Hey Steemers. As usual on Mondays I make a compilation of challenges and contests for the current week. Don’t miss a chance to win some free SBD, STEEM, upvotes and other nice prizes. On the previous week compilation we had more than 45 contest. Let’s see what will we have for this week (08.01-14.01):
Fun contests
WILD & STRANGE CONTEST SEASON 11 ROUND 3
Conducted by @papa-pepper. Make a meme out with a picture from papa’s post. Share it in comments.
Start: 04.01.2018
End: 11.01.2018
Prize pool: $50 worth of SBD or STEEM. The winner takes it all.
GooglyPrize #26
Conducted by @googlyeyes. Get some googly eyes, stick them onto something, take a picture and share it on Steemit.
Start: 08.01.2018
End: 15.01.2018
Prize pool: 100% of post rewards + 32.260 liquid SBD + a delegation-prize of 95.745 SP
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 #10
Conducted by @lost108. Create a meme with the GIF published by him.
Start: 08.01.2018
End: 15.01.2018
Prize pool: 45 WhaleShares
1st: 25 WhaleShares
2nd: 15 WhaleShares
3rd: 5 WhaleShares
Do you have a cat from hell?!
Conducted by @hanen. Share a photo of your angry cat.
Start: 07.01.2018
End: 14.01.2018
Prize pool: 17 SBD
1st: 10 SBD
2nd: 5 SBD
3rd: 2 SBD
Meme challenge #51
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: 07.01.2018
End: 12.01.2018
Prize pool: 35 USD guaranteed (payouts are made in STEEM)
1st: 20 USD
2nd: 10 USD
3rd: 5 USD
Mentions: 1 USD
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 #2
Conducted by @steemitbc. Tell us your crypto confessions so far in 2018 and every confession will receive an forgiving upvote of at least 35% for the next 6 days, with the winning submission taking home the 5SBD prize!
Start: 08.01.2018
End: 15.01.2018
Prize pool: upvotes + 5 SBD to the winner
PhotoBomb Challenge #3
Curated by @fibra59. He gives you a picture in PNG format and you need to put that picture in some other picture to make it more funny.
Start: 04.01.2018
End: 11.01.2018
Prize pool: 24 USD (payouts are made in STEEM)
1st: 12 USD
2nd: 8 USD
3rd: 4 USD
4th-6th: 2 USD
TVಠ_ಠMEME CONTEST #13
Conducted by @kid4life. You need to make a meme with an image posted and share it.
Start: 06.01.2018
End: 13.01.2018
Prize pool: 3 SBD + 400 SKILL Coins + 3 Trophy Coins
1st: 2 SBD + 200 SKILL Coin + 1 Trophy Coin
2nd: 1 SBD + 100 SKILL Coin + 1 Trophy Coin
3rd: 100 SKILL Coin + 1 Trophy Coin
Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg?
Conducted by @darthnava. Write a funny answer on question: "Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg?"
Start day: 06.01.18
End day: 13.01.18
Prize pool: 5 SBD. The winner takes it all.
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
Puzzle Contest #10
Conducted by @spectrumecons. Be the first to solve 4 puzzles from the post.
Start: 12.01.2018
End: 17.01.2018 (6PM USA Eastern Time)
Prize pool: 5 SBD. The winner takes it all
What would you do with 1 Million SP?
Conducted by @dontstopmenow. Leave a comment explaining what would you do with 1 million Steem Power.
Start: 07.01.2018
End: 14.01.2018
Prize pool: 10 SBD (5 SBD for two winners)
Steemit Power Of Positivity P.O.P Contest #22
Conducted by @karenmckersie. Make a positive post and share it in comments section.
Start: 08.01.2018
End: 14.01.2018
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
Doodle Doodledayeo #14
Conducted by @opheliafu. The game is about using your imagination and creating cool doodles. Make a doodle inspired by the 3 words: rain, duck, umbrella.
Start day: 09.01.18
End day: 13.01.18 (11.59 PM GMT)
Prize pool: 10 STEEM. The winner takes it all.
Giving away $500 USD in STEEM
Conducted by @pawsdog. Follow, comment, be engaged, resteem and join the little family being build by @pawsdog.
Your 2017 Top 5
Conducted by @rocking-dave. Post about your 5 favorite posts you made from 2017.
