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Region/Elsewhere/Turkey

The Elsewhere :: Turkey region consists of the entire country of Turkey.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
* Ayferwang (2014-present)
===Past===
* c.a.fromm (2002-2006)
* lcdvn (2013)
* aristotle91 (2018-2019)
==Statistics==
* In 2012, the Turkey region wrote 1,464,999 words.
* 2014: 87 novelists; 928,602 words written; 10,673 average wordcount
* 2015: 147 novelists; 1,492,760 words written; 10,154 average wordcount
* 2016: 119 novelists; 1,324,350 words written; 11,128 average wordcount
* 2017: 116 novelists; 1,228,304 words written; 10,588 average wordcount
* 2018: 154 novelists; 1,847,239 words written; 11,995 average wordcount
* 2019: 80 novelists; 9 winners; 1,122,842 words writtenTotals from the NaNo Stats Generator, using the 2019 non-public Word Count API. This data includes everyone who has joined the region (not necessarily homed) but excludes projects not associated with the NaNoWriMo 2019 event, including word counts across multiple projects.
* 2020: 106 novelists; 1,383,479 words written; 13,052 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Turkey page on the NaNoWriMo site
* Turkey regional forum
* Turkey Facebook
Category:Elsewhere regions
Region/Europe

Europe has a strong NaNoWriMo presence. Two of the five wordiest regions in 2010, London and Germany, are European regions, showing that Europe is not to be underestimated.
==Europe Regional Directory==
* Europe::Austria
* List of regions in Europe::Belgium
* Europe::Bulgaria
* Europe::Croatia
* Europe::Czech Republic & Slovakia
* Europe::Denmark
* Europe::Elsewhere in Europe
* List of regions in Europe::England
* List of regions in Europe::Estonia
* Europe::Finland
* List of regions in Europe::France
* Europe::Germany
* Europe::Greece
* Europe::Hungary
* Europe::Iceland
* List of regions in Europe::Ireland
* Europe::Isle of Man
* Europe::Italy
* Europe::Jersey
* Europe::Latvia
* Europe::Lithuania
* Europe::Luxembourg
* Europe::Malta
* Europe::Northern Ireland
* Europe::Norway
* Europe::Poland
* Europe::Portugal
* List of regions in Europe::Romania
* List of regions in Europe::Scotland
* Europe::Slovenia
* Europe::Spain
* List of regions in Europe::Sweden
* Europe::Switzerland
* Europe::The Netherlands
* Europe::Ukraine
* Europe::Wales
Europe
Europe
Region/Europe/Austria

Europe :: Austria is a NaNoWriMo region for the country of Austria. It was part of the early Europe :: Germany and Austria region until the region split. The region is also known as NaNÖ (the Ö stands for "Österreich", the Austrian word for Austria).
Most events in this region are held in Vienna, the capital of Austria, but there are also events in Linz, Innsbruck and some other cities.
==History==
The region Austria was created in 2010, previously it was a part of Europe :: Germany and Austria. Because of the regions' common history Austria and Germany often do region word wars against each other.
== Regional Events==
Kick-Off Party
Bim-Write-in: Writing on a tramway ("Bim" is a Viennese dialect word for "tram")
TGIO-Party: Usually the TGIO-Party is held in a Karaoke-Bar
There are also several other Write-ins hosted in various coffee shops
==Regional Stats==
* 2014: 332 novelists; 8,414,975 words written; 25,346 average wordcount
* 2015: 376 novelists; 9,891,547 words written; 26,307 average wordcount; $415.00 donated
* 2016: 402 novelists; 9,579,192 words written; 23,828 average wordcount
* 2017: 392 novelists; 10,102,102 words written; 25,770 average wordcount
* 2018: 424 novelists; 10,230,922 words written; 24,129 average wordcount
* 2019: 345 novelists; 108 winners; 8,334,899 words writtenTotals from the NaNo Stats Generator, using the 2019 non-public Word Count API. This data includes everyone who has joined the region (not necessarily homed) but excludes projects not associated with the NaNoWriMo 2019 event, including word counts across multiple projects.
* 2020: 327 novelists; 8,523,091 words written; 26,064 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
==NaNÖ running gags==
There are crab smilies like njojn (sad crab), YiviY (happy/cheerful crab), fioif (astonished crab), etc. The outmost letters denote the scissors, then come the eyes and the middle letter denotes the mouth. It all started in November of 2010, in the Austrian NaNo-Skype-Chatroom: Participant Spiegelfaenger just random-lettered in a half-desperate attempt to inspire herself. The outcome was "njojn" - and upon taking a closer look, she figured that njojn looks a bit like a sad little emo crab.
A popular thing to do at write-ins is the so called "Pub-Brawl" where Wrimos, who want to participate in the brawl, change their laptop with somebody else and write 500 words there.
Erwin is a character that appears in many Austrian NaNo-novels - he is a sad guy who cries a lot. He was created during a pub brawl but then turned into some kind of regional dare.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
* damole (2010-present)
===Past===
*Leuny (2016-2017)
*01 (2010-2012)
==Nearby Regions==
*Germany
*Switzerland
*Czech Republic & Slovakia
*Hungary
*Italy
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Austria regional page
* Austria regional forum
Category:Europe regions
Region/Europe/Belgium/Flanders

