An amazing new contest was announced by Hive account@aggroed less then 24 hours ago. This one is big. If you win you would get to represent the minnows at SteemFest this year. If you do not take first and get the All expense paid trip to STEEMFEST then you may win 100 SBD or 50 SBD. Second and third place respectively.

See the contest by Hive account@aggroed -- > Here

There are some requirements to be eligible to participate.

1. Must be classified as a Minnow (Minnow = Less then 10 MVESTS)
2. Must have 500 or less followers as of June 19th
3. Must have earned less than 5,000 Steem Power from Posting as of June 19th
4. Must be able to speak/write in English. Post must be in English.
5. Must be classified as an adult in your country

Contest Step One of Two (Part 1):

This round will be judged by Hive account@aggroed.

1. One or more Paragraph Bio
2. You should tell why you should represent the minnows and what you would bring to Steemfest. What kinds of skills and talents will you bring?
3. What will be your required Budget for this trip

Please read @aggroed 's full post to get more details on judging and round 2.

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-=-=- What is SteemFest? -=-=-

Read an article about Steemfest 2016 on CoinDesk

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-=-=- The Minnows Support Project -=-=-

Below you will find some information on what this community has to offer as well as how you can help out. Start out by joining the Discord Channel here. Feel free to DM me there if you have questions.

What is offered:

• A place to discuss topics and ask for assistance
• Request Upvotes from the bots in the upvote-resteem Channel
• Get some critiques on your posts in the peer-review Channel
• Use the brandnewhere Channel to get off to the races
• Get more followers in the follow-train Channel
• Writing advice in the writing-advice Channel
• You can even show off your photos in the imagery Channel

What you should do:

1. Create a Discord account and join the channel Here
2. Goto the registration Channel
3. Type $register STEEMIT_NAME
4. Follow the directions given by both bots. Make sure to copy the memo exactly
5. After following the directions repeat Step # 3 to verify registration

What to do to become full fledged member and support the minnows:

1. Make sure you have registered your account first
2. You will need to go to Steem Voter and create an account.
3. On Steem Voter you will create a Rule for the author Hive account@minnowsupport
4. You will need to go to Streemian and create an account. Follow all instructions to be verified there.
5. On Streemian go to Services - > Curation Trail then add Hive account@minnowsupport
6. Take screenshots of these and send them by DM to Hive account@aggroed

If you support me and this project, please upvote this post and join me in the channel. See you there!

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I proudly support the Minnow Support Project. I want to thank Hive account@aggroed, Hive account@ausbitbank, Hive account@teamsteem, and Hive account@canadian-coconut for bringing the community together in support of the minnows and newer members of our community.
Please join us in the Discord Channel Here

PAL Logo and Banner by Hive account@justcallmemyth

If you have any questions about any of the above, feel free to DM me, @nicNAS, in the Discord channel for Minnow Support.