#SPILLTHEBEANS CONTEST 2, & WEEK 1 WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

[cinnccf]

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Hello Everyone,

Cinnamon Cup Coffee is delighted to announce that our creative writing contest #SPILLTHEBEANS has been re-vamped.
The first week kicked off with a BANG and was well received. Thank you to everyone who participated.

Please watch this short video to discover the winner of last week's contest:)

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It was a tight contest with some amazing entries that really stood out and raised the bar!
Both Leaky and I were blown away by the creativity and effort that was put into the entries, and we thoroughly enjoyed reading them and found them exciting. Thank you!

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See this week's topic below, with a countdown timer that needs to be observed for the deadline of entries. The entry deadline for posts ends on Wednesday, with the countdown timer at the top and the bottom of this post, guiding you to the cut-off time.

This is a creative writing exercise, therefore you can weave your story however you like, but it MUST revolve around the topic presented.

Have fun peeps!

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about #spillthebeans

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1. Can I Enter?

Answer:

Yes, you can! One entry per person.

Everyone is free to post regular coffee posts in the community at any time. However, if there's a post using the #spillthebeans tag, that is NOT a response to the question, the post will be muted without notice.

N.B. #Spillthebeans entries will not be included in the selection of weekly curated content for #THEGRIND

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2. Why should I participate and what will I gain?

Answer:

• Improve your writing skills
• Be an active community member
• Engage with community members and other authors across Hive.
• A chance to be creative
• A chance that your post might be curated for upvotes
• Best post entry would receive beneficiary rewards from the following week's contest announcement post rewards.

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3. How do I win or what criteria are you looking for?

Answer:

• Clarity and readability
• Creativity of the story
• Originality and personality in the story
• Quality of photos
• Presentation of your post
• Engagement on your post and other authors' posts within the community

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4. How do I know if I am a winner?

Answer:

• There will only be ONE WINNER
• If you are that lucky person, you will receive a banner on your post entry on Monday, notifying you that you won the contest.
• Your post will be highlighted in the topic announcement post, the following week.
• You will receive a 20% beneficiary reward from the new post topic announcement post the following week.
• Your post would have already been upvoted by the community team, commented on by the community team, and curated and upvoted.

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⚠️ 5. How do I qualify for entry and what are the guidelines to follow?

Answer:

• Post to Cinnamon Cup Coffee Community
• Use #spillthebeans as the first tag
• Vote for this post
• Write ONLY on the topic presented
• No less than 250 English Words ONLY
• Post within the Countdown Timer. (No late entries)
• Photos must be of coffee, or coffee shop setting.
• Post title MUST be the topic presented each week.

E.g. "The Magic Coffee Pot" must be your post title this week, and #spillthebeans must be the first tag for your post to qualify.

• Invite at least one other person to enter (optional)
• One entry per person each week.
• Drop a link to your entry in the comments section of this post.
• Adhere to general community rules

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So, without further ado, here's the topic for the week.

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POST TOPIC: "The Magic Coffee Pot"

You are at an antique market and find a magic coffee pot that grants you magical powers whenever you use it. But.. but... BUT!!!! There's a catch. Every once in a while the powers backfire.

Which magical option would you choose and why?

Option 1. The coffee makes you invisible BUT not your clothes or anything else that you might carry, and the Invisibility stops randomly at different amounts of time and without notice.

Option 2. The coffee allows you to read other people's minds for a time BUT sometimes, randomly it also allows others to read your mind and you don't know when it's happening.

Option 3. The coffee allows you to teleport anywhere in the world of your choice for 24 hours, BUT sometimes it misfires and sends you to a completely random place which could be anywhere.

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C'mon, put your creative caps on!

Pick a question, consider all the elements of your story (characters, setting, plot, conflict, resolution), set your tone, and

Just ...

Don't forget! Please take the time to drop a congratulatory message and perhaps a vote or a tip to last week's winner, and here's the story. 🎉

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Comments

[phoenixwren]

Congrats to the winner!

[cinnccf]

Thanks for your support:)))

[lisrl26]

Hurray!!! the second week of competition
Congrats to @jygy89 and to all the participants...including me hahahaha.
Happy start of the week

[jygy89]

Thank you for your sincere congratulations, your entry was great, and that of all the participants.

