The contest is now closed 01:00 UTC 24th August
Win a share of one hundred and forty five hive - Three winners to be chosen
Hi folks, I'm running another contest - All you need to do is follow the simple guidelines below to be eligible. Judging will be done by a most legit fellow called @dandays, who's decisions will be final of course. The 150 hive is provided by @meesterboom, @tarazkp, @dandays, @maonx, @dreemsteem and myself, @galenkp and split as below. If you're keen to add to the prize pool let me know in the comments below, your generosity would be welcome.
30% of prize pool for second
20% of the prize pool for third
Read and follow the entry requirements so you know what to do
Post topic: Grandparent stories
Basically just write about a moment shared with your grandparents or something your learned from them that impacted upon you; advice, wisdom or lessons or maybe tell us what they meant to you and why. It's your choice and your topic to design and create. If you didn't know your grandparents use another older person who impacted upon you.
Follow these simple guidelines for eligibility
✅ Write a minimum of 200 words in English
✅ Entries must be posted in the Silver bloggers community to be eligible
✅ Tag your post #grandparentstories (first tag please)
✅ Original work only - no plagiarising
✅ Use this title as follows: ⬇️
Title example:
Grandparent stories contest entry: @your-username
✅ Contest runs from now to Tuesday 24 August 01:00 UTC
✅ Winners will be announced in a post on my post feed
If you have any questions ask me below in the comments
Silver bloggers community
The contest is to raise awareness and interest for a hive community called Silver bloggers. It's a community where older, and not so old, people can drop their life experiences and thoughts, advice and experiences about various things: Life, travel, leisure, future-planning, crypto, wisdom and so on. All ages are welcome and it's a great place to share and learn at the same time. Take a look at the community page here and subscribe if you haven't already - It's a pretty cool little community.
I look forward to seeing your entries but please read the guidelines above to ensure your entry is eligible as it would be a shame for you to miss out simply by not using the right format. To be fair to all entrants only those meeting the guidelines above will be considered for judging.
Good luck to you all.
Design and create your ideal life, don't live it by default - Tomorrow isn't promised so be humble and kind
Discord: galenkp#9209
Hello, @galenkp greetings from Venezuela. Delighted with this contest. I think I found it a little late. I realize I won't make it in time, however I will still post several stories of my grandparents in the community Silver Blogger comunity. Greetings.
Ah yes, probably a little late as it closes in ten minutes. Please write something though and I'll be doing another contest in another community in the next couple of weeks so maybe you can join that one?
Ok, thank you very much, very kind.
Hi @galenkp!
It is a very important and meaningful topic indeed. I would like to make a small contribution to this beautiful competition. If you see fit, I'd love to contribute 15 Hives.
Hi there @maonx, thank you for your kind words and generous donation to the prize pool. If you'd like to send it through to my wallet with the memo grandparents contest I'll update the post. :)
You're welcome :)
I wish success to everyone who will participate in the competition.
Thank you, I will amend the announcement post. Your generosity is much appreciated.
Oh, did not of the Silver Bloggers
Off to check it out
By the way “Silver Bloggers” is a cool name 😊
Check out the community, a cool little spot. I hope you may enter my contest too, no pressure though.
I read your comment yesterday, gave it some thought... what do I write about? I did not have a typical relationship with the only Grandparent I really knew... but I think I will share a story :D
It'll be nice if you do but don't do anything you don't feel comfortable with. 😊
And done :D
I saw. :)
Look forward to having you join us @kaerpediem!
Oh hey @fionasfavourites
I am loving the name of the community by the way, better than the "golden"
Coz I am still feeling hip - like Silver you know hahaha
Sassy silvers, that's what we are! You know you can pick a "community name"? Let me know when you do and I'll do the necessary 😀
It's a meaningful topic. I can't wait to check out the stories from participants.
It's gonna be a difficult job but I believe @dandays will be a great Judge. I like his fun interaction and engagement. 🙂
Let's see how it goes Trang, and you going to get involved?
I got the guidelines. Yes, sure I will participate and spread the contest :)
Good luck. Also, you changed your profile picture?
