2026 Badge Information

2026 NAPO BADGES

If you complete the requirements for a badge, make a post below with the link to your NaPo thread (and/or comments or WFPs) and the name of the badge you're claiming by May 6.

Writing Poems

Most of these badges are not stackable, meaning you can't also earn the badge for writing fifteen poems if you write thirty poems. The exception to this is that you can earn both NaPo Completion (A Bushel of Poetry) and Poem-A-Day (An Apple A Day)!

A Peck of Poetry If you complete at least 15 poems over April and post them in your NaPo thread, you'll win this badge for your hard work.

A Bushel of Poetry Earn this badge by writing and posting 30 poems in your NaPo thread. The only criteria is that these poems must be written during the month of April - please make sure they're numbered in your thread! There are no requirements for the form / length of a poem for it to "count" towards this badge!

An Apple A Day To earn this you must write at least 1 poem every day of April with the correct time-stamps in your NaPo thread. (There's a little leniency if you miss a day or two as long as there are 30 poems total in your thread at the end of the month. However, the majority of your poems should be written and posted on their respective days!). You know what they say about an apple a day, anyway...

Please leave the link to your NaPo thread below and make sure that your poems are numbered within your thread to earn these badges.

Community

These badges are about spreading encouragement, supporting our fellow poets, and joining in on fun activities - we are a writing community after all! For participation to count towards any of these badges, it must take place during the month of April.

The Whole Barrel You’ve combed through every row of the orchard! To earn this badge, you must leave one comment in each NaPo thread that has a "Comments Welcome" tag. (Please be careful as to not comment in a thread that does not want any!)

The Daily Dollop By contributing a comment every day for a month, you can earn this badge! We know that time zones can make things tricky - there is some wiggle room depending on when you post each comment, but please aim for one every day.

Concentrated Jam This badge honours the depth of your insight and your commitment to exploring a single poet throughout this NaPo season. To earn this badge, you must write five comments within the same one thread.

Jam Collector Collect links from at least 5 different Poetry Jams, Write-ins, or Poetry Discussions. To count for "attendance" you need to be in the jam for at least 20 minutes and log your name somewhere in the writing space. If you are busy when some are being hosted, you can also run your own and get others on the site to attend! To count a jam that you ran yourself for this badge, make sure to post your write-in link on the Poetry Jam Club.

Recipe Box Prompt Participant New this year! Borrow a poetry prompt from a friend by asking them for a poetry recipe! If you use the prompt in your thread, you and your friend both get this snazzy badge!

To claim any of these badges, leave links numbered down below.

Contests

PCrewPick Recipient Your resident Poetry Crew Mods will be highlighting a new NaPo poem twice a month this April using #PCrewPick! This badge is awarded to anyone who receives a shoutout this NaPo.

ThePeoplesPick Recipient ThePeoplesPick hashtag allows any user to shoutout their favourite NaPo poems they've read throughout the month. If someone gives your poem a shoutout using this hashtag, you will be awarded the "ThePeoplesPick Recipient" badge! (We encourage you to use #ThePeoplesPick on the People's Tab to highlight all the amazing poetry that YWSers write this NaPo! There's no limits on how many shoutouts you can give.)

April Madness Finalist If you make it to the last round of April Madness, you will receive your own limited edition April Madness badge! Check out the official April Madness thread for more info on what this contest may look like.

You don't need to complete any steps to "claim" / earn these contest badges. We will find out somehow...


If you don't post below recording your activity and the badges you are eligible for, you may not be awarded your badge(s). Poetry and comments for badges must be written in April. Happy poeting, friends!

claiming a spot to store my jam jars!

Jam Jars Earned:

Jam Collector, Recipe Box Participant, The Whole Barrel, A Bushel of Poetry, Daily Dollop (wrote 100 comments)

Poetry

33/30 - Goal is 30 -> Goal Reached!
Thread Link: when i am holding nothing & holding everything

Comments

100/30 -> Goal is 60 -> Goal Reached! Have also successfully commented in every thread!!!