Europe :: Belgium :: Flanders is a NaNoWriMo region for the greater Flanders area. It was officially created in 2014.
As of April 2020, their regional description reads "Welkom bij de Vlaamse regio. Waar gepend, getypt en gebeiteld wordt van Limburg tot de Noordzee. Het weer onvoorspelbaar, de chocolade overvloedig en de Wrimo's prettig gestoord zijn."
==Language==
The main language spoken in Flanders is Belgian Dutch, also known as Flemish. 
The local participants, jokingly say that their second language is Flenglish, a combination of Flemish and English.
==Mascot==
In 2018 the ML's decided to create a mascot. A lion was chosen because the flag of Flanders is called the lion of Flanders.
They added a mad hatters hat because they loved the story of Alice in wonderland. The plotbunny was a reference to ML Elyndra who was often called the queen of plotbunnies. The pen portraits ML Paddewan, who tends to stick a pencil in the hair, while writing.
The mascot was named Leo W. De Schreiver. 
* name: Leo -> leeuw or lion in Dutch, W comes from wrimo, De translates to the, Schreiver sounds like Schrijver and translates to writer
* character: dr. Leo W. de Schreiver is a doctor and professor in the narrative and plot sciences. In 2018 he answered many questions from the local participants. And we learned that the professor is absent-minded and easily distracted. He is also a lover of long explanations and big words.
In 2020 the region opened a discord server called NaNoVlaanderen. 
* The bot that manages daily life in the server was called Granny. In 2021 a local artist by the name Artsyfae, brought Granny to life in some epic drawings. Granny loves hugs, pompoms and cheering outfits, coffee, tea and sweets,...
* The region added a sprintbot called Winnie and made a raptorsquad that enjoys hunting the raptors Winnie gives out as a bonus for writing words. The squad got a logo made by Artsyfae in 2020. 
 
==Regional Stats==
* 2014: 241 novelists; 5,132,859 words written; 21,298 average wordcount
* 2015: 293 novelists; 5,653,161 words written; 19,294 average wordcount
* 2016: 270 novelists; 6,275,834 words written; 23,243 average wordcount
* 2017: 265 novelists; 5,015,210 words written; 18,925 average wordcount
* 2018: 287 novelists; 5,918,981 words written; 20,623 average wordcount
* 2019: 210 writers; 58 winners; 5,021,799 words writtenTotals from the NaNo Stats Generator, using the 2019 non-public Word Count API. This data includes everyone who has joined the region (not necessarily homed) but excludes projects not associated with the NaNoWriMo 2019 event, including word counts across multiple projects.
* 2020: 227 novelists; 5,129,227 words written; 22,596 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
* Paddewan (2018-present)
* Hope D (2020)
* diamatus (2020)
===Past===
* elyndra (?-2014-2019)
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Flanders regional page
* Flanders regional forum
Category:Belgium regions
Category:Regions formed in 2014
Region/Europe/Belgium/Wallonia & Brussels

Europe :: Belgium :: Wallonia & Brussels is a NaNoWriMo region for the Wallonia and Brussels part of Belgium. It was officially created in 2014.
==Regional Stats==
* 2014: 129 novelists; 3,171,327 words written; 24,583 average wordcount
* 2015: 199 novelists; 4,323,041 words written; 21,723 average wordcount
* 2016: 212 novelists; 4,261,962 words written; 20,103 average wordcount
* 2017: 252 novelists; 4,927,251 words written; 19,552 average wordcount 
* 2018: 253 novelists; 5,506,632 words written; 21,765 average wordcount
* 2019: 190 novelists; 63 winners; 4,802,695 words writtenTotals from the NaNo Stats Generator, using the 2019 non-public Word Count API. This data includes everyone who has joined the region (not necessarily homed) but excludes projects not associated with the NaNoWriMo 2019 event, including word counts across multiple projects.
* 2020: 202 novelists; 5,033,948 words written; 24,921 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
* Meeni (2018-present)
* robomori (2019-present)
===Past===
* Neina (2014-2017)
* CrimsonThirteen (2014-2018)
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Wallonia and Brussels regional page
* Wallonia and Brussels regional forum
Category:Belgium regions
Category:Regions formed in 2014
Region/Europe/Bulgaria

