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Hi Everyone, It's time to announce some results for last month's "NaNoWriMo Write-A-Thon" ! Individual Prizes Congratulations to 🌻 thankful pwheeler nano for winning a Determination Merit Badge for having the highest overall word count of any Write-A-Thon writer: 502,185. I'm pretty sure that's the highest word count for any Write-A-Thon participant ever, and an average of nearly 17,000 words per day! Congratulations to 🌻 thankful pwheeler nano for securing the Fundraising Merit Badge in the Highest Overall Sponsorship Raised category: 1,651,555 GPs raised among all of her sponsors! Congratulations to Write_Mikey_Write! for taking home the Generosity Merit Badge in the Highest Overall Donation category with 1,121,188 GPs donated among all his sponsored writers! Other Stats 31 competing writers 21 NaNo Winners (67.7% success rate) 2,075,827 total words written Funds I'm proud to report that the Write-A-Thon's final take this year was: 7,146,528 Gift Points! What this means: Each beneficiary of the activity will receive 714,652 GPs (I'll round up to 750,000 GPs each )! Winners of the 1% share of funds received 71,465 GPs (I'll round up to 75,000 GPs each )! Those winners are: 🌻 thankful pwheeler nano CheerFairy Dutchessbarbie. LdyPhoenix VIRTUAL DICE WINNER: azrael VIRTUAL DICE WINNER: Jeff In Closing Prize distribution is in progress. Please feel free to follow up with me directly if you don't receive all of your prizes by mid-January... some of you have multiple badges coming and I want to make sure they all count for CR. Thank you to everyone who made the "NaNoWriMo Write-A-Thon" possible this year. We wouldn't be able to do this without generous sponsors, competitive writers, and the support and encouragement of other members of the site. It's amazing to see what this community can accomplish when we band together and work toward a common goal. Thanks for everything, and I'll see you all next year! Jeff If you're interested in checking out my work: "New & Noteworthy Things" "Blogocentric Formulations" |