Spoiler

1. at the edge of the sea where all the strangers strand (for Geweiking)
2. butterfly wings stuck on car grills (for Quill)
3. ♡ it stayed beautiful, even as the hue turned grey ♡ (for Leya)
4. the view above the clouds (for Que)
5. shattered dreams (for Mesh)
6. Places (Then, Now, Soon) (for Hannah) 1
7. left uninspired by the crust of railroad earth (for chi)
8. the rise and fall of king xlii (for winter)
9. NAPOLEON CROWNED HIMSELF (for Silver)
10. this hermit life is safe but no good for poetry (for nite)
11. Field Notes from Somewhere (for FarDusk)
12. restless things (for lalalucky)
13. A Stranger Done Come to Cowboy Town (for Vent)
14. on command and control (for mint)
15. Opulent Wine Under the Orchard Sun (for roxanne & nadya)
16. NaPo '26|Night Sky and You (for Toast)
17. waking the flowers (for Calamity)
18. me&my (for sound) 1
19. breathing dreams like air (for red)
20. Musings of a Mediocre Poet (for emily)
21. me&my (for sound) 2
22. cloudy sunrises painted with billowing birdsong (for Ant)
23. Proving the unworthy (for fox)
24. enspiting you with NaPoWriMo (for nick)
25. homeward/bound to the kennel (for Tikaya)
26. A Stranger Done Come to Cowboy Town (for Vent) 2
28. shattered dreams (for Mesh) 2
29. my now is not my forever (for pebbles)
30. Antimony alloy (for JoyDark)
31. a heart of pansies (for inkswriter)
32. ᛁᛟᚢ ᚹᛖᚱᛖ ᚾᛖᚢᛖᚱ ᚨ ᚢᚨᛚᚲᛁᚱᛁᛖ {you were never a valkyri} (for fig)
33. in the ocean of it all (for cherie)
34. left uninspired by the crust of railroad earth (for chi) 2
35. & the lighthouse screamed back (for Silvern)
36. and now i'm alone. (for hop)
37. The Nostalgia of a Bouquet (for Ranger)
38. knee surgery (is it tomorrow?) (for bald)
39. mostly hair & bones now (for foxtails)
40. skeletons in the cellar (for fig)
41. Healing Out Loud (for Hkumar)
42. "mayday! mayday!" cried the captain (for mantra)
43. Geryon (for rubbersoul)
44. the alphabet/anatomy of a … (for key)
45. Tomatoes bubble off the vine (for Rook)
46. A Wild Heart A Rising (for Doss)
47. Soul Streams (for NotReallyHuman)
48. back to where we started (for November)
49. restless things (for lalalucky)
50. something firelit in darkness (for chem)
51. The People In My Mind and Memories (for Tao)
52. me&my (for sound) 3
53. the view above the clouds (for Que) 2
54. The static of an April around the corner, (for Hannah) 2
55. left uninspired by the crust of railroad earth (for chi) 3
56. 2026 Impishly Inclined ::NaPoWriMo:: (for Imp)
57. and now i'm alone. (for hop) 2
58. in the ocean of it all (for cherie) 2
59. at the edge of the sea where all the strangers strand (for Darlet)
60. C H E E S E G R A T E R . (for Rip)
61. teenage bones & old souls (for avimoon)
62. from red kite to wren (for Cadi)
63. enspiting you with NaPoWriMo (for enspitting)
64. in a solarium by the sea (for canopy)
65. tantalus, and what may be deserved... (for fig)
66. the softest of palms (for Avian)
67. i want these poems written on my grave. (for Ellie)
68. star-crossed paramour (for Nadya)
69. notes from service (for Apricity)
70. me&my (for sound) 4
72. shattered dreams (for Mesh) 3
73. The static of an April around the corner, (for Hannah) 3
74. spitting, dewdrops (for Razel)
75. Straws' Poems (for rat)
76. maybe someday (for spark)
77. dingir (for candyhearts)
78. The People In My Mind and Memories (for tao)
79. ♫⃠ (for Willard)
80. ♡ it stayed beautiful, even as the hue turned grey ♡ (for Leya)
81. isolation: revelations of frail self (for pebbles)
82. I have never bitten into anything (for plath)
83. waking the flowers (for Calamity)
84. golden hours filmed in wide-shot focus (for Roxanne)
85. something firelit in darkness (for chem)
86. my now is not my forever (for FireEyes)
87. Places (Then, Now, Soon) (for Lim!)
88. Field Notes from Somewhere (for FarDusk) 2
89. butterfly wings stuck on car grills (for Quill) 2
90. cloudy sunrises painted with billowing birdsong (for Ant) 2
91. nostalgia and floral perfume (for kage)
92. restless things (for lucky)
93. on command and control (for mint)
94. NaPo '26|Night Sky and You (for Toast)
95. Missing Aiden: A Mystery Musical (for Alex)
96. homeward/bound to the kennel (for herb)
97. left uninspired by the crust of railroad earth (for chi) 4
98. me&my (for sound) 5
99. Honest poet(ry) (for Sylvanus)
100. the view above the clouds (for Que)

