diff --git a/bookwyrm/migrations/0075_announcement.py b/bookwyrm/migrations/0075_announcement.py
index 7808eea1..b667c262 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/migrations/0075_announcement.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/migrations/0075_announcement.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by Django 3.2 on 2021-05-19 22:16
+# Generated by Django 3.2 on 2021-05-20 19:34
 
 import bookwyrm.models.fields
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                     ),
                 ),
                 ("preview", models.CharField(max_length=255)),
-                ("content", models.TextField()),
+                ("content", models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)),
                 ("event_date", models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)),
                 ("start_date", models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)),
                 ("end_date", models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)),
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/announcement.py b/bookwyrm/models/announcement.py
index 987b06c2..498d5041 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/announcement.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/announcement.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Announcement(BookWyrmModel):
 
     user = models.ForeignKey("User", on_delete=models.PROTECT)
     preview = models.CharField(max_length=255)
-    content = models.TextField()
+    content = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
     event_date = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)
     start_date = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)
     end_date = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/announcement.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/announcement.html
index ee00cfd7..a6a7c65b 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/announcement.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/announcement.html
@@ -11,18 +11,22 @@
             {% endif %}
             {{ announcement.preview }}
         </div>
+        {% if announcement.content %}
         <div class="column is-narrow pb-0">
             {% trans "Open" as button_text %}
             {% include 'snippets/toggle/open_button.html' with text=button_text controls_text="announcement" class="is-small" controls_uid=uuid icon_with_text="arrow-down" %}
             {% trans "Close" as button_text %}
             {% include 'snippets/toggle/close_button.html' with text=button_text controls_text="announcement" class="is-small" controls_uid=uuid icon_with_text="arrow-up" %}
         </div>
+        {% endif %}
     </div>
+    {% if announcement.content %}
     <div class="mb-2 mt-2 {% if not pressed %}is-hidden{% endif %}" id="announcement-{{ uuid }}">
         <div class="box is-shadowless mb-0">
             {{ announcement.content|safe }}
         </div>
     </div>
+    {% endif %}
     <div class="is-flex mt-0 help">
         <p>{% blocktrans with user_path=announcement.user.local_path username=announcement.user.display_name %}Posted by <a href="{{ user_path }}">{{ username }}</a>{% endblocktrans %}</p>
         {% if not admin_mode %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_announcements.py b/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_announcements.py
index d9999d5a..a9a9423d 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_announcements.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_announcements.py
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ class AnnouncementViews(TestCase):
 
     def test_announcement_page(self):
         """there are so many views, this just makes sure it LOADS"""
-        announcement = models.Announcement.objects.create(preview="hi", user=self.local_user)
+        announcement = models.Announcement.objects.create(
+            preview="hi", user=self.local_user
+        )
 
-        view = views.Announcements.as_view()
+        view = views.Announcement.as_view()
         request = self.factory.get("")
         request.user = self.local_user
         request.user.is_superuser = True
@@ -63,3 +65,72 @@ class AnnouncementViews(TestCase):
         self.assertIsInstance(result, TemplateResponse)
         result.render()
         self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_create_announcement(self):
+        """create a new announcement"""
+        view = views.Announcements.as_view()
+        form = forms.AnnouncementForm()
+        form.data["preview"] = "hi hi"
+        form.data["start_date"] = "2021-05-20"
+        form.data["user"] = self.local_user.id
+
+        request = self.factory.post("", form.data)
+        request.user = self.local_user
+        request.user.is_superuser = True
+
+        view(request)
+
+        announcement = models.Announcement.objects.get()
+        self.assertEqual(announcement.preview, "hi hi")
+        self.assertEqual(announcement.start_date.year, 2021)
+        self.assertEqual(announcement.start_date.month, 5)
+        self.assertEqual(announcement.start_date.day, 20)
+
+    def test_edit_announcement(self):
+        """edit an announcement"""
+        announcement = models.Announcement.objects.create(
+            preview="hi", user=self.local_user
+        )
+        view = views.Announcement.as_view()
+        form = forms.AnnouncementForm(instance=announcement)
+        form.data["preview"] = "hi hi"
+        form.data["start_date"] = "2021-05-20"
+        form.data["user"] = self.local_user.id
+
+        request = self.factory.post("", form.data)
+        request.user = self.local_user
+        request.user.is_superuser = True
+
+        view(request, announcement.id)
+
+        announcement.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(announcement.preview, "hi hi")
+        self.assertEqual(announcement.start_date.year, 2021)
+        self.assertEqual(announcement.start_date.month, 5)
+        self.assertEqual(announcement.start_date.day, 20)
+
+    def test_delete_announcement(self):
+        """delete an announcement"""
+        announcement = models.Announcement.objects.create(
+            preview="hi", user=self.local_user
+        )
+        view = views.delete_announcement.as_view()
+
+        request = self.factory.post("")
+        request.user = self.local_user
+        request.user.is_superuser = True
+
+        view(request, announcement.id)
+
+        self.assertFalse(models.Announcement.objects.exists())
+
+    def test_view_announcement(self):
+        """display announcement on other pages"""
+        view = views.User.as_view()
+        request = self.factory.get("")
+
+        result = view(request)
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(result, TemplateResponse)
+        result.render()
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/announcements.py b/bookwyrm/views/announcements.py
index 3f38f7af..6cd6ecd8 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/announcements.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/announcements.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Announcements(View):
             form = forms.AnnouncementForm()
         data = {
             "announcements": Paginator(
-                models.Announcement.objects, PAGE_LENGTH
+                models.Announcement.objects.all(), PAGE_LENGTH
             ).get_page(request.GET.get("page")),
             "form": form,
         }