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Daily Prompts
To participate in Daily Prompts, simply publish a post on your own blog that responds to the prompt.
Comments are always closed on prompts, but pingbacks are enabled. If you link to the prompt in your post, your post will appear in the list of responses on The Daily Post.
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If you’re not sure how to build a post around a writing prompt, take a look at our tips for making prompts personal.
Weekly Photo Challenge
Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, you’re invited to get involved in our Weekly Photo Challenge to help you meet your blogging goals. Everyone is welcome to participate, even if your blog isn’t about photography.
Each Wednesday, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Wednesday. If you link to the challenge in your post, your post will appear in the list of responses on The Daily Post. Participants use different tags for their challenge entries, like dpchallenge, WPC, photo challenge, weekly photo challenge, photography, and postaday, which we explain more about below. Feel free to use any tags you’d like.
Discover Challenge
Discover Challenges draw upon the stories and ideas that have inspired us — from interviews with prominent bloggers to personal essays and breathtaking illustration and photography — all published on Discover, our showcase for the best content on WordPress.
To participate, check out any challenge and publish a post on your own blog inspired by it. Since the sources of inspiration are going to be eclectic, your responses can be in any genre, medium, or format you feel like. A poem or a photo, a webcomic or a longform essay, a video clip or an original song — we welcome your contributions in whatever shape or form they take.
Postaday
Those of you who have personal goals like posting every day or every week are invited to take part in our ongoing Postaday project to stay motivated and focused.
To participate in the challenge, tag your post with postaday or postaweek and follow The Daily Post so all our great resources go straight to your inbox. Don’t forget to snag a badge for your blog so everyone knows you’re a Post A Day blogger, and be sure to follow the postaday topic in the Reader to see what all your fellow bloggers are up to!
Here are official (retina-ready) Post a Day and Post a Week badges to show off on your blog. Copy the code for the badge of your choice into a text widget on your blog.
<a href="https://wordpress.com/dailypost"><img alt="I'm part of Post A Day 2018" src="https://dailypost.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/pod-2018-lg.png" width="274" height="62" /></a>
<a href="https://wordpress.com/dailypost"><img alt="I'm part of Post A Day 2018" src="https://dailypost.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/pod-2018-md.png" width="194" height="60" /></a>
<a href="https://wordpress.com/dailypost"><img alt="I'm part of Post A Day 2018" src="https://dailypost.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/pod-2018-sm.png" width="154" height="30" /></a>;
<a href="https://wordpress.com/dailypost"><img alt="I'm part of Post A Week 2018" src="https://dailypost.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/pow-2018-lg.png" width="274" height="62" /></a>
<a href="https://wordpress.com/dailypost"><img alt="I'm part of Post A Week 2018" src="https://dailypost.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/pow-2018-md.png" width="194" height="60" /></a>
<a href="https://wordpress.com/dailypost"><img alt="I'm part of Post A Week 2018" src="https://dailypost.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/pow-2018-sm.png" width="154" height="30" /></a>
When can we expect “Post a Day 2013” badges?
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Hey guys! I tried to do a post-a-week basis on 2011, but havent finished. I´ll try blogging everyday on 2013. There will be this program again this year?
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Can we get new ones for 2013? I want to do 365 (at least) this year!
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I have a blog dedicated to 2013.
http://2013asithappens.wordpress.com/
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Mañana me lo pienso y creo que voy a participar, hoy estoy off
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Please read my blog and leave comments, still in the learning mode http://justsaying76.wordpress.com thank you and happy new blog year! Blog every day is to soon for me, good writhing everyone!
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I sure can need this kind of challenge, didn’t post too much in 2012.
Blog is about me travelling to India…(written in German though ;))
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I’m joining the challenge and I am excited. Please view my blog : http://herroyalheadboard.wordpress.com/ . It’s fun and fresh look at sex and dating. And let’s be honest…I name, names!!!! THX!
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Wow. Did it. http://noonobservations.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/post-a-day-seriously/
Happy New Year everyone!!
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I just can’t figure out how I add the 2013 post a day pic to my blog. Desperately hoping someone one can help me. I’m obviously doing something wrong when following the instructions.
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Currently attempting the post a day challenge, started off well I think!
Take a look: onlysi91.wordpress.com
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I’ve also joined the challenge for 2013!!!
Feel free to visit my blog: salmanalvi.wordpress.com
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Be sure to check out our tech blog, Tech Bytes Xpress! “A blog by Geeks. For Everyone!” We’re committing to a post a day in 2013 and to bringing you an exciting weekly video podcast show starting later this year! Come check out our blog and subscribe so you can stay informed! http://techbytesxpress.com
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Hello everybody. I am still new in WordPress, but actually old player in blogger. Please also visit my WordPress site, though mostly still in bahasa Indonesia. Never be hesitated to ask question too.
Nice to meet you all 🙂
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Posting everyday? okay…
Visit me on bambangpriantono.wordpress.com
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Lyk it
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I wonder if anyone can answer this question. I don’t know where else to post it. I notice that as soon as I publish a post, immediately other wordpress bloggers respond and many who are not even following. Why does this happen? Is there a showcase thingy I don’t know about?
http://vincenzofrancesco.wordpress.com/
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If you tag your post «postaday» it does show up in Topics
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Thank you rebekajo. Next question. Where does one find Topics?
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try this link and see if it loads for you
http://wordpress.com/#!/read/topics/
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Yes, I see it now. The mystery is solved thanks to you. Thanks for taking the time to help a stranger.
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it was a pleasure 🙂
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many thank yous 🙂
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I will do this again … did the 2011 challenge.
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Challenging myself to document what could be the best year ever with a new post each day @ mostlyteachable.com
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I am new to blogging but I am excited about what I think it will inspire in me. I decided to go ahead and try this challenge! Followers appreciated 🙂
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Buffet
http://hopeoflight.wordpress.com/2013/01…hope readers like it
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I’m a writer who loves opinions of readers.
Grow, Edna! is a novel for any age – memoir for an adult, straight story for a kid.
Go to authonomy.com and find Grow, Edna!.
Or, go first to my blog here at wordpress:
sandramarie stories
and read some shorter pieces.
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Hibernationnow.wordpress.com
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Okay, I’m on boat. I’ll aim to at least a post a week. Wish me luck *steals badge* 😛
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I noticed that the “postaweek2013 small” image code (last link) is incorrect. The link should be https://dailypost.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/paw2013sm.png
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Hello! I want also to share my daily post to my site. It’s funstufftodoin and I hope you guys will enjoy every place I introduce. 🙂
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Gods kingdom wil bring earthly benefits beyond compare ,acomplishin evrytin gud dat God originally purposed 4 his people to njoy on earth .hatreds n prejudices wil cease to exist,n eventually evryone on earth wil be a true frnd of evryone else.in d bible God promises dat he wil make wars to cease to d extremity of d earth ,: nation wil not lift up swords against nation,neither wil dey learn war anymore..
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check out my blog http://dreamerofpeace.wordpress.com/
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Comments closed on the Daily Post Challenge – posting here:
http://chasingrabbitholes.com/2013/01/11/dp-challenge-its-all-about-me/
Now, I’m off to see about “Topics” where our posts are rumored to go because of the tag! Thanks to the blogger above, Rebekajo!
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