If you love writing and contests this is the list you've been searching for! 43 Different Writing Contests! Fiction! Poetry! True Stories! Haiku! Puns! Limericks!
There are an increasing number of writing contests here on Steemit and some have excellent prizes that are well worth going after. The problem I was having was finding them in the sea of new posts in the contest tag. You might have been having the same problem.
Now you can simply drop by my blog each day to see what writing contests are going on across Steemit. I really do hope you find it useful.
This is an ongoing post that will be updated each day, with new contests added and expired contests removed. If you’re interested in writing contests, this daily post can be your one-stop-shop to keep updated on what’s new, and what needs to be submitted today.
Time to get writing!
What’s new in today’s list:
@vdux has been doing a series of haiku contests, but seems to be stuck for a theme for the next contest. Why not head over to this post and let him know which theme/topic would be your favorite for the next @vdux Haiku Contest
My Name is What? A Writing Contest by @steemitachievers
Deadline: 16:00 GMT/UTC April 3, 2018
Description: Please write about your Steemit name. Why you chose it and what it means to you? Given the chance to be able to change it, will you? The blog post must not be below 100 words.
Prize: 1st prize = 5 SBD. 2nd prize = 3 SBD. 3rd prize = 2 SBD
WANNA PLAY!?!
Deadline: 21:00 GMT/UTC April 6, 2018
Description: In this contest, I want to hear about...YOUR FUNNIEST REAL LIFE STORY!
Prize: 1st place- Most Popular. The story with the most upvotes wins first prize! 1.5 SBD and 1 Share of Steem Basic Income. 2nd Place- My Pick. The story that made me laugh the most! 0.5 SBD and 1 Share of Steem Basic Income. 3rd Winner- Resteem Winner! I will randomly pick one winner from the people who resteem this post! 1 Share of Steem Basic Income
WAPAT Write A Paragraph About That conttest! Write a paragraph in the comments, inspired by this story
Deadline: 21:00 GMT/UTC April 6, 2018
Description: Add your best paragraph, inspired by the image, in the comments.
Prize: 1 SBD
SPU Poetry Contest #6
Deadline: 21:00 GMT/UTC April 6, 2018
Description: What you have to do is pick one theme and an image from the contest post as your prompts. Then, write a poem inspired by the image while incorporating the theme into your poem.
Prize: 1st: 1.5 SBD. 2nd: 1 SBD. 3rd: 0.5 SBD. +Bonus: TBD
ADSactly Contest - SteemShort #5 - Post 3: Request for the Last Part of the Story
Deadline: 10:00 GMT/UTC April 2, 2018
Description: Looking for proposals for the third and final part of the SteemShort #5. This summary must be between 100 to 200 words. Any proposed summary that is shorter than 100 words or longer than 200 words will not be considered.
Prize: 50% of contest post SBD rewards, not to exceed 100 SBD
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Constrained Writing Contest #23
Deadline: 17:00 GMT/UTC March 31, 2018
Description: Write a story in which you only use the verbs in their "-ing" form. The story must be at least 250 words long and in English.
Prize: 1st place: 45% of post's payout. 2nd place: 27% of post's payout. 3rd place 18 % of post's payout.
Sponsor: @svashta
Two Sentence Story Contest #1
Deadline: 18:00 GMT/UTC March 31, 2018
Description: Write an original two sentence story. Add a copyright free image which goes with the story and cite image source. Avoid NSFW. Mention the name of the person from whom you came to know about the contest. If it is directly from me, mention my name. This is very important for me to identify the person who referred the most number of participants and reward the top referrer.
Prize: First Prize: 50% of the SBD earned from the contest post. Second Prize: 30% of the SBD earned from the contest post. Third Prize: 20% of the SBD earned from the contest post. On top of this, the top referrer will be rewarded with free sponsorship to lifetime upvotes from @steembasicincome.
Sponsor: @svkrulze
Write A Paragraph About This | Contest
Deadline: 20:00 GMT/UTC March 31, 2018
Description: Add your paragraph, inspired by the picture to the comments!
