So you wanna win SBD for getting involved in a really fun contest?
Welcome to #veganwednesday! If you wanna win, you've gotta impress this little cutie (I mean the pup guys, come'on! (But, me too! π)
Here's the deal about last week- I was really disappointed to find that the changes to the voting structure didn't work. I was shown how bots can manipulate the system so, we're back to square one and that means I've gotta try something else round here!
Since I'm the host and I felt there was some bot-ing at play last week, I called in my brother to help me choose the winner to make sure it was fair!
CHANGES TO WINNING STRUCTURE!
- HOW WINNERS ARE CHOSEN IS BACK TO ME AGAIN!
- I'll be working on an idea to sort this whole judgment day thing out but until then, let's try to do the last thing (UPVOTE WHO YOU THINK SHOULD WIN) to help me with the grand decision!
STEP 1:
- Comment on MY post YOUR ENTRY
STEP 2: (optional but beneficial!)
- Share MY POST with your friends and have them upvote YOUR COMMENT! (Resteem not necessary!)
BONUS:
- If they upvote the post, the payout increases, therefore the prize pool increases as well!
Back to basics:
It's simple! Everyone can enter! Everyone can have a chance to win! However, you have to play by the rules and put some time and effort in- show your heart a bit!
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If you're new here and haven't heard of our #veganwednesday challenge yet well then come on in, we're happy to have you here! There have been a few tweaks along the way so please read the rules when entering (don't worry- it's all easy and fun!)
Creating this contest for me, is a huge piece of my heart. I love food, healing and sharing inspiration and adapting my diet truly changed my life! It's wonderful to have you here, submitting pieces of your heart to me and sharing this with the world! I love it and am so happy I started this and am hoping it only continues to grow <3
My intent is to bring awareness, conversation and relationship over the concept of veganism/plant-based foods... whether or not you are vegan does not matter! You can enter anyway!
IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A RECIPE!
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How Winning Works: CHANGES STARTING THIS WEEK!
(Total Post Value After Pay Out)
30% to 1st place
20 % to a second place
10 % to third place!
Bonuses will be given when you pull at my heart strings!
Entries will be commented on the announcement posts: HELP ME BY CHOOSING WHO YOU WANT TO WIN BY UPVOTING YOUR FAV'S! :)
PLEASE remember, if you don't put your link on this post, I may not find it! Also, now you need to include it here to have it get voted on to win! So please don't forget this part!
Also, another reminder to please mention this contest in your post!... I am wanting other vegans/plant-based/foodies/interested Steemians to be able to find where we have our fun! The word is spreading and we are growing! It makes me so happy to have this community become larger and closer each week!
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Rules of the game:
I am notchyourmotha! I'm not here to tell you what or what not to eat but my contest, my rules so your entry must be vegan/plant-based ie: nothing can come from an animal!
As my loving and open rules state- you, yourself do not need to be vegan to enter this contest but your post does have to be! That means if it's a recipe please be sure to remember that animal products are not vegan! If you need help, feel free to comment and ask me!
What day can I enter?
- Any day of the week!
- Cut off per week is Mondays, 12 UTC. Anything past this time will be counted towards the following week!
- Winners will be announced Wednesdays after post pay out for the past week!
- Post new entries on winners announcement!
What's love got to do with it?
Please mention this contest in your post! I am trying to get a friendly community together here with similar interests so the more people who can find us, the more we can grow, the more we can learn, the more we can love! If you meet someone vegan-licious or plant-based-tastic, invite them to join in! The more the veggier!
How to participate:
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- Post what vegan means to you! This could be anything from vegan approved recipes (no animal products) to poems, to reviews... basically I am looking for vegan related content at your discretion (must be animal friendly!)
- Tag it within #veganwednesday. If you do not tag it in #veganwednesday, sadly it can't count!
- Mention the contest in your post to promote vegan love across Steemitland!
- Post your entry on each week's update (this post will serve as this week's, so post your submissions here!) Share the post with your friends and have them vote on your comment to win!
- Only positive posts will be considered. This isn't a war for animal rights or a call out to tell people how to live! It's a loving, caring, sharing invitation to get to know each other and support our community!
I will create a post announcing the winner each week along with any deserved mentions as to help foster a strong community bond for those of us who are trying to share our messages, love and inspiration with the world!
