Hi Everyone!!

#stsl - Share The Steem Love Competition 9 has just ended, and I am excited to announce another 2 winners.

We had a record 14 nominations this week, but a few didn't follow the rules of not self-voting their nominations, and will have to try again next time. This luckily did not influence the result of this week's competition. After verifying the winning nomination's upvotes and entry validity, I am please do to announce that the winner of #stsl - Share The Steem Love Competition 9, with a whopping 34 upvotes, is:

@jeaniepearl and @smyle

Here is @jeaniepearl's nomination:

@jeaniepearl has already won as a nominee of @drigweeu in Competition no 6, and so now has the option for cede the prize to another worthy winner. I will add @smyle to my voting list, and wait for a reply from @jeaniepearl.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Visit @jeaniepearl's latest post

Life without a pen

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Visit @smyle's latest post

African Traditional Religion: The Misconceptions Surrounding The Religion

The Prize

This week's competition post earned a 1.019 SBD reward, which is split between @jeaniepearl and @smyle ( 0.51 SBD each), as well as 60 days of upvotes, currently worth $0.08 per vote, on their posts which meet my qualifying criteria of a minimum of 100 words in the post.

Here is the reward payout:

Transfers have been made:

Current Competition Winners:

With every competition I run, I get to add 2 more deserving Steemians to my voting settings, to receive 60 days of upvotes from me, giving them just that little bit extra to help them grow.

Winners of my competitions still recieveing their upvote rewards are:
Comp 3 - - @nigeriagist and @michaelcj
Comp 4 - - @kunani and @steemking777
Comp 5 - - @buggedout(ceded to @silvergoldbotty) and @plumey
Comp 6 - - @drigweeu and @jeaniepearl
Comp 7 - - @ecoinstant and @sharoonyasir
Comp 8 - - @indorecipe and @bennywb56
Comp 9 - - @jeaniepearl (pending nomination of new recipient) and @smyle

My next competition will start soon, so keep and eye out for the competition post, and think of a worthy Steemian who deserves an extra boost of some upvotes from me on their posts for 60 days.

Until next time...