All the entries are in for last week's TATTOO STORY CONTEST and the WINNER has been determined!

Here's the entries...

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Entry #1:

I Have a Tattoo Kit by @rawnetics

Quick Summary - Co-worker had a tattoo kit and gave him this tattoo for free, but he still doesn't know what it is supposed to be.

#1 LINK

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Entry #2:

The Train by @bdavid

Quick Summary - His dad worked the railroad and really liked trains, but they took him away from his family, including @bdavid. He and his dad are currently working on restoring their relationship.

#2 LINK

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Entry #3:

My Children's Names by @asoumeru2

Quick Summary - When her daughter was born, she survived only by a miracle. Yet, another child was lost. These are their names.

#3 LINK

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Entry #4 :

Fish Jumping Out of the Water by @nekromarinist

Quick Summary - In 1998 when he realized his career as a Russian Army Navy Officer wasn't going to work out, he got this tattoo on his forearm, as a protest because tattoos on the arm below the elbow were not allowed for an Officer.

#4 LINK

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Those were all the entries folks. First place will get half of the Steem Dollars from the first payout of this post and the Midweek Update, and two runners up will each receive 1/4 of the same.

Since the Midweek Update paid out just under $6.00 in Steem Dollars ($14.46 grand total, $10.95 total to author, of which just under $6 was Steem Dollars) the Winner will get $3.00 Steem Dollars and the two runners up will each get $1.50 in Steem Dollars. They will also split the first payout from this one the same way.

I know that may not seem like much, but I can only upvote once per post, and none of the entry posts made over $0.30 total. If you want to change that, you can upvote the original posts and this one, and we can get these entries some more $STEEM$ for playing. Just check out the links or visit the entrants pages to show your support and check out what they are up to.

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AND THE WINNER IS:

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First Place :

@bdavid

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Runners up:

@asoumeru2

@nekromarinist

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Honorable Mention

@rawnetics

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A special thanks to our runner up from last time @karenmckersie, who was our guest judge for last weeks contest. @bdavid, if you are interested in being the guest judge for this week's contest, please let me know.

As an added bonus and a token of appreciation, I'll even give $1 of Steem to @rawnetics just for playing.
Payouts will begin immediately after this is posted.
To the Winners and Mentions - Please confirm successful delivery in the comments below.

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Attention All - THIS IS A WEEKLY CONTEST.

To see the official rules, please CLICK HERE

If you have a tattoo and a story to go along with it, you can enter once per week until you run out of tattoos!

Also, the more the contest is worth, the more the winners get paid. Upvote and Promote!

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If you are interested in some other strange ways to win steem, here are three quick options:

• Yogart - I still have two STEEM Tokens to award for this post

• @papa-peppers Super-Hot Pepper Challenge - 10 STEEM Tokens for the winner - LINK HERE

• "Johnny Depp" - This one came up randomly, but 1 STEEM token will be awarded for it - You'll have to read the replies in my posts to figure it out - It's there somewhere.

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These are just some fun ways to try to get some STEEM in your pockets, and maybe help some minnows out, or some dolphins or whales if they get to it first.

Thanks,

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