Prize: 1 SBD
Sponsor: @markrmorrisjr
Complete The Sentence Contest #1
Deadline: 20:00 GMT/UTC March 31, 2018
Description: Simply complete the sentence in the cartoon shown in the contest post.
Prize: ???
Sponsor: @vickyko
Writing Contest: "The Muse of March"
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 31, 2018
Description: Use the unfinished charcoal drawing in the contest post as inspiration to create a work of speculative fiction.
Prize: There will be one winner: 10 SBD. There will be one runner-up: 5 SBD
Sponsor: @mdbrantingham
STEEMIT HAIKU CONTEST # WEEK 22:(Original Contest)
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 31, 2018
Description: Write a traditional Haiku consisting of three lines (5-7-5) about any topic of your choice
Prize: 1st Place: 4.00 SBD/STEEM. 2nd Place: 2.50 SBD/STEEM. 3rd Place: 1.50 SBD/STEEM
Sponsor: @moonleesteem
#TeamGirlPowa Women's History Month Contest
Deadline: 04:00 GMT/UTC April 1, 2018
Description: There are two categories of writing in this contest. Non-Fiction and Fiction. Both require minimum 1,500 words and maximum 2,500 words. The non-fiction piece can be based on any woman in history. The fiction piece must use the Prompt: "Women leading male dominated industry and government." and the writing work must be in the future, another planet, or an alternate yet futuristic universe.
Prize: First place for the #TeamGirlPowa Women in History Non-Fiction work is 10 STEEM. Second place for the #TeamGirlPowa Women in History Non-Fiction work is 5 STEEM. First place for the #TeamGirlPowa Women in History and Fiction work is 10 STEEM. Second place for the #TeamGirlPowa Women in History Fiction work is 5 STEEM.
Sponsor: @teamgirlpowa
Week #18 Fox Tales
Deadline: 09:00 GMT/UTC April 1, 2018
Description: Write a one paragraph story based on the illustration in the post.
Prize: 1st place: 5 SBD. 2nd place: 3 SBD. 3rd place: 1 SBD
Sponsor: @vermillionfox
DARE TO REPLY... Contest#10
Deadline: 13:00 GMT/UTC April 1, 2018
Description: Post an honest, brutal or witty reply to the statement/quote in the contest post.
Prize: All the SBD payout from the contest post.
Sponsor: @dpatcher
#ZapFic Writing Contest: Tell a story in 232 characters or less (on zappl).
Deadline: 07:00 GMT/UTC April 2, 2018
Description: #zapfic is a very short story (written in 232 characters or less) posted on the steem blockchain via Zappl. This week’s topic is “Love”
Prize: 1st prize 0.5 SBD plus 50% SBD from the payout of the contest post. 2nd prize 0.3 SBD plus 30% SBD from the payout of the contest post. 3rd prize 0.2 SBD plus 20% SBD from the payout of the contest post. Plus all valid entries will receive an upvote from the judge
Sponsor: @felt.buzz
The Kudos Short Poem Competition
Deadline: 16:00 GMT/UTC April 2, 2018
Description: Write a short poem in no more than 50 words, on any subject you choose, in any form or in free verse.
Prize: 1st Place – 5 SBD. 2nd Place – 2 SBD. 3st Place – 1 SBD
Sponsor: @damianjayclay and @nikisteem
Punday 40! Huzzah for multiples of 10! Hi freewriters and punsters! What a wonderful way to start your week, hey?
Deadline: 21:00 GMT/UTC April 2, 2018
Description: Participate by making a pun on the topic of: “Spring”
Prize: You all win an upvote from the contest host on a post of your choice, plus an @tipu tip on that same post!
Sponsor: @improv
Finish the story - Week #5
Deadline: 23:00 GMT/UTC April 2, 2018
Description: Finish the fiction story in the contest post.
