# Steem Basic Income
Steem Basic Income is a social experiment to bring a basic income to as many Steemians as possible. Members join by sponsoring others into the program. Steem Basic Income is delivered through providing regular upvotes to member content.

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*Banner design by @katysavage*

## Contests, Giveaways and Raffles!

Our mid-week contest update is filled with some chances to win large amounts of SBI. There’s also some easy to enter ones so read the whole list to see what you might be interested in. 
  
Please try to think about your submissions and reward these great hosts with quality submissions. If you enjoy somebody’s contest format, check their feed for more, and follow them so you don’t have to wait for our listing to come out!

  
If you want to see more contests before we mention them, check the #steembasicincome tag in Trending or New and see what's happening! We also have a [contests channel](https://discord.gg/4bJqGAV) in our new Discord server.
 

Each contest may have its own rules, so please read the contest post thoroughly before entering.    
  
1. https://steemit.com/contest/@coinsandchains/contest-thank-you-economy-week-6-or-6-sbi-shares
Share some gratitude for a fellow Steemian. You and they could win SBI shares.

2. https://steemit.com/travel/@mathowl/what-is-it---venice-edition-2018-08-27-10-50-02
Guess what’s in the picture and win SBI.
 
3. https://steemit.com/googlyprize/@googlyeyes/googlyprize-this-week-s-winners-issue-no-56
@Googlyeyes is giving SBI a try. Read the post to see how you can have some fun and win some prizes. 

4. https://steemit.com/kiwistory/@kiwijuce3/the-start-of-something-new-or-kiwistory-1-10-steembasicincome-per-winner-share-giveaway
It’s a new contest with a huge prize pool of SBI. If you like to write give this one a try.

5. https://steemit.com/money/@dynamicrypto/steem-as-an-investment-10-sbd-contest-and-dynamicrypto-cryptocurrency-highlight
Help raise awareness of Steem as an investment and you could win SBI shares.

6. https://steemit.com/wednesdaywalk/@tattoodjay/wednesday-walk-on-the-beach-and-steem-basic-income-give-away
Take a walk, take some pictures, then post them for this outdoor oriented contest.
7. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@ijmmai/contest-keep-the-link-8-cdf0145831dbdest
Take a photo that fits the theme for your chance to win. 

8. https://steemit.com/music/@calisay/album-covers-contest-27-win-1-sbi-0-5-sbd
Guess the album covers and follow the other directions and you could win some SBI and Steem.

9. https://steemit.com/steemit/@felipejoys/contest-tell-us-what-tools-every-steemit-author-should-know-5-steem-basic-income-shares-as-prizes
Share three tools every Steemit blogger needs to know and help the community and have a chance to win SBI shares. 

10. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@cryptictruth/iurkd-free-upvote-for-life-contest
Guess what’s in the image. First one to get it right wins!

11. https://steemit.com/contest/@viking-ventures/1000-followers-celebration-and-contest-1a5c8bc64ae0dest
Help celebrate 1000 followers and you could get lucky too!

12. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@steemexplorers/steembasicincome-share-giveaway-contest
Help support the @steemexplorers and share in their success with SBI shares. Read the rules to check eligibility. 



## Check out these recurring contests too!

Quite a few industrious Steemians run contests regularly. Here is a list of the ones we know about at the moment. All of these have been running for months so you can count on their posted schedule.

Be sure to check each account and look for the contest name as the links change each week. Also remember to read the full contest description as the rules and prize values sometimes change.

### @freewritehouse

The folks over at @freewritehouse run three contests each week. All of them are designed to encourage community engagement and highlight other's work. Besides the prizes from the @freewritehouse account, they are always interested in hearing from anyone who will sponsor a contest and so they can offer even bigger prizes.

![Favorite Freewrite](https://i.imgur.com/TsM3Zjmm.png)

**A Favorite Freewrite You Read** contest runs every Tuesday for just 24 hours. You need to read some freewrites written (you can read this post to see what they are), and then comment on the contest posts about which ones you liked best and why. If they choose your comment you win shares of SBI.

![Favorite Freewrite Poem](https://i.imgur.com/BUVzHPym.png)

**Recommend your Favorite Freewrite Poem** is a poetry version of the Favorite Freewrite contest and it runs every Friday. Make a comment about a freewrite poem you loved and you could win SBI shares. But be quick! When Friday is over, so is the contest - until the next week that is.

![We Write](https://i.imgur.com/T3Y7VkXm.png)

**We-Write** is a new challenge they’ve just started in the last few weeks. It runs every other Wednesday (next one is July 25th) with a prize of 4 SBI divided among winners.

### [Finish the Story Contest](https://steemit.com/@bananafish)

![Freewritehouse](https://i.imgur.com/cYDLFlkm.jpg)

This weekly contest is run by @f3nix. He recently launched the @bananafish account which now hosts the contest which runs every Wednesday. He posts the beginning of a story, and you finish it. Then you post your complete story for everyone to read. The winner, as chosen by the @bananafish god, wins SBI shares. The important thing to know about this contest is that it's an ongoing creativity workshop, so if you miss one deadline you can participate in the next.

