Monday Night Contests!
Steem Basic Income
Steem Basic Income is a social experiment to bring a basic income to as many Steemians as possible. Members join by sponsoring others into the program. Steem Basic Income is delivered through providing regular upvotes to member content.
Contests, Giveaways and Raffles!
Mondays are always great contest days. We get a huge variety of prize offerings at the beginning of the week. This week there’s a new featured contest on our list too. After you check that out, you’ll find 13 contests for you to check out and enter for SBI shares.
If you want your contest listed, the best way to get noticed is to post it in the contest channel in the SBI Discord server.
Please try to think about your submissions and reward these great hosts with quality submissions. If you enjoy somebody’s contest format, check their feed for more, and follow them so you don’t have to wait for our listing to come out!
If you want to see more contests before we mention them, check the #steembasicincome tag in Trending or New and see what's happening! We also have a contests channel in our Discord server.
Each contest may have its own rules, so please read the contest post thoroughly before entering.
Today’s featured contests
Updated featured contest rules reminder
Starting with this update, all featured contests must meet the @contestkings criteria for no upvote, no follow, no resteem required as well as the SBI timeline for eligibility. The details are listed below the featured contests.
This change only affects featured or recurring contests. Contests in the regular, numbered list are only required to have SBI shares as part of the prize pool and have more than 24 hours left to participate.
To Be Clear: This change only impacts the featured or recurring contests.
New this week
Loyal Reader Rewards
A.E. Jackson writes short stories, interactive fiction, and informative articles which are published on Steemit.com. As a new writer, it is important to build a loyal following, and get feedback from readers. The Loyal Reader Rewards Contest was created with those goals in mind.
Loyal Readers can earn entries into a Steemit Basic Income random draw each week by reading posts, and following the directions to enter. The entry form requires more information than many Steemians are comfortable with providing, so enter at your own discretion.
And now for the contest list
https://steemit.com/socalsteemit/@socalsteemit/2hm8a-socal-steemit-mystery-photo-fridays
Be the first to guess the location in SoCal to win.https://steemit.com/curation/@thedailysneak/the-daily-sneak-13-march-2019-with-guest-curator-mastergerund
Up to 10 SBI for curating for the Daily Sneak! Check the bottom of the post for details.https://steemit.com/steemmonsters/@stever82/steem-monsters-giveaway-and-sbi-giveaway-and-an-offer
One person will win SBI shares in this Steem Monster card contest.https://steemit.com/contest/@pundito/euro-jackpot-contest-30-win-1-to-32-sbi-and-receive-a-part-of-the-steem-bounty
Enter the Euro lottery focused contest and if you’re lucky you’ll win lots of SBI shares.https://steemit.com/actifit/@amico/actifit-amico-20190316t203705290z
Do you love pets? To enter this giveaway share your pet experiences.https://steemit.com/dpoll/@darthgexe/choose-the-prize-13
Choose SBI in the poll and you could win a share.https://steemit.com/partiko/@investprosper/result-announcement-for-investprospers-guess-steems-ranking-on-coinmarketcap-contest-1-and-details-for-investprospers-guess-steems-ranking-on-coinmarketcap-contest-2-win-3-steem-basic-income-shares-glrueuqr
Guess Steem’s ranking on Coinmarketcap to win.https://steemit.com/minecraft/@immanuel94/build-contest-results-from-03-10-2019-to-the-topic-prison-or-bauevent-ergebnisse-vom-10-03-2019-zum-thema-gefaengnis
Lots of SBI shares up for grabs, just for helping build in Minecraft.https://steemit.com/contest/@bengy/steembasicincomegiveawayrosetinted-ub1rdihbeb
Share a rose-tinted memory to enter.https://steemit.com/contestkings/@stever82/steem-monsters-and-sbi-giveaway-and-winner-announcement-4d407960cd117est
Ask for the SBI shares to enter this random giveaway.https://steemit.com/fuerza-hispana/@fuerza-hispana/concursodeescrituranuevageneracin-low984ghlk
Write some Hunger Games fan fiction in this Spanish language contest.https://steempeak.com/actifit/@amico/actifit-amico-20190317t212118478z
What do you do on Sundays? Share in the comments to enter.https://steemit.com/dpoll/@cryptocopy/steemmonsters-sbi-shares-giveaway-5-no-upvote-no-resteem-no-follow-required
Choose SBI shares in this choose your prize giveaway.
Check out these recurring contests too!
Quite a few industrious Steemians run contests regularly. Here is a list of the ones we know about at the moment. All of these have been running for months so you can count on their posted schedule.
Be sure to check each account and look for the contest name as the links change each week. Also remember to read the full contest description as the rules and prize values sometimes change.
@freewritehouse
The folks over at @freewritehouse run three contests each week. All of them are designed to encourage community engagement and highlight other's work. Besides the prizes from the @freewritehouse account, they are always interested in hearing from anyone who will sponsor a contest and so they can offer even bigger prizes.
