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Do you want to win 2 SBD for 30 seconds of work?
You're on Steemit so you probably enjoy the many contests. There are TONS of great contests on Steemit, producing some great (often little-noticed) content. Lots of poetry and writing competitions, too. Follow @moneyinfant to hear about all of them, including this one!
If I had more time, I'd enter all these contests. Instead, I started my own! If you have 30 seconds to spare and you can write 17 syllables, you can win 2 SBD, author rewards, and some free publicity.
Read below for more about the contest instructions, how to participate, awards, how I'll select a winner, and how you can contribute.
Contest Instructions
Write a haiku that includes a color. Any color.
This must be a one-stanza, traditional 5-7-5 haiku like the ones described here: http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm . Here’s an example:
You may submit multiple haikus, but you need to make each haiku its own reply. Each one will be considered a separate entry.
(HINT - if you've created a haiku for a previous contest, and that haiku includes a color or refers to a color...use it!)
How to Participate
- Reply below with your haiku. Deadine: 11:59 pm UTC, March 23, 2018.
- Upvote this post. Deadline: 11:59 pm UTC, March 23, 2018.
That's it! But...
You should also resteem this post to increase the winner's prize and give yourself some free exposure! You can participate without resteeming -- I don't give preference -- but if you do resteem, it only helps you.
Also, post your entry on your own blog! Mention @vdux and I'll give you an upvote and resteem your post.
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Awards
Winner gets:
- 2 SBD
- Half of this post's author awards
- One free "shout-out" for winning
- One free resteem from me for any of the winner's posts. (You choose the post. There's no time limit but I reserve the right to refuse resteem any post I consider offensive or indecent -- I'll simply ask you for a different, non-offensive post.)
One runner-up gets:
- One free "shout-out" for winning
- One free resteem from me for any of the winner's posts. (You choose the post. There's no time limit but I reserve the right to refuse to resteem any post I consider offensive or indecent -- I'll simply ask you for a different, non-offensive post.)
(For examples of shout-outs, read the shout-outs for my most recent contest: Congrats to @Millennialnow and Congratulations to Yahia Lababidi.)
How I Will Select the Winner
Within 2 days after the deadline, I will read all entries and choose a winner and runner-up. While I'll take upvotes into consideration, my selection will reflect my personal preference based on the entries you submit. So far, it's been very, very close call with lots of great entries to choose from. Feel free to reuse a haiku from the past and write as many as you want.
I run this haiku contest regularly so if yours doesn't win, try again next time.
Awesome job everybody who entered my previous contests. Read their haikus:
VDux Contest #3 -- Win 2 SBD, Upvotes, and More for Writing 17 Syllables About…
VDux's Contest #2! Win 2 SBD, Free Upvotes, and More for Writing 17 Syllables
Contest! Win 2 SBD, Free Upvotes, and More for Writing 17 Syllables
Suggest a Theme
Do you have a topic or theme you want me to use for a future contest? I'm collecting ideas.
Reply to Suggest a Haiku Theme? and I'll add yours to the list. @acousticsteveo gave me "soup" which I used for the most recent contest.
Feel the Haiku!!!
Steem Dollars are red
Steem is just sizzling white smoke
Bear market is here
Oh I see what you did there. Green is coming soon!
Thank you for your haiku! Here's the winner announcement: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
winter is over
start coloring outside lines
to live a little
Yes! Please! Thank you for your entry!
Thank you for your haiku! Here's the winner announcement: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
Part of the beach
Where you can see the sunset
The sky turns orange
Nice! Can I change "Area" to "Part" so your entry fits the rules?
Sure thing
Thank you for your haiku! Here's the winner announcement: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
https://steemit.com/haiku/@felicitas/haiku-writing-contest-my-entry
Red flowers today
Happy to hold them softly
Given secretly
Ah, a secret admirer? I'm jealous! Thank you for entering my contest!
ur welcome
You are runner up! Read the winner announcement for more: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
Her pillow is red. 🎟️
She liked to stay in her bed 🛌
With books she had read . 📚
Nice. And it rhymes!
