A week ago I revived my Hi From Hive initiative. This is a freewrite to share your Hive experience and journey and pin it on the Hi From Hive map, and for everyone to share with the world. The contest attracted 110 entries, which is absolutely amazing. The number of pins increased from 55 from when I launched the contest to 152!!! So thank you to everyone who shared your story and contributed to the Hi from Hive map. And a big thanks to those who commented and supported these entries.
Judging
With so many awesome entries, I felt that I could only do them justice by getting another judge to help me out. A big thanks to 
whom I passed the buck to for stepping in and helping me out!!!
Prize pool
The prize pool I announced in my contest announcement post was 20 HBD plus 50% of the post payout. The post payout was 58.80 HBD plus 70.02 Hive so 50% of that is 29.40 HBD plus 35.010 Hive. To make things easier, I'm going to convert the Hive to HBD . At the time of writing, 35.101 HBD is worth approximately 28 HBD. Therefore the total prize pool is 77.4 HBD, let's say 80 HBD.
At one stage the contest announcement post payout was nearing $250 and I commented a couple of times that the prize pool may go up to $150 ($125 plus the 20 HBD). Of course I was wrong!!! I totally forgot half of the post payout goes to curators 😅. For anyone who entered the contest due to my comment, I apologise for getting you all hyped up. In order to make amends, I'm going to round the prize pool up to 100 HBD!!!
Plus I got more good news!!! With 
With the additional sponsorship, we are able to increase the Honourable Mentions from 4 to 20 and the prizes will be as follows :
First prize - 40 HBD
Second prize - 25 HBD
Third prize - 15 HBD
20 honourable mentions - 5 HBD each
The Winners
And now for the most important part..... The Winners and their entries
HI FROM HIVE . From caterpillar to butterfly my magical transformation in HIVE
The Rebirth of the Notebook Kid: My Hive Story
MY JOURNEY ON HIVE || HOW HIVE CHANGED MY LIFE
Honourable mentions
HI FROM HIVE contest - my first 2 months journey here by
Hive: A Home on the Internet by
HI FROM HIVE. CONTEST. || HI FROM HIVE. CONCURSO. Por by
No One Will Ever Be Like Me by
HIVE Cambió mi Marca Personal (Hola desde HIVE) [ESP-ENG] HIVE Changed my Personal Brand (Hello from HIVE) by
DORA THE EXPLORER ON HIVE - Hi from Hive Contest by
Hi From Hive: Your Journey on Hive is My Journey too by
Hi from Hive Contest: My Extra-Special Journey on Hive [ENG - ESP] by
Hi From Hive - An Evolution Story by
Te saludo desde HIVE - Venezuela [ESP | ENG] by
Mi historia en HIVE | My HIVE story | Hi from Hive Contest by
Hi From Hive : My Relationship Between Hive and Me
by
Hi from Hive Contest || HIVE MEANS FREEDOM 🤗
by
Hi! It's Lauramica, an argentine blogger traveling through Argentina thanks to Hive. by
Hi From Hive and Hello From Cebu Philippines by
Walking through the Honeycombs by
Ooook, my Hive journey | How tf I get here and what are my thoughts about all of this? by
Buying a Car Thanks to Hive 🚗 || My Hive Journey by
Mi historia con Hive // HI FROM HIVE CONTEST by
Congratulations to all the winners!!!! And thank you to everyone who entered and contributed to the Hi From Hive map.
Although the contest has closed, the Hi from Hive is an ongoing project, it doesn't stop here. My vision is to have users pin to every country in the world. For example, currently, in the Americas we have no pins in Canada or Brazil. In Africa, we have many users from Nigeria, but only one each from Niger and South Africa. In Europe, we have no pins from Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and apart from Romania, no one east of Austria including the Nordics, Czech and Poland. In the Middle East, we have one pin in Abu Dhabi. In Asia, we have no pins in Thailand, Korea, Japan, China. And finally down under has one single pin in Australia and nothing in New Zealand. Basically, the Hi from Hive map is pretty underrepresented in most countries. You can click on the image below and it will take you to the website where you can zoom in and see. I'm pretty sure, with our community effort, together we can grow the Hi from Hive map and shill Hive in a much louder voice. Over to you guys and girls, we can do better than this!!!