August and First Ever Better Than Fair to Middlin’ Contest!

over 4 years ago (Edited)

Hello All Good Steemians!

After my first contest, I have learned there is some value in having Steemit contests on a regular basis. It is beneficial to some folks and it is a fun way to engage too! Once you start having contests on a regular basis, it gives more people a chance to hear about the contests and opt in!

So, welcome to my first ever Better Than Fair To Middlin’ contest! In keeping with the name, I will continue to post the contest during the middle of each month for an unknown, but decent stretch of time!

There Will Be Variety!

I like to keep things interesting, so the challenges (and the prizes) will be a bit different each month. Pay close attention to the rules to make sure you get a chance to win a bonus prize!

Why Better Than Fair to Middlin’?

Fair to middlin’ is a phrase that many US farmers adopted as another category for describing quality of crops. Especially in the southland, where I am from, it was used to describe cotton.

Although you may find a few variations, in my homeland it means the general and somewhat variable quality or grade between poor and excellent. Not the best and not exactly average either, but definitely good enough, or maybe just a bit better!

My father was a Yankee transplant that came to the south because he was stationed at a nearby Army base. After he met my mother, he decided to make a home here. By this time the fair to middlin’ phrase had expanded to become a way of answering the question; “How are you?” My father really got a kick out of this colloquialism, and every chance he got; he would announce his status or condition as fair to middlin’!

I Want Better!

If you are doing better than fair to middlin’, you’re definitely doing well, and that’s what I want for all my fellow Steemians. Let’s do better than fair to middlin’!

August Challenge - Open to all!

Bounty

If you enter the contest you get an upvote from me, which provides a share of the bounty (amount will vary each month) that I place on each of my contest posts! So enter! What have you go to lose?

What You Need to Do!

As some of you already know, my father was a very special person in my life, so in remembrance of my dad, the first challenge is to write about a special person in your life! Tell me about someone you both love and admire, and tell me why you feel that way!

The Rules:

1 - Your entry must be no less than 300 words.
2 – Please do not go over the maximum of 800 words!
3 – Place the url/link of your entry as a comment to this post.
(Post must be easily accessed and read from the Steemit platform)

A Few More Details:

$ - Bounty for the August Better Than Fair to Middlin’ is 6 Steem.

Contest deadline is right up until payout for this announcement post.
I will pick my top three favorites from all the entries, so it is subjective!

all images are from Pixabay!

Bonus Prizes:

First Prize – 3 Steem
Second Prize – 2 Steem and 1 Plankton
Third Prize – 1 Steem and 2 PAL

Caveat - You must be a Plankton token owner to be eligible for a bonus prize!

(If you are not a Plankton HODLer, you can purchase Plankton in the Steem Engine.)

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Good Luck to All!

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53 comments

@mermaidvampire 73

over 4 years ago

Wow! Your contest is flawless. I love how you wrote it. To add more fun, let me add 1 SBI share to all 3 winners of your game, it's on me. I just realized, after HF21, we need more of those little upvoters to make it here in Steemit, so we better invest in them now. Thank you for doing this, not a lot of people are focused on quality, I like that in your own little way, you are making quality a priority. That is what has been filling my thoughts lately, how we can let the Plankton give focus to quality. Not really award winning pieces but decent posts, in preparation for what's coming after HF21.

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