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Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is a group that oversees the NaNoWriMo nonprofit and its long-term planning. It was founded in 2006 around the same time as the Office of Letters and Light, the former name of the NaNo nonprofit. The founding board consisted of Eric Doherty, Kara Platoni, Diane Reese, Russell Uman, and Ellen Martin.
By 2008 Diane Reese and Russell Uman stepped down from the board (the latter possibly coinciding with the end of his time as a technical manager at OLL), and Christopher White joined the board.
In 2010 Steve Held, Elizabeth Gregg, and Nick Turner joined. Ellen Martin and Kara Platoni stepped down. Jason Snell's year of entry into the board is unknown.
Paul Oh, Sara McBride, and Tony Shen joined when Nick Turner and Steve Held left the board, likely in 2013. Sara's entry marks the first time an existing Municipal Liaison has served on the Board of Directors. It may also be the first time someone outside the Bay Area has served, as Sara is in the Los Angeles area.
Current NaNoWriMo executive director Grant Faulkner served on the board in 2011. NaNoWriMo founder Chris Baty has also served on the board. When he stepped down from his position as OLL executive director, he was made a board member emeritus.
==Board of Directors trivia==
The board member selection process and term, if any, are unknown. Viking helmets are present during board meetings. Members of the board indicate their willingness to pass a motion by donning their viking helmetBaty, Chris. Tweet. 5 December 2010. Accessed 15 September 2012. .
The board members, along with the staff, assist with events such as the Night of Writing Dangerously. They serve as bouncers to keep Wrimos out until the assigned time, help pass out tickets at check-in, and have even donated prizes for the event.
==The current board==
The current board consists of the following members:
* Chris Baty (board member emeritus)
* Stephanie Block (?-2021-)
* Cari Borja (?-2021-)
* Karima Cammell (?-2016-)
* Marie Lu (?-2021-)
* Justin Quimby (2017-)
* Lise Quintana (?-2021-)
* Julie Russell
* Michael Sippey (2017-)
* Julie Zhou (?-2021-)
==Past board members==
* Julie Barton (2014-?)
* Buster Benson (2015-?) 
* Eric Doherty
* Grant Faulkner
* Elizabeth Gregg (2010-?-2015)
* Sean Hewens (?-2018-?)
* Sharon McKellar (2017-)
* Sara McBride, past Los Angeles ML (2013-2015)
* Paul Oh
* Tony Shen
* Jason Snell
* Christopher White
==See Also==
Associate Board
==External Links==
* Board of Directors page on the NaNoWriMo website
==References==
Category:The Office of Letters and Light
Category:OLL Board of Directors
Book of Tim

The Book of Tim is a NaNoWriMo tradition that involves including Tim in one's NaNo novel. Specifically, the user named Hero. Calgary, Alberta regional ML Karalianne was struggling with her novel, and Tim suggested that she include him in her novel. She did and went on to win that year. Other Wrimos all over the world have since added Tim to their novels.
==External Links==
* Book of Tim on the Calgary NaNo site
Category:NaNoWriMo terms
Box of Doom

The Box of Doom is a wordcount challenge tool.ML Wiki, "Box Of Doom", Retrieved 9/30/2020 []
A word counts are written on pieces of paper (or something sturdier, like popsicle sticks, as the box is reusable) and are placed in a box or other vessel (on slips of paper, popsicle sticks, buttons, or what have you). When someone wants a challenge, they draw one from the box - but whatever you draw, that's how much you write! There are no redraws and there is no bargaining with the Box of Doom.
The counts can be colored for difficulty, clearly, so the person can choose their difficulty based on their ability and needs.
===Challenges===
The example Google Sheet also includes several non wordcounts.
:ML's Choice—The ML or host chooses the wordcount.
:Stranger Choice—another participant choices the wordcount
:Group Choice—The entire group decides on the wordcount.
:Unlucky—draw twice, take the more difficult wordcount.
:Lucky—draw twice, take the easier result.
:Time Warp—skip until all others pull.
:Ditto—Same result as last person who chose.
:The Chase—Same as the highest wordcount.
Dice reference may also be used and would be the result times 100. There may also be a base added to a die roll, such as +500.
2d6 (roll two six sided dice) = 200-1200 words
If a 2 and a 4 was rolled the wordcount would be 600 words.
If the roll was 3d6+500 and they rolled 1 2 6, the wordcount would be 1,400 words.
==Boxes of Doom==
:[Cosman's Box]
:[Fly's Box]
:[belenustenebrae's Box]
==Notes==
Category:NaNoWriMo terms
Bradford Earle

