Hello! I'm new and am still not familiar with a lot of things on this site. Just wanted to get information about what exactly trophies are and what one needs to do in order to earn them.
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Hi @Thediffident, hope you're enjoying YWS so far! That's a great question - there are many ways on YWS to earn trophies depending on what you like to do on the site.
Trophies are little images / badges displayed on a person's profile to show their victories and accomplishments. They have no monetary or trade-in value, but they are a fun way to display what you've accomplished while on the site, and many are limited-edition or only able to be earned during a limited time period. You can see what trophies a user has by going to their profile and clicking "trophies" in the options under their profile banner. For instance here's the link to mine: profile/lliyah/trophies
Here are a few of my favorites that I've earned:
Trophies are given out for many of the "official" YWS Mod-ran contests and events.
If you are into Storybooking / Roleplaying, they've actually just launched a new challenge system for badges / trophies here.
The 23in23 Club also gives out trophies for logging your writing throughout the month. And you can ask one of their admins (Omni, Spearmint, Spatula, KateHardy) for more information on how to join in. You can join that challenge any time during the year so it's not too late if you want to get involved.
You can watch the contest forum for official writing contests that come up from time to time.
And many of our "classic YWS yearly events" like NaPo (National Poetry Month in April), NaNo (National Novel Writing Month in November), RP Month, Review Month (September), Social Month (February), YWS Birthday Week (November) also usually have specific challenges or check-ins to earn trophies throughout the year.
Hope that helps!
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