Steemit Writing Contests: Issue #42 March 8, 2018

moneyinfant (56)in #contest • 6 years ago

If you love writing and contests this is the list you've been searching for! 47 Different Writing Contests! Fiction! Poetry! True Stories! Haiku! Puns! Limericks!

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.

Time to get writing!

What’s new in today’s list:

Get Paid to Rant #16
Deadline: 07:00 GMT/UTC March 15, 2018
Description: You must really get it off your chest. Have a rant. Tell us what caused it and how you are feeling. Let it out…..GRRRRRRR
Prize: 5 SBD

Celebrate International Women’s Day
Deadline: March 12, 2018
Description: Use one of the prompts in the contest post to write an essay that helps celebrate International Women’s Day
Prize: 13 Steem

iPlay Challenge Week #2
Deadline: 08:00 GMT/UTC March 15, 2018
Description: Write a Play showing conversation between two or more persons using the title of the week. This week’s title is “ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY.”
Prize: 1st Prize: 5 SBD. 2nd Prize: 3 SBD. 3rd Prize: 2 SBD

The Poetry Dice Challenge Week 29
Deadline: 05:00 GMT/UTC March 15, 2018
Description: Create a poem using the 9 images on the dice in the contest post in conjunction with one of the topics in the contest post.
Prize: 1st Place is 5 SBD. 2nd Place is 3 SBD. 3rd Place is 2 SBD

Six-word story contest #3
Deadline: 10:00 GMT/UTC March 15, 2018
Description: Write a story on any topic in just 6 words. You must also include your own image.
Prize: Winner – 1/3 of the SBD gained from the contest post. 2nd and 3rd place – 1/6 each of the SBD gained from the contest post.

Constrained Writing Contest #21
Deadline: 18:00 GMT/UTC March 15, 2018
Description: Write a story of at least 250 words where your character(s) can only see 2 colours and don't know any other colour exists. They can be different for each character.
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.

Moments. Contest #2: celebrate a lady
Deadline: 16:00 GMT/UTC March 15, 2018
Description: All you have to do is to write a short post of less than 200 words on the topic of “My super woman”.
Prize: 3 SBD (tentative based on previous week’s payout)

And here is the full list:

Nth Society writing competition - imagine the world
Deadline: 00:00 GMT/UTC March 9, 2018
Description: This is related to the Nth Story Game being developed, and you will need to familiarize yourself with that project first. You can do so here. Then, imagine the gameplay and write a short story about it.
Prize: The best three stories will be awarded 8 SBD each to the author. Three honorable mentioned stories will be awarded 4 SBD each.
Sponsor: @personz

Creative Writing Contest 001
Deadline: 12:00 GMT/UTC March 9, 2018
Description: Write a creative poem (at least 30 lines) about the photo in the contest post. Talk about steemit and how you will promote the platform in your poem. Your reputation score must be between (25-49) to be eligible.
Prize: 1st Position - 0.3 SBD. 2nd Position - 0.2 SBD. 3rd Position - 0.1 SBD
Sponsor: @tomset

DARE TO REPLY... Contest#8
Deadline: 17:00 GMT/UTC March 9, 2018
Description: Reply to the famous quote in the contest post with your wittiest and most scathing replies.
Prize: 2 SBD
Sponsor: @dpatcher

STACH Short Story Contest #22
Deadline: 22:00 GMT/UTC March 9, 2018
Description: Write a 199 words (or less) story based on the topic ”A BOTTLED MESSAGE”.
Prize: First Prize: 4 SBD. Second Prize: 3.5 SBD. Third Prize: 3 SBD. Fourth Prize: 2.5 SBD. Fifth Prize: 2 SBD
Sponsor: @stach

A Conspiracy Writing Contest IV
Deadline: 03:00 GMT/UTC March 10, 2018
Description: In the latest edition of the 'Conspiracy Creative Writing Contest', you will write about visions of dystopia on the blockchain, how cryptocurrencies could be used to imprison humanity or ways in which blockchain technology could be exploited to the benefit of a select few and to the detriment of the many.
Prize: Overall Best (First Prize - 50 Steem). Biggest Mindfuck (20 Steem). Funny As Hell (20 Steem). Best Style / Tone (10 Steem). Best Line (10 Steem)
Sponsor: @v4vapid

