Dreem-WOTW: Writing prompt - 'Sanctuary' - S1 R1 winners...
We ended up with 37 entries being written for the contest (two unfortunately too late to make the submission deadline). This meant that 35 entries were submitted to Dreemport on the dedicated contest submission date, comprising a mix of discursive essays, short stories, and poetry.
Entries were then curated by public curators (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, and these were eligible to be graded for official dreem-wotw rankings.
Dreemport publishes a top 5 every day and in this case we ended up with 6 non-staff entries vying for the top spots as there was a tie in the popular vote for 5th spot.
We also extracted the top staff entries for a separate staff pool of dreem-wotw prizes 😊
There was an interesting mix of articles, short stories, and poetry. Some connected emotionally with the reader, some prompted loud guffaws of laughter with their humour, and others still prompted deep introspection. All were appreciated.
The grading team of 7 graders consists of:
@samsmith1971 @alekst7 @wrestlingdesires @juliamulcahy @iskafan @itsostylish @palomap3
The team gave voluntarily of their time and worked entirely independently of each other when deciding on their own scores for each written piece. Scores were submitted to a single source for collation of the final results. Preliminary results were then shared with the full grading team to ensure complete transparency and to give everyone the opportunity to discuss the outcomes. It was clear from the results that there was general consensus on the final placements and no issues were raised 😊
Prizes sponsorships as follows:
Dreem tokens kindly and generously sponsored by @dreemsteem
Ecency points and POB tokens funded by the rewards generated off the contest posts, with any shortfall funded by myself.
Vyb Curation kindly performed by @joseph23 and other members of the VYB Curation project.
As always no upvotes or reblogs are required to enter the contest. Any and all support, to keep the contest growing, is however much appreciated, and the more support we can garner, the better the prizes will be that we will be able to offer over time. If anyone would like to provide any further sponsorship for the contest, please do contact me.
The final placements with their winning posts were as follows:
Dreem-WOTW winners (non-staff)
1st @snook with Sanctuary | Dreamport word Doohicky of the Month
(500 Dreem Tokens, 250 Ecency points, 50 POB)
2nd @nickydee with Sanctuary
(250 Dreem tokens, 150 Ecency points, 50 POB)
3rd @hannes-stoffel with Dreem-WOTW: Sanctuary
(125 Dreem Tokens, 100 Ecency points, 25 POB)
Dreem-WOTW - winners (staff)
1st @tengolotodo with The Adventures of Ageese - Sanctuary
(250 Dreem tokens, 150 Ecency points, 50 POB)
2nd @deraaa with My first ever DREEM-WOTW: SANCTUARY!
(125 Dreem tokens, 100 Ecency points, 25 POB)
3rd @adoore-eu with MY POEM ON SANCTUARY ( A DREEM-WOTW CONTEST BY @SAMSMITH1971)
(50 Dreem tokens, 50 Ecency points, 25 POB)
In addition to the main contest prizes, there was also a random drawing from amongst all participants in the contest, for 2 x 150 Ecency points boost to posts, one for non-staff and one for staff. Apologies but this boost was not applied to the contest post but will be applied to the next published blog post by each winner. Please will the two winners drop their links below in the comments so that I know which post you would like to be boosted - they need to have been published within the past 24 hours for a boost to be successful 😊 Alternatively I am happy to transfer the points directly to your wallets. Your choice.
And the winners of the 250 Ecency point boosts are (I bumped it up from 150 just for fun!):
@darthsauron and @penderis
There was one other prize of 250 Ecency points in a random drawing for any participants who BOTH registered with Dreemport since 20th June 2022 AND shared a screenshot of their Dreemport profile in the comments to the original contest post. Qualifying entries were:
@hannes-stoffel @nickydee
And the winner of 250 Ecency points is: BOTH of them... hehe... I mean c'mon... how could I not give them both 250 Ecency points. That would just be mean to leave just one person out! Welcome to Dreemport, Hannes and Nicky❣️
(random.org screenshots for the random draw winners - at the end of this post)
Screenshots of the consolidated grading scores and the grading model are as below by category.
