Steemit Contest Compilation (01.01-07.01): Win free SBD and STEEM

Hey Steemers. Finally a new year has come and STEEM decided to start it actively with growing up to the 6$ mark. Don’t miss a chance to win some free SBD, STEEM, upvotes and other nice prizes. That week we have a bit less challenges (some contest providers are on holidays).
Here is a new Steemit Contest Compilation for the first week of new year (01.01-07.01):

Fun contests

SILLY FACE contest

Conducted by @polebird. Make a silly face and share it)

Start: 30.12.2017
End: 06.01.2018
Prize pool: 4 SBD. Will be shared between 2 winners.

Battle of the Beards

Conducted by @necromortis. Do you have a well groomed beard or some funny beard? Share your photo and get a chance to win!

Start: 03.01.2018
End: 10.01.2018
Prize pool:100% of SBD generated from the post will be split between two winners in each category (well groomed beard and funny beard).

Weekly Movie GIF Contest #9

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

Start: 03.01.2018
End: 10.01.2018
Prize pool: 45 WhaleShares
1st: 25 WhaleShares
2nd: 15 WhaleShares
3rd: 5 WhaleShares

Meme challenge #50

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: 31.12.2017
End: 07.01.2018
Prize pool: 24 USD guaranteed (payouts are made in STEEM)
1st: 12 USD
2nd: 8 USD
3rd: 4 USD
Mentions: 1 USD

Meme Contest #3

Conducted by @spectrumecons. His post contains 4 pictures. You can choose to write a meme for one of them, all of them or some of them. Post your meme in comments section.

Start: 02.01.2018
End: 07.01.2018
Prize pool: 5 SBD. The winner takes it all.

GooglyPrize #24

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

Start: 01.01.2018
End: 08.01.2018
Prize pool: 100% of post rewards + 15.68 SBD + delegation of 99 SP

NEVER WOULD I EVER #7

Conducted by @jaynie. Comment with something that YOU WOULD NEVER, EVER DO!

Start: 02.01.2018
End: 09.01.2018
Prize pool: 70% of the post earnings goes to the winner.

Get Paid To Confess #1

Conducted by @steemitbc. Tell us your confessions of trading crypto in 2017 and every confession will receive an upvote of at least 50%. The winning submission will take 5SBD prize!

Start: 01.01.2018
End: 08.01.2018

Other contests

Infographic Contest

Conducted by @sndbox. We’re calling on our creative followers, incubator fellows and the broader Steemit community to put their illustration and animation skills to the test! What’s a compelling stat about Steem that you’d like to visualize? Create a visual (JPEG, PNG, GIF or @dtube animation video).

Start: 04.01.2018
End: 11.01.2018 (5pm EST)
Prize pool: more than $400 in upvotes!
1st: 50% @sndbox upvote (worth about $100)
2nd: 50% @sndbox upvote (worth about $100)
3rd: 50% @sndbox upvote (worth about $100)
4th:25% @sndbox upvote (worth about $50)
5th:25% @sndbox upvote (worth about $50)

Video Commercial Contest

Conducted by @imacryptorick. Make a positive video (1-5 minutes long) about Steem and it's various features.

Start: 02.01.2018
End: 31.01.2018
Prize pool: 50 SBD
1st: 25 SBD
2nd: 15 SBD
3rd: 10 SBD

Steemit.Chat Contest #11.

Conducted by @firepower. You need to write a sentence or a paragraph using words “Whippersnapper” and “Gibberish”. The contest will take place in contest channel on Steemit.Chat

Start: 03.01.18
End: 10.01.18
Prize pool: SDB rewards from contest’s post will be shared among 6 winners equally.

Steemit Power Of Positivity P.O.P Contest #21

Conducted by @karenmckersie. Make a positive post and share it in comments section.

Start: 01.01.2018
End: 07.01.2018
Prize pool: 100% from SBD post payouts
1st: 60% from SBD post payouts
2nd: 25% from SBD post payouts
3rd: 15% from SBD post payouts

Art Explosion #22

Conducted by @juliakponsford. Make some art on the topic of “VICES” (all forms of art are acceptable: painting, illustration, photography, music, poetry, a story, a comic and so on), describe your medium/process a bit and share a link to your post in the comments section.

Start: 01.01.2018
End: 07.01.2018 (03:00PM EST)
Prize pool: 25 STEEM
1st*: 10 STEEM
2nd: 5 STEEM
3rd: 4 STEEM
Mentions: 2 STEEM

Design Banner Competition

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

Start: 30.12.2017
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.

Steemit Sandwich Contest #22

Conducted by @jaybird. Make a sandwich and share it! Thank week theme is ‘Vegan’.

Start: 02.01.2018
End: 08.01.2018
Prize pool: 25 STEEM
1st: 13.75 STEEM
2nd: 7.5 STEEM
3rd: 3.75 STEEM

Doodle Doodledayeo #13

Conducted by @opheliafu. The game is about using your imagination and creating cool doodles. Make a doodle inspired by the 3 words: dream, cyber and sci-fi.

Start day: 03.01.18
End day: 06.01.18 (11.59 PM GMT)
Prize pool: 10 STEEM. The winner takes it all.

Constrained Writing Contest #12

Conducted by @svashta. Write a story (choose the topic completely by yourself). But you have to include phrase ”Little did he know” or ”Little did she know” somewhere in your story.

Start day: 31.12.17
End day: 07.01.18
Prize pool: 90% of post’s payout (SBD and STEEM)
1st: 45% of post's payout
2nd: 27% of post's payout
3rd 18 % of post's payout

Steemit Bounty Contest #6

Conducted @plushzilla. Nominate steemit user who performed some acts of kindness for others on Steemit (whether it is physically in the real world for another fellow Steemian or through the platform). Each successful submission will get 0.2 SBD.

