Day 1 - 200 Day Contest - Prize: 25 SBD and a Chance to Win SBI

in contest •  7 years ago  (edited)

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Day 1 is Here!!!

This is the day we all have been waiting for!! Let the games begin!!

We have 39 Players! Yay!

@simgirl
@tristancarax
@felt.buzz
@improv
@snook
@byn
@eaglespirit
@marcoriccardi
@kaerpediem
@mysecondself01
@deaconlee
@pixiehunter
@elizacheng
@arbitrarykitten
@ashley4u
@waterworks
@dynamicgreentk
@wordymouth
@wonderwop
@freedomtowrite
@kimberlylane
@kilbride
@wandrnrose7
@iamjadeline
@fleurinna
@svashta
@scribblingramma
@dennisauburn
@alimamasstory
@madpotters
@honeydue
@malloryblythe
@ntowl
@brisby
@eroticabian
@khimgoh
@mmasim
@digitalmind
@botefarm

If you think that you registered and don't see your name, let me know and I will investigate.

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No new participants are accepted from here on out.

Day 1 is now closed.

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A short recap of the contest:

  • You write a 5-min freewrite (or whatever your version of that is) using the Daily Prompt you find @mariannewest
  • I will also include the prompt in the Daily Contest Post so we don't get confused.
  • You take a selfie that has something to do with the prompt and/or your freewrite.
  • No need for your steemit on the selfie.
  • You post a link to your freewrite and your selfie in one comment under the daily post.
  • You have 24 hours from the time of the posting to get it done.
  • I will mark the cut-off in the comments. If you didn't make it, you are eliminated.
  • Last person in the game wins the pot - or, if we still have several participants by day 50, the prize will be split equally.
  • We have a random drawing for a SBI membership for the eliminated players at least every 10 days.
  • If we have the funds, more often.
  • Half of the SBD payout of each Freewritehouse contest post is added to the prize.
  • If at all possible, still drop your freewrite link at the Daily Prompt post as well.

Good Luck!!!

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Today's Prompt: Banana

Here are some examples of selfies which are acceptable.

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Any one of these add-ons would be enough. This was done in Canva which is to use. For this image, I used 800x480 as my dimensions, but you could make it smaller for the comments.

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If you have a banana plant handy - it counts!! and if you look closely, you see some growing on here as well.

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I never said that I was an artist. I think you all can do better!!!

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If you really can't come up with anything, here is your last resort. I told you we are making it easy on you! But we appreciate to see your creative selfie ideas.

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I know you all are amazingly creative and probably come up with way better ideas than I am. But just wanted to give you some ideas in case you weren't sure what we are looking for.

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Remember you have 24 hours to drop your selfie with you freewrite link into the comment section.

Looking forward to seeing all your beautiful faces - or masks - every day 🤪

Your selfie + freewrite must be posted by 8 AM Pacific Time on 5/15/2018

I know that many of you are in timezones where that might be a different date already. Use a time converter to make sure that you enter on time.

If you are late - you are eliminated. No exceptions.

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If I were to participate in the contest - that is what the freewrite house is looking for:
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https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/bananas-a-freewrite

Your selfie AND your link :)

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Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring... bananaphone!

Here it is:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@malloryblythe/pink-slush-5-minute-freewrite

Also, so sorry to hijack this contest (and I promise, I'll only do it once, and I can edit this out if it's totally unwelcome), but I'm putting on my first ever contest, in which I'm donating all of my @curie nomination SBD to buy a bunch of SBI shares. I would love if some of the freewriters would join in. I've only got a couple of contestants so far, and as much as I know they'd love to get 12+ shares each, I would really like to spread around the love a little more. :)

Brilliant photo! Love the contest too, have upvoted and resteemed it! Great idea! :)

Thank you so much for helping to get the word out! Hope to see an entry from you, but no pressure. :)

That is great!!! I am going to enter 🤪 and will post it in the prompt section. Thank you so much for doing it and it is a great investment in the community and in yourself!!! Yay!!!