I will transfer all prizes in the next few hours 🤗
The contest post for S1 R2 will be out tomorrow evening at some point, with the next Dreemport submission date being Tuesday 23rd August between 4 am UTC and midnight UTC❣️ - so mark your diaries!
@nickydee @oceanbee @coquicoin @dansabest9 @nonsowrites @wrestlingdesires @juliamulcahy @itsostylish @palomap3 @iskawrites @alekst7 @dwixer @mypathtofire @buezor @riverflows @chincoculbert @fragozar01 @joseph23 @mineopoly @dreemsteem @zyzymena @corporateay @cool08 @morenow @mrenglish @teknon @lightpen @ijohnsen @ayesha-malik @amberkashif @deraaa @leeart @funshee @aroojkhalid @beeber @mmykel @tengolotodo @adoore-eu @harryjoe5432 @blackdaisyft @repayme4568 @esther-emmanuel @jaxsonmurph @litguru @lordtimoty @kemmyb @b0s @queenstarr @erh.germany @diebitch @bobthebuilder2 @vikbuddy @flamistan @d-pend @wongi @memeisfun @edystringz @coquicoin @ifarmgirl @kenechukwu97 @mcyusuf @penderis @darthsauron @jfuji @dibblers.dabs @khaleesii @cescajove @whywhy @palomap3 @merit.ahama @hopestylist @maryjacy @stevehodl @intishar @acgalarza @idksamad78699 @unklebonehead, @shadowspub, @george-dee, @hannes-stoffel , @deeanndmathews, @kamarah, @jane1289, @olawalium @giftedwriter @atyourservice @strangegravy @anikekirsten @grocko @belleflower @sunbeam3 @beeber @marbrym @bluefinstudios @ksam @simgirl @maryjacy @ngwinndave @creatr @nkemakonam89 @officialrosh1 @ahmadmanga @raj808
Please let me know in the comments if you would like your name to be removed from the tags. I have added in a few new people that are taking part in the current Dreemport serial fiction challenge with Scholar and Scribe too 😏
Cover image Sanctuary by nico_blue on Canva Pro Library
Dreemport banner used with permission of @dreemsteem and @dreemport and designed by @jimramones
I just love this banner from a previous contest...
Congratulations to all winners and well done to all participants!!
Big thanks to @samsmith1971 for organising and to the volunteers for their work and effort.
@samsmith1971 @alekst7 @wrestlingdesires @juliamulcahy @iskafan @itsostylish @palomap3
Our pleasure, Steve! Thank you for supporting the dreem-wotw ❣️ !PIZZA
You are most welcome, thanks so much for participating 🙌
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Thanks to you for participating! ✍️👏🤗
Oh wow that isfantastic!
Thanks Sam and everyone, congratulations to everyone that wrote and submitted!
That was a fun story to compose, especially taking the remote to the park!
Give Ageese a special treat Super Eli @coquicoin he deserves it!
Woohoo! Congratulations Super Ed! Wee Ageese got a treat today. I went to buy his food earlier, and Rodrigo bought him catnip, hehe
oh my god Ageese got catnip, then he really will be loco!
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You are very welcome, Ed. It was a fabulous read, very funny, down-to-earth, and relatable. !LUV !ALIVE !PIZZA
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aww thank you Sam, those are wonderful words to read:)
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The story was so fun! I'd say he's already a Charming Rascal!
jeje I think you may well be right, and it was fun to write and take pictures for!
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Congratulations to all the winners, all the participants, the grading teem and especially to @samsmith1971 who made Dreem-WOTW happen! 💛💛💛
Thanks Jules, teem effort hehe got us over the line in the end 💗 !LUV !ALIVE
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Congratulations to all - winners, writers, and yes, graders! And a big thank you and congratulations to @samsmith1971 for saving WOTW🙌🙌🙌
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I love that we navigate similar paths on Hive, and I am so happy that you wanted to keep this contest alive as much as I did❣️ Teemwork makes the dreem work 🙌
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You must be killin' it out here!
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You earned 1.000 PIMP for the strong hand.
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Read about some PIMP Shit or Look for the PIMP District
Definitely, I'm having so much fun 🙌
Thanks for the treats :)
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Thank YOU. I am blown away.