Start: 08.01.18
End: 15.01.18
Prize pool: 60% of SBD post’s payout.
The MEGA CROSSWORD CHALLENGE
Conducted by @diebitch. Solve the crossword.
Start: 07.01.18
End: 15.01.18
Prize pool: 50% of SBD post’s payout.
Giving Away All Of The Earnings From Our Dtube Announcment Post
Conducted by @mrviquez. In order to join the contest, you must make a video about how Steem has changed your life or the life of another. We are looking for videos with an artistic twist. It can be a song, a poem or even a time lapse of you painting your story. The sky is the limit for this contest but must be submitted in video form. The contest prize will be high so bring out your best and may the best Steemer win!!!!
Start: 11.01.18
End: 18.01.18
Prize pool: 100% of SBD post’s payout (read the details in the post)
1st: 50% of post payout reward
2nd: 30% of post payout reward
3rd: 20% of post payout reward
Steemit.Chat Contest #12.
Conducted by @firepower. Answer the question: “What is your passion in life, how long have you pursued it, how do you sustain yourself to enable this and stay committed to it over the years?”. The contest will take place in contest channel on Steemit.Chat
Start: 08.01.18
End: 15.01.18
Prize pool: SDB rewards from contest’s post will be shared among 6 winners equally.
Art Explosion #23
Conducted by @juliakponsford. Make some art on the topic of “CONSPIRACY” (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: 08.01.2018
End: 14.01.2018 (03:00PM EST)
Prize pool: 25 STEEM
1st: 8 STEEM
2nd: 5 STEEM
3rd: 4 STEEM
Mentions: 2 STEEM
'Steemit Crush' Contest!
Conducted by @ramengirl. Choose the Steemian you'd really want to meet the most in real life and make a post explaining the reason. You can freely express your words by writing, drawing, Dtube video, Dlive, music and so on.
Start: 11.01.2018
End: 19.01.2018
Most creative Award - 20SBD
Most moving Award - 20SBD
Most humorous Award - 20SBD
Constrained Writing Contest #13
Conducted by @svashta. Write a story with at least 1 speaking animal (see full conditions it the post).
Start day: 07.01.18
End day: 15.01.18
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
Design A Character Contest #4
Conducted by @w0olf. Design the "character" for @steemkitten
Start day: 10.01.18
End day: 15.01.18 (8PM UTC)
Prize pool: 50% of SBD raised on that weeks #designacharacter contest-posts. The winner takes it all.
SKETCH DRAWING CONTEST #3
Conducted by @sparkyez. Make black or ash based sketch. Make a good art without using any other colors.
Start: 03.01.2018
End: 10.01.2018
Prize pool: 2 SBD
1st: 1 SBD
2nd: 0.5 SBD
Mentions: 0.1 SBD x5
Community Art Challenge #1
Conducted by @officialfuzzy. Create a Bright and Inpirational Account Cover Image AND Post Title Image to be used to promote the @EOSGo community posts about all the EOS related telegram channels and activities. Be creative and let your artistic side run free!
Start: 08.01.2018
End: 15.01.2018
Prize pool: 60 BeyondBits (estimated $370 in payouts)
1st:30 BeyondBits (Estimated $41 upvote / $185 USD payout)
2nd: 20 BeyondBits (Estimated $28 upvote / $120 USD payout)
3rd: 10 BeyondBits (Estimated $14 upvote / $65 USD payout)
Caption Contest #15
Conducted by @sanmi. Give an appropriate caption in 10 words, justify your caption in a short paragraph , and stand in a chance to win 5 SBD.
Start: 07.01.2018
End: 14.01.2018
Prize pool: 20 SBD
1st: 5 SBD
2nd: 3 SBD
Mentions: 1 SBD x2
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 #14
Conducted by @topkpop. Make some visual art form you like (Painted, sculpted, sketched, whatever visual form).
Start day: 08.01.18
End day: 12.01.18 (11:59 pm EST)
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: 08.01.18
End: 11.01.18
Prize pool: up to 70 STEEM. Typically 6 users are given resteems and 5 Steem/week for their participation
Steemit Sandwich Contest #23
Conducted by @jaybird. Make a sandwich and share it!
