Hello Steemit Community!
I am writing this post for two things : (1) To apply Word Poetry Challenge for Curie Community Building Support (See under #wordchallenge tag) and (2) To promote Word Poetry Challenge in efforts to bring more entries and participants on this 4-month long challenge).
Allow me to share Word Poetry Challenge - bringing more Poetries in the Steem blockchain and rewards them with prizes (and upvotes).
What is Word Poetry Challenge?
Word Poetry Challenge is a weekly contest, aiming to empower and encourage Steemit users to publish original poetries in the Steem blockchain. The contest runs weekly, and each week a different theme is introduced as the main topic of the contest.
It is termed "Word Poetry Challenge" because the theme of the contest is by Words. A word that gets the main topic of the piece of poetry a user makes. I have been hosting 2 different Word Poetry Contest that continuously rewards participants in contest prizes (and using my SP as personal upvotes) to support their entries - the "Word Poetry Challenge English Edition" and "Word Poetry Challenge Tagalog Edition (for the Philippine Community).
The current themes for this week are "Fears" and "Pagbabalik" which the contest submission will end on September 13th (GMT+8) and the winners will be announced a day later.
It has been Long Running, Rewarding Contest
It has been running for more than 13 weeks now and is continuously encouraging the Steemit community to post their amazing poetries in the Steem blockchain. To prove the validity on the contest (aside from checking https://steemit.com/created/wordchallenge), I consolidated the contest announcement and the winning pieces. You may also want to look over the Official Announcement of Winners.
Word Poetry Challenge (English Edition)
| Theme | Winner Steemit Name | Entry | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Green Leaves" | @vinzie1 | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Blue Sky" | @omargnavarra | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Bleeding Love" | @aduragbemi | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Good vs Evil" | @josediccus | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Beauty and Madness" | @aduragbemi | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Time" | @jmvanbreda | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Memories" | @tegoshei | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Sunset" | @lostinmustypages | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Common Sense" | @emdesan | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Smile" | @tegoshei | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Home" | @weirdestbrain | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Sunshine" | @kaelci | Entry | 5 Steem |
Current Contest : Word Poetry Challenge #13 "Fears" | English Edition | Win STEEMs!
Word Poetry Challenge (Tagalog Edition)
| Theme | Winner Steemit Name | Entry | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Larawang Kupas" | @tpkidkai | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Huling Sayaw" | @joco0820 | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Gintong Medalya" | @oscargabat | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Makalumang Harana" | @beyonddisability | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Watawat ng Pilipinas" | @jemio-art | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Aking Ina" | @joco0820 | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Simbahan" | @blessedsteemer | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Tagpuan" | @oscargabat | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Maskara" | @shirleynpenalosa | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Pangarap" | @chameh | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Pagsubok" | @mhelrose | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Kalayaan" | @jemzem | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Pilipinas" | @oscargabat | Entry | 5 Steem |
| "Realisasyon" | @annazsarinacruz | Entry | 5 Steem |
Current Contest : Word Poetry Challenge #15 "Pagbabalik" | Tagalog Edition | Win STEEMs!
The Contest Prizes
Contest prizes for this challenge are :
10 STEEM per week for Word Poetry Challenge English Edition : (5 , 3 , 2 breakdown for winners)
10 STEEM per week for Word Poetry Challenge Tagalog Edition : (5, 3 , 2 breakdown of winners)
Per weekly Budget : 20 STEEMs
Per Monthly Budget : 80 STEEMs
How will the Support be Used?
The said Budget support will be used throughout the month period. It will be used as contest prizes for the continuity of the challenge and certainly be looking forward to continue this challenge just what is #memechallenge is doing. It's wonderful to see beautiful poetries published in Steemit.
As a pledge to support those poetry entries, I'm upvoting those entries via my voting power too.
Approximately How Many Users Participate in Word Poetry Challenge Contest?
With this running up to its 15th week, the highest I've tallied so far was 35 amazing entries and the lowest was 11 entries. There are a lot of considering factors for it. One specific is the sudden dump of Steem's price. On another note, some also find some themes difficult to make.
How will supporting your community or contest help grow the Steem community?
Poetries are amazing things published in Steemit. Under #poetry tag, you can see lots of poetries already published in Steemit. To add more poetry contents, this challenge is initiated to attract and boost more poetry posts in Steemit.
Steem is a platform that makes our content as it "brand". Poetry makes it more better.
If you wish to support this contest endeavor, feel free to contact me at my Discord @jassennessaj#9609 or you can directly donate it to @jassennessaj.
I look forward to bring this attention to the community, especially to the Curie Curation Team. As a former Curie Curator, I am hoping to see positive response for this matter.