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You can earn up to 5 SBD per accepted submission for guest curating The Daily Sneak. Submission requirements are published at the bottom of each edition of The Daily Sneak.

Today's guest curator is @anouk.nox.

Although Anouk finds herself a writer at first, curating has become a big part of her Steem activities. She also loves making artwork and enjoys listening to music a lot. Being active in several communities means she comes across a lot of different posts, and she tries to get many undervalued authors rewarded by giving them extra exposure.

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The Sneaked Selections

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[CO] Female Face / Watercolor painting

This watercolor portrait is simply beautiful and so elegant. I love the colored one as well as the black/white one that is painted using only the black color. I love the details and shading, thank you for sharing this @shibasaki.

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4 o’clocky #STEEMITBLOGGERS CONTEST HOTELSTORIES

This story is a must read. I think everyone may have one or two embarrassing memories from their stay in a hotel, right? @brittandjosie shared her most embarrassing moment from being on a cruise ship. I won't tell you the story, because you really have to read it, but I can tell you that it's a fun read! Thanks for sharing this embarrassing moment @brittandjosie, luckily these moments usually make a nice story to tell, at least this one did!

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Babuji - an oil painting

I bring this post to the attention of the readers of The Daily Sneak because of the beautiful oil painting, but also because of the special meaning it has to the artist. I think this man would have loved this painting you made of him, it's simply beautiful. Thank you for sharing this special painting @kathleenscarboro.

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EasyDex Photography Challenge Post #20 - "Black and White"

This picture is amazing if you ask me. It's made by @hetty-rowan at an event in Holland called Elfia in Arcen, one of the biggest cosplay events. I think the pictures match the event's name very well, it feels like you're looking at a fairy tale in real life. I've never been to a similar event before, but I've seen some very nice pictures over the years of people attending. I can imagine that it's not nice when you're tripping over the photographers at an event like that, but you've done a great job capturing this one.

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Conclusion

These are some really great commentary and selections from @anouk.nox. For submitting these excellent articles and commentary, @anouk.nox earns 4 SBD.

Each of these highlighted articles receives full upvotes and resteems from @thedailysneak. In addition, @thedailysneak sponsors featured writers for Steem Basic Income!

Submission Requirements

On to the submission requirements for The Daily Sneak:

1. You can choose from 2 to 5 articles for your entry. Submissions with only one selected article will be ignored.
2. All articles chosen for curation need to have been published within the last 5 days before your entry. It may take time for me to publish your curation, and curated articles need to be within the reward window when your submission is published.
3. You cannot submit your own post for curation. Selections from nsfw will not be accepted. We also check for plagiarism and only highlight original content.
4. Selected posts should have less than $50 in total rewards and have not previously been curated by The Daily Sneak.
5. We try to spread the love around, so while selections from authors that have been highlighted before are welcome, they might not be included if the author's last inclusion was recent. Similarly, if you include two articles from the same author in one submission, we will typically highlight only one of the two.
6. Be sure to include your personal bio for me to introduce you to readers, and make sure that each selection has commentary. This can be just a few sentences about why you think the selection is worth our attention, or what is great about it - something that will make people want to click through the headline and check out the actual article. English is preferred, but other languages will be considered as long as English translation is included.
7. Please use this web form to submit your entry. https://goo.gl/forms/VH2MGIMEgqZmd9ef1
8. Including image links to the source article is not required (and we prefer to leave some mystery if photography is highlighted and the article has only one photo.) However, we like to include images in The Daily Sneak, and not including any image links may decrease the likelihood of your submissions being published.

If you include more than 2 articles in your submission and not all are approved for publication, your submission may still be published into an edition of The Daily Sneak, as long as at least 2 articles are approved. This could happen for several different reasons. If you are unsure why an article was cut, please review the submission guidelines again. If you are still unsure, feel free to ask politely why it was cut.

Submission Reward

A brief biography of each guest curator will be included in the edition that uses their submission. In addition, each guest curator will receive 1 SBD for each article from their submission that is highlighted in The Daily Sneak. That's up to 5 SBD for each accepted submission!

Right now @thedailysneak's upvote is not worth as much as we are paying for guest curation. Why do we pay so much for guest curation? We believe that quality curation is very important to Steem. Paying our curators well encourages them to spend more time reviewing content and picking out the best pieces!

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