365thingstowriteabout

 365 Days of Writing in 2012!

Are you ready for the 365 Days of Writing Challenge? Beginning January 1, 2012, the authors (and moderators of this blog) will be challenging writers to pen ONE entry a day in their books for an entire year! We encourage you to spend 10-15 minutes each day – morning, afternoon, or evening – writing whatever comes to your mind when you see one of the 365 prompts anywhere in the book. You can start from the beginning of the book…or randomly pick a page…how you choose your prompt for the day is entirely up to you. So is what you choose to write about the prompt…but we’re hoping you’ll share some of your favorite gems with us!

If you like what you’ve written, submit it to us to be posted on the blog and you’ll be entered in our monthly and quarterly incentives to celebrate the challenge!

MONTHLY: During the last five days of each month, all new submissions up to that point will be considered for Best Entry of the Month…but we won’t be the ones deciding who earns that accolade…you will! You, your friends, and your families can vote during the allotted time period for who deserves the Best Entry of the Month Award. Votes will be tallied from a poll on the book’s Facebook page and from comments left under the monthly submissions during the allotted time period. Each voter is allowed to vote for his/her favorite entry on the Facebook poll and on the blog, but we kindly request that you submit only one vote on each outlet, out of respect for all other writers who are entered. Multiple votes cast by the same person under blog comments will be considered for only one vote. Whichever post has the most votes at 11:59PM on the fifth day will be featured on the front page of this blog for an entire month and will also be acknowledged on our Facebook page.

Writers are encouraged to submit as many entries as they like every month, but to keep the incentive fair for those who might submit only once, we will only permit one entry from each writer to be considered for the monthly awards. Prior to the beginning of the voting period, we will email the writer and ask which post he or she would like considered for that month’s incentive.

Please note: Although Miss A and Mr. T may continue to post their writings on the blog, anything posted by Miss A and Mr. T can NOT be considered for this incentive since they are the authors of the book and host of the challenge.

QUARTERLY: Every three months, the top three finalists from those previous months will automatically be entered into our Best Entry of the Season. If you are a finalist, you will be notified so that you can once again encourage your friends and family to vote on your entry. Over a seven-day time period, readers can vote for their favorite entry on a Facebook poll and the blog. Each person is allowed to vote for his/her favorite entry on the Facebook poll and on the blog, but we kindly request that you submit only one vote on each outlet, out of respect for all other writers who are entered. Multiple votes cast by the same person under blog comments will be considered for only one vote. Votes will again be tallied from the Facebook poll and from comments left under the nominated entries during the allotted seven-day period. The winner of this incentive will be awarded a $50.00 Amazon gift card and his/her post will be featured in a special section of the blog for seasonal winners.

Please note: Although Miss A and Mr. T may continue to post their writings on the blog, anything posted by Miss A and Mr. T can NOT be considered for this incentive since they are the authors of the book and host of the challenge.

HOW TO ENTER: If you’re eager to join the challenge, all you have to do is pick up a pen, open your book, and start writing! All submissions should be emailed to info {at} 365thingstowrite {dot} com. Submissions can be typed or submitted as a photo of the page which you would like to have posted. If you submit your post as a photo, please be sure the image is in focus and legible so that readers are clearly able to see what you have written. In the event the writing is not legible, but you have drawn a picture on the page that you would like readers to see, please send the photo, along with your entry re-typed into the body of the email. We will notify you when your entry has been posted on the blog.

Drawing a small picture on the page of your entry is permissible, but in order to be considered for the monthly and quarterly incentives, there must be writing on the page as well. Images or photos that are submitted separately from the page itself will not be posted on the blog or considered for the monthly and quarterly awards.

For any clarifications about the writing challenge, please email us at info {at} 365thingstowrite {dot} com

Information about the 365 Things to Write About Blog - 

Welcome to the blog of 365 things to write about (based on the book 365 Things to Write About!)! For anyone unfamiliar with this nifty writing journal, it contains 365 topics like “Friday night,” “Quicksand,” and the “Taj Mahal” at the top of blank lined pages. The idea is for you to write about each thing in whatever style you want. So if you see the word “Midnight,” you can write a short story, description, poem, song, or whatever you feel like saying about “midnight” because it’s your journal, your rules!

This site features posts from various writers who have written about any of the 365 things featured in the journal. If you have this book and would like to submit one of your creative entries to be posted here, please submit it to info {at} 365thingstowrite {dot} com.

And if you don’t have this book, we highly recommend going to Amazon.com and buying it right now!