Sankofa Folktale Contest #6

Announcement first!

This week's news is that we are introducing a new category in the prizes, and expanding the prize pool by 30%. We want to encourage community participation by creating a "popular" category of winners, to be decided by the number of upvotes their entry comment (below) gathers. This does not replace our regular model, only adds to the excitement.

Last week's contest closed with some really amazing entries. We appreciate everyone who contributed through stories from all corners of the world. We all win when we have others honor our invitation into our individual cultures and heritages. That is the beauty of the sankofa contest.

Below were the top 3 from last week's entries, as selected by our judges. We invite you to click on them, read the very interesting stories, and support the authors if you deem their contents worthy.

First Place: 5 STEEM

@corpsvalues's "The Zombie, and its connection to the human psyche"

Second Place: 3 STEEM

@jackofcrows's "The Devil and The Babe"

Third Place: 2 STEEM

@greenewalks's "The White witch of Rose Hall - Know who you marry. A Jamaican folklore"

All prizes have been sent to the respective winners. Congratulations, and thank you everyone for entering.

The next round is hereby announced open!

"Share any exciting folk tale in the most creative and original way you can think of. All you need are just loose memories of the original plot, and you create an interesting story to share with us. The best entries win some STEEM."

Share your story on your blog as a new post.
Use "sankofa" as one of the tags.
Additionally, drop the link to your post as comment on this announcement post.
This is NOT mandatory, but you may resteem this announcement post to help spread the word.
Entries close 6 days after this announcement post. Tick tock...

Prizes

We have a 13 STEEM prize pool in total, to be distributed thus:

5 STEEM for the first place winner
3 STEEM for second place winner
2 STEEM for 3rd place winner
2 STEEM for most popular entry (judged from upvote count on entry comment on this post)
1 STEEM for second most popular entry

Remember, the best prizes are the author rewards very good posts attract. We have had many entries in the past already go on to receive a curie upvote. Make the most of the contest.

Good luck! Have fun.

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