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 |  ![](data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="6" height="8"><rect fill-opacity="0"/></svg>) We're celebrating our 22nd birthday! Stop in to see what's going on! |
 Writing.Com is celebrating its ![*Balloon2*](data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="60" height="60"><rect fill-opacity="0"/></svg> "Balloon2"){kind=small} 22nd Birthday Join us as we celebrate this amazing milestone! In honor of Writing.Com's 22-year birthday, we are hosting a week-long schedule of festive events celebrating this momentous occasion! Besides the massive amount of Gift Points we will be giving away (did we mention millions?), there are brand new contests, activities and much more going on for the first seven days in September. Make sure you log in every day and add this item to your favorites so that you don't miss a single thing! 10% Back Sale! New Releases Writing.Com Contests & Activities Community Writing Contests Community Birthday Activities Skins and Decorations Thank YouFor every order placed in "The Writing.Com Shop" ![](data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="12" height="12"><rect fill-opacity="0"/></svg>){kind=small} during September 1-7, 2022, we will give back to you 10% of your order's total in Gift Points!* Purchase a one-year Premium membership at the regular price and you will receive 139,950 in Gift Points. Buy a 3-month Upgraded membership, and you'll receive 19,950 back in Gift Points. Buy 1 million Gift Points, and you'll receive an extra 100,000! And if you order tangible items like mugs, t-shirts, journals and more, we'll even include your shipping in that 10% back. We're that excited to be turning 22!* 10% back only on orders paid by credit card, PayPal, check or money orders. Orders paid with Gift Points not included. During our week-long celebration, we will release something new for you to use on each day! Make sure you add this item to your favorites so that you don't miss any of these announcements! (We will also post this in "Site News & Announcements" , but the ambiance is much more fun in here!) And just an added note that everything released during the celebration is here to stay! We will not be removing them after the celebration is over. Day 1: September 1, 2022 ▼ Day 2: September 2, 2022 ▼ Day 3: September 3, 2022 ▼ Day 4: September 4, 2022 ▼ Day 5: September 5, 2022 ▼Quotation Inspiration The task is simple: Write a short story using the prompt as inspiration! Win one million Gift Points and an exclusive Merit Badge!
7/11! Start reviewing everything you read! For each of the seven days we are celebrating our birthday, we will choose 11 random public reviewers throughout each day to award 10,000 Gift Points. That's 77 chances you have to win during our birthday celebration!
Review and Get Recognized For It! Getting good deeds done might win you some cash!
RAOK Surprise! RAOK surprises for WdC reviewers: the more you review, the more you'll get a chance to receive a review reward.
Daily Review RewardsRewards are TWENTY-TWO Times Normal this week! One FREE Badge Every Day of our Birthday!Normally, every paid member can send one free virtual Merit Badge every 30 days... but for the 7 days of our birthday, paid members can send one FREE virtual badge EVERY DAY! Choose a member, choose a badge and send it. It's that easy. If you are eligible for a free badge at the time, the Writing.Com system will automatically know this and discount the badge you wish to send. (You can not defer the free badge; the system will always use the free one first when giving badges.) * Physical merit badges are not free and are the same additional cost. http://www.writing.com/main/badges Automatic Gift Points from Writing.ComEarn 2,200 Gift Points for every day you log in! Each of you can gain 15,400 Gift Points if you log in every day during our celebration. Tributes to Writing.Com Have you written something special about Writing.Com for our birthday or in general? Plug it here! Member BirthdaysCheck out our members' account birthdays! Find out who else is celebrating a Writing.Com birthday by choosing Account Birthdays from your Writing.Com Tools pulldown menu. Scrolling MessagesBirthday elves will be around and about on the scrolling message system playing games and giving away Gift Points throughout our week of celebration. Thousands of Gift Points will be up for grabs! Click the little  you see in the left column. (Upgraded and above membership required.) Test Your Memory Try your hand at this game and see how good your memory is!  TOP Many of our members are hosting their own contests and activities in celebration of our birthday. Be sure to check them out; there is much fun and many prizes to be had! WRITING CONTESTS TOP Writing.Com's Longest Running Daily Contest! Join the party over in "The Cramp" (WDC's longest running daily contest) the week of September 1-7 as we celebrate WDC's 22nd Birthday. There will be special prompts, a 22K GP Daily prize, a birthday trinket, unique "Cramp" awardicons and merit badges, and other surprises sprinkled around by the Cramp Birthday Fairy!
Cop Shop Mystery The Bard's Hall is celebrating WDC's AWESOME 22nd Birthday with our Annual Cop Shop Mystery! Something mysterious is always brewing in Bardstown during the Founder's Day celebration! The question is, Could YOU solve the mystery in exactly 22 Sentences?
A Theme of 22 All entries earn GPs! Earn 22k-50k GPs for entries this round.
What's Old Is New Again! What have you learned since joining this site? Dust off an old item and show us your new skills and techniques!
Little Big Birthday! A little contest with BIG prizes. For September only, all entries must have a birthday or party theme.
