what are....

what are those things next to people's names like the letters in different color boxes and how do they get them?
~Mollie

anyone there?

they are the awards... click on them and it will explain

yes but how do people get them?

good ? I would like to know that myself

Favorite Member's Awards (When this many people have you on their favorites list, you will get the corresponding award)
F (Gold Favorite's Award) - more than 50 members
F (Silver Favorite's Award) - more than 20 members
F (Bronze Favorite's Award) - more than 5 members

Poetry Writers's Awards (when you have posted the specified number of poems, you will get the corresponding award)
P (Gold Poet's Award) - more than 200 poems, rating 4.3
P (Silver Poet's Award) - more than 100 poems, rating 4.3
P (Bronze Poet's Award) - more than 30 poems, rating 4.3

Poetry Reader's Awards (When you have made the specified number of comments on the poems of others, you will get the corresponding award)
C (Gold Readers's Award) - more than 200 comments
C (Silver Readers's Award) - more than 100 comments
C (Bronze Readers's Award) - more than 30 comments

Forum Member's Awards (When you have made the specified number of posts on the discussion boards, you will receive the corresponding award)
D (Gold Forum's Award) - more than 200 posts
D (Silver Forum's Award) - more than 100 posts
D (Bronze Forum's Award) - more than 30 posts

Just a note: the awards are NOT automatically updated... so the award will not pop up as soon as you make that number of posts or comments