### [Paying it Forward](https://steemit.com/@pifc)

![Paying it Forward](https://i.imgur.com/MGKDgMzm.jpg)

In the spirit of helping new Steemians, this contest focuses on curating great content and is run by @thedarkhorse. It runs weekly on Mondays and asks that you find two "High Quality Original Content Blog Posts" to recommend for curation. Four judges decide which recommendations were the best and multiple winners get SBI shares. Follow @thedarkhorse to see the latest contest post and read it for full details.

### [ZapFic Writing Contest]([https://steemit.com/@felt.buzz](https://steemit.com/@felt.buzz))

![Zapfic](https://i.imgur.com/6wvKQfnm.jpg)

  

Like super short stories? Try writing one in 232 characters or fewer for your chance to win SBI in this contest run by @felt.buzz. Every Wednesday he posts a new prompt to use for your very short story. Be sure to read the rules on this one as you'll need a Zappl account to qualify, but your stories will be automatically posted to Steem too.

  

### [Steemit World Map Challenge](https://steemit.com/@runicar)

![Steemit World Map Challenge](https://i.imgur.com/7nLlxbe.png)

Travel the world with your fellow Steemians in the #swmchallenge run by @runicar. You simply need to share a blog about a place you visited and share it on the map (read the post to see how). You’ll need pictures and good descriptions if you want to get noticed and win the SBI shares.

  

### [Caption Contest ]([https://steemit.com/@runicar](https://steemit.com/@runicar))

Help celebrate digital art by creating creative captions for the week’s selected picture. Read all the rules carefully to be sure your entry qualifies for the SBI prizes.


### [Punday Monday]([https://steemit.com/@improv](https://steemit.com/@improv))

  

![Punday Monday](https://i.imgur.com/d3zIP5Wm.jpg)

  

From the creator:

What is Punday?  
Punday is the best day. It's the day we post a topic upon which you are invited to pun in the comments for a chance at SBI shares. You get to read all the incredible puns, and you can try your hand at puns, and you can just bask in the warmth and love that punsters offer. I am your Puntender, and I serve hot puncakes with Mapun Syrpun.
  

### [Pirate Sunday]([https://steemit.com/@dixiesilverminer](https://steemit.com/@dixiesilverminer))

  

![Pirate Sunday](https://i.imgur.com/ZBZTgkJm.jpg)
  

Come help tell the adventures of Captain K, a fictional character with a quite a history! To enter, read the current post and previous stories, then write your own version of what “piratey” things he gets up to next.
    

NOTE: Contest images used with permission from their owners.
  

## How to get on the recurring contest list

Do you run a regular contest that you’d like to see in our recurring contest section? We have some simple criteria you need to have to be included:

  

-   SBI shares must be part of the prizes given out.
-   Contest needs to be running 5 weeks or 10 contests on a consistent schedule, whichever comes first.
  

If you think your contest qualifies let us know in the comments or on our Discord channel and we’ll check it out.
  

Instead of trying to be thoroughly comprehensive (and then end up not publishing) like we have before, we have only included the most recent contests (skipping duplicates). If we missed yours, feel free to share it in the comments for our readers to find, and to stop by our Discord server to post it in the [contests channel]([https://discord.gg/4bJqGAV](https://discord.gg/4bJqGAV)).



## Enrollment
If you want to get involved, or to increase the share of basic income that you receive, enrollment is pretty straightforward:

Just send 1 STEEM to @steembasicincome. Include the name of a Steemian to sponsor in the transaction memo (preceded by @). You and the person you sponsor will each receive 1 share in the program. You can sponsor *any* active Steemian, it does not have to be a current member.

If you're unclear, please check out our full transaction memo guidelines and then let us know if you have any questions.
https://steemit.com/busy/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-updated-transaction-memo-guidelines

The official currency for enrollment is STEEM. We are not currently accept SBD for enrollments. Please allow up to 7 days for your enrollment to be processed.

## Writer Bio
This Contest listing was prepared for us by @ntowl!

@ntowl is a freelance copywriter who plans on being a best-selling author. Her writing is all over the web, but most of it belongs to other people who paid her to write it. She recently launched an editing service for Steem blogs. You can read how it works in this post:
https://steemit.com/steemgigs/@ntowl/how-to-use-ntowl-s-steem-blog-editing-service

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## Questions?
Please read our recently published [FAQ](https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-frequently-asked-questions). Most questions are addressed in our FAQ or in the additional resources that it suggests. If you still have questions, ask in the comments section or join us in our [discord channel](https://discord.gg/VpghTRz). To review your share counts, we recently introduced our new [SBI Member Lookup Tool](https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@steembasicincome/new-sbi-member-lookup-tool).

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