Bradford Earle was the Shipping Captain at the Office of Letters and Light from 2008 to 2010. He managed the OLL store and made sure everyone's merchandise got out on time and to the right place. Little is known about Bradford, partly thanks to his mad-lib style staff bio.
==Bradford's staff bio==
Bradford is a newly minted [adjective] person. He was previously an idea on the East Coast in the wasteland commonly known as [proper noun]. He spends most of his time composing mediocre [noun] and painting marginal works of [noun] in a valiant (albeit ineffective) attempt to impress the woman he [verb]s. His history is a [noun], as ideas are [adverb] difficult to examine. In his new [adjective] form he is likely to be found [verb]ing small bears or imitating [noun] in his free time. He wants to help [pronoun] with any and all insurmountable difficulties (as long as they relate to shipping).
Category:OLL staff
Brave the Page

Brave the Page is an official NaNoWriMo handbook by Rebecca Stern and Grant Faulkner created to walk young writers through the writing process. It was published 27 August 2019 by Viking Books for Young Readers.
While the book is a guide for a NaNoWriMo-like challenge, the book is not written specifically for NaNoWriMo and can be used for writing any story.
Brave the Page is divided into four parts:
* Part 1: Get Ready - How to find ideas, set goals and deadlines, and create a writing routine
* Part 2: Get Set - Learn what makes a book good and how to create characters, plot, and worlds
* Part 3: Write - A week-by-week guide for the writing adventure
* Part 4: Now What? - A guide to editing and making a writing habit
The book includes pep talks from New York Times bestselling authors John Green, Marissa Meyer, Jennifer Niven, Daniel José Older, Danielle Paige, Celia C. Pérez, and Scott Westerfeld, plus an introduction by Jason Reynolds.
See also No Plot? No Problem! for a similar book by NaNoWriMo founder Chris Baty targeted at adults.
==External Links==
* Brave the Page in the NaNoWriMo store
Category:Writing Books
Brent Searcy

Brent Searcy was the Tech Librarian at the NaNoWriMo headquarters in 2002 and 2003. He looked after laptops that would be loaned out to laptopless Wrimos during November. When he wasn't loaning laptops or writing his own Red Bull-fueled novel at typing speeds up to 19wpm, he worked as an environmental engineer. http://web.archive.org/web/20021207082535/nanowrimo.org/index.php?s=8
Chris Baty thanks Brent in the acknowledgements of No Plot? No Problem!.
==References==
Category:OLL staff
Brought to You By

Brought to You By (or BTYB) is the page on the NaNoWriMo website where all the donors and NaNoWriMo sponsors are thanked publicly. A listing of donors has appeared on the NaNo website since 2002.
In the early years of thanking donors publicly, each name was added manually and not organized by donation level. Today donors are usually added to the Brought to You By page immediately after donating. Their names remain until the new year begins. Sponsor links remain until the site relaunch in October.
The NaNoWriMo sponsors are listed at the top of the page along with their company logos. Below this is the listing of donors by donation level.
The Brought to You By page also lists additional thanks to the many people who make NaNoWriMo happen, such as the Board of Directors, Writers Board, Associate Board, NaNoWriMo Ambassadors, interns, designers, and other folks who have helped out with NaNo. Beginning in 2013 or earlier, there was also a section thanking you for sharing NaNoWriMo with others.
==External Links==
* The Brought to You By page on the NaNoWriMo website
Category:NaNoWriMo website
Bug Reports

The Bug Reports forum is a space for Wrimos to submit bug reports. It was created in October 2019 after the new NaNoWriMo site launched as a more organized way for staff and Wrimos to keep track of the bugs in the new site and forums. It lives in the Support & Tech Help forum.
Unlike other forums, posts to this forum must be approved by staff; posts may be rejected or returned to the general tech help forum if they do not fit the post guidelines. Since this forum is exclusively for reporting bugs, "Me too" replies and off-topic posts are disallowed and will be deleted. Questions and additional information in replies (such as "Does it work on a different browser/device?" or "It works on desktop but not on mobile") are allowed.
This forum was closed to the public for several days in early November while staff triaged all the existing issues there and prioritized fixes before reopening again.
==Forum Description==
This forum is for reporting confirmed bugs for either the main site or the forums. All posts require approval by staff members and must contain the correct information, and at least one of the tags from the support tag list. Posts that do not contain this information will be rejected or moved to the #support forum. (October 2019-present)
==Topics and Threads==
* A sticky post explaining how to use the forum
* Assorted bug reports
==Moderators==
===Present===
* The global moderators (September 2019-present)
* Due to the nature of this forum, other NaNoWriMo staff likely monitor this forum
===Past===
See the above list of global moderators for any past moderators
==External Links==
Bug Reports forum
Category:NaNoWriMo forums
Bump thread

