Do I need to upgrade or purchase a Premium or Premium Pro subscription to join Novel November?
No, you do not need to upgrade or purchase a Premium or Premium Pro plan to join Novel November (NovNov) — joining Novel November is completely free. You only need to sign up to take part.
Who can join Novel November?
This creative writing event is available to everyone who chooses to register for Novel November.
If you are already logged into your ProWritingAid account with a Free, Premium, or Premium Pro plan, click the “Sign up” button, and you’ll see a page that confirms your registration for Novel November. If you don’t have a ProWritingAid account, you will need to click the “Sign up now” button and enter new account details.
Find out more about how to sign up for Novel November.
Novel November will take place within the ProWritingAid Community from November 1st to November 30th, 2026, so be sure to sign up early. If you'd like to head into November with a plan, join us for Preptober — our month-long lead-up through October, where you can plan and prepare your story before the drafting begins. And stay tuned for more events on publishing an marketing after Novel November.
ProWritingAid’s planning tools will keep your Preptober prep organized, while our writing tools, 25+ editing reports, and detailed story editing reports will guide you through every stage of drafting and polishing. If you'd like unlimited runs of our 25+ writing reports, you can upgrade to Premium or Premium Pro at any time.
Premium Pro gives you everything in Premium, plus a set of exclusive Community features — the part that keeps writers writing long after the challenge ends:
- Daily writing sprints — sit down and write alongside the ProWritingAid team and other writers, every day.
- Author-led live workshops — learn from bestselling authors and professional editors, with a library of 200+ past sessions to watch any time.
- Guided monthly challenges — keep your Novel November momentum going with regular challenges built for accountability and support.
- Group critique sessions and networking events — get feedback on your work and meet other writers on the same journey.
- You'll also get the biggest daily allowances of our most-used tools — including 30 Chapter Critique runs a day (up from just 1 on Premium), so you can get instant, in-depth feedback on a chapter whenever you finish one. Plus 50 Sparks a day for ideas to rewrite your writing and beat writer's block, and unlimited Rephrases to reword sentences in different styles.
Just want the editing tools? Premium gives you unlimited Rephrases and 5 Sparks a day, at the same 50% off.
Did you know… ProWritingAid has 25+ specialized writing reports to help you craft better stories, and you can run them in your favorite writing apps? Read more.