"Six of the Best" MAP23 Minnow Contest [Vote Now - Win Upvotes]
This is the next contest in the Minnows Accelerator Project's "Six of the Best".
Each of the six authors below gets a share of this post's rewards
And one (or two) of them will win 200 SP delegated for 7 days
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Please read this Signup article for how MAP works. If you are a minnow, you can also sign up at that page to see if you will be added to one of the future Six of the Best competitions.
News
The Minnows Accelerator Project will now be run from the new @accelerator account, but will still be managed by @rycharde.
What Do the Content Creators Need to Do Now?
If you are one of Six listed below, then this is your chance to show everybody your best work - and to get votes.
= Firstly, please write a comment with links to some of your best recent articles. I would say perhaps 2-4 articles from the last 2-4 weeks.
= Then, please resteem this post to your followers so that they may come and vote for you.
= You should also announce this on your current posts. This contest will last for 7 days, so you have time to spread the word. I have also found that appropriate comments with a linkback also work very well. Please don't spam Steemit, as that can easily be seen.
= And then, I have created a new Discord chatroom for all the people who make it to Six of the Best. Feel free to come and chat with current and past participants, and promote your blog. Go to M-A-P Discord chatroom now. Note, this is ONLY for participants.
How to Vote for Your Favourite Steemian Author [UPDATED! PLEASE READ]
This part has changed from MAP21 onwards. The Minnows Accelerator Project has grown to some 120+ members and it is time to put their collective experience into helping to select the winner of each MAP Contest. I have stopped using external polling websites so that the whole voting process stays internally within the Steemit community.
= Firstly, make sure you read all the six blogs - you may discover something new and an author you had not noticed before.
= Also, you are free to add comments and interact with each author.
= But most importantly, vote for your favourite author or authors in the comment that they create showcasing their recent articles. You may EITHER upvote their comment OR reply to their comment using the word VOTE"; you may, of course, also make a comment to show support. You may vote for more than one author. Any bot votes will not be counted, and if you use one of the vote-following bots then that participant will be disqualified. [NEW!]
= What will you get? Apart from the warm glow of satisfaction at having helped a fellow Steemian, I shall upvote any interesting comments.
= At the end, the combined votes from comment upvotes plus MAP member votes will decide the winner (or winners, if the scores are tied).
What Are The Prizes?
= The main prize is of 200 SP delegated for 7 days. (This will increase as we get more sponsorship!)
= However, every participant listed below will also receive 10% of the rewards generated for this article. This is possible using the Reward Distribution feature for articles.
= Also, every participant is invited to join a new Discord chatroom dedicated exclusively to MAP members.
= Every MAP Member may also be featured in our "Tales from the MAP Room" magazine.
= [NEW!] Every MAP Member will be able to participate in out new Collaborative Creations Competition - coming in a few days!
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The Six of the Best for MAP23
@neuromancer
@nature.art
@uniwhisp
@river-island
@isaria
@chieppa1
Now it is entirely up to you! Please upvote and resteem this post. But most importantly, cast your upvote in the content creator's comment - please be patient, because of time-zone differences some participants may take a few hours to come online and post their comment.
Also, take this as an opportunity to network with each other; you are free to comment and discuss your experiences as authors and readers.
Let the Accelerator begin!
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Sponsorship News
The Minnows Accelerator Project has received its first sponsor! Many thanks to @eturnerx for donating a further 1000 SP to add to the already delegated 1000 SP towards the project. This new donation is earmarked for the new Collaborative Contest that will be starting soon.
Thanks also to existing members of MAP who have expressed an interest in supporting @accelerator by increasing its voting power. Deep thanks to those MAP members who have recently delegated SP to the community: @heart-to-heart. This is especially generous as these are not large whale accounts bur minnows themselves who are helping the whole MAP community grow organically and steadily.
MAP donors: @heart-to-heart - @kerlund74 - @macchiata - @spaingaroo - @inquiringtimes
The plan is to make the winning prize more significant, eventually reaching 200 SP delegated for 4 weeks, rather than the current 1 week. Assuming a peak of one winner per day (remembering that there could be more than one winner per contest) for 4 weeks, plus the 7-day cooling period when delegated SP is returned to the owner but cannot be used, then I am looking at 35 days times 200 SP, giving a total needed of 7,000 SP. We already have 2,220 SP so just under 5,000 SP more to go! To delegate SP to this project, or to donate funds, please leave a comment or come chat to @rycharde on Discord.
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Detail from The Shard Transformed by @kerlund74 (MAP Member)
Hi and thank you for choosing me to participate in this fun and helpful project!
I mainly am a writer, and I focus on a Scotch blog I started a year ago, and poetry, although I am hoping to expand into fiction soon! I also love photography and try to use my own pictures in my blog posts whenever possible.
I also do work called Dynamic Emotional Integration® and host a weekly radio show on steemit's mspwaves radio to talk about emotions, empathy, and all related subjects around that. Many of my posts are notifications or recaps of those shows.
Here are some of my recent fave posts from the past month:
Uniwhisper has my boat.
Thanks, Sammo. :D
Voting for the lovely and talented @uniwhisp!
Aww, thank you! <3
Throwing some support behind uniwhisp!
Thank you!!
@uniwhisp has my vote!
