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Starting in more recent years, NaNoWriMo now hosts a fundraising Write-a-thon event every November called ' The Night of Writing Dangerously ', held in San Francisco.

The first 250 participants to raise at least $ 250 receive reservations at this event.

It has been described as a " mid-November extravaganza of food, drink, and lots and lots of noveling ".

From 5 pm to 11 pm, hundreds of writers are gathered together in the Julia Morgan Ballroom to eat, chat, exchange excerpts, enter raffle contests, listen to speeches, meet the staff, but most of all, to write.

Every hour or so, a 10 – 20 minute ' word war ' is held in which the entire room falls almost completely silent with concentration, save for the sound of keystrokes.

Whoever writes the most words in the allotted time frame is temporarily awarded the much-coveted flower pot hat.

If a guest reaches the goal of 50, 000 words while at the event, they are allowed to ring a bell kept at the stage, and receive much cheering.

There are lots of sponsors for this event, many of which are the donors of most of the raffle prizes.

In 2011, this fundraiser raised over $ 50, 000.