2012 Night of Writing Dangerously Write-a-thon Fundraiser
Thanks to all 231 write-a-thon attendees for raising a record-breaking $60,858! See you Sunday!
Welcome to the 2012 Night of Writing Dangerously! Make a note of everyone’s word counts at 5:45, 7:45, 8, and 10PM, and choose a name and entering delegate for your table! Enter your table’s word counts for Table Word War One at 7:45PM, and Table Word War Two at 10PM.
Behind on your word count? Want a great excuse to come out to San Francisco? Need a mid-November extravaganza of food, drink, and lots and lots of noveling?
We’ve got an event for you: the sixth annual Night of Writing Dangerously Write-a-thon!
THE DETAILS
What: Six hours of writing, accompanied by dinner and drinks in a ballroom overlooking the twinkling lights of downtown San Francisco. If you want to see just how classy this event really is, you can check out photos from the 2010 event on our blog.
When: Sunday, November 18, 2012, 4 PM – 11 PM. Cocktail hour will be held in the bar from 4 PM – 5 PM. The writing will begin when the ballroom opens at 5 PM.
Where: The Julia Morgan Ballroom, Merchants Exchange Building, 15th floor, San Francisco, California.
Theme: Noir. Costumes are not required, but they are encouraged!
How:
Fundraising is closed for this Sunday’s event!
STEP #1: Set up a free Night of Writing Dangerously fundraising page!
STEP #2: Raise $250 by November 14. Time to phone Grandma and call in some favors at the office
STEP #3: As soon as you’ve raised at least $250, fill out this RSVP form! If you raise $350 or more you can bring a guest! Just RSVP with a “plus one” on your form. Keep in mind that the ballroom we’ve rented can only seat 250 folks, so we have to limit attendance to the first 250 people who RSVP.–>
Why: Because we want to write with you! And feed you! And because proceeds from the evening make our programs possible, including the classroom-based Young Writers Program, which is growing at a jaw-dropping pace. Last year, 216 dangerous writers raised over $51,000—money we’ve used for a myriad of awesome improvements to our events. Come show your support this year by helping us reach our $50,000 fundraising goal! The more money you raise, the more tickets you’ll get for our prize raffle. Plus, the top fundraisers will walk home with one of our grand prizes.
This year’s Grand Prizes include:
- A Microsoft Surface 32 GB with Black Touch Cover provided by the Lavender Butterfly Fund.
- A Kindle Fire provided by Scrivener.
- One Kindle Paperwhite with case and charging accessories provided by Amazon’s CreateSpace.
- An 8 GB iPod Touch donated by MacWorld.
- A NEO 2 donated by Renaissance Learning.
- A color Nook e-reader and a copy of WriteWay Pro software provided by WriteWay.
What you’ll get (in addition to an enchanted evening of noveling!):
- A chance to attend one (or two) writerly panels featuring authors, agents, book designers, and publishers!
- A tote bag imprinted with our sleek and dangerous 2012 poster design, filled with books and other treats from our sponsors.
- NaNo-inspired custom made iPhone 4 covers by Asheville T-Shirt Company.
- Encouragement, inspiration, and writerly mojo courtesy of NaNoWriMo Director Lindsey Grant.
- Dinner!
- Free drinks from our open bar including beer, wine, and specialty cocktails like the Noveltini and Cosmonovelton.
- Buckets of sweets from Candy Blogger Cybele May’s famous Candy Buffet.
- A multitude of snacks, including donuts and 10 PM milk and cookies baked by Tavia.
- A chance to get your author photo taken by professional photographer, Ken Goudey.
- And much more!
And everyone will have a chance to take home a basket of awesome prizes. You automatically get five raffle tickets upon entering, and will receive an additional ticket for every $50 raised above your initial $250. And yes, you are welcome to share your raffle tickets with your guest, if you end up bringing one.
This year, the baskets will include the following prizes:
- Family four-pack of passes to the Children’s Discovery Museum.
- Four tickets, plus drink vouchers, to any show at the Shotgun Players Theater.
- A City Lights tote bag and an amazing variety of books.
- A gift certificate to Harbin Hot Springs that can be used toward camping or day visits.
- Bags of Atlas Coffee!
- Giftcards to Half Price Books.
- A Totally Killer gift basket put together by our very own Chris Angotti.
- Lindsey Grant’s “Favorite Writing Rewards” basket.
- Family four-pack and parking pass to the Oakland Zoo.
- The Plot Whisperer and The Plot Whisperer Workbook from F+W Media.
- We Wanted to be Writers by Eric Olsen and Glen Schaeffer.
- NaNo-inspired custom made iPhone 4 covers by Asheville T-Shirt Company.
- A gift certificate to Bette’s Oceanview Diner.
- The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi.
- Kim Votry’s My Own Magic
- A pair of tickets for one of the Cal Performances.
- Book packages courtesy of Chronicle Books.
- Family four-pack of tickets to various attractions and activities at Pier 39.
- An 826 National Novel Writer’s Pack from 826 Valencia.
- DIY Pro Annual Subscriptions to BookBuzzr.
- One $25 gift card and a copy of Eat Good Food from Bi-Rite Creamery & Market.
More questions? Find answers to Write-a-thon FAQs here.
2012 Write-a-thon Sponsors
If you would like to become a corporate sponsor of the 2012 Night of Writing Dangerously, please contact us!
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