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ysabetwordsmithJANUARY 2026 BOOK: THE SPELLSHOP
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bookclub_dw has chosen The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst as our book for January.
I'll make the discussion post on January 31, 2026. If you have any discussion questions you'd like to be considered, please comment to this post.
Looking for something new to read? This community works just like a facetime book club -- members pick a title per month, read it, and talk about it. \o/
bookclub_dw has chosen The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst as our book for January.I'll make the discussion post on January 31, 2026. If you have any discussion questions you'd like to be considered, please comment to this post.
Looking for something new to read? This community works just like a facetime book club -- members pick a title per month, read it, and talk about it. \o/
Dreamwidth Welcommittee
Jan. 2nd, 2026 11:15 pmysabetwordsmithOnce upon a time, before the Internet, fans found each other through fanzines, clubs, and other means. Among the most famous was the Star Trek Welcommittee, which helped people find ways to participate in the fandom. The National Fantasy Fan Federation, which started even earlier, still has one going. The idea spread to other fandoms and beyond. A welcommittee is basically a group of volunteers who enjoy reaching out to new people and helping them connect with a given organization or subculture. Many organizations have them, and so do some towns.
I'd like to encourage something similar for Dreamwidth. It's a way for more experienced bloggers to participate innewcomers. We need folks who can answer questions, explain how the platform works, and help new users find things they like in hope they'll stick around. It doesn't have to be official or complicated -- just a few concepts and resources for folks to use when they meet a new user. It helps support the platform we love.
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I'd like to encourage something similar for Dreamwidth. It's a way for more experienced bloggers to participate in
newcomers. We need folks who can answer questions, explain how the platform works, and help new users find things they like in hope they'll stick around. It doesn't have to be official or complicated -- just a few concepts and resources for folks to use when they meet a new user. It helps support the platform we love.( Read more... )
Mood Theme in a Year 2026
Jan. 1st, 2026 08:09 pmsoc_puppetmoodthemeinayear is now open for 2026!Have you ever wanted to create a custom mood theme, but found yourself overwhelmed by all of the potential moods you'd have to make? Mood Theme in a Year has you covered! The community assigns three moods a week for you to design graphics for, with regular week long breaks. Draw, screencap, and/or animate your way to the custom mood theme of your dreams, with a community by your side to support and encourage you.
Not up for a full year/132 images? No problem! That's just the Maximum Track, which runs from January 1st through (roughly) the end of the year. If you want to make a smaller mood theme, you can follow the Minimum Track (18 images) or the Medium Track (34 images), or maybe somewhere between one of those and the Maximum Track. The goal of this community is to create a custom mood theme that you like, at a pace that works for you.
For those who missed it: While uploading and using a custom mood theme is restricted to paid accounts, as of December 2025, creating at least 18 mood graphics can earn you Dreamwidth points! Now, even if a paid account is out of your budget, you can still have the chance to upload and use your own custom mood theme. Read this post for more details.
The first three moods of 2026 are now up; thanks for reading, and I hope to see you there!
Dreamwidth News
Jan. 1st, 2026 08:05 pmysabetwordsmith![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_maintenance reports in this post that imports from LiveJournal may be slow. Russia has altered the terms of LiveJournal again in ways that may shut out many users. Regrettably, Dreamwidth does not offer a way to sort posts by language so that people can choose to view the one(s) they speak and turn off what they don't. I have found very few communities with a language focus, but they are listed here.
Rose and Bay Awards
Jan. 1st, 2026 04:11 pmysabetwordsmithThe 2026 Rose and Bay Awards are now open for nominations! Please make your nominations and pass the word to all the crowdfunders you know and encourage them to participate. It would be especially helpful for folks you know via places like Kickstarter or Patreon, as I'm not on those sites.
The award period for eligible activities spans January 1-December 31, 2025.
The nomination period spans January 1-January 31, 2026.
The voting period spans February 1-February 28, 2026.
These are the handlers for the 2026 award season:
The award period for eligible activities spans January 1-December 31, 2025.
The nomination period spans January 1-January 31, 2026.
The voting period spans February 1-February 28, 2026.
These are the handlers for the 2026 award season:
Art:
Fiction:
Poetry:
Webcomic:
Other Project:
Patron:
Friending Meme
Jan. 1st, 2026 02:49 pmysabetwordsmithGAME CHANGERS/HEATED RIVALRY FRIENDING MEME in gamechangerhr
See also Friending Memes in 2026 for more resources.
gamechangerhr See also Friending Memes in 2026 for more resources.
New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals
Jan. 1st, 2026 02:04 amysabetwordsmithBring in the new year with goals_on_dw.
