RE: Contest (Win 10 SBD, 100% upvotes) To celebrate my reaching the F-1000 club. “Write a photo description”
Congratulations to @wanderingdanish, for winning the top prize in my F-1000 Club writing contest.
His entry was a fine balance of fiction, personal narrative, and photo-description. It was well-written and easy to read. It caught my interest and kept it, right through to the end.
Excellent work! The prize is coming your way, soon.
I’d also like to note the 5 runners-up. Actually, I had planned to include only 4 runners-up, but there was a 3-way tie for the final spot.
2 – @sandrina.life
3 – @hanggggbeeee
4 – @iwanderela
5 – @gabrielatravels
6 – @sky777
Each of them will receive a 100% upvote. (Unfortunately, the value / price of SBD has dropped over the past week. But the price will surely rise over the next little while, so you'll soon recoup the difference.)
Thanks (and various upvotes) to all the remaining participants. I appreciate your efforts, and encourage you to continue writing high-quality posts.
FYI, the following were the elements that I considered in judging the entries:
Writing quality / style
Content / interest-level
Overall impression
Relevance to photo
(Note: I may consider organizing similar writing contests, if I have the time and energy (and funds!) to do so. Stay tuned.)
Congratulation for the winners. 😂😂 entry of @wanderingdanish is really awesome. And most of entries here, too. Looking forward to your next writing contests. 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you @majes.tytyty!!!
I congratulate the winners and all participants! We are waiting for new competitions!
I'll see when I can do a similar one again. This was a good little exercise for all involved.
Congratulations to the winners and the runner ups. I like the selection process, even though my entry did not do too well based on the criteria used for selecting the winners. I can only hope that I would do better in your forthcoming contests.
Once again, congratulations on your 1000+ landmark. It is my wish that you attain your Steemit dreams. And thanks for providing the platform for quality writings to be showcased. And to those of us who look up to you for mentorship, we are proud of you. Regards.
I'm honored. Thanks for your meaningful comment.
(p.s. For these few days, I'm giving no upvotes, cuz the contest upvoting sucked out a lot of my voting power. (That's a good thing!)
So, I'm letting it recharge.)
It is all well and good. That wouldn't stop me from commenting.
Thank you so much!! Respect! :D
Feels good man, thanks for the win! Was a tough competition and didn't really expect much, so this is really amazing and I feel truly honored. Glad you liked my style of writing and the content, only encourages to do more.
congrats to all the runner ups, good job all!
Yes, there were quite a few other good ones. But you squeezed them out by getting a few more points for the overall quality. To be honest, the last day, one of the final entries, by @sandrina.life, almost edged you out of the number one spot.
But you ended up with only one point more than she did. So, maybe there was a bit of luck ...
Thank you so much :) I'm so glad you liked it. Even with grammar mistakes and my simple style.
I was going to ask you feedback, because I am still very insecure about my English =) but you are gaving me a very rewarding feedback. I wish I was able to write poetically and be able to use the vocabulary other participants have used here. I had to open word reference to understand what @wanderingdanish wrote!
May I share the story in one post using your photo and of course giving credit of the photo and the contest? Oh well, I guess I can, since you proposed to the winner as well. In case, I can always take it down :P
There were very few mistakes in your piece, and any errors were minor. And your mid-level (or mid-high-level) English made your text easy-to-read and easy-to-follow.
Your talking to the skyscraper was unique and interesting. And it was very well done. Normally, I do not care for such strange writing conceits, but somehow, I really enjoyed yours.
Since you came in second place, and since I've been praising your writing here, you no longer have to be insecure about your English!!! That's in the past.
As for sharing your story in a new post, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. I suggest that in the heading you say something about "My Winning Entry in F-1000 Club ..... etc" And of course, you can use the photo.
Again, congrats. I did not expect the final entry in the contest to almost beat out the leader, but you came so close. Keep writing, and keep being unique! (In your case, I believe it's inevitable that you will always be unique!!)