Associated Content Writing Assignment Challenge: Who Suggested What?

An idea came to me several days ago to have Associated Content writers submit topic ideas that would then be randomly assigned to other writers to complete and publish. I thought it would be a fun exercise to get some of us out of our comfort zone to write something you may otherwise never see in our portfolio.

Twenty people besides myself signed up to participate and assignments were doled out Tues with instructions to have articles written by Sunday evening. The list of AC participants for the debut writing assignment challenge were:

Marie Anne St. Jean
Vincent Summers
Angie Mohr
Lyn Lomasi
Mary Zeiher
Kenzy England
Jennifer Moore
Janice Meyer
S. Maven
Katie Sharp
Karen Barnes
Marilisa Kinney Sachteleben
Jolynne Hudnell
Kay Whittenhauer
Melanie Patrick
Jillian McCoy
Carly Hart
Julie Darleen
Tamara Waters
Carol Bengel Gilbert
Rodney Southern

The topics submitted by my fellow writers were very diverse - a few witty, with others requiring more extensive research. I've no doubt that my peers will rise to this writing challenge and do justice to the topics suggested.

Click the names above to see what type of things the participants normally write about and try to match them to the topic they submitted.

List of Topics Submitted

What low perennial flowering plants will provide a splash of color in Zone 5?

Free craft supplies around your house

Zombie humor

Homeschool lesson plan on something that would normally be a how-to article

How to attract butterflies to your yard or garden

"Words to Live By" or "Best Advice I Ever Got"

How to build a home from __________. (writer's choice to fill in the blank)

Should you send your pre-K child to Head Start?

Things egg cartons can be used for

Article Templates - ways to structure your article to "map" out your keywords and such

Water balloons

Modern day paganism

Craziest thing you ever did for fun

5 Historical events everyone should know about and remember

Novel ways to get rid of houseflies

Facts about the blue whale, the largest animal on the planet

Are happy people less likely to succeed at losing weight?

National Take Your Dog to Work Day (June 25, 2010)

Top 5 books you couldn't live without

Best ways to use fresh summer strawberries

Nitrogen tires

I'll provide links to all articles once published, so keep an eye out for the big reveal to see how close you came to matching the writer with the topic they suggested.

I anticipate this will be a monthly challenge with slight modifications. If you missed out in April, watch the AC forum for a twist to May's writing assignment challenge.