Europe :: Bulgaria is a NaNoWriMo region for the European country of Bulgaria.
==Regional Stats==
* 2014: 54 novelists; 652,631 words written; 12,085 average wordcount
* 2015: 64 novelists; 1,061,127 words written; 16,580 average wordcount
* 2016: 82 novelists; 1,036,945 words written; 12,645 average wordcount
* 2017: 77 novelists; 987,449 words written; 12,824 average wordcount
* 2018: 79 novelists; 1,248,851 words written; 15,808 average wordcount
* 2019: 62 novelists; 9 winners; 927,927 words writtenTotals from the NaNo Stats Generator, using the 2019 non-public Word Count API. This data includes everyone who has joined the region (not necessarily homed) but excludes projects not associated with the NaNoWriMo 2019 event, including word counts across multiple projects.
* 2020: 56 novelists; 824,427 words written; 14,722 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
* Ivo Alekseev (2019-present)
===Past===
* yedrake (2016-2018)
* no ML (?-2013-2015)
* Other past MLs are unknown. If you know this info, please add it!
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Bulgaria regional page
* Bulgaria regional forum
Category:Europe regions
Region/Europe/Croatia

Europe :: Croatia is a NaNoWriMo region for the European country of Croatia.
==Regional Stats==
* 2014: 138 novelists; 1,973,996 words written; 14,304 average wordcount
* 2015: 109 novelists; 1,370,724 words written; 12,575 average wordcount
* 2016: 92 novelists; 1,272,113 words written; 13,827 average wordcount 
* 2017: 77 novelists; 1,437,337 words written; 18,666 average wordcount
* 2018: 91 novelists; 1,255,926 words written; 13,801 average wordcount
* 2019: 69 novelists; 13 winners; 981,697 words writtenTotals from the NaNo Stats Generator, using the 2019 non-public Word Count API. This data includes everyone who has joined the region (not necessarily homed) but excludes projects not associated with the NaNoWriMo 2019 event, including word counts across multiple projects.
* 2020: 74 novelists; 1,044,525 words written; 14,115 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
* dorchi (?-2013-)
===Past===
unknown
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Croatia regional page
* Croatia regional forum
* Croatia regional Facebook page
C
Region/Europe/Czech Republic & Slovakia

Europe :: Czech Republic & Slovakia is a NaNoWriMo region for the countries of Czech Republic & Slovakia.
==Regional Stats==
* 2014: 175 novelists; 3,151,243 words written; 18,007 average wordcount
* 2015: 188 novelists; 3,220,899 words written; 17,132 average wordcount
* 2016: 288 novelists; 5,579,319 words written; 19,372 average wordcount
* 2017: 304 novelists; 4,449,708 words written; 14,637 average wordcount
* 2018: 313 novelists; 5,162,472 words written; 16,493 average wordcount
* 2019: 228 novelists; 71 winners; 5,374,407 words writtenTotals from the NaNo Stats Generator, using the 2019 non-public Word Count API. This data includes everyone who has joined the region (not necessarily homed) but excludes projects not associated with the NaNoWriMo 2019 event, including word counts across multiple projects.
* 2020: 286 novelists; 6,182,142 words written; 21,616 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
no ML (2019-2020)
===Past===
* grenouille (2014-2018)
* Other past MLs are unknown. Add them here if you know any.
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Czech Republic and Slovakia regional page
* Czech Republic regional forum
* Regional Facebook page
Category:Europe regions
Region/Europe/Denmark

