Steemit Writing Contests: Issue #11 February 5, 2018

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If you love writing and contests this is the list you've been searching for!

There are an increasing number of writing contests here on Steemit, and some have excellent prizes that are well worth going after. The problem I was having was finding them in the sea of new posts in the contest tag. You might have been having the same problem.

Now you can simply drop by my blog each day to see what writing contests are going on across Steemit. I really do hope you find it useful.

This is an ongoing post that will be updated each day, with new contests added and expired contests removed. If you’re interested in writing contests, this daily post can be your one-stop-shop to keep updated on what’s new, and what needs to be submitted today.

Loads of new contests added today, most with deadlines of February 11, 2018.

Time to get writing!

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'Your Story' - Steemit Story Chain #20 Where You Write the Story
Deadline: February 6, 2018
Description: Continue the story chain written by other authors. The best part of the story chain wins.
Prize: 100 Whaleshares
Sponsor: @freedomexists


DnW Poetry Contest #5
Deadline: 12:00 February 6, 2018
Description: Write a poem of four quatrains based on the theme “Infatuation”. Each quatrain contains four lines.
Prize: First Place - 4 SBD, Second Place - 3 SBD, Third Place - 2 SBD, Consolation - (2) 0.50 SBD
Sponsor: @kneelyrac


Critique-writing contest
Deadline: 20:30 GMT/UTC February 7, 2018
Description: Read the excerpt in the contest post (speculative fiction) and write 500-700 word constructive criticism.
Prize: 1st Prize: 5SP + upvote + resteem + opportunity to have your own fiction savaged for the next contest. Runners up: 100% upvotes + honourable shoutouts in the next contest.
Sponsor: @anjkara


Poetry Dice Challenge
Deadline: 05:00 GMT/UTC February 7, 2018
Description: Create a poem using the 9 images on the dice shown in the contest post.
Prize: 5 SBD
Sponsor: @robyneggs


MY TEXTUAL MIRROR (MTM) CONTEST
Deadline: 20:00 GNT/UTC February 7, 2018
Description: Write a poem about your personality.
Prize: 10 SBD
Sponsor: @akintunde


UKIAH CHALLENGE #2
Deadline: 05:00 GMT/UTC February 9, 2018
Description: Write a haiku using the following meter 8-5-8 syllable count and the topic BIRDS
Prize: UKIAH Master Trophy
Sponsor: @japhofin8or


The Gray Contest
Deadline: 12:00 GMT/UTC February 9, 2018
Description: Create a post (article, story, poem, anything. around the theme 'Better Late Than Never'. No word count requirement.
Prize: The winner will walk away with 2 SBD while the runner-up will get a consolation prize of 1 SBD.
Sponsor: @iamthegray


Steemit Poetry Contest #14
Deadline: 15:00 UTC/GMT February 9, 2018
Description: Write a poem using the topic “Words”
Prize: First Place - 8 SBD, Second Place - 7 SBD, Third Place - 6 SBD, Fourth Place - 5 SBD, Fifth Place - 4 SBD, Sixth Place - 3 SBD, Seventh Place - 2 SBD, Eighth Place - 1 SBD
Sponsor: @terrycraft


Proof of Good Relationship Contest
Deadline: 17:00 GMT/UTC February 10, 2018
Description: In no more than 200 words tell about your relationships on Steemit; the friends that brought you here; the friends you've made here; the friends you've brought here; the friends that helped you stay; the ones that has inspired/inspire and challenged/challenge you
Prize: 4 SBD for the top two entries.
Sponsor: @rasamuel


inuke’s story writing challenge # 2
Deadline: 18:29 GMT/UTC February 10, 2018
Description: Write a story around the topic "Message beyond the grave"
Prize: 1st Prize - 50% SBD post payout, 2nd Prize - 35% SBD post payout, 3rd Prize - 15% SBD post payout
Sponsor: @inuke


The Writers’ Block Poetry Contest: Week 3
Deadline: 23:59 UTC/GMT February 10, 2018.
Description: Write a poem in the style of your favorite professional poet.
Prize: The winner will receive 15 SBD. Second place will win 10 SBD and third will receive 7 SBD.
Sponsor: @thewritersblock


POETRY CONTEST - What do you love about Gina?
Deadline: 14:00 GMT/UTC February 11, 2018
Description: The challenge is to write a poem about Ginabot, or steem or steemit. You must include “Gina” or “@ginabot” in your poem.
Prize: The prize for the best 3 poems is 10 STEEM each.
Sponsor: @beanz


Fractal Writing Contest #4
Deadline: 14:00 GMT/UTC February 11, 2018
Description: Reply to the contest post with a comment inspired by the fractal image in the post, but no explanation needed.
Prize: The winner gets half the SBD made in the post, minimum 1 SBD. If there are enough SBDs made by the contest post, the 2nd- and 3rd-place will receive a reward, as well.
Sponsor: @nyarlathotep


