30-Day Blogging Challenge

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Building habits, making friends. Blogging starts September 1st.

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Welcome to the 30-Day Blogging Challenge (30DBC)

At its core, the mission is beautifully simple: Write one blog post every day for thirty days. That's it! Life happens, so you even get up to four "freebie" skip days. If you post daily (minus your freebies), you'll cross the finish line and score the exclusive 30DBC Merit Badge - regardless of prompts, contests, points or comments. It's all about building the habit.

But if you want to take home more prizes, read on.

Ways to Win More Prizes

1. Rack Up the Points! ▶︎

Throughout the month, unless you opt out of points tallying when you sign up, you will earn points for various activities and achievements. Tap that blue arrow above to check out all the ways you can stack your score. Keep a close eye on the 30DBC Leaderboard as the month goes on - it’s a high-energy race to the finish line to see who can claim the top spot before the stroke of midnight on October 1st!

2. Upvoting.

Read a compelling post? Notice someone dropping great insights in the comments? Show them some love with an upvote! Upvoting scores points for both of you, and our top-rated posts and commenters win awards just for being awesome.

💡 You get 1 post upvote and 1 commenter upvote per day - use them wisely!

3. Place in Weekly Debate Day Contests.

Saturdays are for taking sides! Every weekend, the 30DBC prompt shifts into debate mode. Winners are chosen through a mix of community upvotes and 30DBC judge scoring. Want a piece of the action? Here is how to enter:

Declare and defend your position in your daily blog post.

Opt in by checking the Contest box on your Submit Posts survey.

Get in the mix! Drop some witty counters on rival posts and defend your own turf in your comments section.

A note on choosing sides: You're never boxed into just two choices. If the prompt is "Chocolate or Vanilla?" and you want to write a passionate manifesto for Pistachio, go for it! We love creative loop-holes—just make sure you can defend it.

Prizes
Blog every day for 30 days ▶︎ to earn an exclusive "30DBC Winner" merit badge
Use the 30DBC Daily Prompt all 30 days to earn a "Consistent" merit badge
Most Upvoted Blog Post(s) each Week win a "Blogging" merit badge and:

1st Place blog awardicon* + "The Quills" nomination

2nd Place blog awardicon*

3rd Place blog awardicon*
Most Upvoted Commenter(s) of the Week win a "WdC Discussion Leader" merit badge and:

1st Place portfolio awardicon*

2nd Place portfolio awardicon*

3rd Place portfolio awardicon*
Weekly Debate Day Contest Winners win a genre merit badge and:

1st Place blog awardicon* + "The Quills" nomination

2nd Place blog wwardicon*

3rd Place blog awardicon*
Top Cumulative Points for the Month win a "WdC Community Builder" merit badge and:

1st Place portfolio awardicon*

2nd Place portfolio awardicon*

3rd Place portfolio awardicon*

* Note: Awardicon levels and availability are dictated by community funds. To support the prize pool, please consider donating to group #1788309, "30-Day Blogging Challenge Group" .

Rules

Ratings: 30DBC is open to blogs of all ratings; however, please keep forum posts 13+.

Conduct: Be polite and respectful. Hate speech is strictly prohibited and will result in immediate removal from the challenge.

AI Policy: Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used for any purpose other than generating posts and comments.

Meet the 30DBC Community

Your Peer Bloggers at 30DBC ▶︎
The group housing the community of 30-Day Blogging Challenge participants. Post a request in the forum below to be added to the group right away. Once signups open, everyone who signs up will be added automatically.