Results of the My Dream Vacation Writing Contest

Please find below the results of the Writing Contest titled "My Dream Vacation Destination is..." (https://steemit.com/travel/@nuoctuong/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-writing-contest-over-20-sbds-prize-pool). The participation has been phenomenon. We received 35 original entries into the contest. Thank you for taking us along on your dream!

First of all, much thanks and appreciation to the two judges, @for91days and @lenancie who read through the fantastic 35 entries and provided their feedback. The judges were instructed to award 100 points between the entrants. The points were tallied and the entries with the highest scores declared winners. We were taken to popular destinations such as New York City and Paris, France. But participants also introduced us to places where you wouldn't think would be on someone's dream destinations such as the Dead Sea or Tanzania. Then there was @ejgarcia who submitted the winning entry that took us to the Virtual Worlds, which wasn't even a physical location.

The Winners are:
1st Place @ejgarcia Virtual Worlds 10 SBDs + 1 SBI + 1 SBI from @quochuy
2nd Place @guchtere Iceland 5 SBDs + 1 SBI
3rd Place @steemymama NYC 3 SBDs + 1 SBI

Honorable Mentions
@bamboozled Dead Sea 0.5 SBD
@ashley4u France 0.5 SBD
@fher Nepal 0.5 SBD
@apple96 Bruges, Belgium 0.5 SBD

For additional details of how the scores were awarded by the judges, here is the Google link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aUbSv8jZ24VCKsQQDYyyjVgNJprXkYybdwCNZFGQ81w/edit?usp=sharing

Here is the complete list of all the participants and their articles:
@ejgarcia https://steemit.com/vr/@ejgarcia/places-to-visit-the-possibilites-of-virtual-worlds Virtual Worlds

@guchtere https://steemit.com/travelfeed/@guchtere/travel-go-where-your-dreams-take-you Iceland

@steemymama https://steemit.com/travel/@steemymama/nyc-my-dream-vacation-destination-writing-contest NYC

@bamboozled https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@bamboozled/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-the-dead-sea Dead Sea

@ashley4u https://steemit.com/artzone/@ashley4u/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-france France

@fher https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@fher/mi-dream-vacation-destination-is-nepal Nepal

@apple96 https://steemit.com/travel/@apple96/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-bruges-belgium
Bruges, Belgium

@josueelinfame https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@josueelinfame/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-china China

@soorefunmi https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@soorefunmi/my-dream-travel-destination-is-miami-e62f848a30b7d Miami

@cinderz https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@cinderz/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-in-aoraki-mount-cook-0894f59659653 Aoraki Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand.

@nahupuku https://steemit.com/travel/@nahupuku/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-the-roraima-mountain RoRaiMa Mountain, Venzeula

@zam398 https://steemit.com/travel/@zam398/tanzania-a-dream-destination-of-mine Tanzania

@attoan.cmt https://steemit.com/travel/@attoan.cmt/contest-from-nuoctuong-my-dream-destination-is San Francisco

@jacksartori https://steemit.com/life/@jacksartori/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-ha-long-bay-vietnam Ha Long Bay

@leeart https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@leeart/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-cappadocia Cappadocia

@celineaugustinee https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@celineaugustinee/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-the-gate-of-heaven-55fd092569e5b Gate of Heaven @ Pura Lempuyang Bali

@zephalexia https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@zephalexia/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-switzerland-or-writing-contest-by-nuoctuong-3ac6762eec556 Switzerland

@aboutart https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@aboutart/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-tubbataha-reefs-natural-park Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

@kimberlylane https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@kimberlylane/dreaming-of-paris-a-vacation-contest-with-nuoctuong Paris, France

@long888 https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@long888/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-manjuyod-sandbar-aka-the-maldives-of-the-philippines-d03c1bdd56ea4est Maldives, Philippines

@solcross https://steemit.com/travel/@solcross/travel-to-the-utopian-world-of-mugapia
Mugapia

@ejgarcia https://steemit.com/travel/@ejgarcia/mysteries-of-the-world-the-lost-city-of-atlantis
Lost City of Atlantis

@fjmb86 https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@fjmb86/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-swiss-alps
Swiss Alps

@naijatimez https://steemit.com/travel/@naijatimez/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-qatar2022
Qatar

@opiman https://steemit.com/travel/@opiman/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-writing-contest-over-20-sbds-prize-pool Tunnel of Love, Ukraine

@febemarie25 https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@febemarie25/my-dream-vacation-destination-coron-palawan-philippines Coron Plawan, Philippines

@olivia08 https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@olivia08/my-dream-destination-is-bohol-tourist-spot-in-the-philippines-6d093b158478f Bohol Tourist Spot in the Philippines

@oanhpham https://steemit.com/travel/@oanhpham/contest-from-nuoctuong-my-dream-destination-is New York City

@louzam https://steemit.com/travel/@louzam/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-iceland Iceland

@solcross https://steemit.com/travel/@solcross/ever-heard-about-jinja-uganda-perhaps-you-should-think-about-it-soon Jinja, Uganda

@jonnahmatias1016 https://busy.org/@jonnahmatias1016/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-maldives Maldives

@aditya-murarka https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@aditya-murarka/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-indian-temple-vaishno-devi-near-jammu-and-kashmir Indian Temple near Jammu and Kashmir

@ejgarcia https://steemit.com/dreamtravel/@ejgarcia/to-infinity-and-beyond Outerspace

@nnaachlam https://steemit.com/travel/@nnaachlam/my-dream-vacation-destination-is-dome-of-the-rock-palestina-a1e5420c57294 Dom of the rock, Palestina

P.S. I was first introduced to the Steemian Community by posting an entry to @hungrybanana Contest "Why I love being in the Vietnamese Community" . At the time, I was so new to Steemit that I didn't even understand the context of contest was intended for the Discord Community @teamvn. I wrote about the general offline Vietnamese Community that had nothing to do with Steemit. Nevertheless, the judges find the entry interesting enough and introduced me to the Vietnamese Discord Community. Steemit is a positive and growing community that I hope will continue to prosper under the goodwill and active participation of its users.

Proof of the Awards to the Winners