams---Dark Oracle (Pocket-Juno Books, 2010). Contact: www.alaynawilliams.com/
Laura L. Alton---Las Vegas Chew Toy (Fireside Mysteries, 2009). Contact: www.lauralalton.com/
Edgar Franzmann---Millionenallee (Emons-Verlag, 2009). Contact: www.franzmann.de/
Erasmus---Standish (P.D. Publishing, Inc., 2006). Contact: http://www.pdpublishing.com/standishendpage.html
T. Greenwood---The Hungry Season (Kensington, 2010). Contact: http://www.tgreenwood.com/thsindex.html
John Gorman---Shades of Luz (All Things That Matter Press, 2009). Contact: http://www.shadesofluz.com/
Kyle Michel Sullivan---Bobby Carapisi, Vol. 1 (The Nazca Plains Corporation, 2009). Contact:http://www.thenazcaplainscorp.com/new.aspx.
Jocelyne Allen---You and the Pirates (The Workhorsery, 2009). Contact:www.theworkhorsery.ca
Teryl Cartwright---Courting Constance (Vintage Romance Publishing, 2010). Contact: forthcoming.
Jennifer Brozek---The Little Finance Book That Could (Lean Marketing Press, 2010). Contact: forthcoming.
