Do you still embrace the concept, even if you revile the organization that NaNo became? As a solitary effort or do you seek that lost sense of community and a shared experience?

For those who don’t know the history of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), it started in July 1999, created by freelance writer Chris Baty, with 21 participants in the San Francisco Bay area. In 2000 the official website was launched and the event moved to November due to the more miserable weather that month. The Young Writers Program was added in 2005.

Warm up the keyboard, these mixed/multi genre markets submission deadlines are closing fast.

Ink your quills. Here are a few poetry markets whose deadlines are drawing nigh.

Dust the writing cogs, these nonfiction markets submission deadlines are coming up.

In the darkness, close, looms these crime and horror market submission deadlines.

Sharpen your writing pencils. Here are a few fiction markets whose deadlines are looming over us.

Grins and giggles. Here are a few children's markets sneaking up on us.

Have a happy New Year filled with health, joy, prosperity, many great reads, and writing and publishing successes.