Start day: 01.01.18
End day: 08.01.18
Prize pool: undefined. Every successful submission will get 0.2 SBD

Pixel Art

Conducted by @jonny-clearwater. Make some pixel art with the topic “Absolutely Anything Relating To New Years”.

Start day: 02.01.18
End day: 05.01.18
Prize Pool: 50% of SBD post’s payout. The winner takes it all.

Sponsored Writing Contest: ShipChain.io

Conducted by @originalworks. Write an article about how ShipChain.io is going to change the world of shipping (he article must be 200 to 800 words in length.

Start day: 04.01.18
End day: 07.01.18 (6 PM ET)
Prize Pool: 90 STEEM + submission bonuses
1st: 30 STEEM
2nd: 20 STEEM
3rd: 15 STEEM
4th: 12 STEEM
5th: 8 STEEM
6th: 5 STEEM

Draw Me an Avatar!

Conducted @techslut. You need to draw an avatar for @techslut based on some of her photos.

Start day: 01.01.18
End day: 08.01.18
Prize Pool: 8 SBD
1st: 5 SBD
2nd: 2 SBD
3rd: 1 SBD

Share the Love

Conducted by @raised2b. Write a comment on this post about another Steem member that has made this platform an enjoyable place for you. Tell us how he has made Steemit a better place.

Start day: 02.01.18
End day: 09.01.18
Prize Pool: 15 STEEM or the total liquid SBD payout of this post whichever is greater! That amount will be split between the person with the best comment and the Steem member that the comment is about.

GUESS THE FILM

Conducted by @cathi-xx practically every day. You need to identify the film from described in the haiku (a short Japanese poem). The winner takes a part of SBD post payout.

Jenny's Art Contest Week #13

Conducted by @topkpop. Make some visual art form you like (Painted, sculpted, sketched, whatever visual form).

Start day: 02.01.18
End day: 05.01.18
Prize Pool: 10 STEEM. The winner takes it all.

STACH Short Story Contest #16

Conducted by @stach. Write a short story based on the topic “LIVE FREE” (no more than 199 words).

Start day: 03.01.18
End day: 10.01.18
Prize Pool: 10 SBD
1st: 5 SBD
2nd: 3 SBD
3rd: 2 SBD

Steemit Story Chain #16

Conducted by @freedomexists. @freedomexists have written the first part of the story and all you need to move the story on using the comment box in your own original style.

Start day: 02.01.18
End day: 09.01.18
Prize Pool: 100 Whaleshares. 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: 01.01.18
End: 04.01.18
Prize pool: up to 70 STEEM. Typically 6 users are given resteems and 5 Steem/week for their participation

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 #6

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: 01.01.18
End: 08.01.18
Prize pool: 500 Whaleshares
1st: 250 whaleshares
2nd: 150 whaleshares
3rd: 100 whaleshares

What You'll Do If The World Ends In An Hour

Conducted by @darthnava. Post an answer to the question: “What would you do if you know it is going to end in an hour?”.

Start day: 30.12.17
End day: 06.01.18
Prize pool: 5 SBD. The winner takes it all.

Steemit Haiku Contest #11

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

Start day: 01.01.18
End day: 06.01.18 (11:59 PM GMT)
Prize pool: 10 STEEM
1st: 5 STEEM
2nd: 3 STEEM
3rd: 2 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

A City a Story #8

Conducted by @aaronli. Share a story related to your city and add an appropriate photo of your city. That week theme is “MARKET”.

Start day: 03.01.18
End day: 09.01.18 (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)

Beauty of woman's body #03 NSFW: contains erotics

Conducted by @axeman. Bring us your vision of the beauty of the woman and woman's body.

Start day: 01.01.18
End day: 07.01.18
Prize Pool: 6 STEEM
1st: 3 STEEM
2nd: 2 STEEM
3rd: 1 STEEM

TPOT Contest #2

Conducted by @tpot. Post an original picture of your childhood along with a funny story/incident from your childhood.

Start day: 01.01.18
End day: 08.01.18
Prize Pool: 5 STEEM. The winner takes it all.

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.

Combination Photography #17

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: 02.01.18
End day: 09.01.18
Prize pool: 100% of liquid SBD payout from contest post
1st: 50% of liquid SBD payout from contest post
2nd: 25% of liquid SBD payout from contest post
3rd: 25% of liquid SBD payout from contest post

Steemit Portrait Photography Contest Week 24

Conducted by @jasonrussell. Theme of the week is “ is Outdoor / Environmental Portraits”.

Start day: 30.12.17
End day: 12.01.18
Prize pool: 18+ STEEM and 160 Whaleshares

1st: 10 STEEM + 100 Whaleshares
2nd: 5 STEEM + 40 Whaleshares
3rd: 3 STEEM + 20 Whaleshares
Mentions: 0.50 STEEM

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.

Music contests

Open Mic Songwriters Challenge Week 7

Conducted by @luzcypher. To enter week 7 you need to write a song that is about or involves the phrase Right Place and/or Right Time.

Start day: 03.01.18
End day: 08.01.18
Prize pool: free electric/acoustic guitar for the winner!

Karaoke: Week 22

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

Start day: 01.01.18
End day: 08.01.18
Prize pool: 20 SBD
1st: 10 SBD
2nd: 7 SBD
3rd: 3 SBD

STEEMIT Open Mic #66

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

Start day: 31.12.17
End day: 05.01.18
Prize pool: 300 STEEM
1st: 120 STEEM
2nd: 60 STEEM
3rd: 40 of STEEM
4th: 40 of STEEM
5th: 40 of STEEM

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

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

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