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Author of the Week, or commonly known as AOTW, is a weekly article where you can showcase your word game skills by taking part in a number of fun literacy games based around a theme to win diamonds and badges! 

You can join us bi-weekly to show off your best creative writing for everyone to read and enjoy. There will be different prompt options for storytelling and poetry, which will be explained each time in the written submission section of the article.

No copying work from other sources (i.e. online stories, books etc).

Your submission must follow the theme.

All short stories must be approximately 100 to 1000 words.

Only the user who submitted will receive the prize.

Only submit via Google Doc links. 

You must not use ChatGPT or any other AI.

Keep your submission Safe for Work (SFW). 

Only your first entry to any segment will be accepted.

 NOTE: Breaking any rule can easily result in disqualification without hesitation and more rules may be added in the future without warning if necessary.

This theme for July 28th - August 10th is…

Best Day Ever

Written submissions are a classic part of AOTW, winners are announced bi-weekly for this segment.

For this theme you’re asked to write a short story or poem inspired by the theme Best Day Ever!

Here are some prompts to get you started:

You wake up and find out today is going to be the best day ever, what happens?

What does the best day ever look, sound and feel like?

What would your best day ever look like from morning to nighttime?

Tell the story of a surprise that turned an ordinary day into the best day ever.

These are only prompts, feel free to come up with your own and be as creative as you’d like!

Please be reminded that we do check for ChatGPT/AI. If this is found your submission will be disqualified.

These prizes are only available for the Written Submission section.

You will need to contact toad for ANY badge you win.

You have 30 days from when the article is published to collect any badges.
Diamonds & Credits are given once the article is published.

Welcome to the Mini Games section of AOTW! Here you will find a variety of games to complete weekly. Each mini game winner will receive 100 Diamonds and can choose one of the badges below if you place! 

Please keep in mind that all mini games are submitted to the same form that you can find within the submissions section of this article. If you do not want to complete a certain game you can keep it blank within the submission form!

Note: You are only able to win ONE mini game bi-weekly.

Welcome to Dictionary!

Dictionary is a game where you’re given definitions of 8 different words along with the letter they begin with. Do your best to work out what word belongs to each definition!

B - Complete happiness, extreme joy and perfect peace.

P - Extraordinary, remarkable and exceptional.

T - Being victorious, successful, or feeling very happy and proud after winning.

S - The lucky act of finding valuable or pleasant things by chance when you are not looking for them.

M - Something that is worth remembering.

E - Feeling an intense rush of extreme happiness, excitement, and joy.

R - Shining brightly, showing great joy or health, and transmitting energy or heat.

F - Personal satisfaction, the completion of a goal or promise.

Welcome to Book Battle!

Two books will go head to head, the one with the most votes will win that week! One lucky participant on the victorious side will win the prize. Feel free to drop your book recommendations within the submission form!

This weeks books are:

The Hobbit or Game of Thrones

Use the submission button at the end of the article to submit your answers for this week!

QOTD or Quote of the Day is a new segment coming to AOTW. We ask that you submit your favourite, SFW (Safe for Work) quote and bi-weekly one lucky person will have theirs selected to be in the spotlight!

Winners will receive the following badge to show off!

This week's QOTD is brought to you by Regina!

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” - Henry Ford

Press the image above to submit!

MINI GAME & QOTD submissions must be sent in by:

Monday August 10th, 2026 at 11:59 GMT

WRITTEN submissions must be sent in by:

Monday August 10th, 2026 at 11:59 GMT

Any late submissions will not be accepted.

For any questions or concerns please feel free to contact toad in-client or on discord.

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