Welcome Back, Bloganuary!

With 2023 just around the corner, so too comes Bloganuary!

December 7, 2022

Mindy Postoff

As 2022 comes to a close, we at WordPress.com are preparing to ring in the new year. As we get ready to say goodbye to 2022, we’re thinking about how quickly time has flown by this past year. 

Beijing hosted the Winter Olympics in February, the James Webb Space Telescope started transmitting jaw-droppingly beautiful photos back to us on Earth, and the incredibly powerful Site Editor launched for WordPress sites!

With 2023 just around the corner, so too comes Bloganuary! Bloganuary is a writing challenge for everyone, whether you’re new to blogging, rediscovering your love of blogging, or blogging is your livelihood — we want all of you to join us.

Bloganuary is a month-long blogging challenge in January, where you’ll receive a daily writing prompt to inspire you to publish a post on your blog. You can respond to the prompts in any way you like: a story, a picture, a poem, a drawing, a recipe, or even a song. Anything goes!

By being a part of Bloganuary, you’ll join a global network of bloggers creating and/or strengthening solid writing habits. You’ll get to know fellow participants on the Bloganuary community site, where you can share tips, learn from each other, find a new audience for your blog, and make new blogging friends.

To show others what you’ll be up to in January and encourage them to join in the Bloganuary fun, here’s a badge you can add to your blog (right-click and save/download to your computer):

Join the Bloganuary challenge, stay motivated, and start the new year off on the write track!

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  1. Frithjof Dec 7th at 9:26 pm

    Whenever I click “Sign me up” it says “Almost There” and nothing happens? Am I doing something wrong?

    Liked by 11 people

  2. bettycandy4 Dec 7th at 11:08 pm

    Can’t you stop send my email thank you

    Liked by 2 people

  3. Katherine Dec 8th at 12:54 am

    Hi Mindy,

    Happy Christmas aunt happy new year to you,

    I’m so glad Bloganuary is going to happen again. I took part last year and loved it. I’m already linked to the Bloganuary blog as a blogger so how do I sign up and do I have to sign up again to take part or is signing up a one time thing? I want to be sure I can take part easily and without problems.

    Liked by 5 people

    • Sophie Dec 8th at 9:45 am

      Hi! If you’re already linked to https://bloganuary.wordpress.com then you should be good to go – the prompts will appear there (and in your Reader) and as long as you’re writing the posts on your own blog and tagging them with bloganuary then you are participating. I hope that helps!

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  4. Cikgu Ismail Omar Dec 8th at 1:02 am

    Good job.

    Liked by 3 people

  5. janetdthomas77 Dec 8th at 3:25 am

    YAAASSSSSS!!! SO EXCITED!!! I bloody LOVE Bloganuary!

    Liked by 9 people

  6. aka gringita Dec 8th at 4:41 am

    This is great! (Though as a person who takes time to process and tries to plan my posts ahead of time, getting the prompts beforehand would be helpful)

    Liked by 7 people

  7. Anas Belah Dec 8th at 8:20 am

    Please I’m unable to save the badge because I’m using smartphone. When I tab on the image, the only feedback I get is ” image cannot be viewed”. Please what can I do to get the image saved?

    Liked by 4 people

  8. metappfactory Dec 8th at 9:51 am

    Thanks for Sharing

    Liked by 3 people

  9. Anjali Dec 8th at 11:00 am

    Unable to sign up

    Liked by 2 people

  10. junedesilva Dec 8th at 11:01 am

    Hi, gone through the process until it says ‘check your e-mail, which I have, including spam. Haven’t received anything – yet! Help appreciated please

    Liked by 7 people

  11. Katherine Dec 8th at 12:25 pm

    Thanks Mindy. that really helps. Looking forward to it

    Liked by 1 person

  12. Katherine Dec 8th at 12:33 pm

    I just found out that bloganuary’s blog doesn’t appear as one of the sites I post on anymore (in the “My Sites” part of my WP dashboard). I used the signup link in your blog post and have the welcome email, so do I just use that as the link to be able to find the post prompts?

    Liked by 1 person

  13. Daniel Henchard Dec 8th at 3:53 pm

    Am new here

    Liked by 1 person

  14. Peter Lotterhos Dec 8th at 4:12 pm

    Sounds Interesting. Happy Holidays!!!

    Liked by 4 people

  15. Laura Dec 8th at 4:32 pm

    Looking forward to sharpening my writing skills and for inspiration from my fellow bloggers! Thank you, Mindy!

    Liked by 2 people

  16. Suotrust Dec 8th at 4:45 pm

    Keep on trying. I just created mine some minutes ago

    Liked by 3 people

  17. Katherine Dec 8th at 7:56 pm

    Supernovia, that’s the exact problem I have, the Bloganuary site does not appear in my dashboard

    Liked by 4 people

  18. kingdomamb3 Dec 9th at 1:07 am

    Hello, My name is Hattie Elane Lewis. I am interest in signing up again and reconnecting but I do not remember my User Name.I thought my user name was recovery&transformation. I remember that my name on the Word Press Blog was Ambassador.  the only other email I had years ago was possibly gardenchoices.com or gardenofchoices.com or garden.choice.com Please help me with this issue. Thank you

    Liked by 2 people

  19. Tanish Shrivastava Dec 9th at 2:10 pm

    I missed this last year, since I was new to blogging, and I was still getting my feet wet.

    But this year, I’m ready for the challenge. Bring. It. Oooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!

    Liked by 7 people

  20. ganga1996 Dec 9th at 3:05 pm

    Email link not working have done multiple times but will be posting my blogs for the challenge. Happy to write and read other bloggers works. Enjoyed working last year and meeting new bloggers from the blogging world. So this is my second year.

    Liked by 2 people

  21. wakuma aga Dec 9th at 4:45 pm

    Wow amazing

    Liked by 1 person

  22. Claire S. Dec 10th at 12:08 pm

    I’m so excited to participate!

    Liked by 1 person

  23. trustingthethirties Dec 10th at 2:04 pm

    Excited for this!

    Liked by 2 people

  24. Tetyana Skrypkina Dec 10th at 6:04 pm

    May I ask you if you will give us topics to write about or we could write anything we’d like to?

    Liked by 2 people

  25. Iseh Kevin obumbi Dec 12th at 10:15 am

    I can’t wait to experience bloganuary especially as am a new blogger.
    It’s Kevin obumbi
    Thanks

    Liked by 3 people

  26. thecriterion14 Dec 14th at 12:54 pm

    Sounds like fun! I love journaling. My blog has a specific theme and message, so maybe I’ll create a new personal fun one for this challenge. Introspective reflective writing is so fulfilling for some reason!

    Liked by 2 people

  27. Life with Alegria Dec 15th at 4:53 pm

    Looking forward to the prompts and hoping they’re a bit different than last year. Definitely a fun event when it comes to connecting with other bloggers.

    Liked by 5 people

  28. talishacate Dec 18th at 12:14 pm

    Happy holidays!!

    Liked by 2 people

  29. Dembe John Dec 21st at 1:09 pm

    Interesting

    Liked by 2 people

  30. Holesinthefacee Jan 1st at 9:50 pm

    I would like to participate. where are the writing prompts?

    Liked by 2 people

  31. Kirstin Bozich Troyer Jan 2nd at 4:26 am

    Is this only for wordpress bloggers?

    Liked by 1 person

  32. encounters Jan 19th at 2:49 pm

    I did not sign up to do the January challenge thinking I had missed the deadline of joining in. However I have been doing the challenge un officially by reading other people’s posts I I do hope that is alright. Mabel.

    Liked by 6 people

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