Announcement - Beach Wednesday is back as a contest

in OCD3 years ago

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Beach Wednesday becomes an official contest - after 8 years of existence

Guys, I decided to re-vitalize my #beachwednesday with an official bi-weekly contest like #SunThursday. It was about time to do so. The guys that know me from pre-blockchain communities are aware of that photography challenge I invented ages ago. I also introduced this to Steem / Hive early 2017 and was thrilled by all the great people using it posting about beaches around the world. At that time it was a fun photography challenge I curated with my votes and engagement - the lovely @lizanomadsoul took it over to curate after 2 years but we hardly had any posts since one year.

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Why a contest now?

Given the #SunThursday contest is now running since nearly 6 months with great submissions, a lovely small community and I often get asked how we can reward great photography on the blockchain I decided to also run a little bi-weekly contest for Beach Wednesday starting NEXT Week, Wednesday, March 3!

Check the tag #BeachWednesday and jump to 2017

To get a feeling about this please search the tag via "recent" here on Peakd / Hive to see many submissions from 2017-2019. Even there was no prize money involved - many people joined as they love to post for fun. This one as well as my SunThursday and DanceWeekend challenges have their special little places in my heart and will always try to submit posts ongoing (sentimental moments lol - I know!).

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I still believe these little tags and micro-communities are fun and can connect many people from different regions - kind of small communities. BeachWednesday is not totally new - even before Steemit abd later Hive I hosted this on other platforms. Feel free to keep using the tag and who knows, maybe this will become a Hivemind community soon 😂. I am always delighted to see the great moments and stories you post weekly.

So no prizes - Why should I bother to submit?

Well, as a community we first shall have fun, right? So I hope this contest will drive again some engagement around its niche topic and attract photography junkies (amateurs and professionals) to use this blockchain and this tag to show the beauty of our lovely world.

This contest will have some rules, no Hive prizes for the winner (hope you read on) but some decent votes from @theycallmedan - so the Top 3 will get some vote between 7.5 to 20% by one of the driving forces behind our blockchain - just as a small hint - a 10% vote currently is worth around $4 aka 20 Hive.

And here the rules - submissions to start March 3

We will not be angry if you start now already with posting to BeachWednesday - as this is the first edition feel free to start now. The other rules in the following.

Please create a post using the tag BeachWednesday showing your own original photography or video work covering the beaches from lakes, oceans etc or write about the topic, short or long stories are also welcomed. The three best submissions will receive their winner upvotes within one day after the winner post.

  • Post photography, video or written content covering the topic BEACH

  • Use the tag #BeachWednesday as your first tag

  • Add link to your submission in the comments on THIS post

  • Consider to "vote&reblog" this post to spread the contest (not mandatory but it might help)

  • Only original (your own) content will qualify

  • GOOD LUCK!

  • Contest submissions will need to be made until March 9, 10am CET to make sure we have enough time to select the winner

  • Decision on the winner will be made by myself for the first edition, might change with a jury later.

What to win (contest will be handled every two weeks)

This is a fun contest where I still am searching for sponsors - for now this is what the top 3 will receive:

1. Prize: 20% Upvote by @theycallmedan - worth around $7 = 20 Hive
2. Prize: 15% Upvote by @theycallmedan - worth around $5.25= 15 Hive
3. Prize: 10% Upvote by @theycallmedan - worth around $3.5= 10 Hive

Always open for community sponsors

Please comment or DM me if you want to support great photography content creators. Ideally a community or whales join the party so we do not get stuck with small user pocket money only :-).

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hello dear friend @uwelang good night
This contest brings back fond memories, I really appreciate that you took it up again. Without a doubt we are going to look for some images of our beaches to accompany your initiative
Thankful to our friend @theycallmedan who is always supporting this type of initiative
have a beautiful night

@dodovietnam you may have some good pictures for the entry :)

Brilliant, you'll see me there :)

Music and Beach, perfect scenery I would say.

Definitely definitely ;)

With the beach almost at my doorstep, I can't resist joining #BeachWednesday.
See you again in March. 😎

Looking forward to this mate

Damn, looks like I should have waited with this series :D

Nice series I have to say, sure you have a lot more to show also here then :-)

I will try :)

This is a great tag @uwelang one that i will enjoy beaches are in my blood see you soon and re-blogged for you 👍

Hi there, thank you for holding this great contest. I don't know if my entry is too early. Hopefully, it will be fine! Here is my submission:
https://peakd.com/hive-194913/@dodovietnam/beaches-near-where-i-live

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Great post, as I mentioned people can start earlier as March 3 - but I am a bit stupid as the votes should obviously go to winners before post payout.

In your case the good and bad thing - you already got a vote by Dan so I could not add more then :-).

In general your post is a role model post so keep on attending :-)

I gladly receive this news, thank you @uwelang. I look forward to participating.

Hi you should jump back to 2000 what I don't know if I can even do that I never get to the beach anymore anyway great this sounds like a fantastic thing to do on here and good luck everybody who participates

hello dear friend @uwelang good day
this is a link to accompany your gentle invitation
I take this opportunity to wish you a great day

https://hive.blog/hive-148441/@jlufer/beachwednesday-beaches-in-the-south-of-the-country-ushuaia

I'm glad to have a post in this contest. Thank you! img_20200909_134830.jpg

The Black Sea Can Also Be Blue!

Hello @uwelang, it's great contest thanks for holding this and I would love to contribute my small post. Hope you enjoy it and have a wonderful week ahead :)

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https://ecency.com/hive-194913/@trangbaby/epic-beaches-in-the-philippines

Good luck Everyone ❤️