Get your 2025 editorial calendar off to a good start with these writing ideas for newsletters, social media, and blog posts, etc. These writing ideas for January come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter. Fill out the form below to get February’s prompts emailed to you the the first week of January.
On the Calendar
1/01: New Year’s Day. Share your resolutions and plans for the new year. Ask your supporters to add a cause-related resolution to their own lists.
1/02: World Introvert Day. Share how introverts can still be advocates for your cause.
1/04: Trivia Day. Stump your readers with questions about your cause or fun facts about your staff or volunteers.
01/10: Peculiar People Day. Celebrate those out-of-the-box thinkers and quirky people who make your organization run.
01/13: Make Your Dream Come True Day. Share an awesome story about someone you helped. Or ask your supporters to help make someone else’s dreams come true.
1/18: Thesaurus Day. Explain some confusing terms or other jargon associated with your cause and tell supporters what words they should use instead. Then show everyone in your organization and stop using jargon!
1/20: Martin Luther King Day (US). Inspire your readers to dream and stand up for what is right.
1/24: Compliment Day. Say nice things about your supporters, or about other organization’s working in your field.
1/25: Opposite Day. Share what your community would be like if your organization didn’t exist.
1/28: Fun at Work Day. Ask your followers to share their funny pictures at work or you can share what your staff does to unwind. Suggest ways to create a less stressful office culture.
1/31: Inspire Your Heart with Art Day. Encourage supporters to send in drawings, photographs or other artistic pieces that celebrate your cause. Or feature clients’ artwork.
Other dates in January:
- 11: National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
- 19: World Religion Day
January is also:
- National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
- National Mentoring Month
- National Hobby Month
- National Blood Donor Month
- National Braille Literacy Month
- Mental Wellness Month
- Healthy Weight Awareness Month
- Veganuary (UK)
Metaphor of the Month
Pop Culture, Events, and News
Expect posts on trends for the new year and resolution features.
The 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is being broadcast on the 1st.
The Golden Globe Awards are on the 5th.
The college football playoffs will continue in January with the championship game on the 20th.
The NFL playoffs will begin January 11th.
The 28th Critics Choice Awards are on the 12th.
The United States Presidential Inauguration is on the 20th.
Movies that are coming out in theaters include Better Man, Den of Thieves: Pantera, Hard Truths, Wolf Man, One of Them Days, Flight Risk, Brave the Dark, Dog Man and Green and Gold.
Movies streaming include Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Front Room, Unstoppable, Back in Action, A Different Man, Nightbitch, Star Trek: Section 31, and You’re Cordially Invited, .
TV series premieres in January include Missing You, Animal Control, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Going Dutch, Hell’s Kitchen, Only Murders in the Building, Lopez vs Lopez, Love Is Blind: Germany, RuPaul’s Drag Race, When the Stars Gossip, AFV, Mayfair Witches, Brilliant Minds, Doc, High Potential, Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, The Rookie, Will Trend, Abbott Elementary, Chicago Fire, Med, and PD, Shifting Gears, American Primeval, The Pitt, Goosebumps, All Creatures Great and Small, Miss Scarlet, Moonshiners: Master Distillers, Night Court, St. Denis Medical, Harley Quinn, Law & Order and SVU, Severance, Shark Tank, Young, Famous & African, 9-1-1 Lone Star, Rescue: Hi-Surf, The Joe Schmo Show, Prime Target, Father Brown, The Night Agent, Kobe: The Making of a Legend, Watson, The Bachelor, NCIS and Origins, The Neighborhood, Poppa’s House, FBI, FBI International and Most Wanted, Paradise, Mythic Quest, Elsbeth, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, Ghosts, Matlock, Mo, The Recruit, Fire Country, NCIS: Sydney and SWAT.
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