You are doing a great thing with your contest @samsmith1971
Please keep being you. You are so special in the best possible way!!
aw, thank you snook, and congratulations on an awesome winning post💗 We have a wonderful grading team supporting the contest and they deserve a lot of the credit. !LUV !ALIVE !hivebits
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Wow, I almost never win any random drawings, thank you.
And thank you for the transparency in the ratings, this feedback is really helpful.
Congratz to all winners, this was a very challenging task and everyone participating (well, can only write about those I read; I sadly didn't have time to read them all) really came out of their shell and that takes courage. Be proud of yourselves for that. 😉
You wrote a wonderful piece, Hannes. And yes I have always very proud to be part of the dreemer and wotw communities and now they have become one in spirit hehe... Hope to see you in round 2❣️ !ALIVE
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Hi @samsmith1971,
Thank you for participating in the #teamuk curated tag. We have upvoted your quality content.
For more information visit our discord https://discord.gg/8CVx2Am
thank you so much, this is appreciated !ALIVE
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Congratulations to all the winners. You guys are loved for keeping the lights shinning upon pob-wotw.❤️❤️
Aw thank you Edystringz - I hope you continue to take part !LUV !LADY
Congratulations to all the lucky winners, it's so sad that I wasn't able to submit the right post that day, I don't even know how I missed it.
You are doing a really good job Sam❤️, well done to all the sponsors and the team.
Aw Hope, next time, my lovely - we look forward to having you on board💗 !ALIVE
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Yes Sam ❤️, there's always a next time hopefully 😊😊.
Won something?! I canat believe it!!!!! 🤣 Is it Christmas? 🤣
Thank you!!!! ❤️❤️ Can't wait for R2!!!
hahaha... yes you won in the random draw so let me know if you'd like me to boost one of your posts with 250 ecency points or would you like them transferred to your wallet? !LUV
Already boosted all of them. 🤣
Transfer is nice. 😁 To have points for tipping. 😊
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Wow that’s beautiful, how did I miss this?
I wonder oh 😂
Big congratulations to all the winners and others who participated
Thank you @belleflower ... hope you don't mind the tag hehe. Would love for you to join in the next one❣️ !PIZZA
No I don’t mind at all
I enjoy it and hope to be more active as time goes by and as my understanding grows 😊
Thanks for tagging me 🙏
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Thank you for the mention 😊
No problem, hope to see your entry for round 2 😊 !ALIVE
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Thanks for the alive 😊
This is so interesting 😊😊, congratulations to all the winners🎉🎉, hopefully I'm gonna drop my entry on time this time around, the last one , I was unable to drop my entry to dreemport, but I'll make it up this time around..
Fabulous, we look forward to seeing it Mary ❣️ !PIZZA
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You freaking counted!!! ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL Should I be sad, or happy? hahaha - would you like to be removed from the tags, Blue? 😂😂😂 !ALIVE !LOLZ
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Be sad that you are not already Happy, Miss @samsmith1971 !
Removed form Tags??? WHA... Hunh? No, never.
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Congratulations to all the winners I will like to remain on the tag list
fabulous, good to know! 😂🤗 !LOLZ
Congratulations to everyone who won a prize and to us who at least participated 😊
Thank you for taking part and participating. Looking forward to having you back again next time! !PIZZA
Congratulations to all winners and all the best on the next challenge😍
!LADY
Aw thanks, CJ❣️ Maybe one day we'll entice you over to the light... Hope you are keeping well 💗 !LUV
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Thank you lots Sam :) We're doing well, just a bit occupied with things offline and we're out of town too. Hope you're doing great :)
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I don't know why I like appearing when this announcement is being made, only to disappear shortly after. Lol. I hope it will be different, this time. 😁
@samsmith1971 I hope you know that I'm a strong admirer of what you do?
Please keep up the good work.
Thank you Mfoniso ❣️ I would love to see you taking part next time. You are a strong writer and I enjoy your writing style. Come have a go hehe !LUV
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I should laminate this comment to use it and lighten my mood whenever I want to feel bad.
The feelings you get from being commended by someone whose writings you admire are simply out of this world. 😁
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Grats to all the winners. I love your scoring system, so in-depth!!!
