Novels that are uploaded to us for verification and victory between November 25 and November 30 are counted by a computer script, and then automatically deleted. We do not read or keep any novels sent in, and NaNoWriMo authors retain all rights to everything they write during the event.
Many, many winning novels have been written through NaNoWriMo. Our stats:
1999: 21 participants and six winners
2000: 140 participants and 29 winners
2001: 5,000 participants and more than 700 winners
2002: 13,500 participants and around 2,100 winners
2003: 25,500 participants and about 3,500 winners
2004: 42,000 participants and just shy of 6,000 winners
2005: 59,000 participants and 9,769 winners
2006: 79,000 participants and 13,000 winners
2007: 101,510 participants and 15,333 winners
And a growing number of these novels have found publishers, including one New York Times #1 Bestseller!
Jon F. Merz---NaNoWriMo novel: The Destructor (Pinnacle Books, 2003). Contact: Pinnacle Books
Lani Diane Rich---NaNoWriMo novels: Time Off for Good Behavior
Sara Gruen---NaNoWriMo novels: Flying Changes
Rebecca Agiewich---NaNoWriMo novel: BreakupBabe
Francesca Segre---NaNoWriMo novel: Daughter of the Bride
David Niall Wilson---NaNoWriMo novels: Vintage Soul (Five Star/Gale, 2007) and The Mote in Andrea's Eye
Gayle Brandeis---NaNoWriMo novel: Self Storage (Ballantine Books, 2007). Contact: www.gaylebrandeis.com
Kimberly Llewellyn---NaNoWriMo novel: Cashmere Boulevard (Berkley Books, 2007). Contact: www.KimberlyLlewellyn.com
Geonn Cannon---NaNoWriMo novel: On the Air (P.D. Publishing, 2007). Contact: P.D Publishing.
Lisa Daily---NaNoWriMo novel: The Dreamgirl Academy (Plume/Penguin Putnam, 2008). Contact: http://stopgettingdumped.com
Jacob and Diane Anderson-Minshall---NaNoWriMo novel: Blind Curves (Bold Strokes Books, 2007) Contact: www.boldstrokesbooks.com
James R. Strickland---NaNoWriMo novel: Looking Glass (Flying Pen Press, 2007) Contact: www.jamesrstrickland.com
Kathy Cano-Murillo---NaNoWriMo novel: Love Shine (Grand Central Publishing, 2007) Contact: www.CraftyChica.com
Ann Gonzalez---NaNoWriMo novel: Running for My Life (WestSide Books, 2008) Contact: www.AnnGonzalez.com
Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen---NaNoWriMo novel: The Compound (Feiwel and Friends, 2008) Contact: www.rockforadoll.com
Jessica Burkhart---NaNoWriMo novel: High Jumps at Collins Academy (Simon & Schuster, 2007).
Jenna Bayley-Burke---NaNoWriMo novel: Just One Spark
Teryl Cartwright---NaNoWriMo novel: A Sensible Match (Vintage Romance, 2007). Contact: www.terylcartwright.com
Dave Casler---NaNoWriMo novel: The Story of the Great American Flying Broomstick, Book 1: Genesis (Mt. Sneffels Press, 2007). Contact: www.americanflyingbroomstick.com
Liz Hegarty---NaNoWriMo novel: Salt River (Scholastic New Zealand, April 2009). Contact: www.scholastic.co.nz/
C.J. Lines---NaNoWriMo novel: Filth Kiss (Hadesgate Publishing , 2007). Contact: http://cjlines.com
Moondancer Drake---NaNoWriMo novel: Worlds Collide (PD Publishing). Contact: www.moondancerdrake.com.
Simon Haynes---NaNoWriMo novel: Hal Spacejock No Free Lunch (Fremantle Press, June 2008).
Farhan Devji---NaNoWriMo novel: The Hockey Farmer (Cacoethes Publishing, June 2008). Contact: Cacoethes Publishing
Kalayna-Nicole Price---NaNoWriMo novel: Once Bitten (Bell Bridge Books). Contact: www.Kalayna.com
Katherine Bell---NaNoWriMo novel: Amaranth: The Preterhumans, Book 1 (Cacoethes Publishing). Contact: www.KatherineBell.net
Angela Korra'ti---NaNoWriMo novel: Faerie Blood (Drollerie Press). Contact: www.DrolleriePress.com
Terie Gerrison---NaNoWriMo novels: SpringFire and SummerDanse (Llewellyn Worldwide). Contact: www.TerieGarrison.com
Kathleen Kaufman---NaNoWriMo novel: The Tree Museum (Way Things Are Publications, March 2009). Contact: www.WayThingsArePublications.com