Supernatural Writing Contest
Deadline: 15:00 February 11, 2018 (This is the post expiration, and I am assuming the deadline for the contest. I read the contest post twice and didn’t note any deadline mentioned.)
Description: This is a non-fiction writing contest. Write about your own personal story, own supernatural experience. Minimum 1,000 words.
Prize: All stories that qualify will receive a 10+ STEEM/SBD bid upvote on Jerry Banfield's bot, which translates into around $50 in rewards.
Sponsor: @jerrybanfield @budgets


Constrained Writing Contest #17
Deadline: 17:00 GMT/UTC February 11, 2018
Description: Write a story about learning (something new) without using a school setting, church setting, or parent/child interactions. Minimum 250 words.
Prize: 1st place: 45% of contest post's payout, 2nd place: 27% of contest post's payout, 3rd place 18 % of contest post's payout.
Sponsor: @svashta


Punday Monday Contest #33
Deadline: 21:00 GMT/UTC February 11, 2018
Description: Write a pun using the topic “Overjoyed”.
Prize: Winners win an upvote and @tipu tip from @improv on the post of their choice for the week of their winning, and will all be contestants for the big annual prize, as described here: https://steemit.com/pocket/@improv/pocket-this-is-the-official-1st-choose-your-favorite-joke-from-pun-day-monday-14-and-send-their-author-pocket-in-the-comments-to
Sponsor: @improv


Minnowhelper Writing Contest
Deadline: 23:00 GMT/UTC February 11, 2018
Description: Write an original post/story of 500 words or more.
Prize: 1st prize 50% of the SBD curation reward from the contest Post. 2nd prize 30% of the SBD curation reward from the contest Post. 3rd prize 20% of the SBD curation reward from the contest Post.
Sponsor: @minnowhelper


The Fresh Five's First Writing Prompt Challenge
Deadline: 04:59 GMT/UTC February 12, 2018
Description: Write a story based on the artwork prompt in the post,
Prize: First Place: 10 STEEM, Second Place 5 STEEM
Sponsor: @thefreshfive


The Most Epic Love Story Ever
Deadline: Submissions open February 11, 2018 and close February 14, 2018
Description: Write an epic love story of any length that focuses on psychological depths and believability.
Prizes: 1st place - 20 SBD + SBD payout from the contest post. 2nd place - 20 SBD. Two runner-ups 5 SBD each
Sponsor: @josie2214


"Write your love story" Challenge
Deadline: 12:00 February 14, 2018
Description: It's a free-form love story writing contest. No specific format. Anyone can join. No rules aside from make sure it's your own love story , not your friend's, not your parent's.
Prize: 8 SBD
Sponsor: @haneun


"She liked it" - Keangaroo Writing Contest Prompt
Deadline: Originally February 2, but this has been extended to February 14th.
Description: Write an original story or poem which includes the words "She" (or he or they) "Liked It" (or loved it, or perhaps even hated it). The original idea was to have it end with "She liked it." But I don't want to limit you.
Prize: 5 SBD to every entry curated for the Isle of Write anthology. See The Isle of Write Curation Announcement for further details.
Sponsor: @carolkean


Riddle me This
Deadline: First correct answer wins.
Description: Whoever can guess what I am first based on the story written from the point of view of an inantimate object wins. This is an ongoing series of contest posts. Follow @littlescribe to participate. I know it isn’t a writing contest per se, but I’m including it in support of writers.
Prize: Post payout from the contest post.
Sponsor: @littlescribe


GIVING BACK: 5SBD Payout for Best Comment Weekly
Deadline: Ongoing weekly – Monday through Sunday
Description: Prize is being offered for the best comment made on either @nat5an OR @shawnamawna during the course of the week.
Prize: 5 SBD (May be split between several winners)
Sponsor: @shawnamawna


Lovejuice Minnow Promotion // Let Lovejuice Promote Your Work and Receive 5 SBD!
Deadline: Ongoing
Description: This promotion is intended for minnows who generally receive less than $5 on their own posts. Initially it was for fiction/poems about lovejuice, but has been expanded to include any fiction/poem.
Prize: 5 SBD
Sponsor: @lovejuice

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I am wowed by the effort. Thank you for making it easy for us. Thumbs up @moneyinfant

Thank you for your appreciation! Someone has to make it easier, right?

Absolutely right. Thank you again. Will be anticipating for your next post.

Every day a new post, usually around midnight GMT.

Thanks for this

I can imagine the large of effort and time it required

Steem on

My effort is well worth it I think. It should be saving the writing community countless hours and as awareness grows, and the writing community grows, that will be multiplied. Yep, well worth it.

Thanks for selecting my contest for your post. You are awesome.

You're welcome.

I posted a "How We Met" Writing contest today, if you want to check it out! :) I love that you put these posts together!

@byn

Hehehe...it's already on the post for later. I found it before I saw your comment here ;)

Wow! You ARE on the ball! Thank you :)

Hi, here's my "Write FROM My Music" contest this week.
https://steemit.com/contest/@fireawaymarmot/write-from-my-music-contest-week-two

Thanks for letting me know. It will be added to the list.

Thank you for compiling all these! It is super user friendly...and I'm excited to try a couple!

There's some pretty good payouts on some of these, and some that aren't too well known that won't have a lot of entries. Time to write!

Yes! That is the trick!

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