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
2008: 119,301participants and 21,683 winners
2009: 167,150 participants and 32,178 winners

A growing number of these novels have found publishers, including one New York Times #1 Bestseller (Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen). Here's the list so far, broken down by year of publication.

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

Lani Diane Rich--- Time Off for Good Behavior (Warner Books, 2004), Maybe Baby (Warner Books, 2005), and Wish You Were Here (Warner Books, 2008). Contact: www.lanidianerich.com

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

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

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

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

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 (P.D. Publishing, 2007), World on Fire (P.D. Publishing, 2009), and Confused by Shadows (P.D. Publishing, 2011)
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 (Mills & Boon, 2006). Contact: www.jennabayleyburke.com

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 (Delacorte Books for Young Readers,2008). Contact: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/atwaterrhodes

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: A Cypress Hollow Yarn (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.

S. Christopher---Gigapolis (Onyx Neon Press, 2009). Contact: www.onyxneon.com

Colin Fullerton---Like A Road (Blaurock Press, 2008). Contact: www.blaurockpress.com.

Magdalena Zschokke---Maybe Tomorrow (Windstorm Creative, 2007). Contact: www.magdalenazschokke.com.

Ian O'Neill---Endo (BookStrand Publishing, 2008). Contact:www.bookstrand.com.