Teams of writers. One relay. No sleep. Non-stop prose.
Assemble a team of 2–8 writers. Choose your pit crew captain — they manage the relay order and shift handoffs.
Each writer runs a shift of 1–4 hours. Shifts must be consecutive. The baton never drops — someone is always writing.
Every team writes a single continuous piece. Genre is free. The outgoing writer briefs the incoming one at handoff.
Word counts are submitted at each handoff. The live dashboard tracks team progress in real time.
At the 24-hour mark, whoever is at the keyboard types the final sentence. Then the engine stops.
Winners judged on total wordcount, narrative coherence, and the spirit of the race. Glory is eternal. Sleep is not.
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the oldest active sports car race in the world — a relentless test of endurance, strategy, and nerve. We asked: what if writers raced the same way?
No single author could run Le Mans alone. Neither can yours. This is a team sport. Your prose is your engine. Your shift schedule is your pit strategy. And the empty page at 3am is the Mulsanne Straight.
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