NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month
The challenge: Write 50,000-word novel in one month. November
Script Frenzy
The challenge: Write a 100-page script in one month. April.
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators  
SCBWI is a professional organization dedicated to serving the people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children's literature.
www.scbwi.org/
 
December has just become the new, improved, extended November.
Download your NEW NOVEMBER calendar by clicking on this link. Keep track of those dates and daily / weekly word counts!
 
Post @  Overcoming Writers Block on the NaNoWriMo site written by one of our own Fin-Yodians http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/node/818965

Young Writers Program of NaNoWriMo
The challenge: Young Writer's Program of NaNoWriMo. Set your own word count. November
Need a little encouragement? Download a free 1-page newsletter about creativity http://kidzbookz.vpweb.com/EzineFunStuffFreebies.html
Under Freebeies for grownups, click on aMUSEments issue #2.
 
For those of you signing up for NaNoWriMo
(or Fin-Yoda Nomo), 
For those who have ever participated in it, you MUST see
this hilarious video parody: "I Am the Very Model of a WriMo Individual." http://www.elumir.com/v5/