Yes, who else? haha I changed it a couple of weeks ago I remember :))
Hmm, I can't say I do to be honest, but I've been a little preoccupied lately. Looks good though.
What a great subject! I look foward to reading them!
Swigers!
Been a while. I hope you're doing well.
I'm hoping we get a few posts as I'd like to read some nice stories too.
:) One day! I keep current. I am doing great. I think you'll get a few stories. Who can resist ? All that fun and money too!
Fun and money is certainly a good motivator right?
Even on a bad day. :)
Of course, I'm kidding.
Lol...Fun is...Fun and money...Well, it can help fun happen, but is not critical to it.
Thank you for doing this @galenkp and to your co-sponsors, @meesterboom and @tarazkp. Choosing that legend, @dandays as the sole arbiter is a stroke of genius... 🤣 😝 🤐
I'm happy to help out in my small way. I hope it is successful and there's a few entries.
I'm a humble man, but I'll take it. 😆
Great idea, I'll try to participate. The only thing I object to is the title thing - can't it just be a stand alone title so it made sense for anyone outside of HIVE? I've always hated uniform titles. Love, Grumpy Bum.
Yay, I was hoping you would because you have a way with words...And I'd like to give @dandays something to do.
I am with @riverflows...I hate those standard titles... :P
I'm ok with you hating the concept. 👇
🤣
Me making my entry, me looking the name with hate... xD
Hope you enjoy reading my Grandparents stories, although I'm not to be eligible for any prizes.
Thank you @galenkp!
You said it all in this publication, friend @lizelle, you were your grandparents' darling. What wonderful memories.
What can I say except thank you from the bottom of my heart that you chose our dear Silver Bloggers community to run your contest; very apt topic indeed!
A big thank you to @meesterboom and @tarazkp for the added sponsorship AND I love that @dandays who is one of our most perceptive Hive bloggers, has accepted the role of judge and jury!
Thanks @lizelle.
That moment you realize you haven't had any older person positively impact you through your life. Rip.
Use someone else mate...Me for instance. Lol.
Get involved brah, please.
Mentors? I met only one of my grandparents and the only RL memory is from when I was about five. I'm fortunate to have had many other "stand-ins"... even some who'd prefer not to be considered in the "grand" ito age category, but "grand" they are/were!
Oh now that's sad. As I say to my students, make it up :P
Good teacher😄
Lol honest at least!
I'd love to be a part of this contest because I am influenced by my grandparents. My post will be kind of a tribute to them❤️
This is awesome news and I look forward to seeing it.
I'm in! How nice to be able to write about those who have passed on.
Yay! I'm sure it'll be awesome!
This contest sounds interesting, I have many anecdotes that my grandmothers repeat over and over again and I listen to it over and over again 😅.
That's great, I hope you'll join in. Also, my grandad used to have to say things a few times...I was a bit thick-headed! :)
This is a good initiative to promote the silver bloggers' community. The prize is attractive too. Unfortunately, I never had a chance to meet my grandparents. But I did have a chance to get to know my wife's grandmother, so I think that I will write about her instead.
Thank you and I like your plan, it's a good one and will serve its purpose. :)
Wow, such a meaningful topic, there will be many touching and respectable stories here. Thank you for creating this contest.
I hope people get involved.
Thank you @galenkp for this awesome contest, and a bow to your generous co-sponsors @tarazkp and @meesterboom; I speak on behalf of all our active Silver Bloggers who I'm sure will be telling some grand old tales PLUS we look forward to hearing stories from many others in the Hive community AND of course hearing the final verdict from our judge @dandays!
Silver-Blond Lizzie on behalf of Silver Bloggers
It's nothing really, just a little concept to try and gain some attention to your worthy community. It's a pleasure to have the opportunity to do this sort of thing and attempt to make a small difference around the blockchain in my own way.
I had some great moments with my grand parents. To reminisce some of the experience I had, for sure, my entry will tell you more.
Nice concept from you to broadcast the #silveroggers-community
We'll look out for your entry.
