Cedarcrest High School teacher Amy Blooming proudly announced the success of four of her “brave and slightly crazed creative writing students” who took up the challenge of writing a 50,000-word novel during the month of November. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) participants Cody Paxman, DJ Bergquist, Ryan Harjo and Nik Werner were among 300,000 student writers to complete the task.

“These renegade raconteurs cranked out their tomes, ranging from 55 to over 200 pages long,” said Blooming. “I congratulate them on their amazing accomplishment!”

NaNoWriMo is a worldwide event held each November. For more information, visit www.nanowrimo.org.