The way to win NaNoWriMo is by writing to your word-count goal by midnight on November 30. Every year, there are many, many winners. There are no "Best Novel" or "Quickest-Written Novel" awards given out. All winners will get an official "Winner" web icon and certificate, and bragging rights for the rest of their life!
In order to "officially win" through the Young Writers Program website, you need to sign up for an account, so our word-validation robots can count your words to make sure you've reached your goal by the end of November. This is how you do it:
1. Sign up for an account on our site by clicking on the "Sign Up Now" Post-It Note next to the YWP logo at the top of our site.
2. On October 1, go to "My NaNoWriMo"--->"Edit Novel Info" and set your word-count goal.
3. After November 25, once you reach your word-count goal, you can go to "My NaNoWriMo"--->"Edit Novel Info," and cut (Ctrl+C) and paste (Ctrl+V) your whole novel into the "Word Count Validator."
4. Celebrate like a crazed wombat!
Once you win on our site, you'll have access to your very own Winner's page, where you'll find your Winner's Certificate and web icons.