[lisrl26]

[cinnccf]

Hi @lisrl26 I do hope you'll get to enter.
A BIG congratulations to you also. Your entry was remarkable and it was a really close competition.
Happy Monday, indeed! 😁

[lisrl26]

Count on my participation

[cinnccf]

I'm waiting for you :-)

[creacioneslelys]

@jygy89 congratulations.

[jygy89]

Thank you, have a great day.

[leaky20]

Good luck in round two peeps.
Bring us more of the good stuff, like last time.

[cinnccf]

Yesh Pleash!
I am waiting...

[creacioneslelys]

Hello everyone.

Very interesting topic of the week. I hope to come up with some story with any of these three options.

Thanks for encouraging this kind of dynamics.

[cinnccf]

Yes, I was very pleased last week, and I'm looking forward to the entries this week :-)

[creacioneslelys]

[cinnccf]

😉

[yosoyada]

Hi guys ready for this new installment 😃 excellent posts very creative and entertaining, congratulations to the winner @jygy89 🥳🥳🥳🥳.

[cinnccf]

Thanks for supporting this @yosoyada
I do hope that you'll get to participate:)

[yosoyada]

😉

[funshee]

A big congratulations to you @jygy89 for your amazing entry and to all of us who made some cool entries as well.

These are set of interesting options about the magic coffee pot let me go and put my writing cap on.

[cinnccf]

Thanks for supporting the initiative.
It would be nice if you get the chance to share your story:)

[wendyth16]

Congratulations to the winner, this is a great writing @jygy89
I am going to prepare my entry to the contest 2

[cinnccf]

We are looking forward to your entry:)

[jygy89]

Wao, that's very kind of you to say so, it means a lot, I'm glad you are encouraged to participate in the second contest, many successes.

[fabian98]

My sincere congratulations to the winner, this was a close one as there were very good entries.

This time I will participate haha, I will not stay watching how others advance while I stay on the shore.

[cinnccf]

It would be nice if you get to join in:)

[jygy89]

Thank you, I'm sure you will do a very good job, have a lot of success.

[yenmendt]

Hahahahaha you guys do invent! it makes me laugh to think about what I will write and the funny stories of others, Ok so let's get to work!😄☕️

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER!

[cinnccf]

The questions and the first entry so far, have made me laugh too.
This could be as funny and as creative as one could be.
I do hope you will get to join in:)

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[cinnccf]

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IMPORTANT NOTICE ALL

Please see the guidelines.
For this creative writing Contest, ONLY ENGLISH MUST be presented. You can use your translator, but it should not be included in your post.
Please read the guidelines carefully.

Please see messages from the Judges, in this post, advising that both only read and speak English.

This language rule is specifically for all contest entries.

Any post that has dual language will be muted without notification, simply because the contest is time-sensitive, and judges will not be able to notify each participant to edit a post, as following the guidelines is a pre-requisite for a valid entry.

Dual language posts prompt other authors to comment on your post in their native language.
Please note that engagement on your post counts, but ONLY if judges (community team) are able to comprehend what is written.

Thank you for your understanding.

[eollarvesm]

Congratulations to winner @jygy89, see you in the next contest, best of luck to all. 😉👍☕

[cinnccf]

I hope you get to participate. Your last entry was awesome :-)

[lordtimoty]

What a fabulous initiative for this community. Looking forward to getting my creative coffee on!

[lordtimoty]

And I'm off! I enjoyed this prompt, thanks again to the community organisers for getting it off the ground. Appreciated the chance to be creative!

[cinnccf]

Thanks, @lordtimoty!
When you get the chance, please add the link to your post entry here in the comments. It will be easier to gather all posts for final judging. Thank you:)

[reidenling90]

Congratulations to the winner. Those coffee really makes me hunger for more coffee 🤩🤩. Keep it up the good coffee and keep rocking 👍🏻👍🏻

[millycf1976]

Thanks for your support:)

[reidenling90]

Don't mentioned ☺️☺️

[millycf1976]

😊

[uop]

Hey ☺️ good to see the other contest and this time you will receive my entry at time and soon. It is a really exciting contest.

