This year, YWS would like to reward successful participants of National Poetry Writing Month by giving those people 1,000 points, 2 YWS bookmarks, and a YWS bumper sticker. For our purposes, successful participation means writing 20 poems on 20 different days. Why not 30? Because we're starting this late and because there should be some leeway.
At the end of the month, successful participants will receive a link to a form where they'll be able to fill out the necessary information for obtaining the YWS swag.
Of course, this is just a small way to reward those who take the challenge (and to get 1,000 bookmarks finally out of my closet). The reason people should participate is because writing a poem every day is a deceptively challenging task that will help your mind grow. But, hey, a little swag never hurt either, right?