Aww, thanks @creativesoul! <3
Voted! @unwhisp is amazing!
Aww, see how sweet you are!! Thank you!
vote!!!
Thank you, Katie!
You've got my vote! Good luck!
Thanks @melinda010100!
If you would like to see more of this kind of material then vote for
neuromancer today, ACT NOW!
WARNING: Articles and comments may contain humour (bad or otherwise), lengthy discussions, easter eggs, and digital image manipulation may occur without warning; author takes no liability for sudden outbursts of laughter or disappointment. All humour farmed using environmentally sustainable methods.
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Good luck mate..
#umc
UVd you, UVd this post and RSd it. But honestly, my husband will understand what you're doing here much better than I. I'll point him at you and tell him to do the right thing. At the moment he's rearranging our television, his computer, another computer, our streaming movies access and God knows what else -- for about the third time this month. (And the month's only half over.) But I won't forget. I've already sent him the link in our private Discord channel. He knows what's good for him. [smile] You know where I come from. (Ssshhhhh!)
Sounds like he keeps busy with constant improvement, a good practice, hopefully not accompanied by too much 'technical trade' language.
I gave you an upvote on the strength of your Razzie spelling of the word, humor. Thanks for chuckle (no offense to the woodchuck).
Thanks, I appreciate your good humour ;)
Voted. Good luck.
Good luck i hope you win <3
Voted
voted! All the best man
MAP23 final results:
@neuromancer = 19
@Uniwhisp = 18
@nature.art = 17
@river-island = 11
@Isaria = 9
@chieppa1 = 4
Thank you all for participating!
Linda, MAP Discord group moderator
Thank you very much, and congratulations to @neuromancer.
I shall send the prize when back home later today.
Thank you for the great chance to participate in "Six of the Best".
In most cases I write about beautiful places I have visited. Furthermore I post healthy food recipes I have tried myself. And from time to time I just sit and write down my thoughts about life.
Here are some of my recent publications:
Traveling to an UNKNOWN land - my photos and some facts
A travel to PARADISE - Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
I introduce you to my homeland <-> You share a post in a comment about yours
HEALTHY Pancakes are todays special in My HEALTHY MEAL of the day #3
What will happen if we stop thinking about the future just for a while?
vote
Thank you, dear. :)
VOTE
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Vote
Hello, beautiful people🌹!
I turn natural pressed flowers into fine jewelry! Meanwhile, I play with colors, in any of their form!
I don't have much to say, but one thing you should know! Nature designed all the jewelry... I'm just the messenger!
Here are some of my posts! Enjoy!
🌼My first post when I invite you in my studio! How I turn natural pressed flowers into unique jewelry! Pouring the first coat of resin on different plants
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🌼Jewelry of the day, created by nature🥀, delivered by me 🎁!
🌼See how I turn real roses into fine jewelery!
🌼Acrylic on canvas, my first attempt to put down the colors and let them play!
Enjoy @nature.art:)
Beautiful stuff! Your last link doesn't work :( I'm going to look at your blog to find it though...
I never received any answer who actually won the MAP5 which I participated...
Hi, sorry, here's the link to the announcement: https://steemit.com/minnowsupport/@rycharde/minnows-accelerator-project-six-of-the-best-map5-vote-now-win-upvotes#@accelerator/re-rycharde-minnows-accelerator-project-six-of-the-best-map5-vote-now-win-upvotes-20170810t155549388z
Thanks!
Thank you so much for including me in your contest! This is a wonderful initiative and I have resteemed for support. I apologize for not seeing it sooner!
I'm giving my support to @uniwhisp, but I'll share a bit about me.
I write music, poetry, play piano and guitar, and create digital art and esoteric posts.
I also run the Steemit Creative Show on MSP-Waves where we promote artists from the Steemit Community :-)
https://steemit.com/music/@isaria/panacea-original-music-darkness-and-fantasy
https://steemit.com/spotlight/@isaria/spotlight-entertainment-contest-1-winter-my-new-original-song-a-steemit-exclusive
https://steemit.com/minnowsupport/@isaria/the-steemit-creative-show-episode-6-250-sp-delegation-contest-submit-your-original-work-to-be-promoted-during-the-show
https://steemit.com/colorchallenge/@isaria/color-challenge-blue-friday-poetry-or-beyond-repair
Aww, but Isaria, I wanted to vote for you!!
hugs <3
I wish I can join this contest ^_^ Followed and Resteemed
Great to see MAP23! As an alumni and the winner of MAP6, I can tell y'all that this is an amazing resource! Can't wait to check out these new offerings. 😊
Thank you for the support!
I post mostly about war and foreign policy. I also do a weekly podcast that I post on Fridays here on Steemit. Below are some links to my most recent work:
Episode Preview: The Voluntary Exchange Podcast - Week of 9/10/2017
View From Here - NYC
16 Years - Reflections of a New Jersey Kid Who's World Changed at 8:46 AM
Sundays with Brody - Bandana Game on Lock
Roger Waters Freaked Me Out
The Voluntary Exchange Podcast: The U.S.S. Liberty Gets a Win & Other News
Avoiding the Horde - Navigating US Domestic Politics in the Age of Irrationality
I hope you all find something you like. I try to post daily, with the weekends being mostly politics-free.
Great job @chieppa1 I am glad you're here :D