2026 Events
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2026 Google Calendar Events
Welcome to the events page for NaperWriMo, the regional organization that serves the writers around the cities and suburbs west of Chicago who are participating in Novel Quest, a November novel writing challenge.
Location: see location maps Be sure to bookmark http://naperwrimo.org/events that will always point to the latest Events page. We are pausing the Library Crawl this year. Past library crawls: 2025, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, and 2024. Don't know what a write-in is? See All About Write-ins.
You may visit the calendar source: Naperville google calendar
To get specific logistics info for events, subscribe to the Illinois Novel Quest substack
Highlighted Events
- Prep workshops Oct 10, 17, 24 (1-3 PM, Nichols Library co-working space)
- Kick-off party: Oct 31, 1-2:30 PM (virtual)
- Nov 1st - Start Writing! (on your own)
- Write-ins: subscribe to novelquest.substack.com or check naperwrimo.org/discord for logistics
- Dueling Trains: Nov 7, 11 AM - 4 PM
- All Day Write-In: Nov 14, 9 AM - 5 PM
- Mid-Month Social Break: Nov 15 - 11 PM (brunch)
- Nov 30th, 11:59 PM -- Stop Writing!
- Thank Goodness It's Over: Dec 12th, noon-3 PM @ Broadview LIbrary
2026 Preparatory Workshops
- Nichols Library (Naperville), 1-3 pm, Saturdays, October 10, 17, 24 (also on Zoom)
