Great initiative you're taking here. It actually helps people to get more readers. I admire your ongoing commitment. It's always nice to see other people putting in an effort to help out others.
I wish my VP was higher, so I could give every contestant something. Unfortunately, I don't have any to spare at the moment.

I just checked, and I'm still under 1000SP, so I can join the contest. 😁

I wrote this a couple of days ago. At the time, I had lost all hope and trust in SteemIt after writing a very trivial post that got a lot of upvotes; while my thoughtful posts disappeared without being seen. I didn't know what to think of that and SteemIt in general. I came to the conclusion that SteemIt is just as fucked up as the real world is...
I think we've all experienced this at one point. But then you've got to grab yourself together and move on...

So Many SteemIt Contradictions... I’m Completely Lost :0(
https://steemit.com/steemit/@simplymike/so-many-steemit-contradictions-i-m-completely-lost-0