Steemit, Together Against Injustice Contest #2
Deadline: 03:00 GMT/UTC March 10, 2018
Description: In this edition of the TOGETHER AGAINST INJUSTICE CONTEST, write an essay (not more than 250 words) condemning rape. Tell us why the victims of rape (mostly women and girls) should not be blamed and stigmatized for being raped, and what you think can be done to prevent rape. Entries cannot be longer than 250 words.
Prize: First Prize: 3 SBD. Second Prize: 2 SBD. Third Prize: 1.5 SBD
Sponsor: @gandhibaba

inuke’s story writing challenge #6: A glimpse of future
Deadline: 15:59 GMT/UTC March 10, 2018
Description: Write about the future of humanity in future, as in futuristic future like the year 2500 future. Will it be the blade runner, or the matrix or something like after earth or Wall-E?
Prize: 1st Prize - 50% SBD contest post payout. 2nd Prize - 35% SBD contest post payout. 3rd Prize - 15% SBD contest post payout
Sponsor: @inuke

CONTEST: WHAT IS YOUR STEEM DREAM?
Deadline: 18:15 GMT/UTC March 10, 2018
Description: Write about your Steem Dream. What would you do if you had the SP of a whale?
Prize: 1 SBD
Sponsor: @luanne

MY-NICHE CONTEST #4
Deadline: 23:00 GMT/UTC March 10, 2018
Description: Tell us what you know about steemit. Your experience on steemit, It's benefits and the downsides.
Prize: The top 3 entries will share the SBD payout of the contest post.
Sponsor: @awolesigideon

STEEMIT HAIKU CONTEST # WEEK 20
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 10, 2018
Description: Write a traditional haiku of 5-7-5 syllables on the topic of your choice.
Prize: 1st Place: 5 STEEM. 2nd Place: 3 STEEM. 3rd Place: 2 STEEM
Sponsor: @moonleesteem and @verbal-d and @soldier

Fifty-word story prompt and contest
Deadline: 00:00 GMT/UTC March 10, 2018
Description: Write a 50-word story incorporating the prompt word of the week: “bark”. (Note that posts of exactly 50 words will have an edge in the contest!)
Prize: 2 SBD
Sponsor: @jayna

Promo-Mentors Writing Challenge
Deadline: 10:00 GMT/UTC March 11, 2018
Description: For this challenge write about an experience that changed you. When was it and what happened? What did you learn?
Prize: The best 3 entries will receive 50% of the total rewards of the contest post in STEEM. In addition, the best entry will receive an extra 5 SBD.
Sponsor: @futurethinker

New Steemit Power Of Positivity Contest #30
Deadline: 10:00 GMT/UTC March 11, 2018
Description: Write a story/poem/post that highlights the Power of Positivity in your life.
Prize: 1st PLACE: 6.00 SBD / 2nd PLACE: 3.00 SBD / 3rd PLACE: 1.00 SBD
Sponsor: @karenmckersie

ZapFic New Writing Contest: Telling a story in 232 characters, or less
Deadline: 15:00 GMT/UTC March 11, 2018
Description: Write a story - inspired by the contest post prompt “Reflection”- in 232 characters, or less (the zappl limit is 240 but you need to include the tag #zapfic at the end) and post it on Zappl.
Prize: 1st prize: 0.5 SBD plus 50% SBD from the payout of the contest post. 2nd prize: 0.3 SBD plus 30% SBD from the payout of the contest post. 3rd prize: 0.2 SBD plus 20% SBD from the payout of the contest post.
Sponsor: @felt.buzz

Zero Hunger Writing Competition
Deadline: 15:00 GMT/UTC March 11, 2018
Description: How would you go about solving the hunger problems in our world? Would you attack the excess? Would you focus on growing? How can we supply the variety of foods that consumers demand, or should we be educating about seasonality? This writing competition can take you anywhere, enjoy!
Prize: 1 Steem Basic Income share (worth 1 STEEM)
Sponsor: @livesustainably

New Steemit Writing Challenge!
Deadline: 22:59 GMT/UTC March 11, 2018
Description: Write a story/post of at least 500 words to answer the question "How would you like to be remembered?"
Prize: 2 SBD
Sponsor: @whitewarlike and @svemirac

VDux Contest #3 -- Win for Writing 17 Syllables About…Soup
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 11, 2018
Description: Write a haiku about soup. Yes, soup. Any soup. Anything you do with soup. Anything that has to do with soup. Possibilities are limitless!
Prize: Winner gets: 2 SBD + Half of this post's author awards + One free "shout-out" for winning + One free resteem. One runner-up gets: One free "shout-out" for winning + One free resteem
Sponsor: @vdux

