Several times this year I have participated in knitting-related Instagram challenges. Organizers post a list of prompts and those participating post pictures or collages that respond to the prompt.  Participating in these fun, joy-sharing challenges has lightened my mood, connected me to new people and let me get to know others better.

I love the romance twitter,  I love hearing about people's new favorite books, or the romance that got them hooked and I think everyone could use some book-related joy right now. So I asked on twitter if anyone knew of a romance related challenge. 

Anyone know of a romance challenge? I think we could do fave tropes, hero, heroine, premise...etc https://t.co/UhMVcq20vz

— Ana Coqui (@anacoqui) April 13, 2017

 It seems that it has been done at least a couple of times before either on IG or as a blogging challenge but there was plenty of interest in doing a twitter one.   My vision is for a multi-platform challenge.  People can respond to the prompt in whatever way they would like, with a tweet, a blog/tumblr post or photo as long as they tagged and shared it on twitter.  I looked around and it seems that #RombkLove hasn't had many posts, so I am going to use it for this challenge.

I would love to get it going on May 1st.  That means coming up with 31 different prompts.  

Here are some that have been suggested so far.  I would love additional suggestions, so we have lots to choose from.

• Favorite cover
• Auto-buy authors
• Favorite sub-genre
• Favorite hero
• Favorite heroine
• Best grovel
• Favorite line
• Most romantic moment
• Sexiest dialogue
• Favorite character archetype
• Favorite Trope
• Favorite Setting/time period
• First Romance
• Most Read
• Thought I would hate it but...
• Favorite romance related non-book item (swag, bookmarks, shirts, etc.)

Update:

I've received a ton of suggestions in the comments and through Twitter, so here are some of the ones that have been shared with me:

• Bicker & Banter
• Meet Cute
• Insert Trope here 
• Favorite Duke
• Favorite Non-Aristocrat
• Favorite Secondary Characters
• Favorite Series or Family
• Novel with Romantic Elements 
• Gateway Romance
• Book you always recommend 
• Diverse Author
• Favorite Occupation
• Favorite Adaptation
• Best Friendship group/posse/buddies
• Romance Icons
• Favorite Pet
• Favorite Novella/Old-school Rom/Category etc.
• Best Role reversal
• First Kiss
• Favorite Romland memory 
• Underappreciated Author

One thing that has come up a couple of times is the suggestion to open the prompts up to interpretation, so they aren't always best or favorite.  I really don't want to add negativity but on reflection it is a good idea to make the prompts broad enough that people feel free to respond as they feel moved to.

I also want to make the prompts as inclusive as possible, so I'll be reworking them to make sure they are broadly applicable to all kinds of romances.

Do you have a suggestion for a prompt?  Post a comment or send me a tweet.

And if you are excited about participating please check back here or on twitter before May 1st!