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We have a new, really interesting contest in the Steem waters, people and I have decided to enter, thanks to @katerinaramm who let me know about it! (Thanks a lot, Kate!)

The Whats and Hows

@anomadsoul and @blocktrades (a whale-known Steemit witness) are working together to give away a one-month "scholarship" (id est, a one-month support from @blocktrades) to one lucky Steemian who despite the crypto-market despair, sticks to the platform, dedicates time and gray matter and continues working on their blog and engaging with people.
_{*For more details, visit the CONTEST Announcement post!}

Tempting isn't it?

Let's see, am I eligible?

Requirements:

1) Make at least 3 posts on a weekly basis during the bleeding months of October and November

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Although this November is moving-house month for me and my time is limited, I try to keep up with my Steemit life, check up on people I follow and share at least some of my fiction and my photos.

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2) Make at least 60 comments in the same period

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3) Be part of a community and be active in it

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• Being a @steemstem curator for more than a year now, I have been curating STEM-related posts and writing the "Distilled" series for a long time.
• I have also been working with @davinci.witness and @utopian-io as a Language Moderator of the Greek Translation team.
  With @dimitrisp (our second Greek Language Moderator) we have set up a community account, @aristotle.team, in order to support translation posts (and later expand on more Utopian categories). Some of our members' SP has been delegated to this effort.
• I am one of the many delegators to @actifit project, as I do believe it has potential and I appreciate @mcfarhat for his hard work.
• I have tried to help around with the @greek-trail and @eye4art projects, but due to lack of time I had to let go.

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4) Make posts of top quality, made with effort, time and dedication

I leave this "check" to your judgement

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5) Have a reputation higher than 50 without bidbots

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As a minnow who was still trying to figure out how things work, back in 2017, I had used small bidbot upvotes (worth 0.1-2 SBD), but once I realized what most bots do to the platform, I quit them. Ever since, I am growing my reputation "organically", either by making posts on topics I enjoy most (photography, insects, stem topics I find interesting and fiction or poetry) or by translating for DaVinci and Utopian.

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To enter: Pick a post you made between November 15 - 23, preferably the best one you made:

I think I'll be choosing one of my photostories from last week:

Dance Me To The End Of Love (Photostory)

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In no more than 20 lines, explain why do you think you are a role model Steemian who engages daily with other users and posts quality content regularly.

I don't know if I am a role model, but I do try to bring a little bit of myself on this platform. I try to turn my blog into a little safe space, where I can share my thoughts and creative experimentations. I like to see other people's imaginative posts, exchange jokes and positive feedback. Moreover, whenever and how ever I can, I try to help people and projects I find worthy. The low prices have not made me happy, but despite the current situation I am still around, I drop votes, I post when I have the time, I pretty much keep being an active member and I choose not to power down (unless some really serious reasons come up in the future).

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GOOD LUCK to all participants!

We may be going through hard crypto times, but there are still people here who enjoy the stay, share parts of themselves and stay for the place, not the prices.

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Other worthy Steemians to check out:

@donnadavisart - @tezmel - @abigail-dantes - @agmoore - @alexander.alexis - @yidneth - @erh.germany - @gric - @patschwork - @nonameslefttouse - @trumpman - @katerinaramm - @iliasdiamantis - @dimitrisp - @lordneroo

There are a lot more, these are some of the ones I could think of right now...

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^{Images (not-free for re-use) taken by @ruth-girl - gif made by @ruth-girl}

Thank you so much for your time!

Until my next post,
Steem on and keep smiling, people!