Prize: At least 3 @steembasicincome shares, all to one or divided between more writers with the most engaging ending + Wednesday's post SBD PAYOUT will be rewarded between all the participants who won't get one of the 3 shares
Sponsor: @f3nix
Steemit Vision Quest - Week 9: “The Road”
Deadline: April 2, 2018
Description: Using the week's theme of "The Road" Ask yourself: What Does My Higher Self See? Create “The Vision,” aligning with this week's theme. Document “The Process,” revealing your intention, inspiration, and individuality.
Prize: $5 STEEM will reward four entries. This reward is expected to climb over time. Highlights from each week will spotlight one featured Vision Quester, and showcase the Artworks of many others in a curated list, memorializing our collective Visions. Upvotes, Replies, and Resteems will promote your post. [Most Important] You will be honored and celebrated for your role in bringing our collective Visions for the future into focus. This is our Work, with a capital "W", and this is what Steemit is all about.
Sponsor: @cabelindsay
ADSactly Contest - SteemShort #5 - Post 3: Request for the Last Part of the Story
Deadline: 10:00 GMT/UTC April 2, 2018
Description: Looking for proposals for the third and final part of the SteemShort #5. This summary must be between 100 to 200 words. Any proposed summary that is shorter than 100 words or longer than 200 words will not be considered.
Prize: 50% of contest post SBD rewards, not to exceed 100 SBD
Sponsor: @adsactly
Sci-Ku Poetry Contest Here!
Deadline: 14:00 GMT/UTC April 3, 2018
Description: Write a traditional haiku (5-7-5) with a science fiction theme.
Prize: 1 Steem
Sponsor: @creationofcare
Fractal Writing Contest #11
Deadline: 14:00 GMT/UTC April 3, 2018
Description: Post a comment with something inspired by the fractal image in the contest post, be it just a title, a haiku, a story, whatever.
Prize: The winner gets 50-75% of the SBD made in the post, minimum 1 SBD. The rest are split to the other winners: if there are enough SBDs made by the contest post, the contest host will try to reward a 2nd- and 3rd- place winner, as well.
Sponsor: @nyarlathotep
#5 Minnowhelper Writing Contest!!!!
Deadline: 15:00 GMT/UTC April 3, 2018
Description: Write a Creative and Original Post (more than 500 Words). Important, your publication must be a new Post. Post greater than 1 day will not be accepted.
Prize: All the SBD accumulated in the @Minnowhelpercont account until the contest ends!
Sponsor: @minnowhelper
My Name is What? A Writing Contest by @steemitachievers
Deadline: 16:00 GMT/UTC April 3, 2018
Description: Please write about your Steemit name. Why you chose it and what it means to you? Given the chance to be able to change it, will you? The blog post must not be below 100 words.
Prize: 1st prize = 5 SBD. 2nd prize = 3 SBD. 3rd prize = 2 SBD
Sponsor: @steemitachievers
Idioms game (number 7)
Deadline: 18:00 GMT/UTC April 3, 2018
Description: Have a go at trying to guess the meaning of each picture/idiom. You can enter BOTH a serious and a funny entry.
Prize: Winner is at post payout. For the first serious correct entry (of each picture) there is a prize of 0.05 SBD. For the funniest (determined by me!) entry (for each picture) there is a 0.1 SBD prize. So, 6 winners in total.
Sponsor: @bengy
STACH Short Story Contest #24
Deadline: 12:00 GMT/UTC April 4, 2018
Description: Write a Short Story of no more than 199 based on the topic “All is not Lost”.
Prize: First Prize: 4 SBD. Second Prize: 3.5 SBD. Third Prize: 3 SBD. Fourth Prize: 2.5 SBD. Fifth Prize: 2 SBD
Sponsor: @stach
Welcome To The 'Love The Clouds' Contest! #6
Deadline: 09:00 GMT/UTC April 5, 2018
Description: Write something about clouds. It can be a story, poem, haiku, limerick, anything at all.
