Hello Everyone,
Cinnamon Cup Coffee is delighted to announce that our creative contest #SPILLTHEBEANS has been re-vamped.
The first two weeks kicked off with a BANG and the contest has been well received. Thank you to everyone who has participated so far, and we invite everyone to join in.
Please watch this short video to discover the winner of last week's contest:)
All the entries showed creativity and originality which made it a great contest, but these two top stories covered all the elements and the winning story had the edge that made it a really beautiful read.
Thanks again for raising the bar peeps!
See this week's topic below, with a countdown timer that needs to be observed for the deadline of entries. The entry deadline for posts ends on Wednesday, with the countdown timer at the top and the bottom of this post, guiding you to the cut-off time.
This is a creative writing exercise, therefore you can weave your story however you like, but it MUST revolve around the topic presented.
Have fun peeps!
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about #spillthebeans
1. Can I Enter?
Yes, you can! One entry per person.
Everyone is free to post regular coffee posts in the community at any time. However, if there's a post using the #spillthebeans tag, that is NOT a response to the question, the post will be muted without notice.
N.B. #Spillthebeans entries will not be included in the selection of weekly curated content for #THEGRIND
2. Why should I participate and what will I gain?
- Improve your writing skills
- Be an active community member
- Engage with community members and other authors across Hive.
- A chance to be creative
- A chance that your post might be curated for upvotes
- Best post entry would receive beneficiary rewards from the following week's contest announcement post rewards.
3. How do I win or what criteria are you looking for?
- Clarity and readability
- Creativity of the story
- Originality and personality in the story
- Quality of photos
- Presentation of your post
- Engagement on your post and other authors' posts within the community
4. How do I know if I am a winner?
- There will only be ONE WINNER
- If you are that lucky person, you will receive a banner on your post entry on Monday, notifying you that you won the contest.
- Your post will be highlighted in the topic announcement post, the following week.
- You will receive a 20% beneficiary reward from the new post topic announcement post the following week.
- Your post would have already been upvoted by the community team, commented on by the community team, and curated and upvoted.
⚠️ 5. How do I qualify for entry and what are the guidelines to follow?
- Post to Cinnamon Cup Coffee Community
- Use #spillthebeans as the first tag
- Vote for this post
- Write ONLY on the topic presented
- No less than 250 English Words ONLY
- Post within the Countdown Timer. (No late entries)
- Photos must be of coffee, or coffee shop setting.
- Post title MUST be the topic presented each week.
- Invite at least one other person to enter (optional)
- One entry per person each week.
- Drop a link to your entry in the comments section of this post.
- Adhere to general community rules
Here is a link with Creative Writing Tips and #Spillthebeans Writing Tips.
So, without further ado, here's the topic for the week.
(Plain text)
POST TOPIC: "The Perfect Café"
Imagine that you were going to open up your own cafe and money wasn't an issue at all. Tell us about what you would create. Some things to consider could be:
Where would it be located?
How would you design and decorate it?
What would the concept be?
What would it serve?
How would you market it?
What would the clientele be?
How would it be different from other locations?
Be creative and think outside the box. Good luck!
C'mon, put your creative caps on!
And ...
Don't forget! Please take the time to drop a congratulatory message and perhaps a vote or a tip to last week's winner, and here's the story. 🎉
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Congratulations @lordtimoty , tremendous participation, the truth is great. I also congratulate all the participants for their excellent presentations and for sending their imagination to fly when posting; I have not yet been able to participate, but I have a great enthusiasm to do so, since I "LOVE" everything related to coffee, he is my faithful companion, 😃🙌☕️
Thanks for your support and lovely comment:)
Congratulations to @lordtimoty. keep the achievements coming! ! Greetings to all and very good vibes.
I'll pass by leaving my entry. Greetings to the @hive-152524 team.
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@numa26/the-perfect-cafe
Thanks for your entry:)
Oh! the video made me vibrate! Thank you so much, I felt like Meryl Streep at the Oscars!
Congratulations to the winner! @lordtimoty
Hey @ungranulises
Your comment is so funny😂
Congratulations!
We hope that you get to join other contests too and also look forward to seeing you around the community:)
Congratulations to @lordtimoty
Great contest that I going to participate
It would be great if you get to enter. This is a great chance to share your creative ideas:)
Wow another wonderful contest I will be soon here to participate in this creative and imaginative contest. And congratulations to @lordtimoty
We look forward to seeing your entry:)
I am super excited ☺️
That's great news😁
Congratulations @lordtimoty 🥳😁👏😉☘️💌🤗
Thanks for your support:)
Congratulations @lordtimoty
He's got moves!🤣
Yes is a sexy chubby 🤣🤣🤣
🤣😂
A thousand congratulations to the winner @lordtimoty and also to my friend @ungranulises who participated with super good content.
Thanks for your support and lovely comment:)
Many congratulations to @lordtimoty for his excellent participation that made him worthy of first place and I also want to recognize the content of my good friend @ungranulises for having approached the finish line.
Happy week to all and let's get ready for the new initiative.
Thanks for your lovely comment @lisrl26.
We decided to change and tell the runner up.
