Contest, at last...
I have been working on finding a way to get more people involved here on SteemIt inside of my Posts, wondering what I might be able to do different, and really just been thinking about a way to start up a contest.
My wife and I went over to "Sprouts" it is a grocery store my wife loves to go to. She was looking to get a couple items today to make dinner, and I do love the little bags they have of the Lemon Snaps, Ginger Snaps etc, they have a good variety of flavors. Well, I stumbled upon this bag and I just had to pick it up.
I took it home and like most times the bag for me is gone in one sitting. Don't worry I will still be 130 pounds tomorrow even after eating the whole bag alone. That aside as I was eating the cute little Gingerbread Man cookies, I thought I would make a cool post, I figured it would be fun and attempt to be creative at the same time.
It really did take 4 of them to hold up the phone. I was just thinking of ways to raise SteemIt.
So while thinking of how to start that post and create a story from the little guys as I ate them, I came up with a brilliant idea, more of a contest.
Things needed for this contest
Gingerbread Man
SteemIt Logo
Official contest rules
- By entering, you are giving me full permission to use your entry however I see fit.
- Please keep all photography safe for children and G-rated, but feel free to have some fun and get creative.
- Your picture should be free of any thing that is generally considered to be inappropriate for small children.
- Your picture needs to include a Gingerbread Man.
- It must also have a SteemIt Logo.
- You have until Midnight (PST) on Wednesday night to enter your picture.
- The judge will be my wife @wander-woman.
- Though you are more than welcome to make a post out of your entry, your entry picture must be submitted to the contest by replying to this post. Any attempt at entering that is not in a reply below by Midnight (PST) Wednesday 12/21/2016 will not be valid.
Other thing to consider
- All comments or replies to a picture may be taken into consideration.
- Number of votes on a picture will not affect the outcome, since these can be placed by bots.
- A title or sentence to go with the picture so others might know what you were thinking when it was created.
- Being that it is my wife who is the judge there really is no way to know what she will be looking for, so good luck and have fun.
Amount that can be won
Based on the current amount of SBD I do have I will set the prizes low unfortunately. Since I have enough SBD to cover these amounts here is what the prizes will be, unless someone else wishes to add to the pot. So far that means there is 1.75 SBD that can be won.
**Edit plus 10 SBD from @papa-pepper which he has transferred to me, updated the prizes as well.
Thanks for an increase in the prize from @papa-pepper
| Place | From Me | From @papa-pepper | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st place | 1 SBD | 5 SBD | 6 SBD |
| 2nd place | .5 SBD | 3 SBD | 3.5 SBD |
| 3rd place | .25 SBD | 2 SBD | 2.25 SBD |
Based on the success of this post I plan to have another contest, and I hope that in time I can begin to increase the amounts of these payouts. I set this post with a 50/50 payout in hopes I can keep this competition on going in the future.
In conclusion
- Let's have fun!
- Let's be creative!
All of the above images I took with a Nikon 5100.
Thanks to SteemVerify.com and @elyaque
Thanks to @papa-pepper for the last gif.
I have entered!!! Here is my gingerbread man with steemit logo!! He's the guitar player in a band you know..
Steem Theatre!!
I did a supporting post here
Cheers @smysullivan for the cool contest and @papa-pepper for reminding me to enter!
Sure, I remind you to enter... and you beat me!
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy...
Congrats BOOM!
Cheers dude!! I wouldn't have entered at all if it wasn't for you! Your a credit to this platform with your untiring work here!!
Speaking of untiring...
It's 1:30am here... G'night!
That's a time difference right there I am just getting up at 7.30! Goodnight!
Okay, this one was hard one for me because everyone who participated did such a good job, I picked this one as first place. The reason why I picked this one as first place because the steemit apron. The guitar was crafty designed and the Marshall boom box brought a 50's feeling to the table. My husband @smysullivan has been trying to get me so badly into this, now I can finally put my big toe in the door, haha. Congratulations on your impeccable design and creative thinking. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Wayhay!!! Thank you!! I have no idea what possessed me to make my gingerbread some kind of rawk guitarist but once I started I knew I was on the right track!! Thank you again and welcome to steemit!!
Wow great entry thanks for joining.
Thank you for the contest!
Look who we found asleep under the Christmas tree dreaming of STEEM!
Just to make sure you knew it was a real gingerbread man, we pulled back the covers for a full body shot.
Thankfully, we did not wake him up, so he died in his sleep.
