== What ==
A blog carnival is a form of independent, personally curated content aggregation, often hosted by different people in rotation, in which the host would write a post linking to any posts submitted on the chosen topic. (cf. [https://indieweb.org/blog_carnival Blog Carnival on IndieWeb Wiki])
Inspiration: [https://indieweb.org/IndieWeb_Carnival IndieWeb Carnival], still ongoing as of 2025-06-03.
== Why ==
An Emacs Carnival helps motivate community members to post on their personal blogs. The Carnival topics provide inspiration for writing on a shared theme, like a writing prompt in writing workshops. This in turn may inspire readers (and participants), and help them appreciate all the different takes on seemingly the same thing. This way, we all get out of the editor to talk about the editor.

In the ecosystem of Emacs, there sure will be surprises! Submissions to the Carnival will show how diverse our community is.

Above all, it's to have some fun -- on the web, with each other, with Emacs.
== How ==

Each month, the carnival has a different host, and the host comes up with the topic.
They post it both on their website and here. Then, other people post their submissions and alert the host about them. At the end of the month, the host collects all the received submissions and posts an overview of it.
== List of Carnivals ==
=== 2025 ===
|| Month     || Host || Topic ||
|| June      || [[ctietze]] || [https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/06/emacs-carnival-2025-06-take-two/ "Take Two"] ||
|| July      || [[gnewman]] || [https://gregnewman.io/blog/emacs-carnival-2025-07-writing-experience/ "Writing Experience"] ||
|| August    || [[takeonrules]] || [https://takeonrules.com/2025/08/01/emacs-carnival-2025-08-your-elevator-pitch-for-emacs/ "Your Elevator Pitch for Emacs"] ||
|| September || [[rodiongoritskov]] || [https://goritskov.com/posts/obscure_packages.html "Obscure packages"] ||
|| October   || [[AndyDrop]] || [https://plaindrops.de/blog/2025/emacscarnival/ "Maintenance, server or home or garden"] ||
|| November  || [[donaldh]] || [https://donaldh.wtf/2025/10/emacs-carnival-2025-11-an-ode-to-org-babel/ "An ode to org-babel"] ||
|| December  || [[GeorgeJones]] || [https://curious.port111.com/2025/11/01/emacs-carnival-december-the-people.html/ "The People of Emacs"] ||

=== 2026 ===
|| Month     || Host || Topic ||
|| January   || [[ctietze]] || [https://christiantietze.de/posts/2026/01/emacs-carnival-2026-01-this-year-i-will/ "This year, I'll..."] ||
|| February  || SachaChua || [https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/01/emacs-carnival-february-2026-completion/ "Completion"] ||
|| March     || PhilipKaludercic || Mistakes and Misconceptions ||
|| April     ||  ||  ||
|| May       ||  ||  ||
|| June      ||  ||  ||
|| July      ||  ||  ||
|| August    ||  ||  ||
|| September ||  ||  ||
|| October   ||  ||  ||
|| November  ||  ||  ||
|| December  ||  ||  ||


== “I want to host!” ==
Great, thank you!

Do you know when you want to host? Then add yourself to the table above to reserve a slot that suits you. Don't know a topic yet? Leave it open until it's your turn. So when you see this page, don't be surprised that the "Host" column is already populated, but the "Topic" column isn't. That lazy topic evaluation is by design :)

Don't know when you want to host but you want to be in the rotation? Add yourself to the list below and make sure to add contact details right there or on your user page. If a scheduled host has to back out, or if there is a month without a host, we will try to find someone from the list.

=== List of wannabe hosts ===
* [[ctietze]] (2025-06-03)
* [[gnewman]] (2025-06-04)
* [[takeonrules]] (2025-06-09)
* [[rodiongoritskov]] (2025-07-18)
* [[rossabaker]] (2025-07-27)
* [[lepisma]] (2025-07-29)
* [[AndyDrop]] (2025-07-30)
== Topic Ideas ==
* "How I came across Emacs"
* how's your Emacs configuration different?
* obscure packages
* an unexpected use of Emacs
* keyboard macros
* Gathering knowledge
* Cycles and fluctuations
* 2030 (What does this mean exactly? Can someone expand this.)
* Meaning of life
* the minibuffer
* origin stories
* the "killer product" of Emacs
* focus
* writing experience
* games in or with Emacs
* programming
* maintenance, server or home or garden
* your love letter to Emacs (may in February?)
* underappreciated built-in feature of GNU Emacs
* what else in your life has that Emacs energy
* How do you use AI?
* What packages should be in the core?

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