Welcome to the Eleventh week of The Comedy Open Mic Contest.

Please read the contest rules here

Rules for Judges

• Contest will run for a minimum of 12 weeks, and will continue to run as long as it is sustainable.
• Prizes to be sent out within 24hrs of contest round closing
• @comedyopenmic will announce start and end of every round (approx 5am GMT Fridays, this will be adjusted if needed)
• Judges will do their best to review all entries
• Every effort will be made for @comedyopenmic to upvote all entries
• A big thank you to @holybranches and @dj123 for their time and effort in upvoting everybody and ensuring @comedyopenmic spread the upvote love in round 10
• A special thank you to our wonderful guest judges in round 10 @diebitch (who has done 2 rounds in a row), @amirtheawesome1, and @holybranches your time is greatly appreciated.

Judges:

@idikuci
@take5
@dandesign86 / @comedyopenmic
@holybranches
@diebitch / @comedyopenmic
@samueldouglas

If you see any of these guys around please upvote and thank them. It is because of their support that this contest is able to keep functioning.

Do you want to be a judge?

Read all the entries, comment on contestant posts. Leave a positive trail of happiness and laughter behind you like you fart laughing gas and we will notice. Our most active curators and contestants will be asked to join us as guest judges on a week to week basis.

Prizes

• Court Jester will get 45SBD
  • Court Jester will be chosen by the judges
• People's champion will get 1-10SBD (Payout depends on value, higher value post will get smaller prize. Remaining value to be handed out to other entrants).
  • People's champion is whoever has highest $ payout at competition close
• Top 10 prize pool is 40Steem
  • Contestant selected for Punchy's Top 10 will receive 4Steem each.
• Lucky Door Prize will be 10SBD
  • 5 lucky contestants will get a 2SBD each as a bonus prize.
• Chuck Norris Award
  • 5 SBD given to the best curator / commenter

This week's prize pool 70SBD + 40 Steem

Curators

A number of people have put themselves forward as curators of content to encourage more entries.

@carlgnash (Also really funny, we want more entries from him)
@punchline (Still hoping George Carlin comes back to life)
@steemwizards (No idea who he is but he's good fun)
@nonameslefttouse (Make it a good story to get his attention)
@trafalgar (Include #punchline tag to grab his attention)
@bitfiend (We just like him, dunno why)
@diebitch (Don't be mean, or she'll roast you)
@yanosh01 New Curator
@acolucky New Curator

If you see any of these guys around please upvote and thank them. It is because of their support that this contest is able to keep functioning.

Sponsors

Donations

A big thank you to @buttcoins, @ilt-yodith, @cemke, @acolucky, @take5 who were very generous in donating additional funds towards prizes.
@idikuci - 194SBD , @dj123 - 122SBD + 5 Steem, @punchline - 80 Steem + 10SBD, @take5 - 58 SBD, @dandesign86 and @redlipstick - 32SBD, @ilt-yodith - 16.891SBD + 10.899 Steem, @amirtheawesome1 / @yesaye - 20SBD, @nonameslefttouse - 10SBD, @thedailylaugh - 10SBD, @meesterboom - 10SBD, @dreemit - 5SBD, @thevillan - 5SBD, @sisygoboom - @5SBD, @belemo - 3SBD, @steemmatt - 3SBD, @jedi-won - 2SBD, @bitfiend - 2SBD, @diebitch - 2SBD, @lunasilver 0.007 Steem, @buttcoins - 10SBD, @cemke - 2SBD, @acolucky - 3 Steem,

Delegations

Big thank you to @buttcoins who added to our delegation pool this week.
@ngc - 20,000SP, @roelandp - 15,556SP, @idikuci - 2,000SP, @dandesign86 / @bluetower - 500SP, @dj123 - 500SP, @take5 - 500SP, @flipstar - 300SP, @mightpossibly - 250SP, @yesaye - 162SP, @buttcoins - 150SP, @jasonschick - 125SP, @diebitch - 100SP, @amirtheawesome1 - 100SP, @ubongj - 50SP, @abh12345 - 50SP, @cemke - 40SP, @bitfiend - 35SP, @holybranches - 10SP, @groovatti - 10SP

Please send any donations and SP delegations directly to @comedyopenmic. The more funding we get, the longer it will be possible to run the contest and upvote all you hilarious people.

Important Information

If you see our judges, curators or sponsors comments or posts, please upvote and encourage them. They are giving up their time to help this contest, so if you see these guys around, say hello and give them an upvote:

@roelandp, @ngc, @comedyopenmic, @dj123, @nonameslefttouse, @dandesign86 / @bluetower, @carlgnash, @take5, @ilt-yodith, @punchline, @steemwizards, @trafalgar, @meesterboom, @dreemit, @redlipstick, @thedailylaugh, @flipstar, @steemmatt, @bitfiend, @thevillan, @jedi-won, @belemo, @jasonshick, @diebitch, @ubongj, @bitfiend, @holybranches, @lunasilver, @cemke, @amirtheawesome1, @samueldouglas, @buttcoins.

We are all trying to make this a successful contest to raise participation in #funny and attract more comedians and aspiring comedians to Steem.

This post marks the end of Round 10 and the start of Round 11 of Comedy Open Mic.

Within 24hrs of this post, another post will go out marking the prize recipients. Sorry about the double post, but we need to make sure we have time to enjoy all the entries.

Come join our discord channel and just say hi.

Upvotes for amusement

We're so board that we're giving away upvotes if you amuse us. Click on the words in the previous sentence and join in the fun.

Plagiarism

If you believe someone has submitted a plagiarised entry, please let the judges know. You can let us know on the discord channel or as a reply to one of our comments. As long as contestants make an effort to produce original content and provide sources for other material we will be happy to accept the entry.

Good Luck and Happy Steeming!!

_{Thank you to @matytan for the great banner}