Want to help edit Wikiwrimo? It's easy. Click the Create Account button to get started.
Region/USA/MN/Twin Cities
The Twin Cities region is a NaNoWriMo region covering the metropolitan area of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and their surrounding suburbs.
The region is traditionally one of the largest (with over 4600 members registered for 2011) and most productive (8th place for 2011 total wordcount) regions in all of NaNoWriMo.
History
The Twin Cities region has consistently grown each year and from the initiation of Municipal Liasons (ML) in 2003 has been a force to be reckoned with. Beyond the MLs though, there are many active participants who invest time and energy during an already busy month to encourage others by hosting dozens of write-ins throughout the Twin Cities and our Iconic Events. If this region was only about the efforts of our MLs, we wouldn't be nearly as successful as we have been, and we have all our members to thank for that.
- In 2010 we were a Regional Winner in the great Nanowrimo Book Drive, by a margin of "close-enough". We also were challenged by the Chicago region in both a top 30 wordcount and winners contest, which turned into a somewhat unpleasant and contentious experience, due to the unbelievable word count of one particular Chicago participant; allegations of cheating became downright nasty. Overall, the Twin Cities region finished as the 8th most prolific region in total wordcount for 2010 worldwide.
Iconic events
- Nina's kick-off party
- Nina's Coffee Cafe has been a gracious host to many TCwrimos events and sets aside the back room (really the front right half) for our raucous gatherings. Great coffee, sandwiches, soup and bakery items. At least one kickoff has been done in full Halloween costume, great fun!!
- Mall of America (MOA) IHOP midnight kick-off
- In 2009 SynapticJam came up with the great idea of meeting at an open all-night restaurant and getting a jumpstart on the month right at the bell of midnight. In 2010, this event moved to the IHOP across the street from the Mall of America and expanded from both a month starting countdown to also include a month-ending countdown. Approximately 30 wrimos take over half this restaurant and reports from management are that they love us and want us back.
- The 28 hour tour
- The brainchild of CallipygianKing, the 28 hour tour is generally held starting 10am either the 2nd or 3rd Saturday of November, through 2pm of the following day, the 28 hour tour was first held in 2007 starting in the western suburb of Hopkins with stops in Minneapolis and Saint Paul and ending at the Barnes & Noble store at the Mall of America. In 2011 we'll be attempting to have three separate routes that all converge late Saturday night for a merged group for the final three stops.
- Thank God It's Over
- Our final wrap-up each year in early December.
Municipal Liasons
Current MLs
- nellmorningstar 2008-
- Mreauow - 2011-
- gwenn - 2011-
Past MLs
- Zan - 2003-2004
- bookworm - 2005-2007 - has since moved to another region -- are you out there Jules?
- sapphirestar - 2008-2010
External Links
TCwrimos Yahoo Group -- keep in touch with region happenings throughout the year
| This article is a stub. It may be unfinished. You can help Wikiwrimo by expanding it. |
