Ho-ho-ho, Steemians. Hope you all had nice Christmas. The previous week compilation had more than 50 contest and challenges with free SBD, STEEM, upvotes and other nice prizes. Here is a new Steemit Contest Compilation for the last week of this year (25.12-31.12).

Fun contests

SteemitSanta CHALLENGE

Conducted by @fibra59. Write a letter to Santa on a piece of paper, make a photo and share it. Be creative!

Start: 21.12.2017
End: 28.12.2017
Prize pool: 24 USD (payouts are made in STEEM)
1st: 12 USD
2nd: 8 USD
3rd: 4 USD

Meme challenge #49

Conducted by @fibra59 once a week. You need to make a meme with an image posted by him. In the end of the week a special judge (every week a new one) chooses best memes.

Start: 24.12.2017
End:31.12.2017
Prize pool: 24 USD guaranteed (payouts are made in STEEM)
1st: 12 USD
2nd: 8 USD
3rd: 4 USD
Mentions: 1 USD

Weekly Movie GIF Contest #8 (Christmas Edition Ho-Ho-Ho)

Conducted by @lost108. Create a meme with the GIF published by him.

Start: 25.12.2017
End: 01.01.2018
Prize pool: 45 WhaleShares
1st: 25 WhaleShares
2nd: 15 WhaleShares
3rd: 5 WhaleShares

PhotoBomb Challenge

Curated by @fibra59. He gives you a picture in PNG format and you need to put that picture in some other picture to make it more funny.

Start: 22.12.2017
End: 29.12.2017
Prize pool: 24 USD (payouts are made in STEEM)
1st: 12 USD
2nd: 8 USD
3rd: 4 USD

GooglyPrize №24

Conducted by @googlyeyes. Get some googly eyes, stick them onto something, take a picture and share it on Steemit.

Start: 25.12.2017
End: 01.01.2018
Prize pool: 100% of post rewards + 15.39 SBD + delegation of 87 SP

Other contests

Design Banner Competition

Conducted by @qurator. Design a nice banner for Qurator community.

Prize pool: 30 STEEM for a picture or 40 STEEM for a .GIF + Tier 5 membership for 30 days (upvote currently worth $1+). The winner takes it all.

MSP Weekly Resteem

Conducted by @minnowsupport. This contest is designed to help minnows grow their accounts by resteeming your content. Just post a link to your post in the comment section and you’ll get a chance to get support from Minnow Support Project.

Start: 26.12.17
End: 28.12.17
Prize pool: up to 70 STEEM. Typically 6 users are given resteems and 5 Steem/week for their participation

Caption Contest

Conducted by @sanmi. Give an appropriate caption for a picture.

Start: 25.12.2017
End: 31.12.2017
Prize pool: 20 SBD
1st: 10 SBD
2nd: 8 SBD
Mentions: 1 SBD x 2

Steemit Sandwich Contest #21

Conducted by @jaybird. Make a sandwich and share it!

Start: 26.12.2017
End: 01.01.2018
Prize pool: 25 STEEM
1st: 13.75 STEEM
2nd: 7.5 STEEM
3rd: 3.75 STEEM

Steemit Wishes 2018 CHALLENGE #1

Conducted by @flamingirl. Share a list of your wishes (5 is minimum).

Start: 25.12.2017
End: 31.12.2017
Prize pool: 35 USD
1st: 20 USD
2nd: 10 USD
3rd: 5 USD

Caption Contest #8

Conducted by @runicar. Make a caption for @runicar’s artwork and post it in the comments section.

Start: 28.12.2017
End: 04.01.2018
Prize pool: 12 USD

Steemits Got Talent: Week #5

Conducted by @bambam808. As they say: “Any TALENT is A TALENT!”. Make a video of your talent and just post a link to this video for Steemians to vote for it.

Start: 25.12.17
End: 01.01.18
Prize pool: 250 Whaleshares
1st: 125 whaleshares
2nd: 75 whaleshares
3rd: 50 whaleshares

Steemit.Chat Contest #10.

