A is for Aspirations #AtoZChallenge 2026

MASTER LIST https://tinyurl.com/mu5vjy48 - Where everyone is listed!

SIGN-UP LINK: https://forms.gle/zPLbRoqj6G9xEijK6 (closes April 4!)

Our team theme this month is “Aspirations: Blogging hopes, dreams, and goals”.

What are your blogging aspirations? Do you hope to become a blogging leader (what would that look like to you)? Are you striving to cultivate meaningful relationships within the blogging community? Is it about self-growth and self-exploration for you? Could your blog give you a sense of fulfillment and personal pride? Is it about stretching your creativity? 

Knowing the purpose and direction of your blog can keep you motivated. Taking part in this blog hop is a great way to connect with fellow bloggers and to establish a blogging routine. 

Most bloggers in this hop aspire to post around 300 words for each letter. Enough to engage visitors, but not so much as to weigh the "hoppers" down. 

The challenge continues to exist because of bloggers like you. 

Aspirations need action to matter! That's why we ask you to follow us, and to tell others about this hop. There was a time when 1656 blogs joined, and it grew to 2009, but then shrank to 697, and last year we had just under 200 blogs in the hop. 📈📉 Such is the way of the Internet. To keep this hop alive, we need you to tell your blogging friends about it! Please post on your social media, comment and like 👍our posts, and spread the word about the #AtoZChallenge. 😁

We aspire to keep this blogging community active, thriving, inspiring, and supportive of one another. 

 

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Sign-Up 2026 #AtoZchallenge

Please check out the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge
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MASTER LIST https://tinyurl.com/mu5vjy48

2026

Official Challenge Sign-ups : March 23- April 4

https://forms.gle/zPLbRoqj6G9xEijK6 Sign-up Form

It will ask the NAME of your blog, your name, a link to your blog, the category you'll be posting about this April, if you have Adult Content, if visitors have to read all your posts to know what's going on (Continuous story), an option for your prefered pronouns, what year you first did A to Z, if anyone referred you (there's a contest), comment name (to make it easier for fellow bloggers to find you on our Master List to comment back, especially if you don't leave a hyperlink or sign your comments), optional location, and the option of a short summary of your theme- if using one. 

Double-check everything. 

https://tinyurl.com/mu5vjy48 Then visit others all month long!

Our team theme this month is “Aspirations: Blogging hopes, dreams, and goals”.

This is an international Blog Hop. Sign-up here. Copy the Master List (it will be complete on April 4, so be sure to update if you make a copy early). Visit other blogs and leave comments there (polite, positive, respectful comments, please). Support each other, intrigue one another, grow this blogging community and keep it strong. 

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Our hashtag is #AtoZChallenge

Some Housekeeping Stuff

Sign-Up Dates for the A-Z Blogging Challenge:March 23 - April 4Remember to sign up! If you'd signed up for the Theme Reveal it doesn't automatically make you signed up for the main challenge.

If you encourage people to join the challenge, they can add to the sign-up form that you had done so, and you can get into the draw to win a chance to guest post on the A-Z Challenge Blog.


Remember to visit other blogs during the A-Z Challenge and leave comments! The point of a blog hop is to visit others, leave comments, and get visitors to your blog.
Let's start with some basics to help you get the most out of this April's A-Z Challenge. These older posts on our blog is still useful today:10 Common Misconceptions About Blog CommentsBlogging Basics: Hyperlink SignatureHow To Make Your Blog "Comment Friendly"
Building on all of that, I have to add something that I've come up against in during the Theme Reveal hop: Substack.
I just got my Substack account suspended for commenting on A-Z participants' posts with the usual links. Turns out it isn't blog hop friendly. I think people should be aware of this issue when commenting on blogs hosted on Substack before their accounts get inadvertently suspended. It's not always clear when a blog is hosted on Substack, so it gets tricky. Also, some of these "blogs" don't allow you to comment unless you're a paid subscriber.
I thought I'd warn people to not leave hyperlinks (or any kind of links) in the comments they leave on Substack. I have appealed their decision to suspend my account, but it's up in the air if I'll get it back.
As J rightly said when I raised the issue: "I'm not sure anyone using Substack is really hoping for new comments, so it makes no sense to join a blog hop. Blog hops are for people who hope for maximum comments and know that means, yeah, you'll occasionally have to toss out some spam, but mostly you'll get actual interested humans."
I'm not against anyone using Substack. But I think you ought to add in your CTA (call to action) at the end of your A-Z posts a warning that people shouldn't leave links, just their blog's name in their comments. Oh, and if only paid subscribers can comment, what's the point?

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