Dreem-WoTW Winner's - S2 R2

samsmith1971 in #hive-199275 • last year

By hook or by crook you guys got your entries in this month! And we had 12 approved entries to the S2-R2 contest. There were some great submissions using at least one of the sentence prompts below... and some people used them all!!! 😂💗

Your choices for this month were as follows:

1 ) The wind swirled around me and the world went black...
2 ) As he walked down the street, Adam felt the spider in his pocket stir…
3 ) It’s a strange and scary sensation to suddenly forget your own name…
4 ) Whoever that was looking back at me in the mirror, it certainly wasn’t me…

I wasn't sure if we would get at least one entry for each prompt, but we did! Yay!!! So, all who entered found something that appealed to them.

Public curators curated entries for the Season 2 round 2 contest in Dreemport (which includes anyone who chose to log in to Dreemport the following day and do a random curation of 5 posts). These public curation results then provided the dreem-wotw grading teem with a shortlist of the public's favourite entries for the contest. These were eligible to be graded for official dreem-wotw rankings.

The grading team consists of:
@samsmith1971 @alekst7 @wrestlingdesires @juliamulcahy @iskafan and @cescajove

This month the grading was performed by @cescajove @wrestlingdesires @iskafan and @juliamulcahy. Unfortunately, family issues pulled me away from grading this month but I will be back for March!

Thank you to our sponsors

***This month we are thankful to the following sponsors: @dreemsteem and @dreemport for Dreem tokens

@melinda010100 and @ecency for Ecency point sponsorship

@dibblers.dabs and @jfuji and The Scholar and Scribe creative writing community for Scholar and Scribe tokens.

@amberkashif for ecency point sponsorship of 4th and 5th place in both public and staff categories of the contest.

@ahmadmanga for boosting the prize pool with Ecency points

All HBI prizes are sponsored by dreem-wotw.

The 😞 news...

We had to exclude one of the entries due to copyright infringement. We don't like having to do this especially when the writing is so good! So, please remember all... some simple guidelines:

*no plagiarism
*no copyright infringement (only images owned by you or royalty-free allowed)
*please image source your royalty-free images
*stick to PG13 content

The guidelines for the above can be found on the Dreemport website:

Curation Guidelines

Image Usage Policy

PG13 Guidelines

And now for the 😊 news

Congratulations to all the winners!!!
The final placements with their winning posts were as follows:

Dreem-WOTW winners (Public)
1st - @stuartcturnbull with An Alternative View 500 Dreem Tokens, 1 Dreemport Featured Post, 350 Ecency points, 2 HBI, 50 Scholar, 2 Scribe

2nd - @pinkchic with Shadows of a Longing Heart 200 Dreem tokens, 200 Ecency points, 1 HBI, 50 Scholar

3rd - @itsostylish with Rudderless 150 Dreem Tokens, 150 Ecency points, 50 Scholar

4th - @dwixer with The Wandering Methuselah 150 Ecency points

5th - @cool08 with Writing between stories and letters - Songs of Victory150 Ecency points

Dreem-WOTW - winners (staff)
1st - @shadowspub with Emerging from the Blackness 250 Dreem tokens, 1 Dreemport featured Post, 350 Ecency points, 2 HBI, 50 Scholar, 2 Scribe

2nd - @tengolotodo with Macclesfield Here I Come 100 Dreem tokens, 200 Ecency points, 1 HBI, 50 Scholar

3rd - @deraaa with Focus 50 Dreem tokens, 150 Ecency points, 50 Scholar

4th - @penderis with Paper Lands 150 Ecency points

5th - @amberkashif with When it takes Control 150 Ecency points

Participation Random Draw (all entrants eligible)
Both @cool08 and @dreemsteem win 200 Ecency points.

All prizes will be transferred this evening.