Conducted by @firepower. You need to write a sentence or a paragraph using one (or both) of these words: “Hullaballoo” and “Ragamuffin”. The contest will take place in contest channel on Steemit.Chat.

Start: 25.12.17
End: 01.01.18
Prize pool: SDB rewards from contest’s post will be shared among 4 winners equally.

Cartoon or Video Of Your Favorite Christmas Animated Feature

Conducted by @darthnava. Post a video or movie trailer of your favorite animated feature, CGI or cartoons about Christmas in the comments section. The entry with the most upvotes wins.

Start day: 23.12.17
End day: 30.12.17
Prize pool: 5 SBD. The winner takes it all.

Steemit Iron Chef #17

Conducted by @progressivechef. Every week he announces a product for you to cook with on the next week. Make a dish, post it and get your awards.

Start: 23.12.17
End: 28.12.17 (10:00 AM UTC)
Prize pool: 31 SBD, 100 Whaleshares, 55 Voiceshares, 200 Skillcoins. 7 places are awarded.

Steemit Haiku Contest #9

Conducted by @moonleesteem. Test your skill in writing a Haiku (short form of Japanese poetry).

Start day: 25.12.17
End day: 30.12.17 (11:59 PM GMT)
Prize pool: 9 STEEM
1st: 5 STEEM
2nd: 3 STEEM
3rd: 1 STEEM

Sports contests

Most sports contest are conducted on schedule of sports tournaments. Follow these Steemians not to miss their regular contest:

NFL Winner-Takes-All, Free-For-All and NCAA Football Rivalry Week

Conducted by @ats-david. For those who want to test their prediction skills for american football games.
You can try your luck to win % of SBD rewards.

Soccer Sweepstakes 17/18

Conducted by @nanzo-scoop. Before every Premier League matchweek you have a chance to make your predictions and win 50 STEEM jackpot (if you correctly predict all game results) and SBD allocated to contest post. 1st place wins 60% of the pot, 2nd place wins 30%, 3rd place wins 10%.

Free 1SBD Plus 1SBD

Conducted by @goldkey. Just need to make a prediction for a selected NFL match to get a chance to win some SBD.

NBA Daily Pick'em Contest

Conducted by @sportsncoffee. Make predictions for NBA games and get 50% of liquid post earnings (paid in SBD).

Photo contests

New Year 2018 photochallenge

Conducted by @steepshot. Post a photo on the Christmas / New Year theme with Steepshot app.

Start day: 27.12.17
End day: 05.01.2018
Prize Pool: 150 STEEM
1st: 50 STEEM
2nd: 25 STEEM
3rd: 15 STEEM
4th-5th: 10 STEEM
6th-10th: 5 STEEM

Daily photo contests

Conducted by @juliank. Don’t forget to follow her not to miss “last day” call for her contests.

Prize pool: 10 SBD daily are shared between winners.

A City a Story

Conducted by @aaronli. Share a story related to your city and add an appropriate photo of your city.

Start day: 20.12.17
End day: 26.12.17 (21:30 (UTC+8))
Prize pool: 100% of liquid SBD payout from contest post (minimum 10 SBD)
1st: 50% of the payout (minimum 5 SBD, if the amount is less then 5 SBD)
2nd: 30% of the payout (minimum 3 SBD, if the amount is less then 3 SBD)
3rd: 20% of the payout (minimum 2 SBD, if the amount is less then 2 SBD)

Combination Photography #16

Conducted by @papa-pepper. You need to make (or to find in your archive) a combination photography with plants and animals together and post it in comment section of papa’s post.

Start day: 25.12.17
End day: 01.01.18
Prize pool: 75% of liquid SBD payout from contest post
1st: 50% of liquid SBD payout from contest post
2nd: 12.5% of liquid SBD payout from contest post
3rd: 12.5% of liquid SBD payout from contest post

Steemit Portrait Photography Contest

Conducted by @jasonrussell.
Share your portrait shots in Pin-Up style to participate in the next two-week long contest.

