Contest Time!

This is an entry to Hive account@malloryblythe's first ever contest! She is doing the ultimate pay it forward of pay it forwards by sharing her payout from her recent Hive account@curie'd post which you can find here.

A blurb from her contest post:

I’m delighted to announce that I am holding my first ever contest, and I’m going big.

I’ve decided that I’m going to give away all of the SBD I was given from the vote in #steembasicincome form, in honor of the two projects that helped me as a newbie: Hive account@curie and Hive account@newbieresteemday.

You can find the official rules from the post here.

Here is my Entry!

I have decided to choose:

Tell us about one or more projects that every newbie should know about.

There are many great projects out there that every newbie should know about! Most deal with providing upvotes, resteems, encouragement, community support, and the works, which are all FANTASTIC! But, I believe that the following can provide a great benefit in many ways, especially to newbies! Contests are found all over the place in steemit and they are certainly a GREAT start for newbies to gain experience and some account value! The following contest is one of the reasons I stuck around this platform. So, if it helped me, I'm sure it can help others too! Without further ado!

Welcome to Our Digital Castle!

The Information Finding Championship

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Hive account@yeszuzia

IFC

We call it Hive account@ifc for short and it is a contest created by the dreamer Hive account@apolymask where contestants battle for the best information they can provide! The information is then judged and voted who is the best. This is an on going battle between characters of the world. Along the way you may even earn XP(experience points), artifacts and relics of unspeakable value! And the grand prize for Season 1 is 158 STEEM! We do encourage role playing if you like that too!

Every week two contest rounds (quests) are published. Each round is different and unique in their very own ways! What's great about this contest is "content creation." We encourage you to release your creativity on the subject matter asked. From word challenges to UFO's, the subject of each round is unique in its own way!

Being new, one of the most difficult things is what the hell to write about! How about while you think about that, join in on one of the open rounds and get your content creating experience going! These rounds give you something to write about, and you might win! The community that has evolved over season 1 is VERY supportive and you most likely will receive upvotes for your entries too! It's a win win! Entry to a contest and getting experience writing posts while not stressing if upvotes are coming in!

One thing I learned when I first started was to interact with other steemians! The IFC provides a great community just for that! I invite you to our world in discord and see for yourself! You can also find links at Hive account@ifc for updates and the entries being submitted for examples! Click here for officials rules.

I'l leave you with this link to our weekly update:
Open Rounds!

I know not much time to enter! But as of this post we are looking for our first entry to round 35! This can be your chance to win a round and maybe qualify for the Championship Tournament which will include the top 16 participants!

The Marketplace

Over the course of the season The Marketplace was created within our community! The Marketplace is a place for Steemians to provide services and products for sale! (hint* some are even for free!) This marketplace can be found at the ifc discord as well if you are interested! There are many "shops" up already! You can read our weekly flyer here.

I hope to see some new faces in the Hive account@ifc! We like thinking out of the box and getting people out of their comfort zones! It makes for great content creation! If you have any questions you can find me in discord Hive account@iexplore or ask in the ifc discord someone will do there best to answer!