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The following winners for the August 2018 running of "What a Character! : Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 38 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Ashelynn" by Sorji Second Place - "Ken Reaches For The Heights" by Christopher Roy Denton Third Place - "The Good Cop" by D. Reed Whittaker Thanks to Jeff for continuing to keep Writing.Com's official site contests running smoothly! ~~SM |
The following winners for the July 2018 running of "Rhythms & Writing: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 13 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Kayla's Eighteenth Birthday " by 🌸 pwheeler - love joy peace Second Place - "Gold Prospecting For Dummies" by Christopher Roy Denton Third Place - "Sands of Eternity" by Graham B. Thanks to Jeff for continuing to keep Writing.Com's official site contests running smoothly! ~~SM |
New item in the Writing.Com shop: WdC Book Darts! These little book darts are perfect for keeping the exact spot where you were last reading or remembering an important line in a textbook! Great gifts and stocking stuffers this year for students, teachers, and readers! |
Introducing new commissioned merit badges available to the community or for specific groups! Please check out the Merit Badge page to see these and many more badges available for giving! Send one today and bring a smile to someone else! NEW COMMUNITY BADGE! Favorite Commissioned by The StoryMaster NEW GROUP BADGES! Honoring Chester B Commissioned by ~Minja~ Coffee with Lilli Commissioned by Lilli 🧿 ☕ It's An Honor Commissioned by Schnujo is Late to Lannister Construct Cup Completion Commissioned by Ren the Klutz! MERIT BADGE SHOP http://www.writing.com/main/badges Want a custom merit badge for your group or the community? "Commission a Custom Merit Badge" |
For the 6th day of our 18th Birthday Celebration... BRAND NEW EMOTICONS! = {e:blackberries} = {e:blackberry} = {e:blueberries} = {e:blueberry} = {e:cherries} = {e:cherry} = {e:raspberries} = {e:raspberry} = {e:strawberries} = {e:strawberry} = {e:donut} = {e:donut2} = {e:donut3} = {e:donut4} = {e:donut5} = {e:donut6} = {e:donut7} = {e:donut8} Enjoy! |
For the 5th day of our 18th Birthday Celebration... We are happy to release an update to Passkeys! Passkeys were added to Writing.Com back in October 2002. Upgraded Members and above can create 4 to 8 digit numeric codes to allow specific individuals to access their private items. That's how they started and they've remained the same for nearly 16 years... Until now. Today, we're announcing that Passkeys are no longer just for numbers! Passkeys can now contain any combination of letters, numbers, dashes (-) and underscores (_) from 4 to 12 characters in length. Want to use a SECRET_CODE for your Passkey? It'll work. 18TH_BDAY PARTY-TIME 123456789012 _AWESOME_ -FAR_OUT- COOL ... and on and on. Passkeys are not case sensitive... so GOOD_STUFF works the same as good_stuff. This update opens up a lot of flexibility and creativity... we hope you enjoy it! But wait... there's more! BRAND NEW EMOTICONS! = {e:genielamp} = {e:hotballoon} = {e:hotballoon2} = {e:hotballoon3} = {e:rocket} = {e:telescope} = {e:planet} = {e:cloudgrey} = {e:cloudsnow} = {e:cloud} Enjoy! |
Don't forget... For every order placed in "The Writing.Com Shop" during September 1-7, 2018, 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 just that excited to be turning 18! * 10% back only on orders paid by credit card, PayPal, check or money orders. Orders paid with Gift Points not included. |
For the 4th day of our 18th Birthday Celebration... BRAND NEW COMMUNITY TRINKET! This exclusive trinket that can only be claimed within: "Writing.Com Party Central 2023!" So, click over and scroll down to Day 4 to find it. |
For the 3rd day of our 18th Birthday Celebration... BRAND NEW EMOTICONS! = {e:tomato} = {e:onion} = {e:lettuce} = {e:garlic} = {e:eggplant} = {e:corn} = {e:carrot} = {e:cabbage} = {e:cabbagered} = {e:broccoli} = {e:pumpkin2} = {e:PepperGreen} = {e:PepperJalapeno} = {e:PepperRed} = {e:PepperRedhot} = {e:PepperYellow} = {e:reload} Enjoy! |
In honor of the second day of our 18th birthday, we are happy to release over 650 new covers for you to use for your items and bio areas! From a variety of themes, colors, and styles... now is the perfect time to update your portfolio and the items in it! This new set brings the total number of stock covers available to nearly 1,700. To view the covers available, click to edit any of your items, then click to on the cover image. You can easily check out the covers and changes! |