Start day: 15.12.17
End day: 29.12.17
Prize pool: 18 STEEM + 160 Whaleshares
1st: 10 STEEM + 100 Whaleshares
2nd: 5 STEEM + 40 Whaleshares
3rd: 3 STEEM + 20 Whaleshares

$51 Rickysphotochallenge - XMAS SPECIAL

Conducted by @rickyjrx. Everyday he will post a piece of a picture of something christmas related in the home you just need to comment on what it is and the first correct answer wins $2.

Start day: 17.12.17
End day: 23.12.17
Prize pool: 20 SBD
1st: 20 SBD
2nd: 10 SBD
3rd: 5 SBD

7 World's Continents Photo Challenge

Conducted by @czechglobalhosts.
Submit your personal photo that you took during your travels from the continent of the day and adding a short description between 30 to 50 words. That will give you a chance to go through several rounds of the contest and win approximately 150 SBD in total.

Crypto Forecast contests

1 SBD Daily Giveaway contest

Conducted by @mvrr007 daily. All you need to do is predict which currency from Top 30 Crypto Currencies (from CoinMarketCap) will make maximum growth in next 24 hours.

Prize pool: 1 SBD. The winner takes it all.

Crypto Contest

Conducted by @maarnio daily. All you need is to upvote one of several statements with crypto price forecast. That’s enough to get a chance to win 50% of SBD from contest post.

DAILY Crypto-Guess Contest

Conducted by @killerwhale. Share your price predictions for some crypto coin. If you are a success - get SBD award generated from contest announcing post.

Guess the price of SBD

Conducted by @doctorcrypto. Just post your SBD price forecast. It's simple.

Start day: 19.12.17
End day: 26.12.17
Prize pool: 1 SBD to the winner

Music contests

Karaoke: Week 21

Conducted by @killerwhale. Love singing? Record and post it!

Start day: 25.12.17
End day: 01.01.18
Prize pool: 20 SBD
1st: 10 SBD
2nd: 7 SBD
3rd: 3 SBD

STEEMIT Open Mic #65

Conducted by @luzcypher. If you love singing - do it, record it and get a chance to share a 300 STEEM prize pool!

Start day: 24.12.17
End day: 29.12.17
Prize pool: 300 STEEM
1st: 120 STEEM
2nd: 60 STEEM
3rd: 40 of STEEM
4th: 40 of STEEM
5th: 40 of STEEM

Open Mic Songwriters Challenge Week 5

Conducted by @luzcypher. It is a 8 weeks challenge where you need to write and post 1 new song every week. The main prize is a $599 USD guitar with hard case.

Drawing contests

Design A Character Contest: Color Challenge

Conducted by @w0olf. Design a character based on a given color sheme.

Start day: 26.12.17
End day: 29.12.17 (8PM UTC)
Prize pool: 50% of SBD raised on that weeks #designacharacter contest-posts The winner takes it all.

Doodle Doodledayeo

Conducted by @opheliafu. The game is about using your imagination and creating cool doodles. Make a doodle inspired by the 3 words: star, sheep and town.

Start day: 24.12.17
End day: 30.12.17 (11.59 PM GMT)
Prize pool: 10 STEEM. The winner takes it all.

Drawing Contest for 5 Steem! Theme: Flame!

Conducted by @flamered. Draw anything that's connected to the word 'Flame' and share it.

Start day: 20.12.17
End day: 27.12.17
Prize pool: 5 STEEM. The winner takes it all.

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That list will be updated if I find some other contests. Check this post occasionally to find updates.

Share that post to help more Steemians learn about and take participation in that contest!

P.S. If you know about some contests that are not listed above (or plan to organize a contest by yourself) - feel free to post a link in comments and I’ll update the list.

Best regards,
Artz