THANK YOU! I can't wait to read your entry. I would definitely encourage any of the freewriters to write about this community if that's what they feel inclined to do. This is a great community and starting point for newbies.

resteemed and will try and write something LOLL Great contest!

I'm not sure that I can enter the contest but I did give you an upvote and a resteem. 😎

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it, and so will the people who get the SBI shares. :)

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

post your selfie in the comment as well, please :)

how many times do you think you are going to write that today :D

Hopefully not too many lol
But today is the first day. I am thinking by day 5, we all got it and all the comments in here are visiting each other lol. Love your selfie!!! Allergy free bananas lol

funny thing is at home we ALWAYS have banana's :D

I couldn't find the hairbrush so I took a pic with my snuggle bug very confusedly snuggling a bannana. If you need more of me than my hand in it I will do something else, but I have been feeling very shy and reclusive. I'm hoping to work my way up to actual pictures of my face during this contest haha.

Here is my free write:

We always waited at the end of the driveway, Tara and I, on our BMX's ready to ride back and herald the news that Unky Punky had finally arrived. Always late, but well worth the suspense he was always a favorite. The skittles helped sway us, but we didn't need much convincing. My family was a circus. Aunts, uncles and cousins would fill the house, rummage through bags of weird clothes and wigs, and we'd party with bananas on our heads and the jammiest of jam band: spoons harmonicas and the most gorgeous ruckus to ever hoot and holler. I've carried that joy with me and have been sure to give it away as fast as I could make it <3

Man, I don't think I could have used the word always any more times if I tried lol ... its bedtime for me so free pass today. Consistency is my worst hobgoblin and i didn't want to miss the first day ;)

I always use always a lot because it seems always just the right word to use 😜😉😂

What is the term for writing styles that use words like 'always, so much' etc? I know there is a term I just can't think of it and I can't even think how to search it ...
hoping a fellow write will have it on the tip of their tongue

Wake up, wake up - we need another freewrite and selfie from you :)

Awake!

This is great!!!! Sleep well and thank you for participating - even if you are feeling a bit reclusive. You found a way!!!

Yay Brunie!!! Banana juice!! I used to sell that in my store.... memories lol

You did great!!!

Premier Protein! I drank that for, like, a solid year. (But it was before banana came out!)

Love it!!! such a clever banana cut out!!!!

Hehehe thank you 😊😊

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

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I know I'm pushing the boundaries of a selfie with bananas, so I did make and include an animation of making my fancy words in hopes of making up for it. the animation is in my post I suppose I should have actually drawn an actual banana, but I didn't think of it. In addition, I made sure to actually LOOK bananas in my photo, if that helps at all. ;)

My freewrite for today (I'm taking this opportunity to do another serialized story to help inspire me to write every single day)

The Hunted

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Looking bananas counts!! for sure 🤪

So much fun for the first day!!!! Thank You!!!

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Day 201: 5 Minute Freewrite: Monday - Prompt: Banana- The Fruit Fly

Oh, the fruit flies love bananas lol

Again: I swear I took this selfie before I saw @felt.buzz's selfie! Y'know the old saying about great minds....

LOL! You look like you have anger issues! Poor little banana! :)

I was in a Mood.

LOL!

Great banana selfie!!!! Love it!!

Be braced for many peculiar facial expressions in the upcoming days......

We are looking forward to it!!!

Everyone's selfies are too great!


Getting ready to dive into some banana cream pie!
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@brisby/what-s-for-dessert

You... eat bananas? Don't they upset your tummy? :o
And, hwell, when you hide them away and forget about them, they don't exactly wait to be found same way you hid them....

I heard that monkeys eat them and figured that I'd give them a try. Don't see what the big deal is. They taste way better in pie.
Wait, that brown mush was my banana?!

I like them in my water. You know how some like lemon-water? I like banana-water. It's just so sweet and refreshing.
Mmmm, yes. But look on the bright side. Instead of fertilizing you, it fertilized the... ugh, did you hide it up in the tree again?

