Steem Basic Income

Steem Basic Income is a social experiment to bring a basic income to as many Steemians as possible. Members join by sponsoring others into the program. Steem Basic Income is delivered through providing regular upvotes to member content.

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Contests, Giveaways and Raffles!

This contest update has something for everyone! There’s poetry, a scavenger hunt, photography, storytelling, and ones as simple as commenting. This week there’s no excuse for not trying your hand at winning some SBI shares.

Please try to think about your submissions and reward these great hosts with quality submissions. If you enjoy somebody’s contest format, check their feed for more, and follow them so you don’t have to wait for our listing to come out!

If you want to see more contests before we mention them, check the #steembasicincome tag in Trending or New and see what's happening! We also have a contests channel in our new Discord server.

Each contest may have its own rules, so please read the contest post thoroughly before entering.

1. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@josephsavage/steemworld-benefit-raffle-win-sbd-and-sbi
   Help support Steemworld in this contest run by our own @josephsavage and you might win!

2. https://steemit.com/contest/@improv/punday-monday-win-sbi-join-this-easy-contest-with-your-original-pun-on-this-week-s-topic-this-is-the-59th-week-that-we-ve-held
   Do your best to be punny!

3. https://steemit.com/contest/@coinsandchains/contest-thank-you-economy-week-3-or-4-sbi-shares
   Show some gratitude for someone who helped you on Steemit and you both could win SBI shares!

4. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@ijmmai/contest-keep-the-link-7-bd0b79a1a518aest
   Take a picture that follows the directions in the post for a chance at SBI.

5. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@jonnyla08/new-steembasicincome-raffle-for-10-shares
   You could win big in this raffle for SBI shares.

6. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@elleok/steem-basic-income-72h-raffle-17-win-lifetime-upvotes-on-all-your-posts
   Get in on this one quick!

7. https://steemit.com/wednesdaywalk/@tattoodjay/wednesday-walk-challenge-signs-at-the-beach-and-steem-basic-income-give-away
   Take some photos on a walk and share them for a chance at SBI.

8. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@bengy/steemitbasicincomegiveawaysuperpower-kk3c7w2ju9
   What superpower do you want to have? Put your answer in the comments for a chance at SBI shares.

9. https://steemit.com/kiwibot/@kiwibot/steembasicincome-contest-for-5-shares-kiwibot-weekly-update-5
   Give feedback to the kiwibot team for a chance at SBI shares.

10. https://steemit.com/contest/@jk6276/new-sbi-contest-3-shares-on-offer-steem-bounty-for-all-entrants
    Share why you’re still here on Steem (follow all the directions) and you might get 3 SBI shares.

11. https://steemit.com/contest/@culgin/culgin-s-game-20180809-2-sbi-shares-to-be-won
    Like scavenger hunts? Check out this contest and start searching.

12. https://steemit.com/contest/@cryptictruth/6p95f-free-upvote-for-life-contest
    Guess what’s in the image for your chance to win! The first correct guess wins.

13. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@sanderjansenart/2bj4ak-steembasicincome-give-away-contest
    Tell a story about the art and you could win SBI shares.

14. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@snowyknight/steembasicincome-haiku-contest-v-1-make-haikubot-come-for-sbi
    Share a haiku in this poetic contest!

15. https://steemit.com/sayaprayer/@botefarm/say-a-prayer-contest-a-contest-with-no-looser
    Keep the poems flowing in this contest for 3 SBI shares.

16. https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@dixiesilverminer/piratesunday-piratesunday-piratesunday-piratesunday-piratesunday-16
    Tell a pirate tale for SBI shares.

Check out these recurring contests too!

Quite a few industrious Steemians run contests regularly. Here is a list of the ones we know about at the moment. All of these have been running for months so you can count on their posted schedule.

Be sure to check each account and look for the contest name as the links change each week. Also remember to read the full contest description as the rules and prize values sometimes change.

@freewritehouse

The folks over at @freewritehouse run three contests each week. All of them are designed to encourage community engagement and highlight other's work. Besides the prizes from the @freewritehouse account, they are always interested in hearing from anyone who will sponsor a contest and so they can offer even bigger prizes.

A Favorite Freewrite You Read contest runs every Tuesday for just 24 hours. You need to read some freewrites written (you can read this post to see what they are), and then comment on the contest posts about which ones you liked best and why. If they choose your comment you win shares of SBI.