Concentrated Jam

(have commented 5 times in soundofmind's thread "me&my" (see links in spoiler above))

Poetry Jams

5/5

1. https://quillfeather.writerfeedpad.com/49? (April 1)
2. https://quillfeather.writerfeedpad.com/49? (April 3)
3. https://quillfeather.writerfeedpad.com/49? (April 4)
4. https://cocteau.writerfeedpad.com/81? (April
5. https://cocteau.writerfeedpad.com/81? (April 9)

Recipe Box

> Gave poetry prompts to Hannah + niteowl + Book all at request ~ used a prompt "end of the earth" that I stole from Mesh!

Poetry thread: a heart of pansies

Poems:
A Peck of Poetry: 31/15
A Bushel of Poetry: 31/30

Poems aren’t numbered individually, but they are numbered and linked in the contents! I hope this was done properly lol I don’t know

left uninspired by the crust of railroad earth

POEMS
32/30 + poem a day -> completed!

COMMENTS
30/30 (excluding hearts or other small phrases) -> completed!

Spoiler

1. on command and control
2. restless things
3. homeward/bound to the kennel
4. breathing dreams like air
5. notes from service
6. 2026 Impishly Inclined ::NaPoWriMo::
7. spitting, dewdrops
8. in the ocean of it all
9. Field Notes from Somewhere
10. dingir
11. Proving the unworthy
12. I have never bitten into anything
13. Opulent Wine Under the Orchard Sun
14. teenage bones & old souls
15. butterfly wings stuck on car grills
16. maybe someday
17. the view above the clouds
18. waking the flowers
19. shattered dreams
20. enspiting you with NaPoWriMo
21. "mayday! mayday!" cried the captain
22. star-crossed paramour
23. Places (Then, Now, Soon)
24. I have never bitten into anything
25. ♡ it stayed beautiful, even as the hue turned grey ♡
26. mostly hair & bones now
27. golden hours filmed in wide-shot focus
28. at the edge of the sea where all the strangers strand
29. the softest of palms
30. Geryon

JAMS
5/5 -> completed!

Spoiler

1. https://quillfeather.writerfeedpad.com/49
2. https://quillfeather.writerfeedpad.com/49
3. https://cocteau.writerfeedpad.com/81
4. https://cocteau.writerfeedpad.com/81
5. https://pad.riseup.net/p/bread-keep

Thread: Places (Then, Now, Soon)


A Peck of Poetry: 16/15


Recipe Box Prompt Participant: 2026 Poetry Recipe Box Challenge

Spoiler

Personal goal - please ignore ;-;
20 NaPo comments
1. I have never bitten into anything
2. A Stranger Done Come to Cowboy Town
3. A Stranger Done Come to Cowboy Town
4. on command and control
5. breathing dreams like air
6. Field Notes from Somewhere
7. on command and control
8. at the edge of the sea where all the strangers strand
9. notes from service
10. Field Notes from Somewhere
11. A Stranger Done Come to Cowboy Town
12. NaPo '26|Night Sky and You
13. star-crossed paramour
14. A Stranger Done Come to Cowboy Town
15. on command and control
16. Field Notes from Somewhere
17. restless things
18. something firelit in darkness
19.
20.

