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Writing.Com Turns 21 Years Old TODAY!

Writing.Com is celebrating its
           21st Birthday            
Join us as we celebrate this amazing milestone!

In honor of Writing.Com's 21-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!

TODAY IS OUR FIRST DAY!
We are so happy to kick off our 21st celebration with a few little "extras" for the community each day! Today, you'll be happy to know that REACTIONS have been updated to be easier to use AND forum posts now have reactions instead of just likes We have also added the CARE reaction for those times when you just need to send a little support to your friends.

Newsfeed and post REACTIONS now include:

(NOTE: We understand there are some reactions you might want, but space is limited, so we are really choosy with our reactions.)

NEW EMOTICONS
We also are excited to release brand new emoticons for everyone to use! Today's release is:

= {e:pray}
= {e:care}
= {e:kiss}
(Noting that our previous "kiss" has now turned to {e:lips}!)

= {e:ThumbsUpGreen}
= {e:ThumbsDownRed}

= {e:popcorn}
= {e:salad}
= {e:sushi}

= {e:chessBishopB}
= {e:chessBishopW}
= {e:chessKingB}
= {e:chessKingW}
= {e:chessKnightB}
= {e:chessKnightW}
= {e:chessPawnB}
= {e:chessPawnW}
= {e:chessQueenB}
= {e:chessQueenW}
= {e:chessRookB}
= {e:chessRookW}

AND... in honor of the miniature donkey we rescued this past week..

= {e:donkey}

YES, you read that right! The StoryMaster and The StoryMistress rescued and adopted a miniature hybrid donkey/horse (called a hinny) from a kill auction last week! They didn't expect it to happen so quickly... SMs sent a cute photo of one that needed rescued and SM basically said "let's do it!" and 24 hours later, there was a mini donkey in their yard! Her name is Lily and she's amazing.

NEW MERIT BADGES
During this week, we will release one new merit badge each day! Today's new addition to the Merit Badge Shop is below! Please check out our complete Merit Badge collection   to see these and many more badges available for giving!

Choose a member and give out this badge! For every day of our birthday week, you get to hand out one for FREE!

GRAB A TRINKET
And finally, here's a fun little trinket you can grab this week right here at "Writing.Com Party Central 2024!" !

Enjoy and we'll see you tomorrow more fun releases!


Have a wonderful day,
The StoryMistress