Recommend your Favorite Freewrite Poem is a poetry version of the Favorite Freewrite contest and it runs every Friday. Make a comment about a freewrite poem you loved and you could win SBI shares. But be quick! When Friday is over, so is the contest - until the next week that is.

We-Write is a new challenge they’ve just started in the last few weeks. It runs every other Wednesday (next one is July 25th) with a prize of 4 SBI divided among winners.

Finish the Story Contest

This weekly contest is run by @f3nix. He recently launched the @bananafish account which now hosts the contest which runs every Wednesday. He posts the beginning of a story, and you finish it. Then you post your complete story for everyone to read. The winner, as chosen by the @bananafish god, wins SBI shares. The important thing to know about this contest is that it's an ongoing creativity workshop, so if you miss one deadline you can participate in the next.

Paying it Forward

In the spirit of helping new Steemians, this contest focuses on curating great content and is run by @thedarkhorse. It runs weekly on Mondays and asks that you find two "High Quality Original Content Blog Posts" to recommend for curation. Four judges decide which recommendations were the best and multiple winners get SBI shares. Follow @thedarkhorse to see the latest contest post and read it for full details.

ZapFic Writing Contest

Like super short stories? Try writing one in 232 characters or fewer for your chance to win SBI in this contest run by @felt.buzz. Every Wednesday he posts a new prompt to use for your very short story. Be sure to read the rules on this one as you'll need a Zappl account to qualify, but your stories will be automatically posted to Steem too.

Steemit World Map Challenge

Travel the world with your fellow Steemians in the #swmchallenge run by @runicar. You simply need to share a blog about a place you visited and share it on the map (read the post to see how). You’ll need pictures and good descriptions if you want to get noticed and win the SBI shares.

Caption Contest

Help celebrate digital art by creating creative captions for the week’s selected picture. Read all the rules carefully to be sure your entry qualifies for the SBI prizes.

NOTE: Contest images used with permission from their owners.

How to get on the recurring contest list

Do you run a regular contest that you’d like to see in our recurring contest section? We have some simple criteria you need to have to be included:

SBI shares must be part of the prizes given out.
Contest needs to be running 5 weeks or 10 contests on a consistent schedule, whichever comes first.

If you think your contest qualifies let us know in the comments or on our Discord channel and we’ll check it out.

Instead of trying to be thoroughly comprehensive (and then end up not publishing) like we have before, we have only included the most recent contests (skipping duplicates). If we missed yours, feel free to share it in the comments for our readers to find, and to stop by our Discord server to post it in the contests channel.

Enrollment

If you want to get involved, or to increase the share of basic income that you receive, enrollment is pretty straightforward:

Just send 1 STEEM to @steembasicincome. Include the name of a Steemian to sponsor in the transaction memo (preceded by @). You and the person you sponsor will each receive 1 share in the program. You can sponsor any active Steemian, it does not have to be a current member.

If you're unclear, please check out our full transaction memo guidelines and then let us know if you have any questions.
https://steemit.com/busy/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-updated-transaction-memo-guidelines

The official currency for enrollment is STEEM. We do not accept SBD for enrollments. Please allow up to 7 days for your enrollment to be processed.

Writer Bio

This Contest listing was prepared for us by @ntowl!

@ntowl is a freelance copywriter who plans on being a best-selling author. Her writing is all over the web, but most of it belongs to other people who paid her to write it. She recently she launched an editing service for Steem blogs. You can read how it works in this post:
https://steemit.com/steemgigs/@ntowl/how-to-use-ntowl-s-steem-blog-editing-service

Upcoming Steem Creators Conference!

Come meet us and many other talented Steemians in Toronto this Fall!

We had a great experience at the #steemcreators conference in April and we are excited for what is in store this September! This is a fantastic opportunity to network with other Steemians and learn skills to improve your Steem performance.

Purchase your conference tickets Here and don't forget to book your place for the Steem Creator's Concert after-hours event featuring @wolfnworbeikood and many other amazing creators!!!
We would love to see you there!

Here is @josephsavage's presentation on Steem Basic Income from the last conference:

Questions?

Please read our recently published FAQ. Most questions are addressed in our FAQ or in the additional resources that it suggests. If you still have questions, ask in the comments section or join us in our discord channel. To review your share counts, we recently introduced our new SBI Member Lookup Tool.