Curators look for under-rated posts and propose them for a curie award. There are over 700 curators that are searching for good content to propose a curie award. @jeejee won a curie award with her cinnamon roll recipe.

https://steemit.com/steemit/@donkeypong/announcing-project-curie-bringing-rewards-and-recognition-to-steemit-s-undiscovered-and-emerging-authors

@curie upvote is about $8.32, but the curation trail is worth somewhere around $80 (!) Woo hoo!