April Blogging from A to Z Challenge

Saturday, February 15, 2025

2025 #AtoZchallenge Schedule

^ 2025 Badges ^

2025 #AtoZchallenge Schedule:

The THEME REVEAL (optional bonus hop) : March 9- 15

Official Challenge Sign-ups : March 24 to April 5

Reflections (optional bonus hop) : May 2-9

Road-trip (sign up to keep visiting others all year _ optional bonus) : Opens May 10

The theme for the A to Z Theme on this blog for 2025 will be posts about our blogging community, gratitude, or being grateful for our blogging community.

Saturday, May 4, 2024

Time For The A to Z Road Trip!

It's time for the Post A to Z Road Trip 2024! This is a great opportunity to catch up on the many blogs you would have liked to have spent more time visiting, but didn't during the Challenge, and a chance to visit the blogs of people who did the Challenge that you never got to. And, if you're one of those people who did the Challenge but didn't get a lot of visitors, this is a way to let people know that you'd appreciate a visit.

Here's what you do:

Sign up for the Road Trip. There's a place where you can put in the URL of a post that you would like visitors to read first. Then, grab a copy of the Road Trip badge from the graphics page (if you want) for your home page to use as a "bumper sticker."
Get copies of both the Road Trip List and the Master List. Both will be useful.
Start with the Road Trip list and visit the blogs of the people who signed up there. Take some time to read their blog and their Challenge entries. Leave comments where you feel led to do so, and make sure you identify yourself as a Road Trip participant. Leave a link to your blog so they can return the favor.
Then, if you have the time and inclination to do so, visit some of the blogs on the Master List that you didn't get the chance to visit. Even if they didn't sign up for the Road Trip, I'm sure they'd appreciate a visit.

Signups start today and end May 25. There's no set time limit to the Road Trip (i.e. no specific end date), so if you wanted to, you could visit everyone who was part of this year's Challenge between now and the start of next year's Challenge. If that's what you want to do, go for it! Most importantly, have fun!

Happy Motoring!

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Reflections #AtoZChallenge 2024

https://forms.gle/MYTdeHK9Dk22RMwM7

Reflections is an additional bloghop connected to the challenge. It is a chance to tell the team and the world your thoughts on the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2024.
Sign up between May 2 and May 9 with a direct link to your reflection post!

Some points to consider for your reflection post: 😎

Did you win?

Did you post an alphabet of letter-inspired posts?
Did you HOP to other A to Z participants?

Do you believe your blog saw an increase in traffic and comments during April 2024?

Did you check the MasterList to be sure your entry was correct?

Do you feel the A to Z Team (Arlee Bird, J Lenni Dorner, Zalka Csenge Virág, John Holton, Jayden R Vincente, and Ronel) supported you, your blog, and this challenge enough in 2024?

What changes do you hope the team might consider for next year?

Will you do the challenge again next year?

Did you use the http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/2024-graphics.html Graphics page?

Is the HTML useful to you?
Are there any other images or graphics the team could offer to help you?

Any suggestions for the team?
Any thanks?
Any requests for the 2025 team's theme? (The posts you'll see on this site in April.)
Any post ideas or requests for our monthly posts on the blog from June to February?

(Guest posting requests? Poke team captain J! https://jlennidorner.blogspot.com/)

Have you followed the social media of the A to Z Challenge?

What was your favorite comment left by another A to Z participant on your blog during the challenge? 🏆
Did any other A to Z participant make you and your blog feel especially valued this year?
Do you have a favorite blog that you found during the challenge this year?
Do you feel you had a positive impact on the Blogging Community during the hop?
Did you invite or encourage any other bloggers to join the challenge?
Have you learned anything because of the #AtoZChallenge?
Did you use a theme in 2024? Any thoughts on themes?
Was taking part in the challenge a positive experience for you and your blog?
Consider the significance of the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge, our values (community and inclusion), and your feelings about the experience. How may this influence your future blogging, learning, or actions?
Any other thoughts, feelings, and reactions to the #AtoZChallenge 2024?
Will you consider doing the challenge again next year?

Visit others in the reflection hop!
https://tinyurl.com/ymwxjvyv

See how your fellow A to Z Bloggers felt about the challenge this year.

If you've earned it, display your winner's badge!

WINNER badge #AtoZChallenge 2024

(HTML on the graphics page)

Roadtrip Sign up from May 4-25
Be sure to join the RoadTrip, a commitment to visit blogs in the hop (especially ones you may have missed) and highlight the favorite post you created in April. More info on May 4!