2026 New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals
Signup Post: Accountability Buddies in 2026
goals_on_dw.2026 New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals
Signup Post: Accountability Buddies in 2026
Snowflake Challenge
Dec. 29th, 2025 11:13 amysabetwordsmithHappy Snowflake Season to all! As we prepare to kick off the 2026 snowflake_challenge, please feel free to promote this event within your own circles. You are welcome to use any of these new banners for that. The community page also has icons.
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snowflake_challenge, please feel free to promote this event within your own circles. You are welcome to use any of these new banners for that. The community page also has icons. ( Read more... )
yourlibrarian
3 for the Memories' 2025 session will be open for posts on January 3, 2026 and will run for 3 weeks until January 24. Event participation is as follows:
1) Three photos only per person during each annual session. Members are encouraged to discuss the reason for their choices.
2) Photos can be hosted at Dreamwidth or elsewhere, and should not be larger than 800 px width or height.
3) All three photos should be in the same post. Cut tags should be placed after the first photo.
3 for the Memories is not a competition, and entries are not being judged. Rather, participants are encouraged to share photos they took in 2025 that they find meaningful in some way or which represent how they experienced the year.
Questions? Visit the announcement post at
threeforthememoriesmultiple journals?
Dec. 21st, 2025 09:48 ammaevixsoooo ...
google told me that dw allows users to have multiple journals under one account with easy switching between them. this would be so ideal for my compartmentalization dream & would allow me to start writing more.
but i can't find it in the faq.
any idea where to find this info or directions on how to use this feature? is it even real? D:
also happy holidays y'all!
google told me that dw allows users to have multiple journals under one account with easy switching between them. this would be so ideal for my compartmentalization dream & would allow me to start writing more.
but i can't find it in the faq.
any idea where to find this info or directions on how to use this feature? is it even real? D:
also happy holidays y'all!
malyminI really like looking at the "codes" made for playlists and roleplay blogs like the ones on criscodes. But I don't have a good baseline for how CSS and HTML can be effectively used inside of posts on Dreamwidth. Cohost, obviously, was infamously permissive with what you could do with CSS; most "modern style" social media, meanwhile, doesn't even really let you insert tables or div elements to format, limiting in-post html/css to just some very bare bones text formatting at most.
Are there any tutorials or guides for how to learn to develop your own aesthetic playlist/muselist/ac tracker/muse inbox/etc "codes" from scratch? I'd really love to brush up on my fanciest css without necessarily editing my blog theme every time to do it.
Big News at Mood Theme in a Year
Dec. 5th, 2025 11:57 pmsoc_puppetInterested in creating your own custom mood theme, but unable to afford a paid account? Well, do I have some fantastic news for you:
Members ofmoodthemeinayear are now being awarded paid time or Dreamwidth points for creating custom mood themes!
You can learn about all the details here; the next full round of the Minimum, Medium, and Maximum Tracks starts January 1st, but if you're looking for the perfect creative project to speed run before then, there's also Mood Theme in a Month calendars and some Bingo cards to work with.
Come check it out and stretch your creative muscles!
Members of
moodthemeinayear are now being awarded paid time or Dreamwidth points for creating custom mood themes!You can learn about all the details here; the next full round of the Minimum, Medium, and Maximum Tracks starts January 1st, but if you're looking for the perfect creative project to speed run before then, there's also Mood Theme in a Month calendars and some Bingo cards to work with.
Come check it out and stretch your creative muscles!
Self-Care Wednesday
Dec. 3rd, 2025 01:50 amysabetwordsmithI checked for a Wednesday-after-Thanksgiving holiday and didn't find any. So I'm declaring this Self-Care Wednesday. You've done all the things. You've done Thanksgiving, Buy Nothing Day, Small Business Saturday, Shop for Good Sunday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday. And now you're tired. You deserve a break! Take care of yourself today.
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Giving Tuesday
Dec. 2nd, 2025 01:12 amysabetwordsmithToday is Giving Tuesday. This holiday is about charity in all its forms. You can give money, time, goods or services, whatever you have to share.
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Call for Prompts
Dec. 1st, 2025 05:22 pmysabetwordsmithdialecticdreamer is running a prompt call all month in December! Leave prompts, get ficlets. \o/ MOAR GOODEEZ for everyone! If you're looking for fun activities, or a new writer to follow, this is worth exploring.This whole month I hope to fill with prompted stories, to celebrate my lovely readers and surviving the first quarter of the twenty-first century. It’s been jam-packed with crises and chaos, hasn’t it? Time to take a story break… or thirty.
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Cyber Monday
Dec. 1st, 2025 12:38 amysabetwordsmithToday is Cyber Monday. This holiday focuses on shopping online. It has surpassed Black Friday as the biggest shopping day of the year! \o/
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