Those who asked to be tagged or have entered before. Shout if you want your name added to the list or removed!
@abdul-qudus @acgalarza @adoore-eu @ahmadmanga @alekst7 @amberkashif @anonymous02 @aroojkhalid @atyourservice @ayesha-malik @balikis95 @bananzell @beeber @belleflower @blackdaisyft @bluefinstudios @bobthebuilder2 @b0s @buezor @cescajove @chincoculbert @cool08 @coquicoin @corporateay @creatr @daje10 @dansabest9 @darthsauron @deeanndmathews @deraaa @dibblers.dabs @diebitch @d-pend @dreemsteem @dwixer @edystringz @erh.germany @esther-emmanuel @flamistan @fragozar01 @freedomprepper @funshee @george-dee @giftedwriter @glorydee @grindan @grocko @hannes-stoffel @harryjoe5432 @hollowins @hopestylist @idksamad78699 @idlemind @ifarmgirl @ijohnsen @intishar @iskawrites @itsostylish @iwannabeme @jane1289 @jaxsonmurph @jfuji @jhymi @joseph23 @juliamulcahy @kamarah @kei2 @kemmyb @kenechukwu97 @khaleesii @ksam @leeart @lightpen @litguru @lordtimoty @marbrym @maryjacy @mcyusuf @memeisfun @merit.ahama @mineopoly @mmykel @morenow @mrenglish @mypathtofire @nevies @ngwinndave @nickydee @nkemakonam89 @nonsowrites @oceanbee @officialrosh1 @olawalium @olujay @palomap3 @penderis @pinkchic @princessbusayo @queenstarr @raj808 @repayme4568 @restcity @riverflows @sam9999 @shadowspub @simgirl @snook @stevehodl @stevemuis @strangegravy @stuartcturnbull @sunbeam3 @taimen @talon12 @tengolotodo @teknon @treasuree @unklebonehead @vikbuddy @wongi @wrestlingdesires @zyzymena

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scholaris.pob last year

I've been away for too long. I love how your group has things organized. I also love how many people participate in grading the articles submitted for review.

Thanks to you and the supporters of this contest for keeping things alive.

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amberkashif last year

These are your efforts too. Hadn't you take pob wotw this far, I don't think the initiative would go that long.

Kudos to you

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scholaris.pob last year

Thanks for your kind words. It's humbling to know the contest does continue.

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samsmith1971 last year

@amberkashif is right. Without the roots of POB-WOTW behind this, and your staying power in the year before we took it over from you, a lone ranger for sometime, it may not still be around. You deserve the gratitude and appreciation💗 !LUV

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scholaris.pob last year

Thank you very much

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amberkashif last year

You deserve the appreciation.

I hope you are doing well

!LUV

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luvshares last year

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samsmith1971 last year

Thank you, Felix 🤗 We are shaping and refining in our own way as we go... balancing things so that the contest is both sustainable in terms of resources required for grading and rewards, and also interesting enough that people want to take part and push themselves to write. !LUV !ALIVE !PIZZA

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raj808 last year

I've got to be honest, your whole pg13 thing is truly idiotic. I thought the same when i wrote Red Days series (which was disqualified yet was easily among the 5 best pieces written for that fantasy writing initiative), and i think the same now that the person who reviewed my series has probably been excluded.

I'm among the best 10 fiction writers on hive, and I've now been advised by 4 different industry professionals (two successful authors & 2 agents) not to put any of my fiction on hive.

I'm currently sat watching southpark, do you think that show could be anywhere near, one of, if not the best satirical comedic productions to come out of America in the last 15 years if it was PG 13?

I'm not making this comment to be contrary or controversial, but I am making it to make a prevalent point - this is hive, It's meant to be a place where censorship is not the mainstay, where PC politics isn't the 'norm'.

I get that you've created a 2nd layer on top of hive, but i feel you're doing your platform a disservice by trying to fit in with a PG13 standard, unless some of the dreemport founders are literally giving their children free reign to read anything on the dreemport platform?

You would be much better off stating some strict rules about no graphic scenes of rape, violence, torture etc.

But even then, GRR Martin is arguably the best modern day fantasy author and he broke all those rules.

If you want quality authors on hive, they both have to be given creative liberty and decent rewards... Or this place will remain a wasteland of echo chamber SplinterLand posts, or speculative crypto posts that are wrong 50% of the time, and a limited audience will ultimately mean no mainstream adoption.