Question: Can I not put the whole question in my publication given in this post?

Because it is necessary to understand for the reader what are the options and what I have chosen.

I want some guidance so please guide me accordingly so that I can publish my post soon.

[cinnccf]

@uop

I trust this will give you all the clarity needed.

• Select option 1, option 2, or option 3.
• Focus your story only on the option that you have selected.
• There should be no need to include the questions in your story as it's a creative writing exercise and we should immediately detect the option you are responding to clearly in your story. However, you are free to add the question if you deem it necessary, or just state the option before you begin the story.
• You can add a link to the original post, giving readers the choice to refer to the link.
• 250 words or more should show your creativity, NOT the question presented since the question is 140 words long.

We hope you do get to participate, and we look forward to seeing your entry:))

[yenmendt]

I already published my post, I hope you like it, and I look forward to everyone's next posts, I'm very curious to enjoy reading and commenting on them!

https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@yenmendt/my-choice-of-coffee-is

[cinnccf]

@yenmendt thanks for your reply. However, please take a look at the guidelines once more and edit your post title to be the topic of the week. Please see that the title changes every week. This week the title should be: "The Magic Coffee Pot"
Thank you.

[yenmendt]

Thanks a thousand! after posting and re-reading I realized, I corrected it right away but my internet connection was not in my favor and I had to wait and wait, I hope, now it's ok!

[cinnccf]

No, the post title itself should be changed, not just the caption on the photo.
Thanks!

[yenmendt]

I'm already blushing with shame, a thousand apologies, how did I not notice it before!🤦‍♀

[cinnccf]

Ok, thanks for the update!

[yenmendt]

Thanks to you!😘☕️

[wendyth16]

My entry https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@wendyth16/the-magic-coffee-pot

[cinnccf]

Thanks for participating:)

[lisrl26]

Greetings dear colleagues of colmena, here I share with you my participation in the contest, I hope you like it.

https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@lisrl26/the-magic-coffee-pot

[cinnccf]

Thanks for your entry @lisrl26 :-)
colmena?

[lisrl26]

It is a pleasure for me 😍

[cinnccf]

[davidpena21]

Greetings friends, here my participation https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@davidpena21/the-magic-coffee-pot

[cinnccf]

Thank you very much for your entry:)

[davidpena21]

Thank you, greetings.

[susurrodmisterio]

Greetings dear friends coffee lovers, here I leave my participation, I really liked the themes of this contest. https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@susurrodmisterio/the-magic-coffee-pot-contest

[cinnccf]

Thank you very much for your entry:)

[eollarvesm]

Hello, my dear friends of this great coffee community, here is my participation in this excellent contest. https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@eollarvesm/iwbiromp

[cinnccf]

Thanks again for your entry:)

[crisch23]

This is my participation

https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@crisch23/the-magic-coffee-pot

[cinnccf]

THanks again for your entry:)

[crisch23]

And I will try to attend all of them, because I like the community, but as I say to many of my friends in hive, it motivates us to create, to dream, to write and if we do it weekly it will help us to grow a lot, thank you for these initiatives.

[cinnccf]

It's a great way to develop your writing skills for sure.
Looking forward to seeing you in the future contests and around the community in general:)

[crisch23]

👍💪🤪💃💃💃💃

[cinnccf]

😁

[actioncats]

My entry

https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@actioncats/the-magic-coffee-pot-and

[cinnccf]

Thanks again for your entry:)

[fabian98]

My entry :D

https://hive.blog/hive-152524/@fabian98/the-magic-coffee-pot

[cinnccf]

Thanks for your ntry:)

[creacioneslelys]

My entry 🙋

☕ https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@creacioneslelys/the-magic-coffee-pot

[cinnccf]

Thanks for your entry:)

[ungranulises]

Hello friends and coffee lovers, it's my first time here, here of my history with a magic coffee Pot....

https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@ungranulises/themagiccoffeepot

[cinnccf]

Thanks for your entry:)

[ettydiallova]

Congratulations for all the Winners 🔥