Birthday and Writing Season Has Begun! Editor: Legerdemain  More Newsletters By This Editor 
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This newsletter aims to highlight some of the current contests and activities on the site, help educate members on how to host contests and activities, and provide clues to submit quality entries to contests. Write to me if you'd like something in particular covered.
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SEPT SITE CONTEST
Quote Prompt for September 2026: "A little party never killed nobody." — Fergie
BIRTHDAY FUN
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For each of the seven days we are celebrating our birthday, we will choose 11 random public reviewers1 throughout each day to award 10,000 Gift Points.
Authors on Writing.Com are looking for good, useful feedback... and of course, exposure within Writing.Com. You can do a good deed by reviewing any qualifying item* on Writing.Com and you might win! Enter as many times as you want to increase your odds of being selected as a prize winner!
Huge prizes!
This site has been around for 26 years. Therefore, there will be prompts related to this moment. You can use any or all prompts if you like. Write a story or poem inspired by the prompt.
Fancy a Merit Badge or an Awardicon? Well, come on in and join the fun! It's quick, it's simple and it's free.
For the next seven days, you will be required to turn Writing.com into your very own Wonderland with the help of some very familiar characters from the beloved book by Lewis Carroll.
| | Barrel of Monkeys (E)An annual interlinked musical blogging challenge! Runs every September. |
This activity is held every September and celebrates the interconnectedness of music by challenging you to draw connections between the music you listen to. As well as throwing in some birthday-themed activities to coincide with Writing.com's annual birthday week.
Alliteration is preferred, but optional. You can just tell me something that makes me smile. Simple rules.
Here's the word search, you need to get it solve it,
if you want a special surprise.
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This month's question: Do you have a plan for organizing all your writing? Send in your answer below! Editors love feedback!
Last month's "Contests & Activities Newsletter (August 5, 2026)" question: Have you started your birthday plans?
StephBee : The Bee Hive has started birthday plans. We'll be hosting our annual raffle and giving away exclusive merit badges and we'll offer a 26th WDC Birthday Trinket. Can't wait to party!
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