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April 27, 2026 at 12:23am
April 27, 2026 at 12:23am
#1114439
The following winners for the March 2026 running of "What a Character! : Official WDC Contest were chosen from the 24 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners:

         *Trophyg* First Place - "Samaritan"   by ovid
         *Trophys* Second Place - "One Last War"   by jeremy
         *TrophyB* Third Place - "Applied Meh"   by horsekeeper

Thank you to our pool of official contest judges, and to jeff for continuing to keep Writing.Com's official site contests running smoothly!
April 24, 2026 at 6:59am
April 24, 2026 at 6:59am
#1114189
MORE Writing.Com UPDATES!

*Info* Account Settings has been revamped with a new look and a search system. All the settings have been reviewed (more or less), with old unused settings now removed, plus outdated settings were updated or fixed where needed.

Two new settings:
Font Size: You can now increase the base size of fonts across all of Writing.Com. For those that need larger fonts for their own visual comfort, this is the BETTER option than increasing your {size} when posting. Also, a note for people who post large font sizes already: you're going to push away the readers that use this new Font Size setting because your fonts will be GIGANTIC. So please reconsider using such large font sizes when you post.

Security Questions: Under the new "Security" tab in your Account Settings, you'll find you can add 3 security questions to your account. These may be used to help you restore access to your account in the event of a lost password or other login issue. Be sure to use secure answers that are not easy for someone else to guess or find. Security answers are not case sensitive and must contain at least 6 letters and/or numbers, with a maximum length of 32 letters and/or numbers. Answers may include letters, numbers and any special characters. Writing.Com stores your answers in a one-way hashed format that we can not read. If your answers are needed later, you must enter them as provided here for hashed comparison.

*Phone* New for MOBILE...
The header bar is now
"smart". When you're deep down in a page, you no longer have to scroll all the way back to the top to get the header navigation. Just give it a "quick scroll up" and the header will appear. Slowly moving back up the page, it assumes you're reading, so no header appearance. But when you quickly scroll up, it will guess that you're looking to get to the top bar and give you the header right there. Scroll back down and it hides itself.

Plus... we did some mobile cleanup for the email list view, and some other small tweaks abound.

As always...
If you experience any issues with the new stuff, please drop a line over in
"Bug Reporting.
April 10, 2026 at 10:08am
April 10, 2026 at 10:08am
#1112940
We’ve been busy behind the scenes making things smoother, faster, and a lot more fun to use. Here’s what’s new:

Crossword Puzzles Are Fully Rebuilt

Our crossword system has been completely refreshed for a better solving experience!
Fill in answers directly in the crossword grid OR from the clue list
See correct letters appear right inside the clues as you go
Fully mobile-friendly (finally 🙌)

Give it a try and let us know if anything looks off in
"Bug Reporting!

Costumicons Are Easier to Find & Faster to Use

The Costumicons page has been updated and modernized!
New inline search to quickly find what you need
Added keywords to all 600+ costumicons

No more endless scrolling to find what you need!

Print Your Books

You can now print Book items directly from Writing.Com!
Use "Print Book" from Item Tools
Or click "Print" from the Manage page

(Available for your own books or ones you have edit access to.)

Virtual Dice Got a Major Upgrade

This one got a big modern glow-up and opens up a lot of fun possibilities:
Roll numbers, custom lists, or coin flips
Use WritingML in lists ({item:}, {user:}, and more!)
One-click re-roll + copy results
View stats like minimum, maximum, average, and median
See repeat matches when rolling from lists
Open in a popup for a clean, standalone roller so you can continue working in another window

Perfect for prompts, character picks, or just letting fate decide
*Wink*

As always, thanks for being here and being part of Writing.Com. ❤️
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April 3, 2026 at 1:46pm
April 3, 2026 at 1:46pm
#1112275
*BalloonY* Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH! in March 2026!

         *Star* First ($50): Review of "Our Cottage, Now For Sale" Open in New Window by joycag
         *Bullet* Second ($25): Review of "S26 Critical Writing & Research mid-sem" Open in New Window by carly1967
         *Bullet* Third ($10): Review of "Jessica's Ramblings" Open in New Window by alockwood1

Thanks to all of our March reviewers... We appreciate your feedback! *Thumbsupl*
~~SM


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