I understand for not having sponsorship you have to go down the awards should you communicate with @acidyo or other whales that like to sponsor these types of events comunicate by steem.chat try your luck to see if you can communicate with some of them the idea of go down it to 8 SBD is very good because for a minnow that is starting on the platform is a great help as it encourages you to keep competing and see that in steemit you can achieve great things.