The bump thread is a NaNoWriMo forums thread where Wrimos attempt to bring the thread back to the top of the forum, thus increasing visibility. The thread name comes from the term "bump", which means to bring the page to the top of the list of threads by gratuitously posting.
This thread typically appears in the Games, Diversions, and Other Exciting Forms of Procrastination forum. It has been around since at least 2003.
Category:NaNoWriMo forum threads
Cabin

A Cabin is an optional social feature exclusive to Camp NaNoWriMo. 
A Camp Cabin is a private forum, accessible only to the particular members of the cabin. The center of the page hosts a message board which holds messages up to 250 characters apiece, displayed in reverse order with a timestamp (prior to April 2013, the timestamp displayed only the date.) To the side of the message board, it displays the name and avatar of each member, along with their novel title. For April 2013's Camp, each member's wordcount goal and progress was added as well. Camp Cabins also have a separate chart and combined word goal on the Stats page.
Cabins originally consisted of four to six members. The number of members was increased to eight for July 2013's Camp and increased to twelve for Camp 2014, where it remained for 2015. Cabins assignments are assigned starting about a week before the actual event and then once a day. The algorithm considers requests for other Campers writing in the same genre (with Erotica-sorted cabins disallowing participants under 18), aiming for a similar goal, or in the same age range. The algorithm was significantly tweaked in 2013 based on feedback from the Camp participants. By the 2014 camp sessions, participants could also request cabins by activity level or request specific Wrimos.
The July 2014 Camp session introduced private cabins, an easier way to request specific campers . Private cabins replaced the "request specific campers" feature. Each private cabin features one cabin admin, who can invite other Wrimos to that cabin. A private cabin can be made public (so any Wrimo can be assigned to the cabin). However, an existing public cabin cannot be made private. This feature enabled existing groups of friends to stay together in a cabin.
New updates to a cabin appear in real time on the cabin page. Unlike the message board itself, the wordcounts do not update automatically and the page must be refreshed to show updated counts. A notification appears in the navigation bar when a user logs in, indicating the number of new cabin messages.
Camp Cabins are closed shortly after the specific event ends. Cabins may also be removed if all the participants opt out of the cabin. The NaNoWriMo staff has stated they have no intentions of porting the cabin feature over to the main NaNoWriMo website.
Cabins were replaced with writing groups during Camp NaNoWriMo 2020, which do not expire and are not exclusive to Camp.
Category:NaNoWriMo terms
Caffeine

Caffeine is a popular and legal stimulant found in coffee, tea, chocolate, and many sparkling beverages.
 Caffeine content of select common food and drugs."Caffeine Content of Food and Drugs." Nutrition Action Health Newsletter. Center for Science in the Public Interest. December 1996. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Accessed on 10 October 2010."Caffeine Content of Beverages, Foods, & Medications." The Vaults of Erowid. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 10 October 2010. 
Product 	Serving size	Caffeine per serving (mg) 	Caffeine per liter (mg)
Caffeine tablet (regular-strength) 	1 tablet 	100 mg 	—
Caffeine tablet (extra-strength) 	1 tablet 	200 mg 	—
Excedrin tablet 	1 tablet 	65 mg 	—
Hershey's Special Dark (45% cacao content) 	 	31 mg 	—
Hershey's Milk Chocolate (11% cacao content)	 	10 mg 	—
Percolated coffee 	 	80–135 mg 	386–652 mg
Drip coffee 	 	115–175 mg 	555–845 mg
Coffee, decaffeinated 	 	5–15 mg 	24–72 mg
Coffee, espresso 	 	100 mg 	1691–2254 mg
Black tea 	 	50 mg 	282 mg
Green tea 	 	30 mg 	170 mg
Guayakí Yerba Mate (loose leaf) 	 	85 mg "Traditional Yerba Mate in Biodegradable Bag." Guayaki Yerba Mate. http://guayaki.com/product/41/Traditional-Yerba-Mate-[1-lb.].html. Accessed 10 October 2010.	~358 mg
Coca-Cola Classic 	 	34 mg 	96 mg
Mountain Dew 	 	54 mg 	154 mg
Vault 	 	69 mg 	194 mg
Jolt Cola 	 	280 mg 	403 mg
Red Bull 	 	80 mg 	320 mg
==Random facts==
The word "caffeine" was an invented word meaning "chemical found in coffee". Ironically, caffeine was already very popular across the world as it is also present naturally in tea.
Caffeine is considered safe in any amount by the United States Food and Drug Association, though excessive consumption can cause a rapid heartbeat. Because of this some people attempt to lessen their intake of the chemical by drinking de-caffeinated coffee or tea that does not contain caffeine. While the majority of coffee drinkers find this odd, the removed caffeine is added as pain relievers, energy drinks, and flavoring to carbonated soft drinks.
==Relationship to Writing==
As a stimulant, caffeine keeps writers awake late at night as they attempt to meet deadlines (or during November, word count goals). It may also wake them up during the day after a late-night writing session. There are often threads on the NaNoWriMo forums discussing one's caffeine of choice, coffee versus tea, and threads for coffee drinks or tea drinkers.
==References==
Category:Other terms
Camp Care Package