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WINNER, WINNER (No Chicken Dinner!)
WEEK 12: My Brother Comes to the Rescue!
As I said earlier, my changes to the voting system didn't work out so my brother came in to save the day!
1st Place= 9 SBD (for the beautifully presented food that made us all hungry!)
@lenasveganliving
Falafel
2nd= 2.50 SBD (two recipes to bring to your next dinner party!)
@plantstoplanks
2 Vegan Dips
3rd= 2.50 SBD (a funny story accompanying some vegan dinner for his wife!)
@handofzara
Vegan Chicken Salad
Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry this week!
This contest is a way to bring the vegan/plant-based community together and show others what is possible through inspiration! You are all filling my heart up every week! Thank you for helping me share this knowledge and inspiration!
If you or anyone you know would like to sponsor a weekly prize, give me a shout over in Discord or Steemit.chat, the vegan community would be mighty grateful to have some more incentive to reward our lovely authors for their time!
I encourage you all to connect with each other if you feel drawn to- let's make this group a loving, supportive, engaging community to call home!
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Week 13 STARTS NOW! Don't forget to post your entries here so we don't miss them!
I hope this challenge inspires you to consider new options in your diets and serves to help us connect to each other! Please engage with me here in the comments, on steemit.chat or in Discord! I am so excited to continue this initiative and can't wait to meet new friends and see your posts!
XO,
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Aww, I'm glad you had some help again! Sorry the other method didn't quite work out. Maybe you could try something like Lena has done and have the winners from the previous week help judge? That way you know it would spread the love and not have the same people every week? Just a thought to try to help you out. Whatever it takes to keep it going and keep spreading the love! And of course thank you for picking my dips, and congrats to the other fantastic winners!
I am glad that you like Fruits and Veggies Dear @plantstoplanks method, but I cam take the credit for it. It was my Dear friend's @dswigle idea. She is a very smart cookie, lol. However, I would love to have you as a judge someday, because I know you would be a great one π πππΏπππ
Ooh that @dswigle is definitely a great gal! I only see it from my end, but it seems to work really well. If the size of your contest is any indication Lena, everyone else seems to agree! π
Let's switch it over to your model @lenasveganliving! Would you mind choosing the winners this week? <3 I can do it if you can't but if you can't this week, we can change it to this way for the following week :)
Yes! I was just checking into that! I think we should switch over to that method come the following week unless I can convince @lenasveganliving to take it over this week :)
Thanks for the advice and all of the great entries! <3
How could I say no to you and VEGAN WEDNESDAY my Dear @heart-to-heart? Even though I am busy with FAV, I should have some extra time to choose the winners for you. Please contact me via my Blog https://lenanovak.wixsite.com/vegan-living/contact π πππΏπππ
i was GOING to say when i read that original idea that judging on upvotes get really scammy and hard to deal with.. Im glad you're back to manual drive!
I'd like to offer my support for you and this competition.. im happy to help you judge/ choose / curate winners.. as you know i LOVE supporting veganism, and i LOVE and appreciate good cooking.. Happy to do for fun, no need for rewards etc .. also we could do an ecoTrain QOTW one time where we all participate and big this up to help bring in a few new eyes.. I think many of us ecoTrainers are vegan lovers!
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Congrats on the falafel @lenasveganliving .. as a falafel expert i can say that your falafel looks totally amazing!!
I hope @heart-to-heart will accept your offer @eco-alex and thank you again π πππΏπππ
Awwww so sad that scamming has to happen :'( I don't even understand all of that botty stuff so I didn't even know wahhh.
Thank you so much for offering to help Alex that is so sweet of you! I think the girls offered up a great suggestion to have the winner each week judge the following so I think I'm going to try that route which I hope will also foster the community knitness, let's see ;)
If you want to collaborate together with a question or something else, I would love to do that! Let me know or we can chat somewhere else :)
It's great to hear from you, thanks for the support- let's spread this vegan message as loud as we can <3
oh yeah,, nice idea .. i didn't spot that!
I'll have to WIn to help then! gonna be a tough challenge looking at the entries ;-)
yep im shouting (resteemed!)
