Steem Basic Income

Steem Basic Income is a social experiment to bring a basic income to as many Steemians as possible. Members join by sponsoring others into the program. Steem Basic Income is delivered through providing regular upvotes to member content. ![Contests.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVJbshUur1oNTSs5hPDiggjHgnGKALd7MgvowRqDRS1Wo/Contests.png) _{Banner design by @katysavage} ## Contests, Giveaways and Raffles! It’s not a weekend without the contest list, so here it is! You’ll find easy ask for SBI contests, themed comment contests, brain bending math contests, and even the opportunity to play Minecraft for SBI shares. Take a look at the whole list and get in on the action! ### Contest participants Please try to think about your submissions and reward these great hosts with quality submissions. If you enjoy somebody’s contest format, check their feed for more, and follow them so you don’t have to wait for our listing to come out! If you want to see more contests before we mention them, check the #steembasicincome tag in Trending or New and see what's happening! We also have a [contests channel](https://discord.gg/4bJqGAV) in our Discord server. Each contest may have its own rules, so please read the contest post thoroughly before entering. ## Today’s featured contests ### [Thank you economy](https://steemit.com/@coinsandchains) ![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/hfidG2Lm.jpg) Every week you can visit the Thank You Economy contest and tag someone who has helped you. When you do, both of you could win SBI units from the ever growing prize pool! ### [Punday Monday](https://steemit.com/@improv) ![https://steemit.com/@improv](https://i.imgur.com/d3zIP5Wm.jpg) From the creator: What is Punday? Punday is the best day. It's the day we post a topic upon which you are invited to pun in the comments for a chance at SBI shares. You get to read all the incredible puns, and you can try your hand at puns, and you can just bask in the warmth and love that punsters offer. I am your Puntender, and I serve hot puncakes with Mapun Syrpun. ## And now for the contest list 1. https://steemit.com/palnet/@felipejoys/sbi-sm-card-giveaway-series-7-open Ask for the SBI share to enter. 2. https://steemit.com/palnet/@stever82/aqrpn-win-splinterland-cards-sbi-or-palnet-tokens-just-tell-me-what-you-want Ask for the SBI share to enter. 3. https://steemit.com/creativecoin/@kiokizz/whiterhino-s6tvbowlhuhttps://steemit.com/contestkings/@voxmortis/2-sbi-winning-anoucement-2-sbi-share-new-giveaway-12 Tag someone who might be interested and follow the other guidelines to enter. 4. https://steemit.com/contestkings/@marianaemilia/12-contest-skeletal-warrior-sbi Share a quote or comment about greed to enter. 5. https://steemit.com/palnet/@stever82/h6pux-win-splinterland-cards-sbi-or-palnet-tokens-just-tell-me-what-you-want Just ask for the SBI to enter to win one. 6. https://steemit.com/minecraft/@immanuel94/skyroad-me-event-or-burn-ingame-money-and-earn-sbi-plkn-battle-or-gg-or-20-sbi-pool Play Minecraft and win SBI! Check the post for more information. 7. https://steemit.com/creativecoin/@kiokizz/closeamppersonal-07q7ecm0vs Share your stories about pets to enter. 