This week kicks off with a whopping 14 contests on the list! There’s something for everyone - photo contests, comment contests, writing contests, and even a bragging contest. Really!
If you want your contest listed, the best way to get noticed is to post it in the contest channel in the SBI Discord server.
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 Discord server.
Each contest may have its own rules, so please read the contest post thoroughly before entering.
The folks over at
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 units 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 units. But be quick! When Friday is over, so is the contest - until the next week that is.
We-Write is a new challenge where two writers create a single story using the freewrite prompt. It runs every other Wednesday with a prize of 4 SBI divided among winners.
https://steemit.com/scripsio/@kiokizz/rose-macrophotography-2xskgrwnev
Answer the question in the comments to be entered to win.
https://steemit.com/socalsteemit/@socalsteemit/4ktu6j-socal-steemit-mystery-photo-fridays
Guess the location in the image and you can win. Be quick, the first correct answer wins.
https://steemit.com/actifit/@amico/actifit-amico-20190215t223328255z
Answer the question to enter.
https://steemit.com/contestkings/@stever82/steem-monsters-and-sbi-inc-boost-giveaway-and-winner-announcement-5c7259c23d206est
Just comment you want an SBI share and you’ll be entered into the draw (follow the directions in the post!)
https://steemit.com/contest/@pundito/euro-jackpot-contest-26-special-edition-win-1-to-32-sbi-and-receive-a-part-of-the-steem-bounty
The Euro lottery returns.
https://steemit.com/ntopaz/@amico/ntopaz--amico--1413577200--ntopaz-actifit-outdoor-landscapephotography-nature--2019-02-16-22-40-13--artwork--none
Answer the question to be entered into this giveaway.
https://steempeak.com/curation/@thedailysneak/the-daily-sneak-16-february-2019-with-guest-curator-paradigmprospect
Curate for the daily sneak and you could get 10 SBI shares.
https://steemit.com/whatcookyou/@harmonyval/what-cook-you-week-1-weekly-photo-contest-by-harmonyval-ijpgklyb
Do you cook? Can you take photos? Then check this contest out!
https://steemit.com/minecraft/@immanuel94/build-contest-results-from-02-10-2019-to-the-topic-desert-or-bauevent-ergebnisse-vom-10-02-2019-zum-thema-wueste
Play Minecraft? Join this build challenge for a chance to win.
https://steemit.com/steemmonsters/@sparkesy43/it-s-back-sparkesy-s-battle-brag-6-win-2-sbi-shares-no-upvote-resteem-or-follow-required
Brag about your latest Steem Monster battle to be entered to win.
https://steemit.com/contestkings/@stever82/f69ed-steem-monsters-and-sbi-inc-boost-giveaway-and-winner-announcement
Just comment you want an SBI share and you could win it.
https://steemit.com/dpoll/@masoom/sbi-share-steem-monster-card-giveaway-february-18-2019
Answer the poll, that’s easy peasy.
https://steemit.com/fiction/@gardengnomepubs/farpunk-fiction-contest-2019-1
Stretch your creative muscles and write a farmpunk story for this contest.
https://steemit.com/contestkings/@cryptocopy/i-m-finally-a-minnow-5-minute-freewrite-4-sbi-giveaway
Celebrate the birth of a minnow and you could win.
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.
Finish the Story Contest is run by 
Mizu No Oto is founded on the belief that every image has a haiku. It’s an 
In the spirit of helping new Steemians, this contest focuses on curating great content and is run by 
Like super short stories? Try writing one in 232 characters or fewer for your chance to win SBI in this contest run by 
Travel the world with your fellow Steemians in the #swmchallenge run by 
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.
Every week you can visit the Thank You Economy contest and tag someone who has helped you. When you do, both of you could win SBI units from the ever growing prize pool!
Inspired by a game she played with the kids at her niece's birthday one year, this game is straightforward. She posts an image, and you guess what it is. The rules are simple enough, guess right and win an SBI share.
From the creator:
What is Punday?
Punday is the best day. It's the day we post a topic upon which you are invited to pun in the comments for a chance at SBI shares. You get to read all the incredible puns, and you can try your hand at puns, and you can just bask in the warmth and love that punsters offer. I am your Puntender, and I serve hot puncakes with Mapun Syrpun.
Love free stuff + crypto + science? This contest is for you! Simply resteem this post, upvote, comment and follow me to enroll. And get a chance to win 1 SBI unit and 50 GRC (Gridcoin).
A winner is selected at random from each daily contest and a unit awarded to the respective winner with a results post showing the wallet transaction from 
The comments that people can leave to gain entry can be anything useful, as little as teaching something helpful with markdown format, their thoughts on certain upvote services or apps like partiko for example, things like 
An easy and fun way to win SBI units 🔖 (con traducción en español)
Your upvote counts! 👍🏼 An anticipatory and strategic game where the best estimate wins 🔮
Just guess the final payout - but watch out for some simple rules.
An easy and fun way to win SBI 🔖 (con traducción en español)
Your recommendation and upvote counts! 📜👍🏼 An anticipatory and strategic game where the best estimate wins 🔮
Guess the final payout and share a post you recommend to read - but watch out for some simple rules.
Try and get out once a week for a short walk, can be from your office, home or anywhere really and walk for a few blocks or a few minutes looking for things to get shots of and share a post on a Wednesday with the #wednesdyawalk tag for a chance to receive SBI.
Sponsored by Jimmy's Sauces, @BraaiBoy hosts MeatyMondays and asks you to share a picture of a recent braai (aka BBQ) to win. That's it... No Likes or Resteems etc. required. 7 SBI units (and other prizes - incl a real-world Jimmy's Sauce hamper) are up for grabs. Yum! Mondays just got better.
NOTE: Contest images used with permission from their owners.
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:
If you think your contest qualifies let us know in the comments or on our Discord channel and we’ll check it out.
If you want to get involved, or to increase the basic income that you receive, enrollment is pretty straightforward:
Just send 1 STEEM to
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. If we choose to accept SBD without refunding it, you do not receive extra value for it.
Enrollments are processed automatically every 144 minutes. Confirmation transactions are still manual and typically are sent within 2-3 days. Even if you have not received a welcome transaction, you can check your status using !sbi status.
This Contest listing was prepared for us by 
Here are some examples of previous interviews created by members of the SBI writers group. As you can see from these examples, we let this lapse for a while, but we are ready to take it to the next level!
| Previous Interviews | 📖 |
|---|---|
| Interview with @andrewharland | Interview with @f3nix |
| Interview with @dynamicgreentk | Interview with @improv |
| Interview with @dosdudes |
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