:Not to be confused with NaNo Swaps.
A Camp Care Package is a message providing encouragement, advice, and mentorship written by a Camp Counselor for Camp NaNoWriMo participants.
NaNoWriMo has partnered with We Need Diverse Books since 2015 to send these virtual care packages to participants. Campers received the care packages via NaNoMail, daily Monday through Friday. The care packages were also posted on the NaNoWriMo blog. Wrimos can also share their thoughts on the care packages on Twitter, using the hashtag #CampCarePackage.
The Camp Care Packages also contain information on happenings within the Camp NaNoWriMo community, including news on when winning starts, Donation Day, and dares to incorporate into one's projects.
During Camp NaNoWriMo 2016, a new feature appeared in the Camp Care Package: Dare of the Day. This section features a dare from the NaNo staff, the Camp Counselor, or a member of the NaNoWriMo community. Wrimos may contribute their own dares on Twitter using the #DareNaNo hashtag.
==Past Camp Care Packages==
* April 2015 Camp Care Packages
* July 2015 Camp Care Packages
* April 2016 Camp Care Packages
* July 2016 Camp Care Packages
* April 2017 Camp Care Packages
* July 2017 Camp Care Packages
* April 2018 Camp Care Packages
* July 2018 Camp Care Packages
* April 2019 Camp Care Packages
* July 2019 Camp Care Packages
* April 2020 Camp Care Packages
* July 2020 Camp Care Packages
==External Links==
* All the Camp Care Packages on the NaNoWriMo blog
Category:NaNoWriMo terms
Camp Memoir

Camp Memoir is a Camp NaNoWriMo program in July 2021 to help Campers write a memoir.
Author, memoirist, and past NaNoWriMo staff member Lindsey Grant serves as the memoir Camp Counselor.
The Camp Memoir track provides resources from NaNoWriMo's archives on working through the middle and ending, along with separate Camp NaNoWriMo participant icons.
==External Links==
* Camp Memoir resources on the NaNoWriMo website
Category:NaNoWriMo programs
Camp NaNoWriMo: The Musical

Camp NaNoWriMo: The Musical is a NaNoWriMo program for the Camp NaNoWriMo July 2020 session to help Wrimos write a musical from the bottom up. While Camp NaNoWriMo has supported all types of writing projects during its events, this is the first event to provide specific support for musicals. Note that Wrimos can still write about anything they want for Camp NaNoWriMo.
Camp Counselors Morgan Smith and Abigail Greenwood will guide Wrimos through the process of writing a musical, from the "I Want" song to songwriting and dialogue. They'll also be writing alongside Wrimos in the quest to write a musical in a month. The program also has its own participant icons.
The event will also feature Camper talent shows, livestreams, and shenanigans.
==External Links==
* Camp NaNoWriMo: The Musical page on the NaNoWriMo site
* Camp NaNoWriMo: The Musical forum thread
Category:NaNoWriMo programs
Camp NaNoWriMo (forum)