Prize: The winners will receive 100% of all of the SBD raised in this contest. The prize pool will be split up equally among 4 winners. Everyone gets 25%
Sponsor: @tobetada
Tell A Story To Me – Poetry/Prose – Theme Utopia
Deadline: 14:00 GMT/UTC April 5, 2018
Description: Tell a story using the prompt “Have you ever been to the planet they call Utopia…”. Prose, poetry, any form of fiction is accepted, as long as you tell me a story
Prize: First Place wins 5SBD (if there are a lot of entries, there will also be a second and third place of 3SBD and 2SBD)
Sponsor: @calluna
WANNA PLAY!?!
Deadline: 21:00 GMT/UTC April 6, 2018
Description: In this contest, I want to hear about...YOUR FUNNIEST REAL LIFE STORY!
Prize: 1st place- Most Popular. The story with the most upvotes wins first prize! 1.5 SBD and 1 Share of Steem Basic Income. 2nd Place- My Pick. The story that made me laugh the most! 0.5 SBD and 1 Share of Steem Basic Income. 3rd Winner- Resteem Winner! I will randomly pick one winner from the people who resteem this post! 1 Share of Steem Basic Income
Sponsor: @smylie2005
WAPAT Write A Paragraph About That conttest! Write a paragraph in the comments, inspired by this story
Deadline: 21:00 GMT/UTC April 6, 2018
Description: Add your best paragraph, inspired by the image, in the comments.
Prize: 1 SBD
Sponsor: @markrmorrisjr
SPU Poetry Contest #6
Deadline: 21:00 GMT/UTC April 6, 2018
Description: What you have to do is pick one theme and an image from the contest post as your prompts. Then, write a poem inspired by the image while incorporating the theme into your poem.
Prize: 1st: 1.5 SBD. 2nd: 1 SBD. 3rd: 0.5 SBD. +Bonus: TBD
Sponsor: @poetsunit
The "Get 350 Steem-Power Contest to celebrate the 2nd birthday of Steemit"
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC April 7, 2018
Description: Create a post, that shows your Steem-Love and enthusiasm.
Prize: 350 SP delegation for 3 months
Sponsor: @limesoda
"New Women of Science Fiction and Fantasy" Book Review Contest
Deadline: 18:00 GMT/UTC April 9, 2018
Description: Write a review of one of the Science Fiction and Fantasy novels that are eligible for the Campbell Award this year - which means women who were first published professionally in 2016 or 2017.
Prize: First prize: 5 SBD. Second prize: 2 SBD
Sponsor: @didic
Beta reading contest Ragnarok Conspiracy
Deadline: April 15, 2018
Description: Act as a beta reader for the novel “Ragnarok Conspiracy”. Comment on any discrepancies found in the chapters.
Prize: 1.5 Steem per chapter (3.4 Steem for chapter 10). 10 SBD for the overall winner. And 500 Steem delegated for one month to the best suggestion overall.
Sponsor: @pibara
Announcing the Steemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge
Deadline: Each day at 18:00 GMT/UTC with the final entry due June 14, 2018
Description: The Steemit School Poetry Challenge involves writing one short piece of poetry every day for 100 days with a maximum of 7 skip days. This will run 14 weeks and 2 days from March 7, 2018 to June 14, 2018.
Prize: 10 SBD per day for 100 days + BONUS prizes for exceptional participants.
Sponsor: @d-pend
Steem Schools Ultimate Challenge | Make Best Steemit Story Of Your Way of Success
Deadline: This contest runs for 100 days, with requirements for daily participation.
Description: How Steemit Communications changed your life. You can express it in photos, text,video Dlive, Dsound other ways, by other people and friends confirming your post via examples and good verifiable facts.
Prize: 8 Ultimate winners will receive 500 SBD. Each day 1 winner is randomly chosen to win 10 SBD.
Sponsor: @ivan.atman @dobartim - @tatjanastan - @flysky - @aidasfg7
#Captionthis contest - Your Daily Chance To Win SBD
Deadline: 7 days from the post date (post payout)
Description: Note: This is a daily contest, with a new photo and prize each day. Caption the photo included in the daily contest post.
Prize: All the SBD payout from each contest post.