Denmark has a single region for the entire country. This region is most active in København (Copenhagen) but there are efforts to make events more accessible to people in the west by hosting some in Aarhus as well.
The regional About Us message reads: "We are Danes and expatriates living and working in Denmark who are creative writers. We write all genres, speak English and Danish at minimum, and gather enthusiastically in the land of Hans Christian Andersen for write-ins (with a lot of tea/coffee and cakes) in November of each year."
==Statistics==
* In 2012, the Denmark region wrote 8,686,489 words.
* 2015: 8,653,890 words and an average word count of 18028.94 per novelist
* 2016: 477 novelists; 8,528,791 words written; 17,880 average wordcount
* 2017: 520 novelists; 9,664,501 words written; 18,585 average wordcount
* 2018: 496 novelists; 9,305,724 words written; 18,761 average wordcount
* 2019: 386 novelists; 114 winners; 8,480,997 words writtenTotals from the NaNo Stats Generator, using the 2019 non-public Word Count API. This data includes everyone who has joined the region (not necessarily homed) but excludes projects not associated with the NaNoWriMo 2019 event, including word counts across multiple projects.
* 2020: 382 novelists; 8,499,762 words written; 22,251 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
* Elskede (?-2016-present)
* JosephineNV (2020)
===Past===
unknown. Add them here if you know any.
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Denmark regional page
* Denmark regional forum
Denmark
Region/Europe/Elsewhere

Europe :: Elsewhere in Europe is a NaNoWriMo region for any part of Europe that doesn't have its own region.
==Regional Stats==
* 2014: 258 novelists; 4,230,981 words written; 16,399 average wordcount
* 2015: 225 novelists; 3,901,114 words written; 17,338 average wordcount
* 2016: 195 novelists; 3,182,473 words written; 16,320 average wordcount
* 2017: 205 novelists; 3,264,127 words written; 15,922 average wordcount
* 2018: 214 novelists; 4,189,103 words written; 19,575 average wordcount
* 2019: 217 novelists; 71 winners; 5,312,918 words writtenTotals from the NaNo Stats Generator, using the 2019 non-public Word Count API. This data includes everyone who has joined the region (not necessarily homed) but excludes projects not associated with the NaNoWriMo 2019 event, including word counts across multiple projects.
* 2020: 117 novelists; 2,679,420 novelists; 22,901 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
no ML (2020)
===Past===
* tigerrenko (2014-2016)
* Elyndra (2018-2019)
* no ML (2017)
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Europe :: Elsewhere in Europe regional page
* Elsewhere in Europe regional forum
Category:Europe regions
Region/Europe/England

England is one of the most active NaNoWriMo countries. There are 30 sub-regions, listed below. The Europe::England::London region, is one of the most active and wordiest NaNoWriMo regional groups in the world.
==England Regional Directory==
* Europe::England::Berkshire
* Europe::England::Birmingham-West Midlands
* Europe::England::Blackpool
* Europe::England::Brighton
* Europe::England::Bristol & Bath
* Europe::England::Cambridge
* Europe::England::Cheltenham and Gloucester
* Europe::England::Chester
* Europe::England::Cornwall
* Europe::England::Darlington and Tees
* Europe::England::Derbyshire
* Europe::England::Devon
* Europe::England::Dorset
* Europe::England::Elsewhere
* Europe::England::Essex
* Europe::England::Hertfordshire
* Europe::England::Kent
* Europe::England::Lancaster and Cumbria
* Europe::England::Leicestershire
* Europe::England::Lincolnshire
* Europe::England::Liverpool
* Europe::England::London
* Europe::England::Manchester
* Europe::England::Milton Keynes
* Europe::England::Newcastle & Durham
* Europe::England::Norfolk
* Europe::England::Nottingham
* Europe::England::Oldham
* Europe::England::Oxfordshire
* Europe::England::Portsmouth
* Europe::England::Southampton
* Europe::England::Suffolk
* Europe::England::Swindon Borough
* Europe::England::Wiltshire
* Europe::England::Yorkshire
England
England
Region/Europe/England/Berkshire

The Europe::England::Berkshire NaNoWriMo region consists of the towns and villages of Berkshire. As of January 2019, their About Us reads:
Berkshire. We’ve seen a lot of change since the 7th Century, but we’ve always stood at the crossroads of art, literature, technology, and... biscuits.
From Hungerford to Slough and all in-between, welcome! Write well, respect all, and keep smiling!
==Meetings==
Check out the regional forum page for details of meetings.
==Statistics==
* In November 2011 we wrote 6,381,078 words.
* In November 2012 the region wrote 4,144,375 words and was ranked 210th.
* 2014: 195 novelists; 4,025,473 words written; 20,643 average wordcount
* 2015: 191 novelists; 3,691,582 words written; 19,327 average wordcount
* 2016: 193 novelists; 3,968,737 words written; 20,563 average wordcount
* 2017: 207 novelists; 4,177,441 words written; 20,180 average wordcount
* 2018: 182 novelists; 3,519,976 words written; 19,340 average wordcount
* 2019: 147 novelists; 50 winners; 3,615,984 words writtenTotals from the NaNo Stats Generator, using the 2019 non-public Word Count API. This data includes everyone who has joined the region (not necessarily homed) but excludes projects not associated with the NaNoWriMo 2019 event, including word counts across multiple projects.
* 2020: 158 novelists; 3,419,161 words written; 21,640 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
* hallenee (2015-present)
===Past===
* Jenssen
* Embersfire (?-2014-2015)
* KesGai (2017)
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Berkshire NaNoWriMo regional page
* Berkshire NaNoWriMo regional forum
* Berkshire NaNoWriMo Facebook
Category:England regions
Region/Europe/England/Birmingham-West Midlands