A Favorite Freewrite You Read contest runs every Tuesday for just 24 hours. You need to read some freewrites written (you can read this post to see what they are), and then comment on the contest posts about which ones you liked best and why. If they choose your comment you win units of SBI.
Recommend your Favorite Freewrite Poem is a poetry version of the Favorite Freewrite contest and it runs every Friday. Make a comment about a freewrite poem you loved and you could win SBI units. But be quick! When Friday is over, so is the contest - until the next week that is.
We-Write is a new challenge where two writers create a single story using the freewrite prompt. It runs every other Wednesday with a prize of 4 SBI divided among winners.
@bananafish
Finish the Story Contest is run by @f3nix via the @bananafish account which now hosts the contest which runs every Wednesday. He posts the beginning of a story, and you finish it. Then you post your complete story for everyone to read. One of the prizes is SBI units. The important thing to know about this contest is that it's an ongoing creativity workshop, so if you miss one deadline you can participate in the next.
Mizu No Oto is founded on the belief that every image has a haiku. It’s an @bananafish contest curated by @marcoriccardi, a real haijin (haiku poet) and it's a great occasion to learn this form of poetry.
Paying it Forward
In the spirit of helping new Steemians, this contest focuses on curating great content and is run by @pifc. It runs weekly on Mondays and asks that you find two "High Quality Original Content Blog Posts" to recommend for curation. Four judges decide which recommendations were the best and multiple winners get SBI units. Follow @pifc to see the latest contest post and read it for full details.
ZapFic Writing Contest
Like super short stories? Try writing one in 232 characters or fewer for your chance to win SBI in this contest run by @felt.buzz. Every Wednesday he posts a new prompt to use for your very short story. You can post your story wherever you want, just make sure to keep it under 232 characters.
Caption Contest
Help celebrate digital art by creating creative captions for the week’s selected picture. Read all the rules carefully to be sure your entry qualifies for the SBI prizes.
Thank you economy
Every week you can visit the Thank You Economy contest and tag someone who has helped you. When you do, both of you could win SBI units from the ever growing prize pool!
Punday Monday
From the creator:
What is Punday?
Punday is the best day. It's the day we post a topic upon which you are invited to pun in the comments for a chance at SBI shares. You get to read all the incredible puns, and you can try your hand at puns, and you can just bask in the warmth and love that punsters offer. I am your Puntender, and I serve hot puncakes with Mapun Syrpun.
Wednesday Walk
Try and get out once a week for a short walk, can be from your office, home or anywhere really and walk for a few blocks or a few minutes looking for things to get shots of and share a post on a Wednesday with the #wednesdyawalk tag for a chance to receive SBI.
MeatyMondays!
Sponsored by Jimmy's Sauces, @BraaiBoy hosts MeatyMondays and asks you to share a picture of a recent braai (aka BBQ) to win. That's it... No Likes or Resteems etc. required. 7 SBI units (and other prizes - incl a real-world Jimmy's Sauce hamper) are up for grabs. Yum! Mondays just got better.
NOTE: Contest images used with permission from their owners.
How to get on the recurring contest list
Do you run a regular contest that you’d like to see in our recurring contest section? We have some simple criteria you need to have to be included:
- SBI units must be part of the prizes given out.
- Contest needs to be running 5 weeks or 10 contests on a consistent schedule, whichever comes first.
- Meet Contest King’s no upvote, no resteem, and no follow conditions.
If you think your contest qualifies let us know in the comments or on our Discord channel and we’ll check it out.
Enrollment
If you want to get involved, or to increase the basic income that you receive, enrollment is pretty straightforward:
Just send 1 STEEM to @steembasicincome. Include the name of a Steemian to sponsor in the transaction memo (preceded by @). You and the person you sponsor will each receive 1 unit in the program. You can sponsor any active Steemian, it does not have to be a current member.
If you're unclear, please check out our full transaction memo guidelines and then let us know if you have any questions.
https://steemit.com/busy/@steembasicincome/transaction-memo-guidelines
The official currency for enrollment is STEEM. If we choose to accept SBD without refunding it, you do not receive extra value for it.
Enrollments are processed automatically every 144 minutes. Confirmation transactions are still manual and typically are sent within 2-3 days. Even if you have not received a welcome transaction, you can check your status using !sbi status.
Writer Bio
This Contest listing was prepared for us by @ntowl!
@ntowl is a freelance copywriter who plans on being a best-selling author. Her writing is all over the web, but most of it belongs to other people who paid her to write it. Follow her on Steemit for writing advice and encouragement.
Sustainability Coverage and VP Management
Sustainability Coverage is currently at 88.15% and rshares reward rate is 705,167,490 per SBI unit per day.
The rshares reward rate for bonus units (delegation reward) is not decreased, and you can help increase the sustainability coverage (and thus the rshares reward rate on regular units) by delegating to @steembasicincome.
For more information, please read Into the Heart of Sustainability.
Upvoting Reward multipliers are currently at 1.10x until our Voting Power recovers to 80%.
Questions?
Please read our FAQ, which has a wealth of quality information. If you still have questions, ask in the comments section or join us in our discord channel.