8. https://steemit.com/buildbetter/@ecoinstant/buildbetter-contest-469-steem-grand-prize-pool-and-30-sbi-week-new-open-week-starting-now Build a better Steem and win some SBI shares doing it! Just follow the post directions. 9. https://steemit.com/puzzle/@quantumdeveloper/math-contest-9-3-2-sbi Solve math problems and win SBI! 10. https://steemit.com/travelphotocontest/@lightcaptured/quick-travel-photo-contest-edition-34 Share your travel photos in this contest. ---- ## Check out these recurring contests too! Quite a few industrious Steemians run contests regularly. Here is a list of the ones we know about at the moment. All of these have been running for months so you can count on their posted schedule. Be sure to check each account and look for the contest name as the links change each week. Also remember to read the full contest description as the rules and prize values sometimes change. ### [Steemexplorer’s Daily](https://steemit.com/@steemexplorers) ![](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQma2Qw8BUx9AFPasnQgHwU1MJC31WwP3BbpohphMcofzyb/209C7737-2C27-4635-8536-FC172A91AC96.png) @steemexplorers is a project operated by @jonnyla08 and the “Monsters Madness Giveaways” team which aims to consistently help others find resources to improve their Steemit user experiences, network with other community members and achieving personal growth. We hope to be a central source of information and guidance for all Steemians. Steemexplorers has some exciting projects in the works. Presently while we work through these projects we conduct FREE daily giveaways of SBI shares among other things throughout the other members of our team. Please see the instructions in our daily giveaways for more information on how to participate. ### [Lyric Poetry Contest](https://steemit.com/@felixgarciap) ![](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfUS66kUc6tVTYY7aYpPK2PC1Z2KQEtVhpAub9uEkcRih/image.png) With the contest using the prompt, the poet will show with his verbal expression illustrate a deep feeling, a reflection, a state of the spirit, as experiential and aesthetic manifestations. ### [Wednesday Walk](https://steemit.com/@tattoodjay) ![Wednesday Walk](https://i.imgur.com/r7ls1FFm.png) Try and get out once a week for a short walk, can be from your office, home or anywhere really and walk for a few blocks or a few minutes looking for things to get shots of and share a post on a Wednesday with the #wednesdaywalk tag for a chance to receive SBI. ### [MeatyMondays!](https://steemit.com/@braaiboy) ![MeatyMondays](https://i.imgur.com/riI4K2Gm.jpg) Sponsored by Jimmy's Sauces, @BraaiBoy hosts MeatyMondays and asks you to share a picture of a recent braai (aka BBQ) to win. That's it... No Likes or Resteems etc. required. 7 SBI units (and other prizes - incl a real-world Jimmy's Sauce hamper) are up for grabs. Yum! Mondays just got better. ### [Pirate Sunday](https://steemit.com/@dixiesilverminer) ![https://steemit.com/@dixiesilverminer](https://i.imgur.com/ZBZTgkJm.jpg) Come help tell the adventures of Captain K, a fictional character with a quite a history! To enter, read the current post and previous stories, then write your own version of what “piratey” things he gets up to next.

