Results are out! THINK CIRCULAR

soulfuldreamer (73) in hive-107855 • 5 months ago (edited)

Think Circular: I asked

And you my dear friends, didn't leave any stone unturned... You made me go in circles, spinning, toppling, looping, tumbling, cycling and whatnot...

Thank you for the tremendous response to my contest call: THINK CIRCULAR. What was I thinking when I submitted this contest? Only the @event-horizon knows...

There is a person I often converse with (outside of steemit). No matter what I say or how I try to reason with her, her responses always circle back to her past experiences. Reflecting on our conversations, I had a flash of inspiration: Think Circular. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that you would explore this concept in such a colorful, philosophical, amusing, scientific, logical, reflective, and dizzying way. Wow, just wow and of course a big Thank you!

I have summarised each of the entry to this contest. And I am quite sure I didn't leave anyone out. But if you find your entry missing, let me know and I will give you 5 STEEM as compensation for not mentioning your contribution in the summary:

mehwish-almas talking about emergence and destruction of life - a cycle!
weisser-rabe - entry#1 - wheel/ always going in circles! What an invention
seancyril - concept of circularity
weisser-rabe - entry#2 - Archimedes plea/ Don't disturb my circles
amikaner - circular musings
dove11- entry#1 - a story involving a lot of circles...
joslud - cyclic stories
ty-ty - Blub/ a water droplet on a never ending excursion... With lots of history
event-horizon - dizzying circular thoughts
musaddikpase - circles in nature humming melodies of their own...
dove11 - entry#2-relationships which are like chewing gum/ sweet at first but eventually losing their flavor! Do we ever get over them?
dove11- entry#3 - thoughts making circles but pens writing the stories...
vwrites - circles and the spirituality
weisser-rabe entry #3 Wankel engine??? Such a different take on spinning
anikamashkoor - trying to wrap her head around the never ending loop! Please give me your cookies!
aaliarubab - the endless canvas of time
aliraza51214 - finding circular patterns in the contradictory patterns of nature/ day+night

And this was my contribution:

Can you talk about circles and food together? - a try to use #food in a different way, you be the judge!!!

Seventeen whooping ideas...

How to select the winners??? My head is spinning

The most difficult and less interesting part of the contest. For me each contribution is a winner... But rules are rules and I have to select top three:

The winner entry is:

@weisser-rabe entry #3

Since she is the admin, I am excluding her from the prize. I hope you don't mind 😉

Another entry on 2nd position who is a co-founder of the community and also doesn't want to be included in the competition:

@dove11 - entry#2

Proceeding with the rest of the entries, each winner will receive Steem 5, 4, and 3 according to their ranking in the contest . Surprise: We have two authors in second place.

Authors	positions
1. @ty-ty	1st
2. @event-horizon	2nd
3. @mehwish-almas	2nd
3. @aaliarubab	3rd

And a special prize of 4 STEEM for @joslud. Your entry was special because I had reserved a prize for whoever mentioned the idea of 'history repeating itself'.

It was really difficult to announce winners. But to keep the essence of competition and good writing alive, one has to do this.

Each of you who contributed to this contest will receive 1 Steem each as my way of saying thank you.
I will share the screenshots of payouts in comments :)

I hope you will keep writing and contributing in Dream Steem

Happy Steeming
Happy Dreaming

Yours
@soulfuldreamer

Edit: I am taking the liberty to mention @steemcurator01 and @steemcurator02 as an afterthought.

This is a blogging space, and we are all striving here to write and find good posts. I am doing this in three capacities: writer, moderator, and curator.

So, I am taking this opportunity to loop in the members of the team around such concepts. Maybe we can explore such ideas more. All in all, I am very happy with these high-quality contributions. I noticed SC01 supported an entry from a participant in the contest while compiling results. So, I think I should maybe shift your focus towards this contest also. Any input will be more than welcome.

Regards,
@soulfuldreamer

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dove11 (77) · 5 months ago

Congratulations winners! I hope the contest starter talks more with @event-horizon and gets more ideas that keep this community buzzing with fresh ideas. Well done @soulfuldreamer!

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jpegg (65) · 5 months ago

didn't leave any stone unturned... You made me go in circles, spinning, toppling, looping, tumbling, cycling and whatnot...

I did not know some of the words here!
A bit sad I did not take part, but as you see with my posts, I dont have inspiration for blogging at the moment. We have intense raining for all the last week, and I am down... even dont get out for the walks.

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soulfuldreamer (73) · 5 months ago

A bit sad I did not take part

Do you like participating in such contests? I thought you liked photography ones...

and I am down

And you definitely sound a little sad too. I hope whatever is bothering you gets resolved. May you get well soon.

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jpegg (65) · 5 months ago

I thought you liked photography ones...

Yes. Mostly these type of challenges, which require approach from the visual side.

I hope whatever is bothering you gets resolved.

Thank you, than k you for the kind words and wishes! 🥰 I need to find a new good job to erase the annoying things, at least at parts... (sounds trivia, right?)

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joslud (71) · 5 months ago

Muchas gracias por proponer el concurso, fue todo un éxito en producciones.

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soulfuldreamer (73) · 5 months ago (edited)

You know what? I had a special prize for your entry! I was compiling the results, and it just slipped my mind. It came back to me when I saw your comment. Your entry was special because I had reserved a prize for whoever mentioned the idea of history repeating itself.'

And 4 Steem for this special entry!!!

I'm adding the edit now.

Here's your prize :)

(1+3 STEEM)

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