It looks like Steemit was under attack last night and the site was down.
See this blog
As far as the contest goes, we have part two coming. The most votes on a comment here on this post. It looks like a tie, but steemit is down. Not sure if what I am seeing is correct. As soon as Steemit is up and I "Steemd.com" is working again I will award a prize (prizes?) for the contest.
Hopefully later today.