I do have some hardcore memories of my gramma, full olf love and joy, i think im gonna participate tomorrow <3
Hey there Jesús, that's great news; follow the guidelines and I look forward to seeing your post.
Is grandparentstories the tag to be taken as part of the contest? :D
Thank you :D
You're quite inspiring. I thought I wouldn't be able to write on this topic at all, but it's already started flowing. 😂 You have some kind of magic spell, I'll say that.
@moon-city, I think you would also enjoy this contest. 😊
What can I say, I know the magic words I guess.
#spellcaster
😂 #spellcastermaster
Nine thank you for tagging me! adding this to the list of contests to do
Hope your morning is going well btw
You're welcome! I see you got tagged in another contest along with me, LOL. I got up early this morning to hustle, hustle, hustle and catch up.
Ah I should have gotten up a bit earlier to catch up too LOL. Woke up at 9am and got right into some work things. Hahahhahah I was going to message you about the contest we got tagged into as well. Plates are packed, best of luck to the both of us.
LOLOLOL, I'm working on five hours sleep. Too much to get done, not only on Hive. Yes, best of luck to both of us!
I came her to call you a brown noser so I typed "you're such a brown noser" in the search bar and have no idea what this means.
You came "her"? Where is that?
I think you mean this, just a little different search words is all you needed.
Dope grill, eh.
Dope grill? 😂
I mean did you see the Chevy emblem?? It was all like perfectly like centered and stuff like directly over the license plate eveeeen.
Of course that's what you focus on, of course, of course it's a chevy horse, how many horses under that hood? eveeeeeeeeeeeen
Reading this contest announcement just about put me to tears. I’ve been wanting to do a tribute to my late grandparents by sharing about their lives and how they blessed and impacted me as a young girl. Their lives still influence mine even as an adult.
Thank you so much for this initiative, it is right on time and I look forward to participating. Thanks to all the sponsors as well ~ 😊
You're welcome, I figure some of the little communities cold use a boost and that this is a legitimate way to do so. I look forward to your entry.
@galenkp thank you for setting up this contest! I am glad I will have an opportunity to put grandparents on the spotlight on Hive and share their stories.
@dandays well you are the most legit of the legit judges that comes to mind 😁. Can't wait to get started on this!
I saw your entry, thanks for getting involved. ✅
Here is my submission:
https://ecency.com/hive-106316/@christinepoulos/grandparent-stories-contest-entry-christinepoulos
Friend @christinepoulos I hope your son can grant you the pleasure of being a grandmother soon, it is a very nice feeling. Good your post.
Thank you @isabelpena - I really hope so. Thank you for visiting my post
Thanks for getting involved. ✅
my entry
https://ecency.com/hive-106316/@farid21/grandparent-stories-contest-entry-farid21
I saw it in the community. Thanks for entering.
Grandparents, as well as parents, are the ones who train you in education and your grandparents did very well with you. Greetings @farid21
Great contest. Offered some nice time bringing up memories about important people in my life who are no longer in it.
Here is a link to my submission: https://www.proofofbrain.blog/hive-106316/@leifasaur/grandparents-story-contest-entry-leifasaur
In the photo and from what you say, you and your grandfather were very close. Psychologists say that this is good for the child's mental health, that is, that was very good for you @leifasaur.
✅ I saw it, thanks for entering.
Here is my entry :)
https://hive.blog/hive-106316/@moon-city/grandparent-stories-contest-entry-moon
You have too ingrained the influence of your grandfather, you learned his rules very well even though you once broke a streak. Those are the grandparents, the ones who teach the lesson with love. Lovely story @moon-city
Isabel you are absolutely right about teaching lessons with love part! In fact, I would say that it can nurture the person instead of being harsh with kids. Thank you for stopping by!
Hi @galenkp, thank you so much for this meaningful contest❤
Here is my entry : https://ecency.com/hive-106316/@thu172/grandparent-stories-contest-entry-thu172
Grandmothers have a lot of resilience. All a warrior your grandmother @thu172
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Now what can I say, we all have a grandparent, diving into archives!
