As to contests in general on steemit, I have too many foolish questions so I just opt out. .. to prove just how confused I am.. charity = donation so I wondered, how much should I donate towards the pool if I wanted to participate?

( Hive account@run-the-bits thanks so much for your generosity )

• participants send an amount to enter, and a small percentage goes toward a whole SBD for 3rd, 2 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd place.

• As a bonus, let the winners choose the charity by secret vote. This way, all their names get mentioned so there's a level of anonymity (I think it's important when it comes to charity). The three winners profiles can be raised in the 'winning' charitable community as well.

• resteems and publications on poetsunited.org of course will be cherries on the cake.

Of course, the thing is complex but contestants only need to be told 4 things to do.. 5 things, and I am lost again ;-)