Sankofa Folk-Traditions Contest #8

Announcements

We drew curtains on the last round of the contest, and we want to say thank you to our prize sponsors, Hive account@curie, and for all those who participate either through writing entries or reading (and supporting) the authors who enter.

We are lining up some changes for the future rounds of the contest. They are below:

Contest Duration

As you have noticed, our contests entry are usually open for 7 days, and we run one every week. Going forward we are going to make it a bi-weekly affair, to suit these other changes better...

More Topics Covered

Presently our contest is open to folktales from around the globe. Henceforth we are giving entrants more turf to exhibit their creativity, as long as they are based on folk traditions. We will accept folk songs and dirges, proverbs, research articles on folk cultures (example here), rituals, initiation rites, and of course folktales. Build original content around any of these. The best stuff win.

Prize Restructuring

First prize remains 5 STEEM. At the discretion of organizers we may decide to reward more than one "first prize", if we have deserving contents from different categories (above), up to 2 places. Example, we may reward 5 STEEM for the best proverb, and another 5 STEEM for the best folk tale or song.

Second prize is 3 STEEM, up to 3 places.
Third Prize is 2 STEEM, up to 2 places.

We are scrapping the "popular prizes."

Content must be original, and based on an existing folk tradition.

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Last week's contest closed with some good entries. We appreciate everyone who contributed through stories from all corners of the world. We all win when we hold the hands of others into our individual cultures and heritages. That is the beauty of the sankofa contest.

The top 3 from last week's entries, as selected by our judges are: We invite you to click on them, read the very interesting stories, and support the authors if you deem their contents worthy.

First Place: 5 STEEM

Hive account@greenewalks's "The tales of two men and the evil women in their lives - An Egyptian Folktale"

Second Place: 3 STEEM

Hive account@iamthegray's "An Appointment In Samara (Middle Eastern Tale)"

Third Place: 2 STEEM

Hive account@itoroarchibong's "THURSDAYS FOR TALES — ITORO AND HER MYSTERIOUS SALVATION!"

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All prizes have been sent to the respective winners. Congratulations, and thank you everyone for entering.

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The next round is hereby announced open!

Share any exciting folktale, folk song/dirge, proverb or article on folk cultures. Entries must be presented in the most original and creative way possible. The best ones win some STEEM.

• Share your story on your blog as a new post.
• Use "sankofa" as one of the tags.
• Additionally, drop the link to your post as comment on this announcement post.
• This is NOT mandatory, but you may resteem this announcement post to help spread the word.
• Entries close 14 days after this announcement post. Tick tock...

Prizes

We have a 23 STEEM prize pool in total, to be distributed thus:

• 5 STEEM each for the first place winner(s)
• 3 STEEM each for second place winner(s)
• 2 STEEM each for 3rd place winner(s)

Remember, the best prizes are the author rewards that very good contents attract. We have had many entries in the past already go on to receive a curie upvote. Make the most of the contest.

Good luck! Have fun.

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