Another great topic for the silver bloggers to reminisce over.
Thanks @meesterboom, @tarazkp, @maonx, @galenkp beat of luck to @dandays one buzzing week ahead of you....
That’s an awesome community and post idea! Let’s see what some of the people come up with!
I’ll see what I can figure out to post about. I’ve known both my grandfathers and even my great grandfather so I know there’s some stuff in there that has stuck!
Just do what you can when you can mate, it'll be good to have you onboard.
Already finished it! Was an awesome trip down memory lane, thanks for that! Now gotta find some images to decorate it. I’ll schedule it for tomorrow or Thursday!
Yay! You're a quick worker bro!
A great contest Roo and a great topic even if I have to say so myself.
Also to the contributors, you guys are all stars and that judge certainly knows his business.
Thank you sincerely for this @galenkp
You're welcome, happy to help the community in general and the SB community also.
Thank you once again mate.
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Having a reward pool of 115 is just wrong.
Hehehehe
I will happily up it to 144.4... Because all good things have "444" in it!!!! Hehehhee
@kaerpediem's post brought me here and also @penderis mentioned @dandays post too!!! So now I'm hearing about it twice!!!
I won't enter since I'm adding to the pool, but I am glad I get to support!
Gonna go back to reading Sheela's post now hehehee
Will send the 29.4 hive to you now!!!
Thanks mate. I'll probably round it up anyway for ease of use, but appreciate the generosity.
hahahahaha whatever works for you! it's really all about the fun and just putting my stamp of 444 love onto it hehehehe
of course do whatever you need :) and happy to support
i THINK mate means male or female? but just in case it doesn't... i'm a mate-ette. LOL
I'm Australian, mate means friend, buddy, pal, compatriate, person and so on. Mostly used for a man but is not exclusively used as such. I didn't know you were a mate-ette, my apologies although I call a couple of my female friends mate occasionally. In your case, had I known, I wouldn't have used it.
Your donation to the prize fund is very welcome and I respect your generosity. I just didn't want to put decimal points into my title. Doesn't suit my slightly OCD nature. 😏
Hahahaha I can appreciate OCD
But it's actually CDO
which is in alphabetical order
As it should be.
(Hehehehe I saw that on a t-shirt and fell in love with it!!!)
I will be happy to be called mate, mate-ette, or any other friendly term!!! ☺️
And I will look away from the lack of 0.4
😂😂😂😂
As long as it's a friendly term it doesn't matter. Some of my mates call me the worst things...But with a hint of respect. All good! 😊
I like that t-shirt slogan!
Hahahahaha
Truth be told some of the worst things are also the funniest from some of the best friends!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Very nice of you to donate. The one I released is not for Galens competition @dreemsteem, i did that intentionally. I have the pleasure of judging Galens so I won't be entering.
That means you got a week to go jump in the one I promoted. Same community, it's a win-win.
make it a win win win win - and i'm in.
must be 4 wins for me to deem it worthy.. LOLOLOLOLOLOL
(and i'm sure it is! hehehe)
i will try my best but this week is running away from me and I have major updates on our project to produce hehehehe
if I can't get in - at least I will try to find a way to support that too! :)
I know what you mean about this week. Galens contest entries just keep coming in.
hehehehe that is a wonderful "problem" to have - so i will just celebrate that with you!!! hehehehe
Will try this contest. I have a few lessons to share. Subscribed to silver bloggers community too. Heading off their to see what's going on there😃
Thanks🙂
All good, I look forward to seeing your grandparent story.
More like old people stories. Was too little when my grandparents were gone, only remember a few glimpses of them. Mom's parents died even before I was born.
BTW, my dad is old, like in late 60's. Can I share a few lessons from him?
As you mentioned lessons from old people would work too.
If you never knew your grandparents then goose some other older influence upon your life. See the guidelines. ✅
Hey, I decided to sit and write a post for this contest. It was fun to think about lessons I have learned from old people around me.
So, here is my entry: Grandparent stories contest entry: looftee
BTW, I was checking the tag #grandparentstories and I really enjoyed reading about @kaerpediem and @nineclaws stories and a couple of more. Really loved @nineclaws post. I think it's best entry till now. Hope that post wins this contest.
