pikachulover wrote :

Cool! And my birthday is coming up in a week or so.
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That makes for easy inspiration then! No time like your birthday to write about... your birthdays.

Can the article be about anybody's party as long as the subject is retro? It doesn't have to your party.

pikachulover wrote :

Can the article be about anybody's party as long as the subject is retro? It doesn't have to your party.
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Right. It doesn't have to be your party. Just any birthday related celebration you might have memories of.

I forgot to ask what is the word count requirement for the article?

Probably the standard 700 words. But if it's close, that's not a problem.

You know, it occurred to me that with such a long period of time to offer a point bonus, having multiple subjects to write about would make things much easier for article writing (you'll have to excuse my lack of thought there, as I haven't been in the position of coming up with a well written article in many moons).

With that said, let's add two other subjects that can be written about for "triple points".

What would you writers prefer for two other subjects? Any suggestions?

Do you want these to be seasonally relevant? With the Christmas articles I think winter in general has been pretty covered.

I got one more birthday article in the works but another 2 categories would be great! Before I throw out some ideas do you have certain constraints?

Nothing more that the usual constraints of "retro" time frames and so forth. But, maybe subjects that are likely to be something that most of us are familiar with or have experienced in our pasts.

We all went to school (Hopefully) how about something that pertains to our times in school? Field trips, bullying, Recess, School lunch, etc?

Vacations are also a good one.

Those are some good suggestions. Anyone else have any input?