my thread: restless things (30/26)
(i completed the poems on the day they were posted but forgot to numbered them. i went back at 4/28 to number the poems that weren't numbered with the day they were made. really hope this counts to my badge :'])

commented on (27/30):

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when i am holding nothing & holding everything (4/1)
isolation: revelations of frail self (4/2)
Antimony alloy (4/3)
Field Notes from Somewhere (4/4)
A Wild Heart A Rising (4/5)
the softest of palms (4/6)
enspiting you with NaPoWriMo (4/7)
a heart of pansies (4/8)
Straws' Poems (4/9)
the alphabet/anatomy of a … (4/10)
in the ocean of it all (4/11)
my now is not my forever (4/12)
spitting, dewdrops (4/13)
nostalgia and floral perfume (4/14)
breathing dreams like air (4/15)
NaPo '26|Night Sky and You (4/16)
a heart of pansies (4/17)
the rise and fall of king xlii (4/18)
Proving the unworthy (4/19)
Places (Then, Now, Soon) (4/20)
nostalgia and floral perfume (4/21)
the rise and fall of king xlii (4/22)
on command and control (4/23)
the view above the clouds (4/24)
Field Notes from Somewhere (4/25)
nostalgia and floral perfume (4/26)
The People In My Mind and Memories (4/27)

jam stuff:
4/4: https://quillfeather.writerfeedpad.com/49?
4/5: https://quillfeather.writerfeedpad.com/49?
4/6: https://quillfeather.writerfeedpad.com/49?
4/8: https://cocteau.writerfeedpad.com/81?
4/16: https://pad.riseup.net/p/bread-keep
4/27: https://thehoplessromantic.writerfeedpad.com/3

spot.

Spot!

Poem a day/completion:
shattered dreams

Comments:

Spoiler

1. & the lighthouse screamed back
2. nostalgia and floral perfume
3. when i am holding nothing & holding everything
4. star-crossed paramour
5. ᛁᛟᚢ ᚹᛖᚱᛖ ᚾᛖᚢᛖᚱ ᚨ ᚢᚨᛚᚲᛁᚱᛁᛖ {you were never a valkyri}
6. the softest of palms
7. when i am holding nothing & holding everything
8. homeward/bound to the kennel
9. something firelit in darkness
10. when i am holding nothing & holding everything
11. butterfly wings stuck on car grills
...

Jam collector:

Spoiler

1. https://quillfeather.writerfeedpad.com/49 (4/1, 4/3, 4/4 popped in and out a few times)
2 . https://cocteau.writerfeedpad.com/81
3. https://pad.riseup.net/p/bread-keep popped in here for a bit!
4. https://thehoplessromantic.writerfeedpad.com/3
5. https://alliyah.writerfeedpad.com/165?

Spot!

claiming a spot so i remember to come back here!

my thread:
isolation: revelations of frail self
a total of 15 poems written during april, though i numbered them a bit oddly (one 3 and a half and one 13 and a half, though those are both full poems)

Jam Collector/5 Poetry Jams:
https://quillfeather.writerfeedpad.com/49
https://pad.riseup.net/p/bread-keep
https://canopy.writerfeedpad.com/9
https://thehoplessromantic.writerfeedpad.com/3
https://alliyah.writerfeedpad.com/165?

Jam collector (5/5):

Spoiler

1. April 6 https://quillfeather.writerfeedpad.com/49
2. April 7 https://quillfeather.writerfeedpad.com/49
3. April 9 https://cocteau.writerfeedpad.com/81
4. April 16 https://romanticchemist.writerfeedpad.com/26
5. April 26 https://thehoplessromantic.writerfeedpad.com/3

30 poems in April and one poem per day:

Spoiler

Field Notes from Somewhere

spot!


jams

1. https://quillfeather.writerfeedpad.com/49 (4/3/26)

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