Word crawl

A word crawl is a type of word sprint that collects a number of word wars, prompts, and sprints into one challenge. Generally themed, participants are encouraged to complete each portion of the challenge in order. Many of these challenges take the form of a choose your own adventure-style story, giving participants mini-rewards in the form of the progression of the story or punishments for failures. They may also be referred to as pub crawls, a reference to the real life activity of the same name from which the word crawls are derived.

The first noted word crawl on the NaNoWriMo forums was the Word Count Pub Crawl, posted in 2012 by user Emmylou. More Wrimos formed their own word crawls in 2013 based on themes of their liking. Notable word crawls in 2013 included two Word Count Pub Crawls and crawls based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Hunger Games fandoms.

Word crawls of all types can be found in the Word Wars, Prompts & Sprints forum.

Popular Word Crawls (archived on WikiWrimo)

• 12 Level Dungeon Crawl By ueberzebra in 2016
• 8d20 Challenge by Larissa K in 2017
• A Christmas Carol Word Crawl by Eriennexton in 2017
• Apocalypse Crawl by Ariana Rose in 2013
• Alice in Wonderland Crawl by skatepixie
• (MCU) Avengers word crawl by murphyslawyer
• Bandom Crawl by IWriteBooksNotTragedies in 2016
• Birthday Crawl by Mister E, Inc. in 2016
• Bookshelf Crawl by twinesstar
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Crawl by Raya7 in 2013
• Camp Crawl by chrisk0 in 2013
• Camp (Sleep-away camp!) crawl by CapTnBug in 2017
• Cinderella Crawl by Eriennexton in 2017
• Crawl for Slower Typists by MagicCarpet
• Crawl without any story by I should be studying
• Cutthroat Kitchen Crawl by tiakall in 2015
• Dice Bag Mini Crawl created by mskd_bklndr
• Disney Crawl by Eldalie14 in 2014
• Doctor Who Word Crawl created by ashoo
• Doctor Who Crawl by ericakriner in 2013
• Doctor Who Crawl by Tigger89 in 2015
• Don't clean the bathroom crawl by CMLloyd in 2017
• Draw 5 Challenge by Aeon Reighn
• Dungeon Word Crawl created by TheUnicornLover2121
• Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party crawl created by HannahCT
• Egyptian Tomb Word Crawl created by RK in Denver
• Extreme Harry Potter Crawl - Year 1 by my little bird in 2015
• Extreme Harry Potter Crawl - Year 2 by my little bird in 2015
• Extreme Harry Potter Crawl - Year 3 by my little bird in 2015
• Extreme Harry Potter Crawl - Year 4 by my little bird in 2015
• Extreme Harry Potter Crawl - Year 5 by my little bird in 2016
• Extreme Harry Potter Crawl - Year 6 by my little bird in 2016
• Extreme Harry Potter Crawl - Year 7 by my little bird in 2016
• Extreme Social Media Crawl by meganwayxo in 2015
• Fantasy Crawl by Katherynn
• Friends Crawl by DarkPassenger in 2016
• Gilmore Girls (Lorelai) Crawl by missadb in 2016
• Git 'Er Done Crawl by RainsWings
• Git 'Er Done Crawl 2 by The Anonymouse
• Greek Mythology Crawl Collection by centreoftheselights
• Halloween Crawl by rottifan4
• Halloween Crawl by Ali.J
• Hamilton word crawl by Willowe in 2015
• Hannibal Crawl by DarkPassenger
• Healthy Hands Crawl by Annilucy88
• Hocus Pocus Crawl by meganwayxo
• Homestuck Crawl by Kwizzic in 2015
• It's Your Lucky Day Crawl by Sihaya48
• Labyrinth Word Crawl by chasen_dc
• Les Miserables Crawl by Aliquis in 2015
• Les Miserables Crawl by mcolon
• Library Crawl by silentdecay
• Majora's Mask Crawl by Miss Mysty
• Mean Girls Crawl by Forever Unwritten
• Nanowrimo-themed Word Crawl by tiakall
• NaNoWriMo Academy Crawl by MetallicStorms in 2015
• Naruto Crawl by arussi05 in 2015
• Orange is the New Black Crawl by cefmac in 2015
• Outfit of the Day crawl by Eigenblade
• Pacific Rim word crawl by murphyslawyer
• Phantom of the Opera by Aliquis in 2015
• Pokemon Crawl by gaelgirl in 2013
• Pokemon Go Crawl by iyasophia in 2016
• Pub Crawl for the Time Crunched by R. Lutz
• Random Number Generator Crawl by Elluna Hellen in 2017
• Road Trip Crawl by quixotic_hope
• Roll 3 dice Challenge by Mister E,Inc. in 2017
• RPG Word Crawl by N1ghtwolf89
• RPG word crawl (for cooperative party) by neofreek4620
• Self Care Crawl by JuniperBug in 2017
• Social Media Crawl by owloftheice
• Star Wars Crawl by aolieberman in 2015
• Steven Universe Crawlsl By quinnthequeer in 2016
• Super Mario Brothers crawl by Miss Mysty
• Supernatural Crawl by Hallas in 2014
• Thanksgiving Day Crawl by vampedvixen in 2014
• The Beyond 50k Word Crawl, created for the Beyond 50k forums by tiakall
• The Dawn Patrol Crawl created by writerling
• The Great British Bake Off Crawl by NutmegAngel
• The Harry Potter (year 1) themed Word Crawl created by Stareatme44
• The Harry Potter (year 2) themed Word Crawl created by Stareatme44
• The Harry Potter (year 3) themed Word Crawl created by TheWizardAndTheHoppingPot
• The high school themed Word Crawl created by Elluna Hellen
• The Hunger Games themed Word Crawl created by Chorister
• The Library Word Crawl created by silent decay
• The Oh God I'm So Far Behind and NaNoWriMo Ends Soon Crawl by whenthetowersfall
• The original Word Count Pub Crawl created by Emmylou
• The Pirate Adventure Crawl by Captain-Savvy in 2015
• The Pokemon (Kanto) Themed Word Crawl created by gaegirl
• The Return of the Word Count Pub Crawl created by Emmylou
• The Shots, Shots, Shots Word Crawl created by ehetere
• The Solar System Word Crawl created by TheRealCheese
• Lord of the Rings Crawl created by dancing4Jesus
• The Walking Dead Crawl by DarkPassenger
• The Word Crawl Crawl by Master Chief 117
• Undertale Crawl by Anglynn
• UPC Challenge by Mister E,Inc.
• Word Sprinters Training Camp Crawl created by chrisk0 in 2013
• Welcome to Night Vale Crawl created by Hallas in 2015
• Wicked Crawl by Aliquis in 2015
• Witch's Brew Crawl by VengefulAmethystRose
• Write Your Way To A Clean House Crawl by Elena Johansen
• Your Quota for the Day Mini Crawl by Lauraducky
• Zombie Apocalypse Crawl by LyraRowes in 2014
• Zootopia Crawl by Elim9 in 2018