Sponsor: @conradt
Riddle me This
Deadline: First correct answer wins.
Description: Whoever can guess what I am first based on the story written from the point of view of an inantimate object wins. This is an ongoing series of contest posts. Follow @littlescribe to participate. I know it isn’t a writing contest per se, but I’m including it in support of writers.
Prize: Post payout from the contest post.
Sponsor: @littlescribe
GIVING BACK: 5SBD Payout for Best Comment Weekly
Deadline: Ongoing weekly – Monday through Sunday
Description: Prize is being offered for the best comment made on either @nat5an OR @shawnamawna during the course of the week.
Prize: 5 SBD (May be split between several winners)
Sponsor: @shawnamawna
Lovejuice Minnow Promotion // Let Lovejuice Promote Your Work and Receive 5 SBD!
Deadline: Ongoing
Description: This promotion is intended for minnows who generally receive less than $5 on their own posts. Initially it was for fiction/poems about lovejuice, but has been expanded to include any fiction/poem.
Prize: 5 SBD
Sponsor: @lovejuice
@markrmorrisjr has a contest that requires little effort on your part, but should be great fun for everyone involved. Each day, he'll put up a post with some writing prompts, between 5 and 10, some written, some images. If you'd like to see him write one of them, vote for it in the comments. The prompt with the most votes will be his story inspiration! He will write a story, from scratch, of at least 500 words, and base it on the prompt! Then he’ll choose one lucky person who chose the winning prompt as the winner of the contest and they get 25% of the SBD from the story post. He’s had stories pay out over 700 SBD in the past! He plans on doing this every day until he reaches 5,000 followers, so it could go on for several weeks. Here’s the “contest”
The Q&A Contest
Deadline: Each question has a deadline of 7 days or at post payout.
Description: Everyday, Monday through Friday, @thepassenger asks a new question and you have a chance to win SBDs simply by answering the question.
Prize: Each day, Top voted comment: the user will get 50% of the reward pool +1 SBD. Top Engaged comment: the user will get 30% of the reward pool + 1 Smartcash tip. One randomly selected user: the user will get 20% of the reward pool
Sponsor: @thepassenger
How Does Dwelling Make You Feel Contest
Deadline: This is an ongoing story and the author had pledged to have this same contest with every chapter of “Dwelling” released.
Description: Read the first chapter of the story “Dwelling” and leave a comment that tells how the story made you feel. Tell your thoughts on the writing, the artwork, the characters, the story, the sense of place. What is it like to be immersed in the Dwelling world?
Prize: 3 SBD
Sponsor: @dougkarr
#captionthis - WIN SBD every day!
Deadline: New contest every day. Each days contest runs for 7 days.
Description: Caption the photo in the contest post.
Prize: Full contest post payout
Sponsor: @conradt
Lots of #NewbieGames
Deadline: Contests run for 7 days until post payout.
Description: @peggyhazelwood runs quick easy little contests like “What’s your favorite food”, “When did you join Steemit”, “Did you file your taxes yet” and others. Basically another 1-2 contests every day. All quick and easy to join.
Prize: Typically the prize is the payout from each contest post.
Sponsor: @peggyhazelwood
How To: WEEKLY - Starts today! Share your knowledge and win
Deadline: 13:59 GMT/UTC Every Saturday
Description: Once a week the contest will ask you to share your how-to knowledge on a variety of topics. The initial instruction guide is here
Prize: 1st place: 10 SBD. 2nd place: 6 SBD. 3rd place: 4 SBD. Prizes awarded each and every week.
Sponsor: @howtoweekly
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Hi MI, I think the deadline for TeamGirl Powa is 4:00 UTC Sunday? I checked google but can you recheck for me.? the actual time should be midnight tomorrow, Saturday 3/31/18. EDT
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EST is GMT/UTC +5
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Oh, my bad. Stupid daylight savings time.
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Hee Hee, it's okay because I get totally confused with UTC. Thank you!
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Thank you for listing my game!! :D Resteemed and upvoted!
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My pleasure, I hope it brings you more contestants.
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