Promotional Post linked here:
https://steemit.com/christmas/@papa-pepper/i-dream-of-steem-and-this-great-food-photo-just-might-win-me-some-more
I know that my husband @smysullivan has been trying so desperately to get involved into steemit, so I am going to steem away now. Now I know there was a contest and I looked at the three contestant pics of their cute and very creative ways a gingerbread man can pose, and I found this one to be my second favorite. I loved this one as second because for one, have you ever seen a gingerbread man sleeping? I mean they are usually up and around and having fun and I just thought this idea was close to my heart since I also love sleeping around the holidays, especially around the holidays. Hehe, congratulations and a Merry Christmas to you and your family. Happy New Year!
Thanks, I'm glad you some options to pick from!
Great post, thank you so far you have the only entry.
Oh man!!! No good, @wander-woman won't have much work to do!
Papa will donate 10 SBD more to you for this contest!
5 for first place, 3 for second, and 2 for third!
I will transfer the SD to you now and you can apply it to the contest!
Not any $ laying around for these luxuries for me right now after this accident.
But that is super awesome of you to help out! As always lol
Thanks Barry, it's nice that you can still watch the show!
papa is so good!
Thanks!
Great thank you for the support Will edit the post in a minute and inclued it in the numbers.
No problem, but does that mean that I can't win now? LOL!
haha!! I LOOOOOVE gingerbread soooo much! LOOVE!
I eat them head first.... less painful, more humane.
Well, I would say no, it just helps cause now the prizes are high enough it might actually draw some people into the contest. Thank you, now I had to set up a grid with markdown and updated the totals, thank you for the support.
Then I should probably still enter!
I would say so. Like I said the wife will be judging not me, so she will not be swayed by the donations.
proof-of-contest-funding-transfer
I may have to enter this before tonight
No problem and thank you for the support.
Sounds, good, I hope others do, or I might have to extend the deadline.
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Thank you!
What fun! I just locked up all my SBD and STEEM in savings. It's earmarked for #payitfoward BUT 6 SBD was part of my personal slush fund. Let me see what my next post payout will be, but I'd like to donate at least 5 SBD to your prize pool...with a twist, perhaps? I would love to see ALL ENTRIES entered in a randomizer for a bonus chance at winning it. Would you be all right with that? I don't want to step on toes.
And this may be my next art project! YAY!
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I could look into a randomizer, I think that could be done. I do really mind, I just wanted to set up a contest and have fun, so that would be an added incentive that one random entry would receive X SBD from you, you could set it up or transfer the funds like @papa-pepper did, I just thought starting the contest would be fun. I was also surprised by his choice to add to the pot the way he did, I hope it turns out to be lots of entries. Best of all I have no idea what ones my wife is going to like, or be looking for so it should be a great surprise to us all.
Contests are definitely fun but from my own personal experience in hosting them, they're often frustrating because not a lot of people join. Even the open mic challenge took WEEKS of consistency before they started to get a good amount of entries. I use random.org. If it would be easier, I can do that portion of the prize pool. :)
Sure that would defiantly work, and you could do it kind of like @papa-peppers Wild Card to the selected entry that would make it rather cool.
YEAH!
I'll have to make a cool gif like his... Unfortunately I don't have a cool mohawk or spiked hair. LOL I may have to scroll through Face-in-Hole for something fun. :D
Sounds good, I cant wait to see the pics start showing up
You are awesome @merej99 !! - as usual.
Not any $ laying around for these luxuries for me right now after this accident but like I have said I loooooooove me some gingerbread! A LOT!
lol
UV and RS for you. I hope it helps a bit!!
I am a day late --- you know what I am dealing with, I cannot really get out much due to my injuries but TY for thinking of me!
I wish I would have known y-day when I was able to go get my groceries,
.......you have NO IDEA HOW MUCH I LOVE GINGERBREAD BRO!
LOL!!!! LOOOOOOOVE it.
Not any $ laying around for these luxuries for me right now after this accident.
Great idea, and good helps by everyone!
Thank you, my wife hates me getting those bags, they are gone same day, and she does not eat them.
Just to clarify, I need to take a picture of at least one gingerbread man with a steemit logo and write a poem about it to enter, and I still have just over one day to enter, right?
Just the Gingerbread Man and the SteemIt Logo. no poem needed.
Oh, the rules mentioned a poem.... Perhaps they were copied from somewhere!
Thanks, I've got the man, need the logo and then time for the photo.
End tomorrow night, right?
LOL, yeah I copied your rules, and thought I fixed them all, will update it now. Thanks for catching that. Yes tomorrow night. Might extend it if no one enters but lets see.
I thought that you might have, great idea!
Ok, I plan on entering... maybe I'll do it right away in the am and post about it as a promo!
Sweet, I that might help get others involved.
I think so, plus, I will need some competition as I try to win my money back!