Monday, January 26, 2015

Alphabet Fun Has BEGUN!!! - #atozchallenge

And now...for the news you alphabet lovers have all been waiting for...



The 2015 Blogging From A to Z April Challenge Announcement!

  
Please read and follow the sign-up instructions outlined below so you sign onto the list correctly!

The brainchild of Arlee Bird, at Tossing it Out, the A to Z Challenge is posting every day in April except Sundays (we get those off for good behavior.) And since there are 26 days, that matches the 26 letters of the alphabet. On April 1, blog about something that begins with the letter “A.” April 2 is “B,” April 3 is “C,” and so on. You can use a theme for the month or go random – just as long as it matches the letter of the alphabet for the day.

The A to Z Challenge is a great way to get into the blogging habit and make new friends. For more details and its history, go HERE

We recommend short posts, turn off Word Verification, and visit five blogs (or more) a day beginning with the one after yours on the list.

Blogs must be on an open platform – no Tumblr, Facebook, Pinterest, etc. – and comments enabled.

To streamline legitimate blogs from advertisement blogs, the Co-Hosts will be visiting each blog on this list throughout the Challenge. Blogs on the list showing no activity once the Challenge starts or miss five days in a row will be removed.

Please note your blog name and number in all correspondences. Remember that as blogs are removed, your number will change.

There are categories for those looking for like-minded blogs. Select ONE category code and enter it after your blog’s title/name. The code applies to your blog, not your theme for the Challenge and is purely optional. See the first few blogs on the list for examples. However, if your blog has adult content, you MUST mark it (AC) or it will be removed from the list. Codes are as follows:

ANIMALS: (AN)
ART: (AR)
BOOKS/REVIEWS: (BO)
CRAFTS: (CR)
CULINARY: (CU)
EDUCATION: (ED)
FASHION: (FA)
FILM/MOVIES: (FM)
GAMING: (GA)
GARDENING: (GR)
HISTORY: (HI)
HUMOR: (HU)
LIFESTYLE: (LI )
MEMOIR: (ME)
MUSIC: (MU)
MYTHOLOGY: (MY)
PERSONAL: (PR)
PHOTOGRAPHY: (PH)
POLITICS: (PO)
SCIENCE: (SC)
SOCIAL MEDIA: (SO)
SPORTS: (SP)
TRAVEL: (TR)
WRITING/STORYTELLING: (WR)
ADULT CONTENT: (AC)

Be sure to grab the badge and display it in your sidebar so we know you are participating and link to the A to Z Challenge Blog.

For more information we recommend you follow the A to Z Challenge Blog and the hosts:

Arlee Bird @ Tossing it Out
Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh
Jeremy @ Hollywood Nuts
Nicole Ayers @ The Madlab Post
Author Stephen Tremp
Heather M. Gardner
AJ @ Naturally Sweet
Pam @ An Unconventional Librarian
Matthew MacNish @ The QQQE
Zalka Csenge VirĂ¡g @ The Multicolored Diary
S. L. Hennessy @ Pensuasion
C. Lee McKenzie @ The Write Game
Joy Campbell @ The Character Depot
Susan Gourley @ Susan Says
John Holton @The Sound of One Hand Typing
Lisa Buie-Collard, Author

We also have a Facebook Page
Email address is contactatozteam@gmail.com
Twitter hashtag is #AtoZChallenge and Twitter id is @AprilA2Z

Sign up below and join us for a month of alphabet fun!

18 comments:

  1. Wait, what happened... :) It's going to be a great year, though I believe Tina is watching down on us to have a great 2015.

    Jeremy

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  2. Heather!!!
    We're going to rock it this year.

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  3. I love the A to Z Challenge. I didn't get to do it last year, so I'd really love to do it this year. It's great how many people have already signed up!

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  4. Good luck to all of you. I'll be participating through the IWSG site.

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  5. When I started this morning there were 99 signed up. Since 5 we've reached 144! Good golly Miss Molly.

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    1. It's so cool! I think we are close to 300 as of Tuesday morning!

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  6. Can't wait! I should probably start planning my posts...

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    1. Yeah. I always wait until the last minute. Maybe this year will be different.

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  7. Looking forward to another amazing A to Z event. My posts are almost done too.

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    1. You're killin' me! I haven't even thought about it yet!

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  8. Hey Heather! For whatever reason, I can only use my Google account to comment on a lot of y'all's blogs. I'm the Sourcerer dude (#94 at the moment). Just stopping by to say hi.

    I'm going to try and visit all the co-hosts in the next couple of weeks, and thought I'd start here since we've chattered a bit on Twitter. I appreciate that, by the way. Sever or eight bloggers I talk to often are already signed up!

    I am so looking forward to April, and I'll share the announcements around a bit :-)

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    1. I'm so glad you came to visit with me!

      I believe Google works best w/ Blogger for comments.

      We appreciate any and all sharing around here.
      Looking forward to learning more about you and your blog!
      Thanks for coming by!

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  9. Hi, Heather. I'm signed up for the challenge. Looking forward to it.

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  10. Too big a challenge for me but I'll love visiting around.

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