Recurring creative challenges

January

• GENUARY: Write code that makes beautiful things. ^#art#coding
  • genuary.art
• Jamuary: Create and share a song every day. ^#music
  • jonathanmann.net/jamuary

February

• Hourly Comic Day: Draw a comic every hour during February 1st. ^{#art#drawing#comic}
  • hourly comic day: how it works
  • So Be It! See to It!

March

No events.

April

• PleinAirpril: Paint and share one plein-air ('outdoors') painting a day. ^{#art#painting}
  • pleinairpril.com

May

• Mermay: Month-long celebration of creativity, community and above all… mermaids! ^#art
  • mermay.com

June

No events.

July

• 5090 by FAWM: Write 50 songs in 90 days, from July 4 to October 1. ^#music
  • fiftyninety.fawm.org

August

• Blaugust: Write a blog post every day, and other challenges. ^{#writing#blogging}
  • aggronaut.com/2023/07/12/blaugust-2023-is-coming

September

• Communal Creators: Band together to help each other start, work on, or finish a project in September and October. ^#general
  • communal-creators.dreamwidth.org
• Finish What You Started: Finishing existing works in progress from September 1st to October 31st. ^#general
  • finishwhatyoustarted-event.tumblr.com
• Small Web September: Make progress on your small web projects. ^#web#coding
  • smallweb.dreamwidth.org
• Writing Month: A writing challenge focused on values and community. ^#writing
  • writingmonth.org

October

• Inktober: A challenge to improve your inking skills. ^{#drawing#inking#art}
  • inktober.com
  • Inktober Alternatives
• Looptober: Make a music loop every day. ^#music
  • looptober.com
• Mathober: Explore math concepts through different mediums. ^{#math#coding#art#writing#poetry#video}
  • mathober.com
  • fractalkitty.com

November

• #30DayMapChallenge: Create maps based on daily themes. ^#maps
  • 30daymapchallenge.com
• Codevember: 30 days of creative coding challenges. ^#coding
  • codevember.org
• Mapvember: Draw fictional maps for roleplaying games. ^{#maps#drawing#art}
  • miskasmaps.com/mapvember
• NaBoMaMo: A month-long celebration of non-commercial botmaking. ^#bots#coding
  • github.com/tullyhansen/NaBoMaMo
• NaNoGenMo: Write code that generates a novel of 50k+ words. ^#coding
  • nanogenmo.github.io
• NaNoWriMo: Draft an entire novel in just one month. ^#writing
  • nanowrimo.org
• National Solo Album Month: Write, record, and release a whole album in November. ^#music
  • nasoalmo.com

December

• Advent of Code: Small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels. ^#coding
  • adventofcode.com

Monday

• Makeover Monday: Weekly data visualization challenges. ^{#data#dataviz}
  • makeovermonday.co.uk

Tuesday

• Tidy Tuesday: Learn data science in the real world. ^#data
  • tidytuesday.com

Wednesday

No events.

Thursday

• Disquiet Junto: Weekly, fast-turnaround projects to compose, record, and share new music. ^#music
  • Disquiet Junto F.A.Q.

Friday

• Music Weeklies Challenge: Compose a brand new original song in keeping with the theme and constraints. ^#music
  • musicweeklieschallenge.com

Saturday

No events.

Sunday

No events.

• #100DaysOfCode: Spend at least an hour coding for the next 100 days. ^#coding
  • 100daysofcode.com
• Glitch Code Jams: Create web projects based on a monthly prompt. ^#coding
  • glitch.com/jams
• The DS106 Daily Create: Small daily creative challenges in photography, drawing, audio, video, and writing. ^{#photography#drawing#audio#video#writing}
  • daily.ds106.us
• Weeklybeats: Year-long music project in which artists compose and publicly release 1 song a week. ^#music
  • weeklybeats.com