As we, the SteemSTEM people, always say is that the best way to learn about a topic is to teach it to others. Our initiative offers the community the opportunity to get rewarded for such an effort, and we are always hunting for the best contributions. In the spirit of this effort, we are happy to organize the second STEM writing contest on Steemit!
As with the first round, the topic of the competition is open so that you can write about any topic of interest as long as it is connected to the STEM fields. We have however added a few requirements to make the contest funnier:
Moreover, we impose three extra simple rules:
We recommend the reading of the posts who won the previous edition of the contest for examples. Information can be found here.
This time, the five best posts will be rewarded.
In addition, if you manage to rank in the top three your post will be re-steemed in addition to the bonus monetary prize.
Entry is simple, just tag your post with the dedicated #steemstem-competition2 tag. To make sure we notice your entry, you can advertise it on the #SteemSTEM chat.
To maintain fairness to all participants, and encourage everyone to put their best foot forward we will only be accepting ONE entry per user. If you submit multiple articles to the competition only the first submitted article will be considered.
The jury assessing the quality of the posts will again be comprised of three members of the SteemSTEM team, 
As with all aspects of the SteemSTEM project, the team is prohibited from participating. All the inputs come from the community and all of the rewards go back to the community!
We will each assign your post a score based on 5 guidelines.
Scientific accuracy: Spreading inaccurate and/or false information leads to confusion for your readers!
Comprehensibility: Garbled text or text that is too technical can be hard to understand. It is always possible to make complex topics simple, and that is something that we as science writers, should strive for.
Topic: As said above, we will pay a special attention to the reasons that have pushed you to write on the submitted topic.
Formatting: Large solid blocks of text are difficult to read and concentrate on, no matter the comprehensibility of the text. We are not looking for advanced formatting techniques, just basic, solid formatting improving the readability and motivating your readers to put in the time to read your post.
Citations: Citing information gives credits on the one hand, and serves as a way for your readers to learn more if they are interested on the other hand.
After evaluating each post we (
Entry starts tomorrow, Wednesday March 1st and ends Tuesday March 7th, exactly one week. The results will be announced and prizes sent within the following week, unless there happens to be a major turnout.