How great is that!!! Banana Pie sounds yummy!!!

Look at that!!! Great collage!!!

Please drop your selfie right next to the link :)

Gahhh! Knew I was forgetting something. To think I was about heading off to bed. :)

hahaha i like that last photo the best. BANANA. No confusion there! Oh man, I really dont want to be the first eliminated....going to do mine now.

good thinking!!!

Love your post!! but can you please drop the selfie also in the comments here.... and just an FYI - a lot of people are not on busy and can't vote for your post. I often publish to busy, but share the link from steemit...

the photo by itself, you mean? Like this? LOL I kept going back to all your posts but couldn't remember what I was supposed to post where...

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@madpotters/freewritehouse-freewrite-selfie-challenge-win-25sbd-and-a-chance-at-sbi

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You got it lol The photo and the link in one comment - :)
😜 😄

You sure you still want to do this crypto school with me? I'm slow when it comes to this stuff hahahahha.

Yes!!!!!

That's a creative way to use "banana"! I hope you were in the mood for an apple today. LOL

I was, but it wasn't as good as I wanted it to be :( LOL.

it is day 2!! anther freewrite and a selfie please on the prompt: paper

I just posted and it only took me 8+ hours hahahaha. i dont know how much longer i can hold on.....

You are too funny!! Set the timer and stop after 5 minutes lol

Bananas are just going to get more conceited with all this attention...

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@dennisauburn/bananas-oh-no

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Love it!!!

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To buttress my point in the post, I had to buy this banana, look what Steemit made me do.

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@botefarm/an-offense-to-the-monkey-king-day-207-5-minute-freewrite

Oh no!!! We made you buy a banana! I hope you ate it and that it was yummy!

Nice picture!! and I will count it. But today is day 3 lol. Every day a new contest post. It has a link in the prompt post too. But I will try to make it very visible in the future 😂👍

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Mam, I have written day 3 with it. The 5 is for 5 min prompt. Will change the sequence of the numbers.

No, what I meant that you dropped it under the Day 1 post in the Freewrite House LOL
here is today's contest post
https://steemit.com/cont/@freewritehouse/day-4-selfie-freewrite-celebration-contest
no worries, it will all be easy in a couple of days.

  ·  7 years ago 

It took me a while before to see actually your selfie! Lol!

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LOL... Thanks for taking the time to "find" me...

You are putting such a big smile on my face right now with that selfie!!!! Cracking up over here lol

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Glad this make you SMILE!

That was great teamwork!!!! LOL

hiya, thank you for coming after me ... as a few did, I was trying to figure something out and here tis:

official entry:

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banana heist created with original photo and Pixbay image with Pixlr

The Banana Heist

Respectfully submitted,

@eaglespirt

This is so cool!!!! The Banana Heist!!! Love it!!!

thank you so much!! :)

That is a beautiful looking banana flower!!! do you eat the flower when it is done forming hands? I learned this from a Filipino friend and it is one of my favorite dishes now!

nice!!! Are you making banana bread?

Haha I need to! I should've taken a selfie with the black bananas waiting on me!

got it!! Now, on to paper :)

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

This took me way too long to admit, and it's far from the best of shots. Kept falling off, just like my hair. :/ Therefore, a combination of balance, and bad/good timing on this photo. Definitely shouldn't be having cross-eyes here, but hwell, when the banana was in place, everything else wasn't. :P

Banana mohawk!
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Note to self, and other balding men: Don't try to compensate your hair loss with banana hair. It doesn't work that well.

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@svashta/wild-west-chapter-8-part-5-5-minute-freewrite-challenge

Thank you for the good advice!!! I know that balding men all over the world have been trying to wear bananas. Maybe with super glue? LOL

Hmm. Super glue is a good idea. I mean, why hold on to that little of hair you have left?