:This article discusses the Camp NaNoWriMo forum, not to be confused with the Camp NaNoWriMo event.
Camp NaNoWriMo (formerly Campfire Circle until March 2020) is a NaNoWriMo forum devoted to discussing Camp NaNoWriMo and life during camp. It is most like the All-Ages Coffee House in that the Camp NaNoWriMo forum is the catch-all forum for Camp NaNoWriMo-related topics that don't fit anywhere else.
Because Camp NaNo doesn't have its own dedicated forum for other topics such as shoutouts and prompts, forum threads that are more appropriate for other forums on the NaNo site are moved there with [Camp NaNo] in the subject line. This makes finding other campers easier.
This forum was preceded by a Camp NaNoWriMo forum in 2011 before Camp NaNoWriMo gained its own container category with four forums: Campfire Circle, Camp Tech Help and Feedback, Finding Cabin Mates, and Special Offers and Greetings from Camp NaNo Sponsors. Camp NaNoWriMo was condensed into a single forum (with Writing Groups, Assemble! replacing the cabin mates forum expanding in purpose) in 2020 to accommodate Camp taking place on the same website as the main NaNoWriMo event.
Camp NaNoWriMo was an All-Ages forum from its founding until Camp NaNoWriMo 2020.
The Camp NaNoWriMo forum gets removed from public view in early August after camp ends. Save those forum threads while you can!
==Forum Description==
Tents, campfires, marshmallows, s'mores, and 50,000 words. Grab that bug spray, slap on your hiking boots, and let's go to camp! http://www.campnanowrimo.org Camp runs [months and year]! (through 2013) 
Tents, campfires, s'mores, and adjustable word-count goals. Grab that bug spray, slap on your hiking boots, and let's go to Camp NaNoWriMo! Camp runs in April and July! (2014-September 2019)
Tents, campfires, s'mores, and adjustable word-count goals. Grab that bug spray, slap on your hiking boots, and let's escape the summer heat and head to Camp NaNoWriMo! Our virtual camp runs in April and July!
==Threads==
* Threads for popular locations around the fictional Camp, such as the Lakeside Bonfire, Memorial Rock, and Camp Cafe.
* Various NaNo Swaps often conducted by physical mail, from postcards to care packages to tea
* General discussions for Camp projects (what's your wordcount goal, first word, what's your project, favorite camp character, etc.)
== Moderators == 
=== Current Moderators ===
* Heather Dudley (2011-present)
* The global moderators (March 2020-present)
=== Former Moderators ===
* Cylithria Dubois (Camp 2011)
* huushiita (2012)
* Ben Schwartz (2012)
* BillPatt (2012-2014)
* LovelyLici (2013-2019)
* rhymeswithpi (2015-2019)
==See Also==
* Camp NaNoWriMo forum
Category:NaNoWriMo forums
Camp NaNoWriMo participant icons

A Camp NaNoWriMo participant icon is a Web Badge for users to put on their websites declaring their participation in Camp NaNoWriMo.
If you're looking for winner icons for an event, see Winner's icons or Web Badge. See Camp NaNoWriMo winner icons for Camp's winner icons.
Note: When saving a specific page, click the icon to go to the page and get the full-sized icon. Not all of these icons are displayed at full size. For Camp NaNoWriMo, the graphics are the same for both sessions each year unless otherwise noted.
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For a given year, the participant icons for both Camp NaNoWriMo sessions are identical. 
==2011==
==2012==
==2013==
==2014==
==2015==
==2016==
==2017==
==2018==
==2019==
==2020==
Note: The Camp NaNoWriMo: The Musical icons were created specifically for the July Camp.
==2021==
Note: The National Novel Finishing Month icons were created for the April Camp. The Camp Memoir icons were created for the July Camp.
Category:Camp NaNoWriMo participant icons
Category:Web badges
Camp NaNoWriMo winner icons

A Winner Icon is one of the tangible prizes one receives after completing a challenge run by National Novel Writing Month. It, along with the Winner's Certificate, has been offered as a prize since 2002.
Note: When saving a specific page, click the icon to go to the page and get the full-sized icon. Not all of these icons are displayed at full size.
If you're looking for participant icons for an event, see Participant icon or Web Badge.
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For a given year, the winner's icons for both Camp NaNoWriMo sessions are identical.
==2011==
==2012==
==2013==
==2014==
==2015==
==2016==
==2017==
==2018==
==2019==
==2020==
==2021==
Category:Camp NaNoWriMo winner icons
Camp Tech Help and Feedback

Camp Tech Help and Feedback (formerly Camp Tech Help) is a NaNoWriMo forum where Wrimos can get tech help for the Camp NaNoWriMo website. It was founded in 2012 before adding the Feedback part of the name in 2013. It is an All-Ages forum.
Before 2012, the main Tech Help & Site Bug Reports forum housed camp tech help, and the Site and Message Board Feedback and Suggestions forum housed camp feedback.
==Forum Description==
Having trouble making cabins work? Can't get your profile to behave? If you're having trouble with the Camp NaNoWriMo Website post here for help! (2012-present)
==Popular Threads==
== Moderators == 
=== Current Moderators ===
* Heather Dudley (2012-present)
* Rob Diaz (2012-present)
* caillien (2015-present)
=== Former Moderators ===
none
==See Also==
* Camp Tech Help forum
Category:NaNoWriMo forums