Hahaha oh yes please enter that would be amazing! I love your cooking... I'm hungry just anticipating <3 Thanks for your support Alex :)
Oh yes @eco-alex, you definitely must enter!!!
My new entry for this week Sweetie π πππΏπππ
https://steemit.com/veganwednesday/@lenasveganliving/pizza-delizioso
Submitting my vegan smoothie for this week's contest!
https://steemit.com/food/@thecuteitalian/my-go-to-protein-smoothie
Super thank you for your entry @thecuteitalian it's great to have you here :)
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!!!
Awwwwwwww, Sweetie, I am so grateful for the 1st PRIZE, but I know how hard it is to chose the winners. If you have a moment, check the #fruitsandveggiesmonday winners announcement and you will see what we have to deal with, lol. Contest are hard work, but it;s all worth it, because we are raising awareness for the higher good.
So thank you so much, you know how much I love you and I wish you all the best. Keep up the great job my Dear @heart-to-heart π πππΏπππ
ur falafels look like heaven..and im a falafel Freak! well deserved win, congrats lena's!
Thank you so much @eco-alex, I am thrilled that you like it π πππΏπππ
This is true, I happen to know @eco-alex and falafel are like PB and J ;)
You're getting everyone excited with your out of this world pictures Lena! I stand back and try to let them pick and they pick you and then I say Man, everyone is going to think this is rigged :P
I agree with you though, all part of the greater cause and I'm happy to be doing it together! I need to do more F&V Mondays! <3
You deserve it! You're a vegan hero =D XO
Vegan hero? I can't take such a high credit.............I am just a passionate vegan foodie and dreamer of a better world by making people falling in love with vegan food, lol. They are real hero's out there who are rescuing animals and filming the horror in slaughter houses and factory farms.
But thank you so much my Sweetie, I am very happy you and many others like my creations πΈππΈ
Hey, everyone has their part to play in this, don't discount yours many people have to be convinced through their tummies and if anyone's going to do it that way, it would be you :)
You just wont give on convincing me about my importance, lol. Thank you so much Sweetie, you are really adorable and equally important, XOXO
hey! it's our first time participating in your contest. thanks! here's our entry. <3
Thanks guys! What an awesome start! @lenasveganliving picked you for first prize π
SWEET POTATO WRAP! #veganwednesday!!!!!!!!
https://steemit.com/veganwednesday/@handofzara/veganwednesday-heart-to-heart-sweet-potato-wrap
Hey @handofzara, this got chosen as part of Week 12 just fyi, you're a winner π
Your post really interested me. good advice worth thinking about. I love everyone
I would like to thank the Academy for this great honor! Oops wrong speech, Winner Winner for Vegan Chicken Dinner!
Haha well, I think you were pretty clever with this one my friend! =D
Thank you and I think you are rather clever all the time! :)
Oh stop it, you make me blush π³
Interesting.. My first time here π I will of a vegan post to join π
We would love you to join :)
π I just posted an entry to join π
https://steemit.com/veganwednesday/@cherylyew/an-entry-for-veganwednesday-contest
Thank you @cherylyew :) I posted this one on next week's post so it'll go toward week 13 π
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I will think about a new entry soon!πLove your fun contest babe!π
Thanks my dear! I can't wait to have you back in the action! :)
https://steemit.com/food/@vegan.niinja/caramel-mini-cheesecakes-with-chocolate-sprinkles-and-a-blueberry-wine-base-recipe This was my last entry, will soon post my new!
Yummm looks sooo good! I can't wait to see the next one :)
Upvoted and reposted! Congratulations to the winners!!!
Thanks @ninahaskin :) We're working on a better system for the winners, hopefully we can find a better way for next week! The girls had some great ideas and I'm excited to give it a try <3
Think you might have already seen my entry already :)
https://steemit.com/veganwednesday/@heart-to-heart/week-11-winners-week-12-starts-now-veganwednesday
Hey @celestialcow :) @lenasveganliving picked you as one of this week's winners π
So here is my entry for this week darling, hope you enjoy:) https://steemit.com/food/@vegan.niinja/3-ingredient-pancakes-vegan-gluten-free-and-sugar-free-recipe
Hi @vegan.niija, this week got a little bit crazy, maybe you might want to post your entry on the new post as I'm not sure if it got included this week ;) π