Celebration! Out of hiatus for one week! Write a story with no dialogue based on the prompt.
The Red Wheelbarrow Write up to 2 short poems inspired by William Carlos William’s The Red Wheelbarrow to celebrate Writing.Com’s 22nd anniversary. The theme is SUIT/CASE or BRIEF/CASE and its represented color — your own case, or other.
A Dark Birthday Special WdC birthday round. Genres: Dark and Grim Dark Fantasy; Dark Science Fiction and Horror. Short Stories between 1000 and 5000 words. Picture and text prompts.
Write Poetry Poetry writing contest. Prizes 10 deep.
Write With Might A short story contest with prizes down to 10th place.
BIRTHDAY ACTIVITIES TOP Music Challenge A ten-day music blogging challenge where you can share your musical tastes as well as some fond memories of your time at Writing.com!
Ten Years of Role Playing Join us for a role-playing mystery party where you choose your identity, try to figure out who did it, and get rewarded for participating!
Reviews For Rewards With great reviews come great rewards! "Purchase" raffle tickets with reviews instead of GPs for a chance at 1 million GPs, among other prizes!
Celebrity Reviews This is an activity that will measure how Celebrity you are here in WDC through Reviewing in its celebration month. Become the Reviewer Celebrity this 22 WdC Big month.
Angel-Witch Bingo The annual, Angel-Witch Bingo is back to celebrate WDC's 22nd Birthday! It's free, it's fun, it's open to everyone in the Community! Nothing to lose, but prizes to win!
Birthday Tasks Complete 10 tasks and receive an exclusive merit badge!
WdC in 22 Do you know WDC? How long have you been here in WDC? Here are 22 question to test if you really know your Writing Dot Com Home family.
Ten Years of I Write In celebration of its ten years, I Write calls on you to top off 2022 with three shiny, new, exclusive merit badges and limited edition trinkets.
Happy Birthday to the Simple Fundraiser! The Simple Fundraiser turns 10 with 3 new, exclusive merit badges. Celebrate this momentous milestone with a donation that will help 10 worthy groups to make the site the amazing place it is for all of us.
Anniversary Alliteration Have Some Alliteration Fun!! Open For Site Anniversary 2022!! Win a Merit Badge! Win a chance in a drawing for 222,222 Gift Points!
Review For Rewards Do you like Merit Badges and Awardicons? Do you like to help other members? You're in luck! Your reviews earn free tickets here!
Quick and Easy Looking for something fun, easy and quick? Want a shot at a prize for yourself or another member? Come on in!
Guess How Many Guess how many are in the jar and win 50% of the proceeds + a brand-new exclusive Jar MB!
Birthday Blogging Prompt-based Blogging from September 1-7, 2022
Birthday Search WDC's celebrating its 22nd, and so are 640 accounts! Find the 22 chosen Usernames and win GPs; do a review and win an MB!
TLC Challenge Get rewarded for entering lots of contests and activities during the WDC Birthday month! Participants have the opportunity to earn both a merit badge and an awardicon.
Ruwth Rewards ~ Reviews Rewarded By ruwth As We Celebrate 22 Years Of Writing.Com! ~
Big Smiles Just a little something, so to say, ![*BigSmile*](data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="15" height="15"><rect fill-opacity="0"/></svg> "BigSmile"){kind=small} to benefit some great and favorite groups and individuals around here, among them ROAK, Angels, and Habit Heroes. Celebrating mine and WDC's b-day.
Party Raffle This is a Raffle and there are goodies you can get including Merit Badges. So, please come on by and join the party.
WdC Super Sale A super sale in celebration of WDC's 22nd birthday and in thanks for the Quill Awards! You can get a rare, exclusive merit badge for donations of 22-43K gps + or the badge and an awardicon for donations of 44K+! They make great gifts too.
Raffle Jackpot Raffle tickets for a jackpot win for days 1-6. Day 7 is a mega merit badge win day.
Party & Celebration Decorations! Decorate your signatures, contests, and items with shared Writing.Com birthday images! (Upgraded and above membership required.) Writing.Com Images For Upgraded Members Have an Upgraded Membership, but no signature to flaunt? Or ready for a change with the one you've already got? You're more than welcome to use ours! (Upgraded and above membership required.) Wear a Birthday Skin! TOPNo celebration is complete without those fun decorations all around you! Decorate your workspace with one of these celebratory skins! Click to view our colorful suggestiions! ▼ Writing.Com is TWENTY-TWO years old! We want to sincerely thank everyone for making this site such a creative and inspirational success. It's been a wonderful time for us so far, and we are excited to see what the next many years holds in store for this incredible community. A special thanks goes out to our Moderators and Senior Mods for their dedication to and support of our members. Another thank you is extended to our Preferred Authors for their participation and activity throughout Writing.Com. And a big huge thank you to ALL of our members for making this the best online writing community around! We couldn't imagine a better environment in which to spend our time.  NOW LET'S CELEBRATE! |
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