Brigham City Library's 2025

National Novel Writing Month

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Each November the Library hosts events, activities, & prize drawings to encourage writers of all ages to set and meet personal writing goals.

2025 National Novel Writing Month is coming soon! Check back for more info. In the meantime, check out the other upcoming library events on our calendar.

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The Challenge

The official National Novel Writing Month goal is to write 50,000 words during November. The Library's NaNoWriMo goal is for YOU to meet YOUR writing goals.

How to Join

Declare a Personal Goal: Sign up by November 15th, 2025 by filling out the online registration (or contact Alisha, 435-723-5850)
Start Writing: Writing begins at midnight November 1st and ends 11:59pm November 30th.
Win Points: Report weekly word counts and attend qualifying events to earn points for prize drawings.
Bask in Your Accomplishments: Hooray! Report your final word count and come to Open Mic Night to celebrate with other writers.

Points & Prizes

Attend Writing Group events and participate in NaNo activities to earn points. Each event or activity is worth 1 point. The more points you earn, the more prize drawings you can enter!

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Points (14 points possible)

Attend a festival author event (3 events)
Attend a Writing Wars event (2 events)
Report your words each week (4 weeks)
Reach your personal goal (set by you when you sign-up)
Reach or exceed the NaNoWriMo goal of 50,000 words
Read (or have a friend read) a passage of your work at Open Mic Night

Prize Drawings

Earn points to enter drawings for one of three $25 gift cards or other writing-related prizes (limit 1 prize per participant). The more points you earn, the more drawings you are eligible to enter. Participants or their representative must be present to win at Open Mic Night on December 2nd, 2025.

Bronze: 2 points (entry for bronze drawing)
Silver: 4 points (entry for silver and bronze drawings)
Gold: 6+ points (entry for all 3 drawings)

Events

Utah Humanities Book Festival (October)

Attend any of the Book Festival events during October to earn NaNo points! Visit our Book Festival page for dates and times.

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Critique Group (October)

Join a group of other writers in critiquing portions of each other's work. Participants must register at least 48 hours in advance.

Writing Wars (November)

Pound out extra words and help your Writing War team score the highest word counts in a series of fast-paced writing battles.

Open Mic Night (December)

Share a short reading of something you've written this year—or have a friend present it for you!

Upcoming Writing Group Events

Writing Challenge - Writing Group

Tue, Jun 09, 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Rooms 1&2 (Combined)

Join other writers for a writing session with a twist!

Critique Workshop - Writing Group

Tue, Jun 09, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Rooms 1&2 (Combined)

Come join a workshop where you can share a portion of your work (no critique), have a portion of your work critiqued, or come and participate in the critique without bringing any pages of your own.

Writing Challenge - Writing Group

Tue, Jul 14, 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Rooms 1&2 (Combined)

Join other writers for a writing session with a twist!

Critique Workshop - Writing Group

Tue, Jul 14, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Rooms 1&2 (Combined)

Come join a workshop where you can share a portion of your work (no critique), have a portion of your work critiqued, or come and participate in the critique without bringing any pages of your own.

Writing Challenge - Writing Group

Tue, Aug 11, 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Rooms 1&2 (Combined)

Join other writers for a writing session with a twist!

Critique Workshop - Writing Group

Tue, Aug 11, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Rooms 1&2 (Combined)

Come join a workshop where you can share a portion of your work (no critique), have a portion of your work critiqued, or come and participate in the critique without bringing any pages of your own.

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Word Count Report

Report goal progress or word count each week for up to 4 points. Weekly word counts should include your TOTAL November word count.

FINAL WORD COUNT DUE: 2 December 2025.

Example: If you wrote 500 words during week 1 and 300 words during week 2, you should report 800 words at the end of week 2 (500+300=800)

Please Note: This webpage and associated activities are organized by the Brigham City Library. The official NaNoWriMo challenge is run by the NaNoWriMo nonprofit organization.

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Brigham City Library's 2025

National Novel Writing Month

The Challenge

How to Join

Points & Prizes

Points (14 points possible)

Prize Drawings

Events

Utah Humanities Book Festival (October)

Critique Group (October)

Writing Wars (November)

Open Mic Night (December)

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