Category: Announcements
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Lace Up for the Spring Sprint!
It’s almost time for Spring Sprint! We’re dedicating the month of April towards the act of telling a story with brevity. Like last year, we’ll introduce a number of events and you can choose your own to make the challenge yours. Maybe you’re a true sprinter, and you want to run the 100 meter dash–…
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We’re So Back!
Events We have write-ins on Sunday at Rochester Coffee and Brewing, Tuesdays at Front Range, and Wednesdays on Discord! Can’t make any of those times? There’s always someone writing on our Discord! Want to see a write-in in your area? Start one! We run on volunteer power, so if you have an idea for a…
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Novel November: Week Two
Congratulations, you made it to week two! By now, maybe the thrill is starting to wear off. The carnival food you sampled last week is feeling heavy and this whole thing is starting to look like a confusing mess. Why did you even come here, and where are you supposed to go? What ride is…
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Novel November: Week One
Welcome to the Carnival! Week one is underway! It’s our first couple of hours at the carnival, and everything is fresh and new. Take a ride on the roller coaster of plot, play around with some games, or just take a walk around and see what your writing has to offer. Don’t get too bogged…
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Nearly November 2025 Newsletter
Novel November is upon us! That’s right, the carnival is almost in town. We are busy setting up carnival tents, popping popcorn and rigging the games, waiting for that clock to strike midnight on November 1st so we can open up and start writing! So, in the meantime, what do you do? Come to the…
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October 2025 Newsletter: Down to the wire!
It’s almost that time of year folks, it’s almost time for our annual writing challenge! We’re so excited to jump into November and write with you all, but first, we have a few announcements of things happening in October to whet your appetite! We’ll be at the Johnson County Library Writer’s Conference! We’ll be presenting…
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June 2025 Newsletter: We’ve Got A Lot Going On!
Hello writers! We hope you’re all having a great time celebrating pride month! While KanMoWriCo isn’t specifically a queer writing group, we’re run by queer folks and strive every day to make our writing space inclusive for all. We have a lot of fun things on the horizon, so let’s jump into it! Spring Sprint…
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Spring 2025 Newsletter: Introducing the Spring Sprint!
Spring Update We’re nearly through March, and the year is going strong for KanMoWriCo. We’ve selected a new co-organizer, led another round of workshops, and we’re about to launch our next event! Welcome Ali! In our last newsletter, we bid good-bye to Natalie as a co-organizer and opened applications for the role. We are pleased…
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Winter 2025 Newsletter: We’re back!
We’re baaaaack, did ya miss us? Welcome to 2025, writers! KanMoWriCo is back in action after the co-organizers’ winter break. We’re looking forward to our first full year as an independent organization. This year, we’ll keep going with our popular weekly write-ins, increase our number of workshops, and, of course, host the November Program later…
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Fall 2024 Newsletter: The November Program
Announcing the November Program We are officially launching the November Program! This is our month-long, 50,000 word marathon in November. If you’re looking for a replacement for NaNoWriMo, this is it! And, of course, participants in NaNoWriMo are welcome in the November Program– we all have the same goal! Our theme this year will be…
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Our Statement on AI
We don’t support generative AI KanMoWriCo does not promote the use of generative AI in our challenges. Our stated values are openness, inclusivity, transparency, creativity, and community. Generative AI stands in opposition to these values. While we can’t prohibit use of these tools, we strongly oppose their use in the writing space and encourage our…
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Summer 2024 Newsletter: Getting Ready for Workshop!
Summer in KanMoWriCo Hello Writers! We’re sending our quarterly newsletter a little early, because we want to get you ready for our exciting programming addition for the summer: Summer Workshop Group! What is it? The Summer Workshop Group will be a round-table discussion group of Kansas City writers reading one another’s work and offering honest,…
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Spring 2024 Newsletter: (Re)Introducing KanMoWriCo
Hello Writers! This spring, we are planting seeds for our future and we’re so glad you’re here with us! As we explained over the NaNoWriMo email, we are the same writing group you’ve been a part of. Kansas-Missouri Writers Collective has long been the name of our NaNoWriMo region and we’ve been serving Kansas City…
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