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!sbi status
Hi @scilwa!
Structure of your total SBI vote value:
Value % breakdowns are in beta and some oddities may appear. These % are historical and represent source of vote value pending and already delivered. Recent changes (increase in delegated SP, for example) may take time to noticeably change the % breakdown.
!sbi status
Hi @alaysiababin!
Structure of your total SBI vote value:
Value % breakdowns are in beta and some oddities may appear. These % are historical and represent source of vote value pending and already delivered. Recent changes (increase in delegated SP, for example) may take time to noticeably change the % breakdown.
Hi there! Just a tiny correction... My contest (#13 above) isn't a choose your prize contest. The winner gets both SBI shares and Steem Monsters card. Participants just have to answer the poll question, which is usually about Steem Monsters. This week I asked whether they prefer to Delegate or Lease their Steem Monsters Cards. Thanks!
Thanks for the clarification!
!sbi status
Hi @cryptocopy!
Structure of your total SBI vote value:
Value % breakdowns are in beta and some oddities may appear. These % are historical and represent source of vote value pending and already delivered. Recent changes (increase in delegated SP, for example) may take time to noticeably change the % breakdown.
!sbi status
Hi @ucukertz!
Structure of your total SBI vote value:
Value % breakdowns are in beta and some oddities may appear. These % are historical and represent source of vote value pending and already delivered. Recent changes (increase in delegated SP, for example) may take time to noticeably change the % breakdown.
!sbi status
Hi @ucukertz!
Structure of your total SBI vote value:
A pending upvote balance is tracked for you in our database. Each time you post, your balance is drawn down by up to 20%. If you post again before that amount is replenished, your next upvote will be smaller. Our minimum upvote for posts is $0.012. Your balance accumulates until a minimum upvote can be delivered with 20% of your pending balance.
You just planted 0.10 tree(s)!
Thanks to @fuadsm
We have planted already
7920.42 trees
out of 1,000,000
Let's save and restore Abongphen Highland Forest
in Cameroonian village Kedjom-Keku!
Plant trees with @treeplanter and get paid for it!
My Steem Power = 24496.14
Thanks a lot!
@martin.mikes coordinator of @kedjom-keku
You just planted 0.10 tree(s)!
Thanks to @fuadsm
We have planted already
7995.75 trees
out of 1,000,000
Let's save and restore Abongphen Highland Forest
in Cameroonian village Kedjom-Keku!
Plant trees with @treeplanter and get paid for it!
My Steem Power = 24434.48
Thanks a lot!
@martin.mikes coordinator of @kedjom-keku
Hi everyone! I have a contest going on too, where you can win an SBI share and some Steem/crypto-themed buttons! :)
https://steemit.com/ophumanangels/@phoenixwren/recovery-day-ulog-oha-contest
It's basically: do a random act of kindness for a chance at winning!
That's really cool, thank you for sharing!
Awesome way for people to get shares. What a great way for people that don’t want to invest their own steem.
Posted using Partiko iOS
We're a big fan of all the contests that our members have come up with.
Hello SBI team I want to add more steem power. Do we need to first cancel the original delegation and then add a larger amount? It didn't work when I requested more delegation power
Delegations on Steem are not cumulative. Your most recent delegation to an account is your only delegation to that account. To increase your delegation, you replace the previous delegation with your new desired amount.
To remove your delegation, you delegate for 0. Some clients show this as an X or 'remove delegation' button, but the actual transaction submitted to the blockchain is a delegation for 0.
Thanks for a great explanation. Cleared it temporarily and will be back with more Steem Power
!sbi status
Hi @kommy!
Structure of your total SBI vote value:
Value % breakdowns are in beta and some oddities may appear. These % are historical and represent source of vote value pending and already delivered. Recent changes (increase in delegated SP, for example) may take time to noticeably change the % breakdown.
!sbi status
Hi @r2cornell!
Structure of your total SBI vote value:
Value % breakdowns are in beta and some oddities may appear. These % are historical and represent source of vote value pending and already delivered. Recent changes (increase in delegated SP, for example) may take time to noticeably change the % breakdown.
🍀 This week’s [Repository] Upvote Game [Ed. 41] 🍀
Show a Favorite Post and Win up to 2 SBI Shares 🔖🔖 https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@peekbit/upvote-game-edition-41-win-up-to-2-sbi-shares-for-your-lifetime-upvotes-worth-1-steem-each-con-reglas
And have a look at @retinox’ Upvote Game too…
!sbi status
Hi @syalla!
Structure of your total SBI vote value:
Value % breakdowns are in beta and some oddities may appear. These % are historical and represent source of vote value pending and already delivered. Recent changes (increase in delegated SP, for example) may take time to noticeably change the % breakdown.
@steembasicincome, you've forgotten to list my Repository Upvote Game (and @retinox' Upvote Game too) in the list of recurring contests... 😔 @peekbit
We mentioned last week that recurring contests need to be 'no upvote, no resteem, no follow' requirements now. If you guys decide to restructure your contests pursuant to those guidelines, we would be happy to start listing them in recurring again.