Show Us Your Superpower!!! A writing Contest exclusively for MINNOWS! (MSPcontest #1)
Deadline: March 11, 2018
Description: Show your writing superpowers in this contest specifically for minnows (under 60 rep and under 1,000 SP).
Prize: 100 Steem Power Delegated to you for 90 days provided by @silasdavid + The TOTAL SBD payout from this post. Any additional Prizes pledged to this contest before payout. Any prizes offered for donation will be edited into the contest post (5 SBD pledged from @gmuxx ). ADDITIONAL DETAILS: 10 runner ups will be announced along with the winner upon completion of this contest.
Sponsor: @silasdavid

Write From My Music Contest
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 11, 2018
Description: Write an original story based on the instrumental music piece linked in the contest post, between 50 - 1500 words in length.
Prize: 100% of SBD from the Introductory Post for this week's contest.
Sponsor: @fireawaymarmot

Shary's Writing Prompt Contest #3
Deadline: 07:00 GMT/UTC March 12, 2018
Description: Write a story/poem/essay using the topic “If only I knew that would happen to me...”
Prize: 5 SBD for the winner. There may be honorable mentions who will receive 1 SBD each.
Sponsor: @sharoonyasir

Caption Contest 23
Deadline: 11:00 GMT/UTC March 12, 2018
Description: Caption the image in the contest post in just 10 words or less.
Prize: Winner will get 4 SBD. Runner up will get 3 SBD, and three mentions will get 1 SBD each.
Sponsor: @sanmi

Steemit Vision Quest - Week 6: “Queen Of The Forest”
Deadline: 13:00 GMT/UTC March 12, 2018
Description: Ask yourself: What Does My Higher Self See? Create “The Vision,” aligning with this week's theme: "Queen of the Forest". Document “The Process,” revealing your intention, inspiration, and individuality.
Prize: Highlights from each week will spotlight one featured Vision Quester, and showcase the Artworks of many others in a curated list, memorializing our collective Visions.
Sponsor: @cabelindsay

Fractal Writing Contest #8
Deadline: 14:00 GMT/UTC March 12, 2018
Description: Provide a response to the fractal image in the contest post. Your response can be in any form – story, poem, haiku, even just a title or another image.
Prize: The winner gets half the SBD made in the post, minimum 1 SBD. The rest are split to the other winners: if there are enough SBDs made by the contest post, there will be a 2nd- and 3rd- place winner, as well.
Sponsor: @nyarlathotep

READING CONTEST
Deadline: 14:00 GMT/UTC March 12, 2018
Description: Read the FIRST 11 CHAPTERS of the 'Silent Water' fiction story written by @aschatria and then respond to three questions posed in the contest post.
Prize: 5 SBD
Sponsor: @steemrepair

The 1111 Writing Contest - What magic can you create with only 1111 characters?! - Week 1
Deadline: 16:00 GMT/UTC March 12, 2018
Description: Write a story using the prompt of the week – “The Lake” – in exactly 1,111 characters (including spaces).
Prize: TOP PRIZE - 3 STEEM. 3 Runner Up Prizes - 0.33 STEEM. 1 Bonus Steem on offer - For anyone that POSTS their writing on their blog with a link to THIS CONTEST POST and then wins the competition that week.
Sponsor: @hartfloe

HaikuMeme Challenge
Deadline: 14:00 GMT/UTC March 13, 2018
Description: Create a meme using a haiku and any image you like.
Prize: Winner: 5 SBD. Runner-up: 1 SBD
Sponsor: @matthewtiii

500 Followers: Creative Writing CONTEST
Deadline: 23:00 GMT/UTC March 13, 2018
Description: Write a story of 500 to 1,500 words using one of the art prompts AND writing prompts in the contest post.
Prize: 5 SBD First Prize. 3 SBD Second Prize. 2 SBD Third Prize
Sponsor: @byn

MoneyInfant’s MASSIVE Contest of Contests
Deadline: Deadline to join the contest will be Tuesday March 13th at 18:00 GMT. Contest officially begins roughly 6 hours later with the first daily list of contests.
Description: Join me in this massive contest as I try to do ALL the writing contests posted for an entire week. We’ll have fun together writing, commiserating, commenting and generally supporting each other as we maximize our contest winnings!
Prize: All of my winnings from the contests will go to participants, plus you’ll obviously get all your own winnings. Additional “winnings” will come as we support each other with comments, upvotes and resteems.
Sponsor: @moneyinfant