@phortun´s Monday tipping contest

Weekly guessing game: guess the price of Steem in seven days and win 5 SBI ### [ZapFic Writing Contest](https://steemit.com/@felt.buzz) ![Zapfic](https://i.imgur.com/kDVhNINm.jpg) Like super short stories? Try writing one in 232 characters or fewer for your chance to win SBI in this contest run by @felt.buzz. Every Wednesday he posts a new prompt to use for your very short story. You can post your story wherever you want, just make sure to keep it under 232 characters. ### [Caption Contest ](https://steemit.com/@runicar) Help celebrate digital art by creating creative captions for the week’s selected picture. Read all the rules carefully to be sure your entry qualifies for the SBI prizes. ### @freewritehouse The folks over at @freewritehouse run three contests each week. All of them are designed to encourage community engagement and highlight other's work. Besides the prizes from the @freewritehouse account, they are always interested in hearing from anyone who will sponsor a contest and so they can offer even bigger prizes. ![Favorite Freewrite](https://i.imgur.com/TsM3Zjmm.png) **A Favorite Freewrite You Read** contest runs every Tuesday for just 24 hours. You need to read some freewrites written (you can read this post to see what they are), and then comment on the contest posts about which ones you liked best and why. If they choose your comment you win units of SBI. ![Favorite Freewrite Poem](https://i.imgur.com/BUVzHPym.png) **Recommend your Favorite Freewrite Poem** is a poetry version of the Favorite Freewrite contest and it runs every Friday. Make a comment about a freewrite poem you loved and you could win SBI units. But be quick! When Friday is over, so is the contest - until the next week that is. ![https://steemit.com/wewrite/@freewritehouse/the-we-write-is-back-week-1](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/freewritehouse/B6NKrklX-freewrite-wewrite-yellow.png) The FreeWrite House We-Writes kick it off every Monday with a new prompt. Just complete the story with a five minute free write (or longer if you choose) and you could win 5 SBI shares. ### @bananafish ![https://steemit.com/@bananafish](https://i.imgur.com/cYDLFlkm.jpg) Finish the Story Contest was founded by @f3nix and is run by him and the Bananafish Paladins via the @bananafish account which now hosts the contest that runs every Friday. He posts the beginning of a story, and you finish it. Then you post your complete story for everyone to read. One of the prizes is SBI units. The important thing to know about this contest is that it's an ongoing creativity workshop, so if you miss one deadline you can participate in the next. ![https://steemit.com/@bananafish](https://i.imgur.com/6IgiE8Wm.png) Mizu No Oto is founded on the belief that every image has a haiku. It’s an @bananafish contest curated by @marcoriccardi, a real haijin (haiku poet) and it's a great occasion to learn this form of poetry. It runs twice monthly, once in English and once in Spanish. ![https://steemit.com/@bananafish](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbSLE8GrrmZuhHyQSHXg1CucEgnqyaaQfqdVxr2iH3DaJ/tell%20a%20story%20final.jpg) Tell a Story to Me is a contest started by @calluna, who being potassium minded, brought it over to the BananaFish Realms. Tell a story following the prompt to win some cool prizes! ### [Easy SBI Contest](https://steemit.com/@contrabourdon) ![https://steemit.com/@contrabourdon](https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdojQ1JDEPf5Y4yNwSg7WX95boMKBN9r5714qSmtsnfQy/SBI1.jpg) The ‘Easy SBI contest’ requires only a single comment (of any nature) to be in the draw. The winner is drawn at random the following day. ### [Paying it Forward](https://steemit.com/@pifc) ![https://steemit.com/@pifc](https://i.imgur.com/MGKDgMzm.jpg) In the spirit of helping new Steemians, this contest focuses on curating great content and is run by @pifc. It runs weekly on Mondays and asks that you find two "High Quality Original Content Blog Posts" to recommend for curation. Four judges decide which recommendations were the best and multiple winners get SBI units. Follow @pifc to see the latest contest post and read it for full details. ---- NOTE: Contest images used with permission from their owners. ## How to get on the recurring contest list Do you run a regular contest that you’d like to see in our recurring contest section? We have some simple criteria you need to have to be included: - SBI units must be part of the prizes given out. - Contest needs to be running 5 weeks or 10 contests on a consistent schedule, whichever comes first. - Meet Contest King’s no upvote, no resteem, and no follow conditions. If you think your contest qualifies let us know in the comments or on our Discord channel and we’ll check it out. ---- ---- ## Writer Bio This Contest listing was prepared for us by @ntowl! @ntowl is a freelance copywriter who plans on being a best-selling author. Her writing is all over the web, but most of it belongs to other people who paid her to write it. Follow her on Steemit for writing advice and encouragement. ## Enrollment If you want to get involved, or to increase the basic income that you receive, enrollment is pretty straightforward: Just send 1 STEEM to @steembasicincome. Include the name of a Steemian to sponsor in the transaction memo (preceded by @). You and the person you sponsor will each receive 1 unit in the program. You can sponsor *any* active Steemian, it does not have to be a current member. If you're unclear, please check out our full transaction memo guidelines and then let us know if you have any questions. https://steemit.com/busy/@steembasicincome/transaction-memo-guidelines The official currency for enrollment is STEEM. If we choose to accept SBD without refunding it, you do *not* receive extra value for it. Enrollments are processed automatically every 144 minutes.

Questions about Steem Basic Income?

Most questions are addressed in our [FAQ](https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@steembasicincome/frequently-asked-questions) or in these [helpful resources](https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@steembasicincome/helpful-sbi-resources). If you still have questions, ask in the comments section or join us in our [discord channel](https://discord.gg/VpghTRz).

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