The best part of NaNoWriMo, before it ended, was the local meetups: a rented coffee shop, a borrowed library room, six writers showing up on a Tuesday in November and getting on with it together. We’re rebuilding that part deliberately, slowly, and only where there are real folk to lead it.
If you’ve got a city and three writers, you’ve got a room.
How regional rooms work
- 01A regional room is a small online + in-person group for folk in the same city or region.
- 02Each room has a volunteer host — someone local who organises one or two real-life meetups a season and runs a small private channel for the regulars.
- 03You join a regional room from your dashboard once you’ve confirmed your location. We don’t expose your address — just the region you’ve opted into.
- 04If your region doesn’t have a room yet, you can volunteer to host one. We’ll help you set up; you don’t need to be experienced.
- 05Regional rooms are for any tier — free folk and members alike. The point is local writers, not paying writers.
Where there are rooms
We just opened, so there are no regional rooms yet. The map fills in as folk volunteer to host. If you want one in your city, that’s the move.
The map · empty for now
As regional rooms launch, this is where they’ll appear — a list, not a leaderboard.
Volunteer to host oneWhat hosts agree to
Hosts run on a season basis (three months at a time, renewable). What we ask:
- 01Run at least one real-life meetup per season. Coffee shop, library, kitchen — wherever’s easy.
- 02Keep the regional channel kind. The conduct rules apply locally too.
- 03If you can’t continue, hand the room over to someone who can. We’ll help you find them.
That’s really it. There’s no quota of meetups, no engagement target, no host KPIs. We pay for the coffee on the first meetup if you want us to.