Region/USA/GA/Elsewhere

The USA :: Georgia :: Elsewhere NaNoWriMo region consists of everywhere in Georgia not part of one of the other regions (or their metro areas.) As of 2010, the main groups within Georgia::Elsewhere are in the Columbus, Albany, Valdosta, and Carrolton areas.
One interesting tidbit about the Georgia::Elsewhere region - many people who start in Elsewhere end up moving into the Atlanta region. (The Atlanta metro area is approximately half the state.) There is often overlap and joint events with Atlanta and Elsewhere in some of the outer suburbs, most notably Griffin and Newnan.
In the beginning, there was only Atlanta and Elsewhere. It's safe to say all other Georgia regions except Atlanta, at some point, evolved out of Elsewhere. 
==History==
2014 - The region found itself with not one, not two, but four MLs: Missie1300, jlwatt, KingSunshine, and SelenaM. Wonder what this year will bring?
2013 - The Elsewhere region found itself without an ML. Despite this, small groups of Wrimos formed around the state.
2012 - Mattkinsi continued his focus on getting local groups going, which led to bursts of activity throughout the state. He moved out of state before NaNo 2013 and no one else volunteered to lead the region, leaving the region without an ML.
2011 - Mattkinsi stepped in again to lead the Georgia::Elsewhere region and focused on getting local city groups going, which led to closer knit groups bubbling up in many part of the state, from Albany to Valdosta. Local write ins were held across the state, from coffee shops in South Georgia to the library at University of West Georgia in Carrolton. He offered to be the ML again in 2012 if (and only if) no one else steps up to ML (and he hopes someone else does this year!)
2010 - Mattkinsi, one of the co-MLs for Atlanta, felt bad that there was no ML for Georgia::Elsewhere, yet again, so stepped in to help out. Among the many elsewhere events, the Columbus Main Branch Library hosted write ins, the University of West Georgia had a kick off and mid month event, and a regular write in was held in Albany. He offered to be the ML again in 2011 if (and only if) no one else steps up to ML.
==Statistics==
2020: 118 novelists; 2,278,656 words written; 19,311 average wordcountSent from NaNoWriMo HQ, February 2021. Consists of active homed participants who created a NaNoWriMo 2020 project.
2019: 231 novelists; 56 winners; 4,539,970 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.
2018 - Georgia::Elsewhere's 223 novelists wrote 3,530,101 words, with an average word count of 15,830.
2017 - Georgia::Elsewhere's 211 novelists wrote 3,714,608 words, with an average word count of 17,604.
2016 - Georgia::Elsewhere's 219 novelists wrote 3,540,929 words, with an average word count of 16,168.
2015 - Georgia::Elsewhere's 285 novelists wrote 6,085,213 words, with an average word count of 21,351.
2014 - Georgia::Elsewhere's 293 novelists wrote 4,902,857 words, with a average word count of 16,733.
2013 - Georgia::Elsewhere wrote 5,014,398 words (17231.61 per Wrimo).
2012 - Georgia::Elsewhere wrote 4,105,678 words (14,715 per Wrimo) and ended 212th in the global word count battle.
2011 - Georgia::Elsewhere wrote 4,319,492 words (20,279 per Wrimo with wordcount) and ended 200th in the global word count battle.
2010 - Georgia::Elsewhere wrote 3,269,561 words (21,943 per Wrimo with wordcount) and ended 225th in the global word count battle.
==Municipal Liaisons==
===Present===
* Missie1300 (2014-present)
===Past===
* jlwatt (2014-2016)
* SelenaM (2014)
* KingSunshine (2014)
* Shakespeare824 (2012)
* mattkinsi (2010-2012)
* dragonchilde (2003-2008)
* redcurlkennesaw (2006)
* Tiger66566 (2004)
* QueenMab (2004)
* Marsha Marks (2002)
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Elsewhere regional page
* Elsewhere regional forum
Category:Georgia regions