A few weeks ago, I started a Tattoo Story Contest. Basically, you take a picture of a tattoo that you have, share the story behind it, and enter it. We've had some great entries lately, but this week was a little lacking.

The only actual entry we had was from @luzcypher:

Yeah, that's right, a guy whose name is pronounced "Luicifer" has a tattoo of a Unicorn on his arm...

The rest of the story can be found HERE, but to spoil the ending for you, his mom's ashes are actually in the tattoo.

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To give him some competition, I allowed THIS to be considered per the request of @steemitpatina.

There is quite a story behind it, but I'll let you follow the link to hear all the details.

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Anyway, those were all the entries.....

SO WHICH ONE WON?

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My guest judge this week @bdavid and myself agreed that @luzcypher would be the winner!
Since the only option for "runners up" was @steemitpatina, they'll split the prizes.

Since the first payout for the Midweek Update was rather small, I'll award $1.00 Steem to each of them, but they'll also split the SBD from the first payout of this post too, so your upvotes contribute to their rewards.

I will transfer the first round of rewards when I get back home from work, and the second round once this post pays out.

Congratulations to our two winners!

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Week four of the contest is already underway, and here is a quick breakdown of the rules for you:

TO ENTER:

• Take a current photo of the tattoo that you are entering. (This should be YOUR tattoo, not a friends or one posted on the internet.)
• To verify your entry, display a sheet of paper with “Tattoo Story Contest Entry” written on it next to the tattoo in the photo. (Again, G rated only)
• Write up the story behind your tattoo; you don’t even have to like the tattoo anymore to enter.
• Name your post Tattoo Story Contest Entry along with whatever else you want to call it.
• Post the verified photo with the story in #tattoostorycontest & #contest.
• Post your entry prior to Saturday at Midnight CST.

REMEMBER – Entries will be judged on a combination of the tattoo AND the story behind it. An amazing tattoo of a pot of gold on your bicep may be runner up to an old, faded, zig-zagging line across someone’s neck, if they’ve got the better story. Also, please be honest.

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@luzcypher, if you want, you can be the guest judge for this week's competition, so please let me know.

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