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Your Writing Prompts for April 2025
On the Calendar
4/1: April Fool’s Day. Today is a great opportunity to do something a little light-hearted or humorous, even if that’s not usually your style. Try to pull these little stunts in the morning, so you can follow up in the late afternoon with a “retraction” or “gotcha!” Use Instagram Stories, etc so they don’t stick around on your feed. Although, honestly, this year I would skip doing any pranks.
4/2: International Children’s Book Day. Find a good kid’s book related to your cause and use that as a springboard to talk about your work. This works especially well if you have lots of parents with small children on your mailing list.
4/4: Tell a Lie Day. Use this day to dispel any myths or rumors about your cause. Or point out lies people have told about your cause.
4/7: World Health Day. This year’s theme is Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures.
4/11: National Pet Day. Share your staff pets or ask your supporters to share theirs.
04/14: International Moment of Laughter Day. Create or share a funny meme or video.
04/15: World Art Day. Have supporters create art based on how your cause has helped them or how you make them feel. Or showcase your staff’s artistic talents.
4/15: Income Tax Day in the U.S. How do tax dollars support your cause? Make your supporters feel a little better about paying up by knowing how it helps you. Or how is support from tax dollars being threatened by the current administration? Or maybe you can point out that you don’t use any tax dollars at all!
4/17: International Haiku Poetry Day. Create a haiku about your organization or your cause especially if your organization dals with nature. (In case you forgot, it’s 3 lines with 5 syllables for the first line, 7 for the second and 5 for the third line)
4/22: Earth Day. How can you connect what you do with protecting the environment, even if your core mission isn’t environmental? This year’s theme is Our Power, Our Planet.
04/23: Take a Chance Day. Write about something you’ve been thinking about, but have been too afraid to share. Start a campaign with an audacious goal, or encourage your supporters to take a next step.
4/24: Take Your Kid to Work Day. Get some of your staff to bring their kids to work and share what the kids learned about your cause. Or have volunteers bring their kids. If you work with kids ask them to explain what their parents or guardians do for work.
4/27: Tell a Story Day. Time to share stories from your clients or be more creative and tell a fairy tale about how much better the world would be with your org (or a horror story about the world without it).
4/29: International Dance Day. Great for social media videos, you can join in the latest TikTok dance or show your staff getting down to take a break.
April Also Has:
- World Autism Awareness Day: 2nd
- Day of Silence: 11th
- National Volunteer Week: 20th – 26th
- Gathering of Nations: 24th-26th
- Passover starts the 12th
- Easter Sunday: 20th
- Arbor Day: 25th
- Celebrate Diversity Month
- Arab-American Heritage Month
- National Poetry Month
- Stress Awareness Month
- National Garden Month
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Metaphor of the Month
Pop Culture, Events, and News
Politics and administration policies will continue to dominate the U.S. news cycle.
You’ll see all kinds of news and events related to Spring like fashion, gardening, etc.
Local festivals will start popping up on everyone’s calendar. Google “(your state) festivals” and you’ll see what’s coming up nearby.
Despite it being called March Madness, the NCAA Basketball Championship Games actually take place in April with the women playing on the 6th and the men on the 7th.
The Masters in Augusta, GA takes place April 7th – 13th.
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is the 26th.
The NFL Draft starts on April 24th.
In music news, Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Bon Iver, and Wu-Tang Clan are releasing albums.
Many TV shows and miniseries premier or return in April including Love on the Spectrum, The Bondsman, Devil May Cry, Pulse, Dying for Sex, Lazarus, Say Yes to the Dress, Hulu show Paradise will be rebroadcast on ABC, The Handmaid’s Tale, Black Mirror, Hacks, North of North, The Great American Baking Show, Your Friends & Neighbors, Doctor Who, The Last of Us, The Valley, Government Cheese, Sherlock & Daughter, #1 Happy Family USA, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Leverage Redemption, Ransom Canyon, Jane, Light & Magic, Andor, Étoile, You, and Yes, Chef!
Movies premiering either in theaters or streaming include A Minecraft Movie, The Friend, Freaky Tales, G20, The Amateur, Drop, Warfare, Sneaks, Sinners, The Ritual, The Accountant 2, Until Dawn, The Legend of Ochi, and Havoc.
Pride & Prejudice and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith both have anniversaries in April and are being re-released.
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