Blaugust

Blaugust is an annual community-led blogging challenge, labeled a “festival of blogging”, to post 31 times during the month of August (optionally with hashtag #blaugust) since 2014, most recently described in “Blaugust 2026 is Coming!”, with awards & badges you can earn by participating.

Community

• Hashtags: #Blaugust2026 #Blaugust
• Discord: https://discord.gg/VyJAnQ8Bhg
• Mastodon: https://gamepad.club/@Blaugust
• 2026 list of mentors and participants: Blaugust 2026 – Meet the Mentors & Participant List

IndieWeb Participants

2026

• capjamesg
• Naty S
• Tabitha
• Thomas Vander Wal
• Tantek Çelik
• gRegor Morrill first post: Hello, Blaugust 2026
• Kelson Vibber starting with Two Overlapping Blogging Challenges
• nalyd_12
• Add yourself here… (see this for more details)

History

Blaugust was started in 2014 by Belghast, and has taken place every year since except 2017. In 2020 the challenge took place in April and was called "Blapril".

• Links to announcements, images, badges, and awards for each year: Belghast: Blaugust Media Kit (archived)

2014

2014 Blaugust – It came From the Summer Haze!

• The first year’s announcement post: 2014-07-30 Belghast: Gospel of Blaugust (archived)
• Hashtag: #Blaugust

2015

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Blaugust 2015 – The Revenge of Blaugust

• Hashtag: #Blaugust

2016

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Blaugust 2016 – Super Relaxed Edition

• Hashtag: #Blaugust2016

2017

No official Blagust was announced or organized in 2017 (per https://aggronaut.com/2023/07/14/ten-years-of-blaugust/)

2018

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Blaugust 2018 – Blaugust Reborn

• Hashtag: #Blaugust2018

2019

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Blaugust 2019 – Festival of Blogging

• Hashtag: #Blaugust2019

2020

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Blapril — A Dose of Internet Togetherness, took place in April rather than August

• Hashtag: #Blapril2020

Blaugust 2020 – Promptapalooza, took place at the usual time.

• Hashtag: #Blaugust2020

2021

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Blaugust 2021 – Festival of Blogging

• Hashtag: #Blaugust2021

2022

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Blaugust 2022 — Stranger Things style theme

• Hashtag: #Blaugust2022

2023

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Blaugust 2023 — Retro Yearbook/Arcade/Roller-rink theme

• Hashtag: #Blaugust2023

2024

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Blaugust 2024 – Festival of Blogging

• Hashtag: #Blaugust2022

2025

Blaugust 2025 – Festival of Blogging

• 2025-07-10 Nerd Girl Thoughts: Blaugust 2025 is Coming! (archived)
• Hashtag: #Blaugust2025

2026

Blaugust 2026 – Festival of Blogging

• 2026-07-15 Nerd Girl Thoughts: Blaugust 2026 is Coming! (archived)
• Hashtag: #Blaugust2026

See Also

• challenge