Thank you for your haiku! Here's the winner announcement: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
A symbolic hue
As love, rage, warmth and courage
Red is beautiful
Passion, fire, blood...
Great entry. Thank you!
Thank you for your haiku! Here's the winner announcement: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
Here is my entry to the competition:
https://steemit.com/haiku/@mysecondself01/vdux-haiku-contest-4-gold-to-green
That's one good-looking cat. Helping you garden?
Always! That's her job! :-)
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Violets are blue
My love for you remains true
But I’m not your hue
Clever! Thank you for another great entry.
Thank you for your haiku! Here's the winner announcement: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
When I think of March
Pisces and Aries compete
Aqua verses Red
Two colors! Upping the ante?
Lol. For sure. 😎
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Dreaming of the Other Side
Greener over there.
Tastier too, it must be.
Now, how to get there...
https://steemit.com/haiku/@viking-ventures/dreaming-of-the-other-side-haiku-for-vdux-s-contest
(I tagged you too... and feel free to come over and enter my limerick contest!)
Mmmm, the multi-talented @viking-ventures :))
Thank you for reminding me to check out VDux's contest! I enjoyed participating in the previous one.
Note: the picture is mine too.
@viking-ventures - You're welcome. Hopefully, the cows are too!?
The cows were not mine, unfortunately. But they seemed friendly enough.
Great! I didn't see the limerick contest -- can you paste the link here?
https://steemit.com/contest/@viking-ventures/st-patrick-s-day-limerick-contest
Great! I'll have to enter!
Thank you for your haiku! Here's the winner announcement: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
Lucky you - I did two. :-)
This one's called:
Spring is Delayed
Spring should be most green
No more of this snowy white!
We are feeling blue.
https://steemit.com/haiku/@viking-ventures/spring-is-delayed-haiku-for-vdux-s-contest
Two is good! Keep 'em coming!
Pleiades
In mixed hues of blue
Astral bodies gleam on high
Seven Sisters dance
https://steemit.com/vdux/@puppetmaster1111/vdux-haiku-contest
Brilliant.
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The sun waves goodbye
Its beauty covers the sky
Pleasing in the eyes
Nice, really nice. Great entry. Thank you!
Thank you for your haiku! Here's the winner announcement: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
Hey @VDux, thanks for hosting this contest! I thought to myself; why just pick one colour, when I can choose white and cover the entire spectrum...
Forever After
Pearlescent white ring
crowning familiar finger,
the bells chime for thee
https://steemit.com/haiku/@lazarus-wist/forever-after-a-visual-haiku-for-vdux-s-haiku-contest
Great image, great haiku. Nice!
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She smiles for them
Strangers behind the flashbulbs
A bright, white facade
You won! https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
Great entry!
Blue my sentiment
Black my cold endless despair
Buried under smiles
Alliterative and tragic...
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a cold spring morning
warm cup of Joe to wake up
black nectar of gods
(honestly I think this is way too long for a haiku. Could I persuade you to adopt 3/5/3 for future contests?)
3/5/3? Maybe!
For now I'd like to keep the 5-7-5. I keep the format uniform so everybody has to follow the same rules. Fairness + challenge of staying within the confines of the template.
Do you want to do a joint 3/5/3 contest with me?
Thank you for your haiku! Here's the winner announcement: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
Hello everyone.
This is my colourful entry to this contest.
He lifts her with grace
Her dress sways in the night wind
A bright splash of red
Thank you! I love that you used a picture. Can you revise to fit the traditional 5-7-5 format?
Like the ones described here: http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm .
The haiku has been revised.
Thanks for bringing this to my knowledge.
I neglected checking the syllable structure of adorned, when I was writing it.
Still six syllables in the first line...
(Stickler? Maybe...I use the traditional haiku format so all contestants have the same rules/restrictions)
The final revision had been done.
This contest had taught me the importance of checking my words before publishing.
Thanks a lot.
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Thank you for your haiku! Here's the winner announcement: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
Congratulations to all the winners.
I can't wait for the next round.
My contest entry:
https://steemit.com/vdux/@rlt47/vdux-haiku-contest-great-white-shark
Grey with white beneath,
Beware my razor sharp teeth,
Glide in deep blue sheath.
