# Ghosts, Vampires, Headless Horsemen, Cyberpunk Zombies, Brains that want to take over the world 

## Welcome to a very special 36th week of The Comedy Open Mic Comedy Contest.
Yess that's write, it was so much fun we did it again!!

## This time we have a 10% bonus for Halloween themed posts

>Some examples

>Parodies of famous horror movies
>Ordeals with your mother-in-law
>The man who would not be scared
>A human invades a ghost community and scares them..

## [Please read the contest rules here](https://steemit.com/comedyopenmic/@comedyopenmic/4pmdkb-comedy-open-mic-round-rules)

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<sub>Thank you to @gnarlyanimations for designing our new logo</sub>
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## Rules for Judges

- Contest will run for a minimum of 38 weeks, and will continue to run as long as it is sustainable.
- Prizes to be sent out within 24hrs of contest round closing
- Every effort will be made for @comedyopenmic to upvote all valid entries
- A big thank you to our new bot, which has been sharing the judges’ feedback in the form of upvotes.
- A special thank you to our wonderful guest judges in round 35:  @profanereviews, @pechichemena, @lordbutterfly, @llfarms, @idikuci


## Round 36 Judges:
	
- @sharanaithal	
- @anouk.nox	
- @pechichemena		
- @doomsdaychassis	
- @amirtheawesome1

If you see any of these guys around please upvote and thank them. It is because of their support that this contest is able to keep functioning.

### Do you want to be a judge?

Read all the entries, comment on contestant posts. Leave a positive trail of happiness and laughter behind you like you fart laughing gas and we will notice. Our most active curators and contestants will be asked to join us as guest judges on a week to week basis.


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Prizes

- **Court Jester will get 35SBD**
  - Court Jester will be chosen by the judges
- **People's champion will get 0.01-5SBD** (Payout depends on value, higher value post will get smaller prize. Remaining value to be handed out to other entrants).
  - People's champion is whoever has highest $ payout at competition close
- **Top 10 prize pool is 30SBD**
  - Contestant selected for Punchy's Top 10 will receive 3SBD each.
- **Lucky Door Prize will be 5SBD**
  - 5 lucky contestants will get a 1SBD each as a bonus prize.

## This week's prize pool 75SBD 

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## Curators

A number of people have put themselves forward as curators of content to encourage more entries.

- @carlgnash (Also really funny, we want more entries from him)
- @punchline (Still hoping George Carlin comes back to life)
- @steemwizards (No idea who he is but he's good fun)
- @nonameslefttouse (Make it a good story to get his attention)
- @trafalgar (Include #punchline tag to grab his attention)
- @bitfiend (We just like him, dunno why)
- @diebitch (Don't be mean, or she'll roast you)
- @acolucky (Careful, he gets lucky a lot)
- @bobaphet (He loves to watch)
- @doomsdaychassis (Laughter is his fuel)

If you see any of these guys around please upvote and thank them. It is because of their support that this contest is able to keep functioning.

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## Sponsors

### Donations
**Thank you @ausbitbank and @ilt-yodith who were very generous in donating additional funds towards prizes.**
	
@ausbitbank - 1000 Steem, @idikuci - 208SBD, @curie - 200 Steem, @dj123 - 132SBD + 8 Steem, @carlgnash 120SBD, @punchline - 80 Steem + 10SBD, @take5 - 68 SBD,  @nonameslefttouse - 55SBD, @dandesign86 and @redlipstick - 32SBD, @ilt-yodith - 22.891SBD + 10.899 Steem, @amirtheawesome1 / @yesaye - 20SBD, @thedailylaugh - 10SBD, @amirtheawesome1 - 32SBD, @meesterboom - 10SBD, @buttcoins - 10SBD, @groovatti - 10Steem, @profanereviews - 10SBD + 2 STEEM, @linnyplant - 6SBD, @dreemit - 5SBD, @thevillan - 5SBD, @sisygoboom - 5SBD, @mourningnoodles - 4Steem, @belemo - 7SBD + 5 STEEM, @steemmatt - 3SBD, @holybranches - 9SBD, @pangoli - 7SBD, @jedi-won - 5SBD, @bitfiend - 2SBD, @diebitch - 12SBD, @lunasilver 0.007 Steem, @acolucky - 3Steem + 1SBD, @cemke - 24SBD, @scan0017 - 2SBD, @imjustsaying - 2SBD + 2Steem, @mourningnoodles - 2SBD, @armiaaceh - 1.5SBD, @richjr - 1.243 SBD + 1.364 Steem, @puncakbukit - 0.1SBD, @aaarif - 0.20 SBD, @mahendranikum - 0.021SBD, @mineopoly - 5SBD, @fromthebeginning - 4SBD, @lyndsaybowes - 23 Steem + 12.286SBD, @anouk.nox - 3 Steem, @doomsdaychassis - 2SBD + 10 Steem, @chrisroberts - 3SBD, @granolalight - 3SBD, @mineopoly - 1 Steem, @sharanaithal -  1 SBD + 6 Steem, @sparrowbernard - 2 STEEM, @llfarms - 30SBD + 34.54 Steem, @lordbutterfly - 5SBD, @pechichemena - 25 Steem, @dandays - 2SBD

### Delegations
**A big thank you to @sluttynsfw for his delegation and to all those who continue to support us with their delegations.**
 
@ngc - 20,000SP, @roelandp - 15,556SP, @idikuci - 1,000SP, @dj123 - 900SP, @holger80 - 500SP, @take5 - 500SP, @flipstar - 300SP, @gamer00 - 300SP, @buttcoins - 300SP, @amirtheawesome1 - 256SP, @mightpossibly - 250SP, @carlgnash - 200SP, @abh12345 - 200SP, @pechichemena - 200SP, @yesaye - 162SP, @holybranches - 150SP, @bitfiend - 125SP,@diebitch - 100SP, @zenkly - 100SP, @bobaphet - 100SP, @artakush - 100SP, @sluttynsfw - 55SP, @ubongj - 50SP, @groovatti - 50SP, @anouk.nox - 50SP, @doomsdaychassis - 50SP, @davemccoy - 50SP, @rahul.stan - 30SP, @samueldouglas - 25SP, @belemo - 20SP, @kkkkkl - 20SP, @jonsnoww - 10SP, @betavirosis - 10SP, @sisygoboom - 9SP

Please send any donations and SP delegations directly to @comedyopenmic. The more funding we get, the longer it will be possible to run the contest and upvote all you hilarious people.

**Important Information**
If you see our judges, curators or sponsors comments or posts, please upvote and encourage them. They are giving up their time to help this contest, so if you see these guys around, say hello and give them an upvote:

We are all trying to make this a successful contest to raise participation in #funny and attract more comedians and aspiring comedians to Steem.

This post marks the end of Round 35 and the start of Round 36 of Comedy Open Mic.

Within 24hrs of this post, another post will go out marking the prize recipients. Sorry about the double post, but we need to make sure we have time to enjoy all the entries.

## Reddit
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https://www.reddit.com/r/DComedyOpenMic/

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## Original Content

If you believe someone has submitted an entry that is not their work, please let the judges know. You can let us know on the [discord channel](https://discordapp.com/invite/E8MeMUx) or as a reply to one of our comments. As long as contestants make an effort to produce original content and provide sources for other material we will be happy to accept the entry.

<Sub>Please note: By entering the Comedy Open Mic Contest you agree to allow Comedy Open Mic to use the content you post in its promotion. Full credit will be given to the author as well as links to the original post in cases where Comedy Open Mic opt to use your material in promotions.</Sub>

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