Okay. So I guess that it's an annual thing? Or more frequent?
I was taking a creatiuve Writing class recently; it was offered by the county library and it really was great!
It's every November. It's a challenge rather than a contest - just involves attempting to write a short novel (50k words) during the month of November. It's a little crazy, but fun. Jen got a bunch of us into it a few years ago, and we've done it every year since. This is the third year running. I finished the first year, but gave up at about 10k last year.
I'm gonna do it this year! I'm determined!