Another one!
haiku haiku my entry
Red tough challenges
The green horn steemian muse
Earn like the blue whale 🐳
Three colors in one haiku. Great work!
My entry for contest:
https://steemit.com/vdux/@rlt47/vdux-haiku-contest-rainbow
From red to violet,
Seven colours end to end,
All nice in a bend
I love how you write your haikus. They're simple, loose, and straight to the point.
@jacksondavies - I think it's my lack of experience counting in my favour, lol!
With only 50+ haikus written, I don't think I have much experience there either.
I think it's your style thing through.
I hadn't even heard of a Haiku until I spotted this contest, I can safely say I've done 3 haiku's including today's one. I just said to myself this looks like fun, and it is!
Wow. It seems like you have a talent for haikus.
That's one thing I love about haikus; you don't have to be a genius to craft quality pieces.
I've been at it for a while, slacking here and there, but these contests are making me sit up.
Rainbow!!! Bonus for the rhyme.
This one earned you a runner-up victory! Read on: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
@vdux - Wow! This is amazing, thank-you so much!
Another haiku...:)
https://steemit.com/vdux/@rlt47/vdux-haiku-contest-leprechaun
Green chap from Eire told!
Never seen since days of old,
Could have gone with gold.
Dominating.
My Entry to contest:
https://steemit.com/vdux/@rlt47/vdux-haiku-contest-4-green-grass
I am very green
My blade slender and juicy
I will feed many
Another riddle. Cool! Keep 'em coming!
Entry in contest :)
https://steemit.com/vdux/@rlt47/vdux-haiku-contest-white-light-spectrum
Red, orange, yellow!
Green, blue, violet, indigo!
White lights' spectrum glow!
Haiku machine!
Entry in contest:
https://steemit.com/vdux/@rlt47/vdux-haiku-contest-rubik-s-cube
Blue, white, red - in fist,
Yellow, orange, green - flick wrist!
Cube done - final twist!
Let's see, I have Haiku for this one one too! This one's just for fun!
Red blue green - plug in!
Yellow orange white - mad spin!
Old record - in bin!
Quick wit might win!
Hha! - It's a pity Haiku's don't have 4 lines, I might have done something with that line :)
Hi. thanks friend. Every time I see something that I do not know, I recognize that I only know that I do not know anything. This type of poetry caused in me a dance of words that dynamically conjugated with emotions. Already participate Thank you
My emotions are brown
Seeing steem dollars going down
But i cant hold it back.
Hey! Thanks. Steem will come back! Give it a year or two.
Can you please revise your haiku to fit the 5-7-5 format? Like the ones described here: http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm.
All entries have to have that format.
Bitcoin color gold
Magical internet money
WiFi-ing in the wind
Nothing like bitcoin magic. Can you tweak this haiku to fit the traditional 5-7-5 format? Like the ones described here: http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm.
All entries have to have that format.
Ok got it! Funnily I’ve been living in japan for 11 years ! Thanks here is my new entry!
Nice! I'll toast to that. PS snowstorm where I am :-/
Same happened here suddenly too :\
Yuck.
Thank you for your haiku! Here's the winner announcement: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/2bwufc-vdux-haiku-contest-winners
@moneyinfant has added your contest to the list Steemit Writing Contests: Issue #51. The list is updated on a daily basis and your contest will remain on the list until its expiration - there's nothing you need to do.
The list was created to save writers the excessive amount of time spent searching through the #contest tag for writing contests. Now they can just come to the list each day, see new contests and use their time doing what they love - writing.
If you'd like to help spread the word about the Steemit Writing Contest List I'd really appreciate a resteem, but it certainly isn't necessary. The project is simply meant to help writers save time and contest creators attract more contestants.
P.S. If you know of any contests I've missed I'd love to hear about them. Thanks!
pitch black is universe
my optimism is white.
all I see is grey.
I'm afraid this came in a little late. Try again next time!
Here is My entry in This contest
Thanks@vdux
I think this came a little late. Sorry! I'll open another contest soon.
Alright.. No problem.thank you