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Competitions

Open Mic Night Submissions

To be considered for sharing on an open mic night meeting, you must submit your piece(s) for review and approval beforehand. All submissions will be considered on a first come-first serve basis. The ones approved for that night of sharing will be posted in our meeting slides. We will share as many as possible, and pick up where we left off at the next share out/open mic night. 

Open Mic Night Submissions: https://forms.gle/paF2eJPdGSiXdh2U9

NaNoWriMo

Are you an aspiring novelist? Do you dream of becoming the next J.K. Rowling or John Grisham? Do you enjoy imaginary world-building and developing relatable characters? If so, crack open that laptop and join the FLVS Creative Writing Club as we participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short). 

This free worldwide event lasts from November 1 - November 30th and is designed to provide support and encouragement for writers of all ages. Participants in NaNoWriMo challenge themselves to write the first draft of a novel in 30 days. 

From the NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program website: 

“National Novel Writing Month is a fun, empowering approach to creative writing. The challenge: draft an entire novel in just one month. For 30 wild, exciting, surprising days, you get to lock away your inner editor, let your imagination take over, and just create!”

Writing a novel is no small feat! To accomplish this task, NaNoWriMo participants commit to writing approximately 1670 words per day, for a total of 50,000 words by the end of the month.

This year the FLVS Creative Writing Club has set a club goal to write 1,000,000 words in the month of November, and we invite our greater FLVS community to join us and help us do just that! 

By signing up for the NaNoWriMo challenge, writers become part of a larger writing community all focused on the same goal. They connect online and in-person to support and encourage one another through write-ins, blog posts, chats, and general camaraderie.

There are two ways to participate in NaNoWriMo: 

1. Link up! 

   1. FLVS students under the age of 18 may join our community to accept the NaNoWriMo challenge by visiting ywp.nanowrimo.org and entering the classroom code based on your grade level. 

      1. Middle School: 

      2. High School: 

   2. This website provides information and resources to help you plan your novel, as well as a safe and private place to write, monitored by the FLVS Creative Writing Club sponsor. It automatically counts your words and adds them to the classroom total, but it does not allow others to read your work. Click on Take the Challenge and set your word count goal for 50,000 words.

   3. Community members over the age of 18 may visit nanowrimo.org to become part of their local writing community. They will not be permitted to join our classroom, but they may e-mail word count totals each Thursday to flvscwc@gmail.com. 

2. Go it alone. If you prefer not to sign up on the website, you may write your novel on your own and email your word count totals each Thursday to flvscwc@gmail.com. 

There is no better way to start writing than with NaNoWriMo. We hope to see you there!

Upcoming Events & Important Dates

We hold meetings on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month from 6:00-7:00 p.m. EST

Meeting Dates & Special Events for 2025-2026:

October 1st- First Meeting (special date due to Ms. Davis being out of town next week)

October 22nd- Officers Meeting Only (5-5:30)

October 23rd

November 1st-30th NaNoWriMo

November 12th- Officers Meeting Only (5-5:30) 

November 13th- This is the ONLY November Meeting

December 10th- Officers Meeting Only (5-5:30)

December 11th- This is the ONLY December Meeting

January 7th- Officers Meeting Only (5-5:30)

January 8th

January 22nd

February 11th- Officers Meeting Only (5-5:30)

February 12th

February 26th

March 11th- Officers Meeting Only (5-5:30)

March 12th

March 26th

April 1st-30th NaPoWriMo

April 16th (special date due to Ms. Davis being out of town the previous week)

April 23rd

May 14th Last Meeting/Slam Poetry Competition