Just for the record:
You were the one who had approached the finish line with @jygy89 in Contest 1, so a big congratulations to you also 🎉
Thank you
You're very welcome 😁
Well, I've just read through a couple of entries into the competition, and they're wonderful. It looks like the community has some big entrepreneurial ideas; look out world!
But, in saying that, I was disappointed not to get my entry out in time. Will need to pay a closer attention to the clock next week. Thanks so much again, and will definitely see you EARLY in the competition in a few days time ;)
Tim
Yes, it sure looks that way.
We missed seeing one from you, but they were pretty good entries indeed.
This question coming up will need some thinking, and I think getting an entry from you would be brilliant...so yes, please, be on the look out for it:)))
Congrats lordtimoty for a very great story 👍
Good luck everyone in this week's challenge. 😁
Hahaha that was a close decision, as these two contestants had done an excellent job.
And I love this week's theme, it gives me even more to make my imagination fly, I'm going to prepare my post from today :D
It was indeed!
Thanks for your comment and see you around:)
Very good morning my people, congratulations @lordtimoty With so many wishes fulfilled the time has come to set up our coffee shop how nice!
@germanandradeg,@lisr26 I mention you all at once so you can start planning the coffee shop of your dreams!
Thank you Yenn for the invitation. I'm ready to type.
Thanks for supporting the contest :)
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IMPORTANT NOTICE ALL
Please see the guidelines.
For this creative writing Contest, ONLY ENGLISH MUST be presented. You can use your translator, but it should not be included in your post.
Please read the guidelines carefully.
Please see messages from the Judges, in this post, advising that both only read and speak English.
This language rule is specifically for all contest entries.
Any post that has dual language will be muted without notification, simply because the contest is time-sensitive, and judges will not be able to notify each participant to edit a post, as following the guidelines is a pre-requisite for a valid entry.
Dual language posts prompt other authors to comment on your post in their native language.
Please note that engagement on your post counts, but ONLY if judges (community team) are able to comprehend what is written.
Thank you for your understanding.
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Dear @cinnccf, sorry to jump in a bit off topic but may I ask you to support the HiveBuzz proposal?
It recently lost its funding, is struggling to get back above the HBD stabilizer proposal, and is in dire need of help.
You can support it on Peakd, Ecency,
On behalf of The HiveBuzz team, thank you!
Hi everyone this is my entry to the third contest
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@wendyth16/the-perfect-coffee
Thank you very much for participating:)
Here is my entry: The Perfect Cafe
Thank you very much:)
Hello, good evening! I leave my entry for today, I hope you enjoy it and dream as much as I do. Greetings!
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@daimar07/the-perfect-cafe
Thank you so much for your entry:)
Hallo und einen schönen Abend für Sie alle. Hier ist meine Teilnahme, ich hoffe sie gefällt euch. https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@tibilopez/the-perfect-coffee
Thank you so much for your entry:)
Good evening, here is my participation in this delicious initiative. I hope you like it
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@lisrl26/the-perfect-cafe
Thank you so much for your entry:)
My entry :D
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@fabian98/the-perfect-cafe
THanks for your entry:)
My entry
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@actioncats/the-perfect-coffee-has-michis
Thanks for your entry:)
Hello friends, I saw this contest and I love it, I hope I can participate and tell you my dreams, greetings.
I hope so too, I'm looking out for your entry:)
good afternoon. wow really, when I made this post my imagination started to fly in its maximum expression hehehehehehe.
here is my entry:
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@hexagono6/the-perfect-cafe-a-moment-to-relax
Thanks for your entry:)
thanks to you for such a great contest.
You're welcome, see you around in the community:)
Greetings friends, here my participation https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@davidpena21/the-perfect-cafe
Thanks for your entry:)
Hey! Here is my entry :)
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@sofiaquino98/the-perfect-cafe
Hello friends, well after so much thinking, I decided to share this with you, I hope you like it, greetings.
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@ikigaidesign/the-perfect-cafe
Thanks for your entry:)))
Here's the tour of my perfect cafe! I hope you like it there 😊
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@cthings/the-perfect-cafe
Thanks for your entry:)
Hello friends coffee lovers, here are all my ideas for the perfect café...
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@ungranulises/theperfectcafe
Thanks for your entry:)
This is my participation I hope you like it
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@crisch23/the-perfect-cafe
Thanks for your entry:)
To you for creating these great contests that encourage creative writing in your community.
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@ginethchira2301/the-perfect-coffee
Good day, here I leave my first publication both to the community and to the contest, I hope to meet all the requirements
My ticket, just in time, almost didn't arrive 😂
Then I leave the link in the 3 most used formats, so everyone can enter to see the post 😊
Ecency, Peakd and HiveBlog
Thanks for submitting your entry:)
Thank you for running the contest :D
Hello dear community this is my entry to the contest happy day https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@eollarvesm/the-perfect-cafe
Thanks for submitting your entry:)
Thanks to you for being such a creative community, I love the initiatives you do.
😊🤗
Ready the participation of my perfect coffee! I hope you like it!☕️
https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@yenmendt/my-perfect-coffee
Thanks for your entry:)