Start: 09.01.2018
End: 15.01.2018
Prize pool: 25 STEEM
1st: 13.75 STEEM
2nd: 7.5 STEEM
3rd: 3.75 STEEM
Caption Contest #10
Conducted by @runicar. Make a caption for @runicar’s artwork and post it in the comments section.
Start: 12.01.2018
End: 19.01.2018
Prize pool: 15 USD
Pixel Art
Conducted by @jonny-clearwater. Make some animated pixel art with any topic.
Start day: 09.01.18
End day: 12.01.18
Prize Pool: 50% of SBD post’s payout. The winner takes it all.
Steemits Got Talent: Week #7
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: 07.01.18
End: 14.01.18
Prize pool: 30 SBD
1st: 15 SBD
2nd: 10 SBD
3rd: 5 SBD
STACH Short Story Contest #17
Conducted by @stach. Write a short story based on the topic “MY TWISTED FANTASY” (no more than 199 words).
Start day: 12.01.18
End day: 19.01.18
Prize Pool: 10 SBD
1st: 5 SBD
2nd: 3 SBD
3rd: 2 SBD
Design a Bookplate
Conducted by @steemitbooks. You need to create a bookplate.
Start day: 09.01.18
End day: 23.01.18
Prize Pool: 1 SBD. The winner takes it all
Steemit Haiku Contest #12
Conducted by @moonleesteem. Test your skill in writing a Haiku (short form of Japanese poetry).
Start day: 08.01.18
End day: 13.01.18 (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
MyPictureDay Challenge #11
Conducted by @timsaid. Let us know how your PhotographyDay looks like! Grab your camera (or mobile phone) and go out, take some shots and share them on Steemit!
Start day: 07.01.18
End day: 14.01.18 (8 PM UTC)
Prize Pool: 35 SBD
1st: 20 SBD
2nd: 10 SBD
3rd: 5 SBD
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)
B&W Photo Contest: Food
Conducted by @daveks.
Start day: 08.01.18
End day: 13.01.18
Prize Pool: 20 STEEM
1st: 10 STEEM
2nd: 5 STEEM
3rd: 3 STEEM
Mentions: 2 STEEM
Beauty of woman's body #04 NSFW: contains erotics
Conducted by @axeman. Bring us your vision of the beauty of the woman and woman's body.
Start day: 08.01.18
End day: 14.01.18
Prize Pool: 4.5 STEEM
1st: 2 STEEM
2nd: 1.5 STEEM
3rd: 1 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 Photo Challenge #60
Conducted by @jamtaylor. The topic f the week is "Human Body".
Start day: 12.01.18
End day: 18.01.18 (04:00 GMT)
Prize pool: 35 SBD
1st: 20 SP
2nd: 10 SP
3rd: 5 SP
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
Crypto Cage Match #2
Conducted @jorlauski. Predict the price of XRP and ETH.
Start day: 10.01.18
End day: 14.01.18 (5pm Pacific Time)
Prize pool: $4.05 SBD
1st: 70% of prize pool
2nd: 20% of prize pool
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
Karaoke: Week 23
Conducted by @killerwhale. Love singing? Record and post it!
Start day: 08.01.18
End day: 15.01.18
Prize pool: 20 SBD
1st: 10 SBD
2nd: 7 SBD
3rd: 3 SBD
STEEMIT RAP CHALLENGE #20
Conducted by @rondonson. Download the instrumental from the post and record a video of yourself rapping over it.
Start day: 07.01.18
End day: 12.01.18 (1:59PM UTC-4:00)
Prize pool: 7 SBD
1st: 4 SBD
2nd: 2 SBD
3rd: 1 SBD
Open Mic Songwriters Challenge Week 8
Conducted by @luzcypher. To enter week 7 you need to write a song that is about or involves the phrase Till We Meet Again.
Start day: 10.01.18
End day: 15.01.18
Prize pool: free electric/acoustic guitar for the winner!
STEEMIT Open Mic #67
Conducted by @luzcypher. Steemit Open Mic is an online, live music venue to give musicians a chance to share their music with the Steemit community and get their music heard. Open Mic is a community of musicians and for this reason entries without some musical instrument being performed will not be considered a valid entry.
Start day: 07.01.18
End day: 12.01.18
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 make a contest by yourself) - feel free to post a link in comments and I’ll update the list.
Best regards,
Artz