The Europe::England::Birmingham-West Midlands NaNoWriMo region consists of the city of Birmingham, and the towns and villages of the West Midlands.
==Meetings==
Check out the regional forum page for details of meetings.
==Statistics==
* In November 2011 the region wrote 20,261,726 words.
* In November 2012 the region wrote 15,446,630 words and was ranked 38th.
* 2014: 779 novelists; 15,973,279 words written; 20,504 average wordcount
* 2015: 711 novelists; 15,214,824 words written; 21,399 average wordcount
* 2016: 663 novelists; 12,437,746 words written; 18,759 average wordcount
* 2017: 649 novelists; 13,709,349 words written; 21,123 average wordcount
* 2018: 609 novelists; 12,672,325 words written; 20,808 average wordcount
* 2019: stats unavailable2019's totals, when available, were provided through a third-party tool using the non-public Word Count API. This region was large enough to overload the tool.
* 2020: 482 novelists; 9,880,307 words written; 20,499 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
* Duochanfan (?-2014-)
* JessicaWillow123 (2017-present)
===Past===
* Cieria (?-2014-2016)
==Notes==
==External Links==
* NaNoWriMo regional page
* Birmingham-West Midlands regional forum
* Birmingham Nano Writers Group Facebook
Category:England regions
Region/Europe/England/Blackpool

Europe :: England :: Blackpool is a NaNoWriMo region for the greater Blackpool area. It was created in 2016.
==Regional Stats==
* 2016: 18 novelists; 385,356 words written; 21,408 average wordcount
* 2017: 21 novelists; 259,482 words written; 12,356 average wordcount
* 2018: 20 novelists; 417,531 words written; 20,876 average wordcount
* 2019: 18 novelists; 5 winners; 418,388 words writtenTotals from the NaNo Stats Generator, using the 2019 non-public Word Count API. This data includes everyone who has joined the region (not necessarily homed) but excludes projects not associated with the NaNoWriMo 2019 event, including word counts across multiple projects.
* 2020: 17 novelists; 274,277 words written; 16,134 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
* scott flynn (2020)
===Past===
* Jacquera Black (2016-2017)
* isolt (2017-2018)
* no ML (2019)
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Blackpool regional page
* Blackpool regional forum
Category:England regions
Category:Regions formed in 2016
Region/Europe/England/Brighton

The Europe::England::Brighton NaNoWriMo region is based in Brighton.
==Meetings==
Check out the regional forum page for details of meetings.
==Statistics==
* In 2012, the region wrote 6,998,984 words and were ranked 116.
* 2014: 327 novelists; 5,916,972 words written; 18,094 average wordcount
* 2015: 332 novelists; 6,833,645 words written; 20,583 average wordcount
* 2016: 328 novelists; 7,041,626 words written; 21,468 average wordcount
* 2017: 298 novelists; 4,960,044 words written; 16,644 average wordcount
* 2018: 268 novelists; 5,015,968 words written; 18,716 average wordcount
* 2019: 235 novelists; 59 winners; 7,170,591 words writtenTotals from the NaNo Stats Generator, using the 2019 non-public Word Count API. This data includes everyone who has joined the region (not necessarily homed) but excludes projects not associated with the NaNoWriMo 2019 event, including word counts across multiple projects.
* 2020: 213 novelists; 5,013,699 words written; 23,538 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
* Cerys (2011-2013, 2017-present)
* Kaliopae (2023)
===Past===
* SheBit (?-2010)
* MooseBiscuit (?-2010)
* Retrograde (2012-2013)
* theaveragefred (2014-2016)
* Charlie X (2014-2019, 2021)
==Notes==
==External Links==
* NaNoWriMo Brighton Regional Page
* Brighton regional forum
* Brighton WriMos Twitter
* Brighton WriMos Facebook
Category:England regions