I also read a few posts in the silver bloggers community. They are full of good stories, wisdom, and helpful advise. Subscribed to a few people over there too.
So, thanks for sharing another awesome community with us. And thanks for creating a contest that inspired people to share positivity, and lessons learned from old wise people.
Will wait and see who wins, so I get to read the top 3 best stories from their grandparents/old people🙂
Thankyou!
Thanks for getting involved and also for taking a look at some of the other entries. I agree with you, there's some very good ones. I'm glad I'm not doing the judging.
Thank you @looftee, I'm halfway through reading your post. 😊
I am in love reading about some of my friends' grandparents. A nice initiative that provides an opportunity to know our friends from closer quarters.
Thanks mate.
Post link
https://ecency.com/hive-106316/@dwixer/grandparent-stories-contest-entry-now
Hey! What a great and interesting topic... Let's see if I can give it a shot. My portfolio is full of photographs, but let's try to make a writing and I could also add some photos to the post...Thank you for this interesting, original and personal topic haha...
Give it a go for sure. Make sure you follow the guidelines in this post and I look forward to seeing it. 😊
Hey everyone I hope u all are well and safe
Here is my entry
https://ecency.com/hive-106316/@garcondiable/grandparent-stories-contest-entry-garcondiable
Here is my entry 🙂
It's a great topic. Thank you
https://peakd.com/hive-106316/@trangbaby/grandparent-stories-contest-entry-trangbaby
Thank you for very nice topic. Here is my entry: https://peakd.com/hive-106316/@simple.joys/grandparent-stories-contest-entry-simplejoys
Thank you for this opportunity to bring someone I love back to life.
Aunt Jane
What a great contest and I'm so glad that it's helping to boost Silver Bloggers, I know the team are all doing a great job there. I've decided to create a bit more work for @dandays so he has less time to twiddle the thumb so will be back with my entry soon
Lol...Like he needs the work. This is why I chose someone else to do the judging. 😊
Aha looking forward to reading that story @livinguktaiwan!
@dandays certainly had a job on his hands with all the entries!
We are super thankful to @galenkp for running this contest here, it's helped our growth tremendously.
Woops, I need to hurry up as I have less than 24 hours left
Hello friends, here is my entry:
https://peakd.com/hive-106316/@isabelpena/grandparent-stories-contest-entry-isabelpena
Hello! Here ia my entry piece : 😇
https://hive.blog/hive-106316/@saun/important-lessons-of-my-grandparent-granparents-stories-contest-saun
Yep, I saw it. :)
My entry for the contest Grandparent stories:
https://ecency.com/hive-106316/@hjrrodriguez/grandparent-stories-contest-entry-hjrrodriguez
Thanks for your entry.
This is mi entry to the contest https://peakd.com/hive-106316/@jesustiano/grandparent-stories-contest-jesustiano-eng @galenkp Is it valid?
Looks good. ✅
Thank you, let's see who will be winner, im gonna take my time reading and commenting all of the participants i can find :)
Thanks for supporting the other entries. @dandays is hard at work trying to pick the winners. We'll know soon.
Im taking my time, and reading one by one, only the ones with the tag, :)
Yep, only the ones with the tag are considered entries.
Originally i mistaked and miss placed the tag, ended up editing the post to place it firts xD
This is my entry for this contest 🥰
https://peakd.com/hive-106316/@franchalad/grandparent-stories-contest-entry-franchalad
Thank you, I saw it. I appreciate you taking the time to enter.
I enjoyed it very much, I am a lucky guy who has two grandmothers alive. They have marked me deeply in my formation, thank you for such a beautiful initiative. @galenkp
I'm glad you enjoyed getting involved with the contest. The best of luck with the judging.
Here is my entry for this contest:
https://ecency.com/hive-106316/@trangtran23/grandparent-stories-contest-entry-trangtran23
https://peakd.com/hive-106316/@coolkris/grand-parents-stories-contest-entry-coolkris