My 2017: Welcoming this new year: Winners! 223 Steem in Prizes
We had 223 entries! Can you believe that? 223 different New Year´s Eve celebrations in 223 unique ways! From Steemians from Nigeria to the Philipines going through Germany to Venezuela, it was very nice and interesting to read each and every one of your entries.
At first I wanted to comment o every entry but when I woke up on January 1st I saw there were more than 40, and it was only a few hours after starting 2018... to be honest on that very moment I knew my VP and most of my week would be about reading New Year Celebrations - which is mainly why I didn´t post on the 2nd or the 3rd of January.
But I finished and all I have to say is: Thank you.
Thank you everyone for joining, for being amazing, for letting us celebrate as if we were next to you eating or having a conversation with your family or friends.
I have to say, I wish I could´have voted higher on every post, most of you deserved more rewards than what you got, some of you even got three digit payouts for your amazing posts, congratulations!
The winner selection process:
First of all, I told you this time I would be choosing the winners in a different way and I think it is the best one so far, especially because of the subject of the contest.
No one can judge which celebration is better or who spends a nicer New Year´s Ever because we are all different.
But what we can do is appreciate good effort put into a post and anyone can say Hey, this post deserves to win... So I wanted to be as fair as possible and give everyone a chance.
So this time it is not about the content, it is about the post quality and the sweat and put into making the best post of the year.
I took out of the contest every highly voted post - because let´s face it, if you have more than $40 - $50 payout, you already accomplished what I wanted with this contest: To reward Steemians for their hard work - and I am not considering them for the price.
I also tried nominating some of the entries for @ocd so they would get a very big reward so I am taking those out as well.
Also, I took into consideration that you followed the simple rules: Use the specific title, use the tag #my2017 and to resteem the post.
So, we had 223 entries, that means we have 223 Steem to be divided among the winners. What I did was select 10% of the eligible entries and Im spliting the prize evenly.
No 1st place. No honorable mentions. Every New Year Celebration deserves to be rewarded evenly, because every celebration is the same, we are hard working Steemians making a post about our last day in 2017.
The 31 winners: A 7 Steem Price for each of you
@deeday31 - Glee and Enthusiasm for 2018
@gellyarenas - Together as a family
@marpa - Bienvenido nuevo año
@tonie - In another side of the world
@keban - My year of new beginnings
@anotsopopularkid - The Filipino way
@astrovorg - From jungle happiness in simplicity
@ajremy - African traditions
@cwen - My year of soaring like an eagle
@mhel - Oven roasted lechon belly
@neuerko - Not always the best time
@arcabuzx - Venezuelan style
@udembahenry - Welcomes new year with laughter
@ibemorah - What an experience to end the year
@kneelyrac - To a prosperous and productive 2018
@mashiliyanage - A new chapter in my life journal
@ekonugraha - New friends and more happiness
@marinaart - My crazy family
@allerie00 - The end for a new beginning
@meetmysuperego - Welcoming the new year
@bcrafts - The beginning of a new chapter for a writer
@nays - Positivity and getting stronger together
@poonamsingh - Not in a single day
@qyugmo - Not so exciting new year transaction
@olaivart - Let me sleep
@rasamuel - Happy not so new year
@kofspades - Food family and lights
@sistem - In a low key and very boring state
@nahupuku - Im trying to escape from bullets in a mountain
@therovingreader - Big sky montana
@jacinta-sevilla & @noellesevilla & @gems.and.cookies - A three in one entry
Congratulations to everyone!
Special Thanks
Remember, making this contest and giving this prizes is only possible due to the delegation I got from @blocktrades. Don´t forget to vote for them as witness here to show them your support!
@anomadsoul I have a better suggestion. Despite of distributing money. Gave people nice upvotes.
You're very awesome man... I wish you the best in life and a happy new year... funny enough my birthday is today (10th January) and you just gave me a birthday gift of 7steem.
God bless you
with love
the teen with steam for steem
Thank you very much for this contest. I really love it cause i can enjoy the new year with many family of steemians around the world.
Happy new year for you @anomadsoul
Hope you make another good contest again.
Good luck in this year. :)
Excellent way to select winners and reward the sweat and effort. This is what the community should be about. Well done and thanks for the contest series, was fun!
anomadsoul!! Thank you, your Post.
good job dear @anomadsoul
I like your post dear
Nice post! I follow you =)
The joy of seeing our names is priceless. Thank you so much for making our first week of 2018 even more awesome!
Thank you very much @anomadsoul! We received the prize. It was an honor!
OMG! thank you so much @anomadsoul for having this contest and for choosing me as one of the 32 lucky winners! Looking forward for more contests this year!
congratulations to all winners and to all participants, all are winners by the pure love of fellow steemians @anomadsoul, thank you Sir, you bring me smile, good luck and more power to your next contest.