Great teeth brushing evidence!!! lol And those language cards are coming in handy!! I had some for my kids too :)

So cute. The new jewelry every woman should have!!! Bananas lol

Excellent banana selfie :)

I literally could not find one banana in the whole house, so I had to improvise. Luckily, for me, you said it could also relate to my freewrite!
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Look at me, trying to be all inconspicuous among the bananas :D

You are doing well to look like a banana :)

hahaah thank you :D

That looks like a perfect smoothie ingredient picture!!

Yes! One I would happily drink, too!

Very nice art work!! :)

Thanks.

My entry comes with before and after selfies!

Before...

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And after...

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Oh!!!! Can we come over!!!! That looks sooooooo goooooood!!!!!😁

If you're in Los Angeles, the door is open and the breeze is blowing and it smells like banana bread! <3

That sounds so good. Let me think...... A 2 to 3-hour drive...... Almost worth it lol

But I am telling you, houses are not easy to move - not even Freewrite Houses 😔

Love your bananas!! And from now on, you don't need to have a paper with your name anymore. We now know your face lol. the selfie just needs to have something to do with the prompt :)

Love your selfie!!! the mask is awesome!!! And so are your editing skills!!

Mask woman! ;)

Heya @iamjadeline 😊

Thank you 😊

So cool!!!! Great smile :)

There you go. We shall recognize you by your Décolleté :) the dress looks like a fun dress!!

I swear I took my selfie before I saw yours!!!!

Where is yours! I haven't seen it yet!! :)

It is there now! I was still in process, and got caught in a photo-arranging sequence.

yours is better! :)

It is said that the English diet is different - I didn't know they eat bananas with the peel!!! Or is that the French influence????

It's supposed to be my smile! :)

It is a beautiful bananaly smile!!!! 🤩

cracked me up :D

Marco!!!! Great shot!!!

Please marry or do some kind of serious anniversary/life recurrence where I can print 1000 copies of this and distribute them.

Me do some kind of serious thing? Naaa!

I won't despair..the moment will come when you will be blackmailable!

Bananas. Bananas bananas bananas.

I'm supposed to write a little ditty about bananas. Make sense of the nonsensical fruit salad that is my brain today.

There's bananas in there, I know there is.

Or at the very least I am a little bananas?

50 First Dates got it wrong- it wasn't because of pineapple! Perhaps because Adam Sandler has an egg shaped head. And banana can be used as substitute for egg when you're out.

So I'm substituting banana for pineapple.

For today's Steemit post at least ;). And so the pegs and cons of my traumatic brain injury run smoothly...

The moral of the story is you may substitute banana for mental pineapple or baking egg.

:)

Love your mental fruit salad and rest that brain!!!!

You were fast!!! And what a great pic!! perfect!!!

Here's my entry, and I'm hiding behind my son AND a banana.

https://steemit.com/freewritecontest/@ntowl/bananaipulation-freewrite-day-1-200-day-contest

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He has such a nice smile!!! Love it! Are you both in London?

He has an awesome smile! And he's such a good sport dealing with my weird selfie ideas. No, we live in New England. My daughter goes to college in London and unfortunately, I can't afford to have my son fly to London with me this time. He'll be staying home with my parents.

So for a few days I'll be hiding behind her, then both if I can talk them into it!

they are good hiding spaces lol

Ha - I just left you a message asking where yours is :) Love it!! and from here on out, you don't need your name on it anymore...

Sure. Will change in the future. Thanks

no problem. It is easier that way :)

Thank you!! You don't need your name anymore on the selfie, we recognize you now:)

Oh good!

I know. Bananas can be scary. Don't worry, we all passed through that.

Ha!

Day 1 is now closed!

Agh! I missed the deadline :/ Probably for the best lol I have waaaaay too much on my plate IRL right now... But looking forward to seeing where this goes! :D <3

We would have loved to see you play with us. so much fun so far lol

Ha yes! I can see that XD

OMG Mom gets sick on banana's LOLLLLLLLLLLLLL

you have something to write about and you can draw one lol