Today We Bring You The Results Of The SteemSTEM Writing Competition!

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One of the goals of the SteemSTEM project is to promote learning. The best way to learn about a topic is often to teach it to others! Steem and Steemit provide us with the unique opportunity to get rewarded for such efforts, and the SteemSTEM initiative affords us the opportunity to further reward the best contributions!

What Were The Potential Prizes?

• 1st Place - 100 Steem Power + 4.224 STEEM (reward from the value of the announcement post)
• 2nd Place - 50 Steem Power + 4.224 STEEM (reward from the value of the announcement post)
• 3rd Place - 25 Steem Power + 4.224 STEEM (reward from the value of the announcement post)

The top three posts were re-steemed in addition to the bonus monetary prize.

As an extra thank you to all of those who participated, we are awarding a 5 Steem Power bonus to all runner up submissions. We appreciate all of your hard work creating these posts and thank you for the diverse sample of topics.

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Reviewing How Judging and Ranking Was Performed

Three members of the SteemSTEM team, @anarchyhasnogods, @lemouth, and @justtryme90 were responsible for judging the posts.

We assigned each submitted post a score based on 4 guidelines.

• Accuracy - 15 pts
• Comprehensibility - 15 pts
• Formatting - 5 pts
• Appropriate citations and references - 5 pts

Accuracy
We will check for the scientific accuracy of your post. Remember that spreading inaccurate and/or false information leads to confusion for your readers!

Comprehensibility
We will rate on how easy it is to read and understand the text. Garbled text or text that is too technical can be hard to understand. Good scientific writing makes even complex topics seem simple.

Formatting
We will rate the post on how good it looks. People notice the formatting before the text. Large solid blocks of text are difficult to read and concentrate on, no matter the comprehensibility of the text. We are not looking for advanced formatting techniques, just basic, solid formatting.

Citations
Just citing your sources isn’t always enough. Listing the sources below the block of text you used them in can make it easier to follow what you got from where. The goal of citing information is not just to give credits, it also serves as a way for your readers to learn more if they are interested.

Remember science is a discipline focused on learning and discovery, we should all work to help others achieve that when they read what we write.

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The Results

The Top Three Posts

First Place

NASA Disasters Re-examined: Part II by @vir

What we thought: This was a fantastic post. The writing was very clear and engaging. The information was presented in a very clear manner. The formatting was visually appealing and allowed for a great flow when reading the material. Finally the number, quality and style of cited materials throughout the text was all extremely well done, and could serve as a reference for others to follow in their own posts.

Second Place

Wild rabbit: the Ecosystem Engineer by @rmach

What we thought: This was very engaging post. The writing is very clear and the information factual and well supported. The images and incorporated videos really aided in the ease of digesting the information and truly complemented the text. The information is also very well cited, though not as easy to access due to a lack of direct links.

Third Place

How Image Recognition Works - Part 1: Basics and Perceptrons by @sykochica

What we thought: This was a very interesting post! As with the top two submissions the writing in this post is exceptional and the information factual and well supported. The images and gifs really helped in understanding the process behind image recognition.

Runners Up Submissions

(by alphabetical order)

Author	Post Title
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@giantbear	Ants The Most Successful Species On Earth
@jaki01	Baby With Three Parents
@norbu	Biologists Develop First Semi Synthetic Single Celled Organism Using Lab Made DNA
@meetsin	Cryptococcus
@a-condor	How Much Do You Know About Your Blood?!
@norbu	Is Our Universe A Vast And Complex Hologram? New Research Thinks So!
@meesterboom	Is Our Universe One Gigantic Hologram?
@tfeldman	Osteopathic Insight New Harvard Study Suggests That Mechanical Stimulation Alone Leads To Muscle Regeneration
@liliana.duarte	Plants Are Better Learners Then You Might Think
@the-explorer	Scleroderma, The Rare Potential Human Wrecker

We @steemstem thank all of you for participating and wish congratulations to the winners!

Considering the success of this contest we will plan to do another in the near future. Please be on the lookout for the next contest opportunity

Thank you for your support of the @steemstem project and your enthusiasm for creating and reading great STEM content on steemit.