Privacy Policy

National Novel Writing Month collects personal information from the users of this site.

We require, at minimum, that users choose a username and provide us with a valid, working email address when they register for this site.

Users may, if they wish, provide a variety of other personal data, including contact information, location, interests, personal preferences, past participation in NaNoWriMo, and novel excerpts.

We also keep track of users who have donated to NaNoWriMo and users who have won NaNoWriMo.

All of this information, with the exception of email address, are made available to the public in the Team 2005 section of this website.

Users have the option, via a setting in their account profile, of sharing their email address with the public as well.

Users have the option, via a setting in their account profile, of allowing NaNoWriMo to contact them via email.

NaNoWriMo does not share ANY user information with ANY third parties EVER.

Persuant to the COPPA act, children under the age of 13 may participate in NaNoWriMo only if a parent or legal guardian signs a consent form and mails or faxes this form to:

The consent form is available here

Parents of children under 13 who are participating in NaNoWriMo have the right to view their child's data, and to request that their child's data be deleted from our system.

Parents who wish to view their child's data, or to request its deletion, should contact: info(at)nanowrimo(dot)org.