P.s. I think it's worth mentioning that when i returned to hive i spent a week curating and commenting on posts each day on dreemport. I'd average each of my comments included 3 paragraphs minimum, reasonably insightful, based on the post the author had written (that i read 100% all the way through). I would average 80% minimum of the comments i received on the posts i submitted to dreemport were 2 sentences, usually along the lines of "That was amazing, a really liked your picture of the beach."

Spam.

That's when i stopped using dreemport. I think you have a big problem with spam, and if we're talking genuine engagement, value for value, i ran a mile within a week.

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scholaris.pob last year

I get that you've created a 2nd layer on top of hive, but i feel you're doing your platform a disservice by trying to fit in with a PG13 standard

I didn't know there was a PG13 standard. Such a standard would change things for me in entering the contests in the future. I don't like the idea of having to re-write something I felt was complete, but it is their contest so I'll submit an article or won't depending on its content. I wonder if using an NSFW would work? I haven't written anything for a while. I wouldn't know the answer to this question.

I've now been advised by 4 different industry professionals (two successful authors & 2 agents) not to put any of my fiction on hive.

This comment peaked my interest. Is their recommendation based on the possibility of theft of content and anonymous users? I'm just curious about it.

Thanks for reading and I hope you have a great week.

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raj808 last year

This comment peaked my interest. Is their recommendation based on the possibility of theft of content and anonymous users?

Very much so. If you have heard of 1st publishing rights (much more important with fiction rather than say an article) you are throwing your 1st publishing rights out of the widow when you self publish on any medium, online or otherwise. Hive is another level as the perception I've heard from a few industry people is that it's one of a few online places where you have high risk of some one plagiarising your work, and putting it up elsewhere. Which becomes a problem if you sell a book to the mainstream and, for example, wanted to make a print collection of all the short stories you've self published.

In fact if you're lucky enough to have a literary agent representing you as an author (for example if you have a finished manuscript) that's what there job is, to negotiate royalties and creative terms with publishing houses for 1st publishing rights.

In regards to proof of copyright/ownership use a banner (like i do if u want to remain anon) or simply put your name up with the copyright symbol and date of publication. One good thing with hive is, that if you know the tools to use, you can prove unequivocally you published a piece first.

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amberkashif last year

By hook or by crook, you made us do this, !LADY

Thanks for all the efforts you and your team put to run the contest successfully

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samsmith1971 last year

hehehe you are welcome, my lovely... I love how you take the time to support the contest each month. Your entries are consistently fabulous... just as they used to be for POB-WOTW. !LUV !ALIVE !PIZZA

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amberkashif last year

❤️❤️❤️

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abdul01 last year

Great contest this is. I will try it the next time it’s in process👍

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samsmith1971 last year

hahaha I will hold you to that, 😂 !PIZZA

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adoore-eu last year

Congrats to all winners. Thanks @dreemsteem and @dreemport for the rewards. Weldone judges

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samsmith1971 last year

Thanks Adore - I hope to see you enter one day. You are a fantastic writer 💗 !LUV

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dwixer last year

Congratulations to everyone who wrote and everyone who won. I'm glad to have made it to the 4th position. Thank You @dreemport and @samsmith1971

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samsmith1971 last year

You are very welcome! We love having you show up every month to support the contest. !PIZZA

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wrestlingdesires last year

Congratulations to all of our winners 🙌🙌🙌

@samsmith1971 thanks so much for everything ♥️

!PIZZA !ALIVE !LOL

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samsmith1971 last year

thank YOU!!! You are a big part of what makes this contest successful and run so smoothly. Your efforts are so very much appreciated. Much love !LUV !ALIVE !PIZZA

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wrestlingdesires last year

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samsmith1971 last year

Thank you @teamuk and @teamuksupport. Always appreciated !PIZZA

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stuartcturnbull last year

Erm, wow. Thanks folks.☺️

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samsmith1971 last year

Congrats, Stuart. A wonderful piece. Well deserved win! !PIZZA !ALIVE

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samsmith1971 last year

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