It's that time again: another Blog of the Month. A little late, but you know what they say, better late for the party than no party at all!
But first
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September theme:
Where were you when...?
September seems to be a month for big world happenings. Many of us have been pre-occupied with the events unfolding in the United Kingdom following the death of their monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. That got us thinking. Those of us of a certain age all have memories of international events, and more particularly where we were when they happened.
For this month's #bom edition, we want to know about that event that will forever stick in your head. It must be something that hit the national news in your country or which made the world stop and pay attention. Events that spring to my mind are
- the announcement that Nelson Mandela would be free(d)
- the first moon landing
- the Tiananmen Square protests
- the fall of the Berlin Wall
Tell us about one or more such events that are seminal in your life, why, and what you were doing when it all went down.
To enter
How to enter your post for the Blog of the Month (#BoM) - the criteria remain the same -
- Posts must be in English and obviously centre on the week’s theme or topic.
- Prose must be a minimum of 350 words. If it’s a photo or graphic essay, the photos must be your original work and preferably with some sort of back-story to the images.
- The blog must be posted in/from our community
- The account must be a subscribed Silver Blogger
- Use #BoM - blog of the month - as your first tag.
- Share the link to your entry in the comments of this post.
Consider following the #BoM tag so that you can easily find, upvote, and comment on other contributions.
Reminders:
The updated community description is a guide to content we welcome in the Silver Bloggers' Community. Folk who post content that doesn't jive, will be encouraged to find an alternative and more comfortable space in which to play.
and
To keep things fair: the same person (account) may not win twice in succession.
In summary, last edition's winner may enter, but the contribution, like those of the judges' panel, will not be eligible for a prize.
Deadlines and prizes
The contest closes at midnight GMT (also known as UTC) on Tuesday, 20th September and the winners will be announced later the following week.
The winner gets
- 50% of the liquid rewards from the post announcing the winners. His/her account will be set as a 50% beneficiary
- 10 Hive sponsored by the Silver Bloggers community
- 10 Hive that @lizelle sponsors
The runners-up win, too
Thanks to our founder Silver-Blonde Lizzie, the runners-up will also receive 5 Hive each, and we have allocated another 5 Hive from the community account for the runners-up.
All prizes will be sent directly to the winners' wallets.
Would you like to sponsor a prize?
If you would like to sponsor a prize, please comment on this post and tag one of the team: @lizelle, @fionasfavourites, @coquicoin or @tengolotodo or ping us in our Discord channel.
Theme suggestions
If you have topic suggestions, please tag one of the team (@lizelle, @fionasfavourites, @coquicoin, @tengolotodo) and leave them in the comments?
Themes can be anything you like within the Silver Threads preferred for this community. Content creators will, of course, make of them what they will.
Last words...no pressure
If you're a bit like me, and not a herd animal and I don't do well being pressured - by topics or deadlines, that's ok. The #bom and #silverprompts are intended to nudge and inspire. So even if you don't get your post done by the cut-off time, we will still consider it for curation (no prizes, though).
Speaking of curation, if you're inspired by other things, we look forward to reading your posts. We manually curate and recommend good content for support from OCD. The team also regularly picks quality posts and showcases them - read the most recent selection here - and do keep an eye open for the next Silver Prompts Selection which will soon be published.
Finally
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Also -
Please Follow and interact with @hive-106316
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It's easy to follow the mother account: here's how...
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