Thanks @simgirl . I'm glad you like it. Hopefully, we can get to a stage whereby we can grade more posts and give more people the opportunity to see how they score against the model. I have found it extremely helpful in improving my own writing and presentation. The merit grading model is one that was developed by @calumam and @scholaris and applied to the previous pob-wotw that they used to run. We wanted to retain the model when we took over the contest from them, but they deserve all the credit !ALIVE
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Congratulations to all the winners! Thanks for the tag. How can I participate, or am I in already?🤦♀️
Great job by the organisers! Well done!
hehe... the next contest post will be out this evening. I will tag you again so that you see it. it will have all the info you need to take part. !PIZZA
I'm really glad the first week was a huge success 🥰🥰.
37 entries? This is awesome!!
Congratulations to all the winners both staff and non-staff. You all deserve every bit of this celebration 😁😁.
I patiently await the next WOTW. This is all really amazing Sam! Kudos to everyone that participated and helped make week 1 a success❣️
Thanks, my lovely❣️ Looking forward to the next one, already !LOLZ I'm glad you are too!
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Thanks for the mention. Congrats to all the winners
You're welcome! I really hope you get your entry in before cut off this time❣️ It would be great to have it in Dreemport and in with a shout for the contest !PIZZA
Yeay! How awesome and exciting :)
I just want to stay on here all day at the moment. It just keeps getting better!
Super excited to travel around boosting cool posts on Ecency. I think I can with this contribution now... so thank you thank you to all at Dreemport ❤️
Yay! You wrote a fabulous piece, Nicky... well-liked by Dreemport public curators, and it performed well against the merit grading model too 💗 !ALIVE
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Yeay!!!
I have no idea with the grading model is but it all sounds great! 😁 And it's so rewarding to have such cool feedback. It just makes me want to write and create more!
SO different to other platforms on HIVE... most creatives disappear for days because they get so despondent with no encouragement out there in the W2 world.
Love you guys. Love what you do for us. And love your work. ❤️
Thank you! 🙏
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Congratulations to everyone who participated. It was fun. I'm looking forward to the topic for next contest. Don't keep us anxious @samsmith1971 😊😊
hahaha no time for anxiety, my friend... next contest post out this evening!!! !PIZZA
Nice, I think that random spinner was rigged though, at least the part that chose my name :P !PIZZA !LOLZ
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I transferred the points to you last night 😊 !PIZZA !ALIVE
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Ahhhhhh. Thank you! I really never expected and congratulations to all winners too. @tengolotodo really made me laugh with Ageese. And his pictures? Ageese was just spot on with those expressions. By chance do we get more episodes? I'd love to see this one become a movie though. It'll be epic!!!!
hahaha he did make us all laugh... a lot! It was good clever humourous writing... and congratulations... you did really well! !LUV !ALIVE
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Thank you
ah yes, more pictures and stories, if @coquicoin can get some more 😁
Jaja!! I'll do my best to take some fabulous pics of Ageese for his fabulous uncle 😂😂
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This sounds like a fun thing, I have to be on the lookout for the new prompt. =)
Congratulations to all the winners 🏆 and rest of participants. 👏👏
It's a pleasure to be part of the grading team despite the pain of having to choose between so many great entries - you're very good writers, you rascals! ✍️
Our dear @samsmith1971 is doing an amazing job. I am proud of her. 😍
Yay! 🤗
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Aw thank you @penderis Pen, that was super kind of you❣️ I think I ran out of tokens lol... I will be back when they refresh in the morning 😏🤭
Haha cause you gave me everything muhahahaha !PIZZA
What an amazing contest! Looks like great fun! I’m starting to think about joining some fiction writing contest after my first attempt at it test!
YAY!!! Please do... the next post was supposed to be out yesterday ..but I was soooooo very tired yesterday so it didn't happen.... today... it comes out... watch out for it. I will add you to the tags ;-) !ALIVE
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Thanks 🤗😊 I’m looking forward to the tag.
Ooooh grats @snook!
Thank You!!
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Oh, I had not seen this post. Congratulations to the winners, well deserved. Delighted to participate and ready for the second round. Greetings.
Yes, everyone did really well! hi Ramon :-) I hope you enjoy round 2 hehe !PIZZA