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From https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/pages/our-program

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. The challenge: draft an entire novel during the month of November. Participants begin writing November 1 and must finish by 11:59 PM on November 30.

This year there is a new website for the Young Writers Program. The word-count goal for the adult program is 50,000 words, but the Young Writers Program (YWP) allows 17-and-under participants to set reasonable-but-challenging individual word-count goals. The program helps K–12 educators facilitate NaNoWriMo in schools, libraries, and community centers around the world. They provide virtual classroom spaces on the site, as well as student workbooks, Common Core-aligned curricula, and free motivational materials.

Access the youth website at https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/.

Learn more about the program at https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/pages/our-program and at http://d1lj9l30x2igqs.cloudfront.net/nano-2013/files/2016/10/PressRelease2016v5.pdf, and read reviews of this resource at http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2016/10/resource_watch_nanowrimo.html and at http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/10/31/young-writers-program-looks-like-an-excellent-online-site-to-assist-student-writing/