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As always check back to this post often and scroll to the end to see a list of this week's curation entries!
This week @costanza will be our "Guest Judge" and we are very excited to have him helping out this week! @costanza has created an alternative to SBI with @upvoteshares and @minnowshares. These voting accounts allow for an ongoing daily upvote. So far these votes have been consistent for @pifc and a nice little boost.
What is the Pay It Forward Curation Contest?
The Curation Contest is here to allow Community Minded Steemians the opportunity feature 2 great blog posts written by Level 55 and below Steemians. To do this you will write a single curation style blog post like this entry by @viking-ventures from week 16 which won a Judges Choice Award.
Contest Date Range
This contest run from Now until 08/18/18 at 11:59pm CST (USA, Chicago). The winners will be announced on Wednesday 08/23/18 at 12:01am
Week 20 Rules (No Changes)
For week 20 you will need a curation style entry that includes 2 High Quality Original Content Blog Posts from Steemians with a reputation score of 55 or under.
- Curation Style Post of 2 Bloggers who are posting Quality Original Content
- Link to 1 recent blog post per featured blogger. Keep in mind that many will follow this link and upvote so pick a post that isn't close to payout!
- Include a link to this contest in your entry post
- The 2 bloggers you curate need to be rank 55 or below
- You need to comment on this post with a link to your post, this is how I track everything!
👉👉Clarification for Quality Required for valid Entry👈👈
We are looking for Quality Original Content. We want to see no less then 200 words of original written content. So a single photo is fine as long as there is 200 words with it. 200 words is about 12 lines of content. Posts from Parley and dmania are not acceptable.
Prizes: Steem Basic Income
This week at least 14 winners are going to get a sponsorship for #steembasicincome!
There will be 1 SBI Sponsorship per 8 entries into the contest on a random basis (minimum of 2). These SBI shares are currently purchased by @pifc.
There will be 4 Judges Choice Awards based the quality of the bloggers you feature in the eyes of our Judges, @costanza, @tryskele , @lynncoyle1, & @wolfhart. Each Judges Choice will get 1 SBI share for winning from the Judge that picked them.
All 8 of the featured bloggers from the Judges Choice Winners posts will also get an SBI Share. These shares are purchase by the sponsors listed later in the post.
@steembasicincome is run by @josephsavage and is a great program designed to provide a lifetime income to members who have SBI Shares.
Prizes: Steem-Bounty
@steem-bounty of 2 Steem has been created. We will only upvote entries for the Author's 80% of the Bounty. No other comments will be upvoted as the goal is to reward those who enter the contest.
@steem-bounty is also a witness account and is run by @knircky. To set @steem-bounty as witness you can go to: https://steemit.com/~witnesses and enter the "steem-bounty" account into the text field and click vote.
Steem Monsters Cards
@erodedthoughts has confirmed that he will again give 1 @steemmonsters card to each person who creates an entry for this weeks contest.
Sponsors, Visit Them and Upvote Them!!
| Week 19's Sponsors | Type of Sponsor | Recent Post or Discord Room |
|---|---|---|
| @thehoneys | 1 SBI Share | Hanging With Steem Creators |
| @bengy | 1 SBI Share | @classical-radio |
| @andrewharland | 4 SBI Shares | Russia watch out |
| @el-nailul | 2 SBI Share | Architecture: Simple House In My Village |
| @thedarkhorse | 2 SBI Shares for Random Winner | Creating a New Account Instantly |
| @stever82 | 2 Steem | Does This Market Have You Down Or Looking to Buy? |
| @erodedthoughts | 1 Steem Monster Card Per Entry! | Killing Time |
Current Entries - Please Visit!!!
This is the real purpose of this contest, visit these posts and help upvote the bloggers featured. This list will be updated as new entries are added. Please check back during the week!!
Status:
Owe entries 15-16 a visit and votes. Want to give the highest votes possible so allowing voting power to restore a little before visiting tonight.
Remember cut off for entries is at 11:59pm tonight (Chicago Time USA).