With NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and NoJoMo (November Journaling Month) both in full swing, writing is in the air!

And we here at PuzzleNation would like to encourage the writers and aspiring writers with a little writing exercise/contest!

We’re looking for an opening line or opening paragraph that incorporates puzzles in some way. They can be funny or serious, dramatic or silly, one sentence or several. All we ask is that a puzzle or the spirit of puzzle solving is included in the snippet.

Let us know you’re participating by using the hashtag #PuzzleWriMo (or leave us a comment right here at the blog), and we’ll collect our favorites and feature them in their own PuzzleNation Blog post.

And those we choose will be eligible to win a great puzzly prize!

Put those thinking caps on and put your puzzlers to work! And good luck to all the writers and NaNoWriMo participants out there!