![Newsletter Title 1.png](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/theinkwell/7CaeSjs7-Newsletter20Title201.png) Hi Inkwellians... Inkwellers? Wellinkians?

Ha ha, I think I'll leave it at valued members for now until a collective noun for our tribe of poets, story tellers and imaginative writers evolves organically.

This is your friendly admin @raj808, here to tell you about some of the upcoming activities we have planned, as well as some breaking news about the community.

If you are not already a member of The Ink Well and would like to check out the first creative writing community supported by @curie please follow the link below:

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The Ink Well

___ ### Breaking news - The Ink Well's Badges are now Live

For those who're not in the know, @steempeak steem front end decided to make badges available to the first fifty communities to apply.

When I saw this opportunity last night there were only four free badges left. So, I got a shimmy on and applied then and there. When I woke up this morning our community had been approved, and the shinny new badges were on everyone's homepages 😃

These badges are displayed at the top of the homepage of your blog on steempeak only, another reason to use the fantastic steempeak front end. The Ink Well's badges are currently awarded to anyone who has posted to the community in accordance with our rules and guidelines.

Check it out, here are a selection of some of our contributing members who have already received a badge.

![adurgabemi.png](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/theinkwell/k9MtzYSi-adurgabemi.png)_@aduragbemi ![billykeed.png](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/theinkwell/md8DWmX2-billykeed.png)_@billykeed ![carolkean.png](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/theinkwell/IVpPNUJ9-carolkean.png)_@carolkean ![owesco.png](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/theinkwell/DQtjMw3a-owesco.png)_@owasco ![poemsofasickmind.png](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/theinkwell/tjAvXoly-poemsofasickmind.png)_{@poemsofasickmind} ![warpedpoetic.png](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/theinkwell/V9fEPcTx-warpedpoetic.png)_{@warpedpoetic}

If you have posted to the community, please do go check your steempeak homepage to see your shiny new badge.

They are a nice addition to the community and a great way for us to say thank you for contributing to The Ink well.

_{N.B. We are still deciding how we feel about cross posting, so for now cross posted authors will not receive badges.}
___ ### Prompts and Challenges

Starting tomorrow we will begin a schedule of writing prompts for both fiction and poetry. The fiction prompt will be posted early in the week, usually on a Monday and the poetry mid to late week, usually on a Thursday.

The first writing challenge will be posted by my my colleague, and moderator of the community, @stormlight24. I don't want to ruin the surprise so no spoilers on the content of this challenge.

Keep your eyes peeled for that one. I am looking forward to it myself, and will be joining in with the community writing my own story based on his prompt.

Poets, we haven’t forgotten you! For the sublime rhymers freeverse warriors and form diviners, bards creating ballads weaving syllabic magic, drawing poetry like swords from scabbards. Come one, come all, heed the creative call cast your spell and dip your pen, into The Ink well.

The poetry challenge will be equally exciting. I'm brimming with ideas to inspire and challenge the poets at The Ink Well. Keep your eyes out for the prompt post on Thursday.

___ ### Future Competitions at The Ink Well

For the first few weeks at least we will only be posting prompts and challenges without steem prizes. This is because I need to get my promotional marketing mind networking to hopefully find some funds for competition prizes.

I am confident that some friendly orcas or whales may be impressed with what we are building here at The Ink Well and gift us some prize funds.

But you know what they say 'the best-laid plans of mice and men often go astray.' We shall see.

If anyone with large accounts read this newsletter and would like to help, please don't hesitate to reach out to me on discord where my username is also raj808.

___ ### How the @theinkwell Steem Account will be Used.

The @theinkwell account will be powered up with all earnings, adding extra value to the community by voting contributing members. In the future if we receive delegations, or the account grows through curation, we will also use the steem generated for prizes.

___ ### A Quick Word on Delegations

@riverflows, community leader of the @naturalmedicine community has already delegated 500 steem power to the @theinkwell account. Many thanks riverflows. Please do check out the @naturalmedicine community, especially if you're interested in alternative medicine, sustainable living and spirituality. I have been a member and content contributor there for over a year and it is a wonderful place.

I will match her gift of a 500 SP delegation at some point in the next week after my voting power recovers when my 35000 SP leased delegation runs out.

If any altruistic whales, orcas or dolphins are reading this newsletter and are impressed with the community, we would be eternally grateful for any level of delegation. It would greatly improve our ability to incentivizing high quality creative writing on steem.

___ ___ If you would like to delegate to @theinkwell you can do so by clicking on the following links: [50SP](https://beta.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=theinkwell&vesting_shares=50%20SP)|[100SP](https://beta.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=theinkwell&vesting_shares=100%20SP)|[250SP](https://beta.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=theinkwell&vesting_shares=250%20SP)|[500SP](https://beta.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=theinkwell&vesting_shares=500%20SP)|[1000SP](https://beta.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=theinkwell&vesting_shares=1000%20SP)|[5000SP](https://beta.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=theinkwell&vesting_shares=5000%20SP) -|-|-|-|-|- ___

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It is not my intention to spam, as stated I am just concerned about getting this information to people who are genuinely interested. If you would rather not be tagged just let me know in the comments and I'll make sure to remove you from the above list.

Thank you for reading our first newsletter.