Holy Moly! SO many great entries! Here's special guest judge Poppa Bear's winners!

I'm so happy to have so many people getting involved and spreading the vegan/plant-based movement around! My poppa bear (not quite a vegan himself... yet) helped me judge this week's amazing entries! Yay! Thanks Poppa!

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This week was the first week back for #veganwednesday since I went traveling and had to put it on pause so I am overwhelmed with excitement that we're able to run it again! Thank you all for participating! It was so fun to see all of your entries :)

For anyone who is new here, I am so happy to have you! Make sure you read the middle section so you know how to enter to be able to win the prizes every week! :)

About me:

Creating this contest for me, is a huge piece of my heart. I love food, healing and sharing inspiration. By adapting my diet, I truly changed my life and have been on a mission ever since to help anyone I can find that same healing and happiness through methods that I have found to be successful!

Thank you for clicking on this post, it's wonderful to have you here, submitting pieces of your heart to me and sharing this with the world! I love it and am so happy I started this and am hoping it only continues to grow <3

My intent is to bring awareness, conversation and relationship over the concept of veganism/plant-based foods... whether or not you are vegan does not matter! You can enter anyway!

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How Winning Works:

I improved my winning system by using @papa-pepper's method of 50% of post payout going to 1st place, and 12.5% to a second place and third place each!

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Rules of the game: 🍇

• We have had some great entries that missed some of our rules in the past so please make sure to read them below!

• I am notchyourmotha! I'm not here to tell you what or what not to eat but my contest, my rules so your entry must be vegan/plant-based ie: nothing can come from an animal!

• As my loving and open rules state- you, yourself do not need to be vegan to enter this contest but your post does have to be! That means if it's a recipe please be sure to remember that animal products are not vegan! If you need help, feel free to comment and ask me!

What day can I enter? 🍌

Originally I had meant for this to be a Wednesday only challenge however, I've extended it so that you can enter whatever day you want (much easier for you to enter that way!), but I will release the winners for the week on Wednesdays so the cutoff for the week will be Monday at 12UTC to give me time to go through them all. If you submit after that time, don't worry! I will consider your entry for the following week!

What's love got to do with it? 🍎

Please mention this contest in your post! I am trying to get a friendly community together here with similar interests so the more people who can find us, the more we can grow, the more we can learn, the more we can love! If you meet someone vegan-licious or plant-based-tastic, invite them to join in! The more the veggier!
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How to participate: 🍉

• Post what vegan means to you! This could be anything from vegan approved recipes (no animal products) to poems, to reviews... basically I am looking for vegan related content at your discretion (must be animal friendly!)

• Tag it within #veganwednesday. If you do not tag it in #veganwednesday, sadly it can't count!

• Mention the contest in your post to promote vegan love across Steemitland!

• Post your entry on each week's update (this post will serve as this week's, so post your submissions here! I don't want to miss them!)

• Only positive posts will be considered. This isn't a war for animal rights or a call out to tell people how to live! It's a loving, caring, sharing invitation to get to know each other and support our community!

• I will create a post announcing the winner each week along with any deserved mentions as to help foster a strong community bond for those of us who are trying to share our messages, love and inspiration with the world!

• Your content will be evaluated on how much heart you show! Pull on my heart strings and you got yourself a prize! <3

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WINNER, WINNER (No Chicken Dinner!)

WEEK 10: Post Total: $12.71 + extra $5 (From Announcement Post)

1st Prize: $8.5 SBD
@lenasveganliving

[MOCHA OMBRE] (https://steemit.com/veganwednesday/@lenasveganliving/mocha-ombre-for-vegan-wednesday)

@lenasveganliving poppa loved your presentation! He told me the photography was incredible, and he wished he could taste them! Luckily he's flying back to Canada next week, should I have him drop by for a snack? ;) Congratulations! You always put so much effort into your posts and they are always gorgeous as well as mouth watering! 💖

Runner Up Prize: $2.25 SBD
@smallstepschange
Vegan Vindaloo

@smallstepschange offers us a vegan take on a delicious traditional Indian dish... one of my favorites! Yum! I've been taking Poppa around to Indian restaurants while he's been visiting and he knew how much effort goes into a dish and wanted to make sure you were rewarded for your effort! Great job! :)

2nd Runner Up Prize: $2.25 SBD

@haphazard-hstead
Edible Weeds!

@haphazard-hstead created a great tutorial post on how to identify edible weeds! Poppa and I both thought this was a really interesting guide because there are so many growing plants out there that we could be eating (that have medicinal properties even) that we don't know about! Also, this sparked us into a conversation about fermenting and the prospect of digging up my grandma's old dandelion wine recipe so thank you for this post! :)

Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry this week!

COMMENT YOUR ENTRIES FOR WEEK 11 HERE ON THIS POST!

This contest is a way to bring the vegan/plant-based community together and show others what is possible through inspiration! You are all filling my heart up every week! Thank you for helping me share this knowledge and inspiration!

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A note from @heart-to-heart's heart:
I have a compelling urge to inspire and assist anyone who would like to improve their health!

I would love for you to experience the same incredible health benefits I have received from changing what I put into my body.

I hope this challenge inspires you to consider new options in your diets and serves to help us connect to each other! Please engage with me here in the comments, on steemit.chat or in Discord! I am so excited to launch this initiative (again) and can't wait to meet new friends and see your posts!

XO,