B is for Bet!

 

B is for Bet!

Have you made a bet with yourself for April yet? 

• I bet you can do at least three of our bonus challenges.
• I bet you can sign up on the Master List (which closes on April 7th).
• I bet you can go visit five new blogs right now from the Master List.
• I bet you can make sure you have the A to Z Logo Badge on your blog.
• I bet you can check out our T-shirt.

This theme is already proving to be a fun time for all as my co-blogger and I made a bet with each other, getting ideas from our readers (bonus challenge!) on our theme reveal. We've made a bet about who can get more likes and comments on their posts during the month. (Feel free to check us out, but ONLY adults! We're at the top of the Master List: J. R. Vincente Erotic Fiction Blog.)

Tell us in the comments what bets you've made for yourself for April!

Alphabet Scavenger Hunt #atozchallenge

In the spirit of our "gamble on yourself" game theme, I'm running an Alphabet Scavenger Hunt!

A scavenger hunt is a game in which the organizers prepare a list defining specific items, which the participants seek to gather all items on the list.

As you hop to various participating A to Z blogs this month, look for posts that use or mention these items on that letter's day. (So look for a post on April 1st that has an Apple). 🍎 The blogger might be cooking with apples, taking pictures of apples, have a song from Fiona Apple, be discussing Apple computers, have a character named Apple... 

Copy the scavenger hunt list. Then, when you find a post that goes with that word and letter, make note of the link. On your reflection post next month, you can share with everyone how well you did and on what participating A to Z blogs you found the items on the list. 

• A is for — Apple 🍏
• B is for — Bear 🧸
• C is for — Cobweb 🕸
• D is for — Dragon 🐲
• E is for — Evil 👿
• F is for — Flowers 💐
• G is for — Game 🎲
• H is for — Hat 👒
• I is for — Island 🏝
• J is for — Jewelry 💍
• K is for — Key 🔑
• L is for — Leaves 🍂
• M is for — Men 👬
• N is for — Nuts 🥜
• O is for — Orange 🍊
• P is for — Pen 🖊
• Q is for — Questions ❓
• R is for — Rainbow 🌈
• S is for — Scissors ✂
• T is for — Tiger 🐯
• U is for — Uniform 💂
• V is for — Velvet 🧶
• W is for — Whale 🐳
• X is for — X-ray 🦴
• Y is for — Yellow  💛
• Z is for — Zipper 🤐

Be sure your blog displays a participant badge so everyone knows they're in the right place!
Please consider getting a t-shirt.

No matter what, there's always someone who has your back 🤗

Thank the person who has meant the most to you in your life + tag #GiveThanksNotPranks 🥰 pic.twitter.com/jWonMoctop

— T-Mobile (@TMobile) March 30, 2021

For every tweet using #GiveThanksNotPranks, @TMobile donates 💰$5 to classrooms in need through @DonorsChoose. You could tweet the hashtag to @AprilA2Z!

Didn't sign up for the challenge yet? https://forms.gle/dXBFi5zphGnRu7Rc8 Just fill out the form!
Need a copy of the Master List so you can "get hopping" to other blogs? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mvSm8FsuFVkOQulQ0EgzslGiNd8CZWWrqaRhCG8Sv4o
File > Make a Copy (save to your location of choice)

MASTER LIST SIGN-UP #AtoZChallenge 2021

Time to SIGN UP for the challenge!

https://forms.gle/dXBFi5zphGnRu7Rc8 Just fill out that form!

You will see this confirmation message when you've signed up.
The results of this form will be MADE PUBLIC.

Please only sign up YOURSELF, your blog. Do not try to sign up blogs of other people. Thank you.

Grab a copy of the Master List so you can "get hopping" to other blogs: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mvSm8FsuFVkOQulQ0EgzslGiNd8CZWWrqaRhCG8Sv4o
File > Make a Copy (save to your location of choice)

*NOTE:

The Master List sign-up for the challenge does not close until April 7. 

If you make a copy of the list before that date, please remember to come back to check for additional blogs that may have signed up later.     

Challenge Awareness:

Visitors to your blog have to be able to comment on your posts (without "signing up" for anything first). Please disable any CAPTCHA. Commenting should be as easy as possible.

Remember to use a link that goes to your BLOG. Sometimes Wordpress users leave links to their dashboard where they create posts, rather than links to their blogs. The team has done what we can to raise awareness of this.

Because of GDPR and other privacy regulations, you should make sure that any options for getting email (newsletters, blog comment replies, etc) are OPT IN ~ meaning checkboxes are not "pre-checked." (If your blog doesn't have this, don't worry about it.)

Links that do not go to a BLOG with posts that can be commented on will be REMOVED.

Badges! Letters! A calendar showing which letters go on which days!

http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/badges-2021.html

#AtoZChallenge - Please consider using the challenge hashtag to get more traffic for your blog.

In 2018, Jayden made a post with video and written instructions. If you are having difficulty with the form or Master List spreadsheet, please check the instructions first. 
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/2018/03/master-list-sign-ups.html
If you still need help after that, you can reach the team:

On Gmail: atozteam2018 

On Twitter: @JRVincente (for spreadsheet and form questions) @JLenniDorner (other issues)

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atozchallenge
Or on our own blogs. Contact us.
(The team is helping as many people as we can as fast as we can. It may sometimes take a few days.)

Question the team has already gotten in 2021:
"I signed up on a Linky that one of the participants has going. Am I on the Master List?"
No. No you are not. You can ONLY be on the Master List if you sign up on the Master List from this site. The A to Z Team does not control those other Linky sign-ups. Any other linky is not officially part of this #atozchallenge, does not put your blog on our Master List, and is not endorsed, monitored, or regulated by the A to Z Team. You use them at your own discretion. We are also not part of blogchatter.

The A to Z Team runs this website, we don't control the rest of the Internet. 😏


Be sure your blog displays a participant badge so everyone knows they're in the right place!And please consider getting a t-shirt.

(Looking for shirts from previous #atozchallenge events: https://buff.ly/3w66PEH )