Movie Quote Contest - Steemit Parody Quote Contest
Deadline: 07:00 GMT/UTC March 14, 2018
Description: Make a parody of a quote from the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
Prize: Winner: 1 SBD. Runner-up: 0.5 SBD
Sponsor: @skeptic

CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST
Deadline: 06:00 GMT/UTC March 14, 2018
Description: Write a creative and original post (not more than 350words) about the most important person in your life. (whoever it might be, it must be real and not a fiction with the picture of you and the person)
Prize: 1st position:- will take 50% of all the accumulated SBD on every post made concerning the contest. 2nd position:- will take 25% of all the accumulated SBD on every post made concerning the contest.
Sponsor: @hurlamideh

REWARDS: Dialogue-Writing Prompting
Deadline: 15:00 GMT/UTC March 14, 2018
Description: Give the contest host an idea for a dialogue between two people. The best idea wins!
Prize: 25% of the SBD post payout
Sponsor: @hrovat66

FREESTYLE UKIAH CHALLENGE #5
Deadline: 16:00 GMT/UTC March 14, 2018
Description: Write a haiku with a 7-10-7 syllable count using the topic of “WATER”.
Prize: The UKIAH MASTER Trophy
Sponsor: @japhofin8or

SPU Poetry Contest #3
Deadline: 20:00 GMT/UTC March 14, 2018
Description: Write a poem inspired by ONE of the quotes provided in the contest post. This includes taking inspiration from a word, a line, and even possibly, the theme of the quote or the poem it’s taken from. Interpret these prompts as you like.
Prize: 1st place: 2.5 SBD. 2nd place: 1 SBD. 3rd place: 0.5 SBD
Sponsor: @poetsunit

The Fact to Fiction Writing Contest
Deadline: March 20, 2018 Note: The contest will actually open for submissions on March 14, so look for that post to make your story submission.
Description: Write a fiction story based on the following prompt: “The nearest star to us is 4.25 lightyears away, that's why wishes take at least 9 years to come true.”
Prize: The winner will receive 10 STEEM plus the payout of this post. Two runners-up will each receive 5 STEEM.
Sponsor: @anikekirsten

Writing Contest: "The Muse of March"
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 31, 2018
Description: Use the unfinished charcoal drawing in the contest post as inspiration to create a work of speculative fiction.
Prize: There will be one winner: 10 SBD. There will be one runner-up: 5 SBD
Sponsor: @mdbrantingham

Announcing the Steemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge
Deadline: Each day at 18:00 GMT/UTC with the final entry due June 14, 2018
Description: The Steemit School Poetry Challenge involves writing one short piece of poetry every day for 100 days with a maximum of 7 skip days. This will run 14 weeks and 2 days from March 7, 2018 to June 14, 2018.
Prize: 10 SBD per day for 100 days + BONUS prizes for exceptional participants.
Sponsor: @d-pend

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

Share your knowledge in the How-to/Tutorial contest. Every day is a new contest based on a different theme. Prizes are 1st place: 5 SBD. 2nd place: 3 SBD. 3rd place: 2 SBD
Sponsored by @aoart
Sunday: Art/Craft/Design
Monday: Fitness/Health/Beauty
Tuesday: Coding/Programming
Wednesday: Life Hacks: Ideas to make life easier
Thursday: Home Decorating/ Gardening/ Renovation
Friday: Food/Drink/Cooking
Saturday: Open – Any ‘How To’ that has not been allocated. Maybe about Steemit, Photography, Car repair, Fishing, Holidays etc…
Deadline: Ongoing

@markrmorrisjr has a contest that requires little effort on your part, but should be great fun for everyone involved. Each day, he'll put up a post with some writing prompts, between 5 and 10, some written, some images. If you'd like to see him write one of them, vote for it in the comments. The prompt with the most votes will be his story inspiration! He will write a story, from scratch, of at least 500 words, and base it on the prompt! Then he’ll choose one lucky person who chose the winning prompt as the winner of the contest and they get 25% of the SBD from the story post. He’s had stories pay out over 700 SBD in the past! He plans on doing this every day until he reaches 5,000 followers, so it could go on for several weeks. Here’s the “contest”

The Q&A Contest
Deadline: Each question has a deadline of 7 days or at post payout.
Description: Everyday, Monday through Friday, @thepassenger asks a new question and you have a chance to win SBDs simply by answering the question.
Prize: Each day, Top voted comment: the user will get 50% of the reward pool +1 SBD. Top Engaged comment: the user will get 30% of the reward pool + 1 Smartcash tip. One randomly selected user: the user will get 20% of the reward pool
Sponsor: @thepassenger

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