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The Achievement Milestone Merit Badges for Reviewing, Forum Posting, Review Rewarding, Newsfeed Activity and Badge Giving milestones have been improved and extended! Every milestone category now runs the same 20 step ladder, all the way to 250,000. Go visit My Achievements to see if you've got any new milestones to claim. As always, you'll get emails when you backfill any badges by loading the claim page... and the "newly claimed" milestones show a big larger on the page when it grants them. The full ladder in all 5 categories is now: 1 · 100 · 250 · 500 · 1,000 · 2,500 · 5,000 · 10,000 · 15,000 · 20,000 · 25,000 · 50,000 · 75,000 · 100,000 · 125,000 · 150,000 · 175,000 · 200,000 · 225,000 · 250,000  Enjoy!  ~~SM |
 Small but HUGE update for WdC...This particular update has been a long time coming. After almost 26 years, we're finally retiring the term Static Item. Believe it or not, there was actually a good reason for that name. When SM built Writing.Com back in 2000, "static" was programmer-speak for something that doesn't change. You write it once, save it, and unlike dynamic content, it simply stays that way. After enough years, "Static Item" just became normal around here, even though most it was a bit confusing for new members. Looking at it today, though, it feels obvious. This is Writing.Com. The thing people create more than anything else here is... writing. So that's what we're finally calling it. From now on, it's simply called Writing. Nothing about your work has changed. Your poems, stories, essays, articles, and everything else are exactly the same. We're simply giving them a name that actually matches what they are. You'll still see the word item used around the site as the umbrella term for everything members can create, like books, blogs, photo albums, groups, forums, games, and yes... writing. Every item still has its own ID number behind the scenes. But instead of seeing "Static Item," you'll now simply see Writing or Writings throughout the site. It's a small change, but we think it makes Writing.Com a little more welcoming, a little easier to understand, and a lot more intuitive, especially for new members. And honestly... we're kind of excited for our longtime members who won't have to explain what a "Static Item" is anymore. 😄 Looking back, we're not quite sure why it took us almost 26 years to make this change... but we're really glad we finally did. Writing.Com Support   Need to change some of your portfolio items that reference "static item"? Just open the edit area, do a find on the page and change the words to Writing. Voila! PS... we will be making this change sitewide and finding all the "static item" references, but if we miss one after a week or so, please let us know by emailing The StoryMistress  . She will HAPPILY change it to Writing.  Thank you! |
| We've made several improvements to the Favorites page to make organizing and managing your favorite items faster, easier, and more enjoyable. (To get there from the navigation, choose: My Account / Favorites.) Here's what's new: A Cleaner Layout Folders are now displayed as organized cards, making it much easier to see everything at a glance. Drag & Drop Reordering Drag a folder and drop it wherever you'd like to rearrange your favorites. Quick Move Up & Move Down Need to make a small adjustment? Click the gear icon on any folder to move it up or down instantly. No page reloads required. Rename Folders Instantly Rename folders directly from the gear menu, and your changes appear immediately. Faster Loading Large collections now load in sections with a convenient "Show More" option, making the page much faster even if you have thousands of favorites. Improved Search & Selection Finding and managing your favorites is now quicker and easier than ever. Better on Mobile We've also improved the experience on mobile devices and enhanced accessibility for screen readers. As always, if you notice anything that doesn't seem quite right, please let us know in "Bug Reporting" so we can take a look. Enjoy! 💙 — Writing.Com Support |
The following winners for the May 2026 running of "Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest" were chosen from the 10 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Flight To Nowhere" by Sumojo   Second Place - "The Freedom of the Skies" by LightinMind   Third Place - "Born to Be Yours" by Amethyst Angel  Thank you to our pool of official contest judges, and to Jeff  for continuing to keep Writing.Com's official site contests running smoothly! |
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