August 2025 Reader Challenge

July 30, 2025 Scrivenings Press

Sunny days, last minute vacations, and school supply shopping! Things that make up August, along with state fairs and hot temperatures. While back to school often takes our focus, we find the month is filled with other celebratory days. The Scrivenings Press August 2025 Reader Challenge gives a nod to many of these special mid-summer events.

Our 2025 August Reader Challenge BINGO card encourages readers to read books that feature this month’s themes and special days, including the following:

National Mountain Climbing Day (Aug. 1)
National Girlfriends Day (Aug. 1)
National Sunflower Day (1st Saturday)
National Sisters Day (1st Sunday)
National Watermelon Day (Aug. 3)
National Lighthouse Day (Aug. 7)
National Purple Heart Day (Aug. 7)
Global Sleep Under the Stars Night (Aug. 8)
Day of the World’s Indigenous People (Aug. 9)
National Book Lovers Day (Aug. 9)
National S’mores Day (Aug. 10)
National Sons and Daughters Day (Aug 11)
National Non-profit Day (Aug. 17)
World Photography Day (Aug. 19)
National Senior Citizen Day (Aug. 21)
National Park Service Founders Day (Aug. 25)
National Dog Day (Aug. 26)
National Beach Day (Aug. 30)
National Matchmaker Day (Aug. 31)
National Exercise with a Child Week (1st full)
National Resurrect Romance Week (2nd full)
National Back to School Month
National Goat Cheese Month
National Crayon Collection Month

How to play:

Please only count books read during August 2025.
Please use only clean/Christian books for this contest.
Make a BINGO either across, down, or diagonally using the official August 2025 Scrivenings Press BINGO card (posted below).
Go to the August 2025 Reader Challenge entry page (https://scrivenings.link/readingchallenge) –Note: The July challenge will display at this link until midnight on the 31st. The August challenge will be active beginning on August 1st.
Enter using your email address.
Answer the question by listing the books you read to make your BINGO. Please include the author’s name and which square each book checked off.

PLEASE NOTE: Only entries from the official entry form will be counted. Do not leave a comment on this post or on any social media posts about this contest–your entry won’t count. However, you may make comments about which books you found that meet the criteria in the BINGO card, if you want to help other players, but those comments will not constitute an entry into the drawing.

The winner will be selected by random drawing from all official entries. No purchase is necessary to enter, and the official entry form includes the contest rules. By entering this drawing, you agree to have your email address added to the Scrivenings Press email newsletter list. We hope you will enjoy receiving our newsletters, but you may unsubscribe at any time if you feel the content isn’t relevant to you.

The winner will receive his/her choice of an eBook (Kindle edition) of any title already published by Scrivenings Press. Please don’t request a copy of a not-yet-released title.

Click on the thumbnail to open the card as a full-sized printable PDF in a new tab.

(Note: You may also click on this link https://scrivenings.link/august25bingocard)