This March Edition features the new category of Art and Design themed comps, which I missed out, to my discredit, in the original iteration of this synopsis. I've tried to summarise the plethora of fantastic competitions whereby we can win prizes, meet interesting people and foster our creative sides. The profiles have been updated with the most recent competitions available in each category. Please feel free to add any others in the comments section, which I will aim to add to the main article.

Writing

1. Contest: SteemShorts: Collaborative Short Stories
   Run by: @adsactly
   Link: https://steemit.com/steemshorts/@adsactly/steemshorts-collaborative-short-stories
   Synopsis: Collaborative pieces involving by 3 different authors and illustrated by one artist/photographer. Prizes are 50% of the SBDs, capped at 100 SBDs.

2. Contest: $45 SBD Steemit Writing Contest
   Run by: @bycoleman
   Link: https://steemit.com/steemit/@bycoleman/usd45-sbd-steemit-writing-contest-writer-s-needed-the-more-writers-the-more-winners
   Synopsis: Original non-fictional articles. The primary requirement is a new life story that moves the judges to tears, laughter, suspense or awe. The #bycolemancontest hashtag is useful, but not essential, to help the submissions be found.

3. Contest: Steemit Poetry Contest
   Run by: @terrycraft
   Link: https://steemit.com/poetrycontest/@terrycraft/steemit-poetry-contest-16-winners-of-15
   Synopsis: Weekly themed poetry competition with 6 prizes from 1-6 SBD. Only one entry is allowed and must be tagged both poetry and poetrycontest. The title must be The Title must be "SteemitPoetryContest #(with the number of the actual episode)" + the name of your poem.

4. Contest: Six-word Story Contest
   Run by: @anjkara
   Link: https://steemit.com/writing/@anjkara/six-word-story-contest-sbd-prizes
   Synopsis: Weekly competition. Six words, a (copyright-free) photo - that's it! Put in the comments section of the contest post. Prizes of up to 1/3 from the contest post.

5. Contest: Celestial Challenge
   Run by: @sirknight
   Link: https://steemit.com/celestialchallenge/@sirknight/sirknight-s-daily-celestial-challenge-new-for-all-steemians
   Synopsis: Posts related to the daily celestial body and/or a subject matter it represents. Posts need to be titled DailyCelestialChallenge and have the hashtag celestialchallenge. Entries once per day.

6. Contest: VDux Haiku Contest
   Run by: @vdux
   Link: https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/contest-win-2-sbd-free-upvotes-and-more-for-writing-17-syllables
   Synopsis: Contest for haiku like those here: http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm . Winner gets 2 SBD and half of posts#s author awards. Reply in comments for haiku and upvote post.

7. Contest: WAPAT (W.rite A P.aragraph A.bout T.hat)
   Run by: @markrmorrisjr
   Link: https://steemit.com/giveaway/@markrmorrisjr/20180225t171851527z-post
   Synopsis: Write a paragraph following the posting of a particular media (anything you are inspired to write). Best paragraph gets 1 SBD. Either in the comments section or your own blog with link in the comments.

8. Contest: Fox Tales
   Run by: @vermillionfox
   Link: https://steemit.com/art/@vermillionfox/week-16-fox-tales-a-theme-fit-for-international-women-s-day-winners-and-a-chance-to-win-extra-steem
   Synopsis: Write a 1 paragraph story about the image pictured, thinking outside the box. Prizes up to 5 SBD. Bonus STEEM prize for a 15 sentence story with no clear beginning and ending. Contest post needs to be resteemed, then your own post needs to use the foxtales tag, as well as being submitted in the comments section. Maximum of 3 entries and only one story per person will qualify

9. Contest: ZapFic contest
   Run by: @felt.buzz
   Link: https://steemit.com/contest/@felt.buzz/zapfic-new-writing-contest-win-sbd-for-telling-a-story-in-232-characters-or-less
   Synopsis: Write an original story in 232 characters or less on Zappl. Prizes up to 0.5 SBD and 50% SBD from payout of post. Need to use zapfic hashtag. Any photos must be yours, link must be in the comment section for the post

10. Contest: The Writing Impact Challenge
    Run by: @rensoul17
    Link: https://steemit.com/writingimpact/@rensoul17/the-writing-impact-challenge
    Synopsis: Write a story or poem from 50-500 words using 4 or more words from a word prompt list. Prizes up to 7 SBD. The tag writingimpact must be your first hashtag and also feature in the title.

11. Contest: Five Word Stories Challenge
    Run by: @b2travel
    Link: https://steemit.com/fivewordstories/@b2travel/five-word-stories-challenge-25-participate-for-chance-to-win-sbd
    Synopsis: Write a 5-word piece under the featured post. Winning stories get 0.1 SBD. Support by upvoting and resteeming.

12. Contest: Fifty word story competition
    Run by: @miniature-tiger (currently @jayna )
    Link: https://steemit.com/fiction/@jayna/fifty-word-story-prompt-and-contest
    Synopsis: Write a 50 word piece in response to a specific prompt ,posts of exactly 50 words will have an edge. 2 SBD prize. Images allowed but must be own/properly credited to the photographer. Upvote and resteem post, and use fiftywords tag.

Art and Design

1. Contest: Pixel Art Weekly
   Run by @jonny-clearwater
   Link: https://steemit.com/art/@jonny-clearwater/2bwzwq-pixel-art-weekly-theme-announcement-win-sbd
   Synopsis: Create pixel art with a weekly themed competition, must be original works of art. Winners get half of SBD raised by comp post. Monday-Friday comp Entrants must upvote and resteem the post and use hashtag pixelartweekly

2. Contest: Album Cover Design Contest
   Run by: @blockmountain
   Link: https://steemit.com/art/@blockmountain/calling-all-artists-graphic-designers-and-animators-album-cover-design-contest-or-block-mountain-community-based-music-project
   Synopsis: Album cover contest, prizes include upvote from sponsor @sndbox & additional rewards. Create a new original post including Block Mountain Cover Submission as title & use first tag blockmountainart. Multiple submissions allowed as long as it is submitters own artwork. Images 3000 x 3000 px.

3. Contest: Steemit Art Contest
   Run by: @agneslaczo
   Link: https://steemit.com/contest/@agneslaczo/art-contest-9-i-love-the-80-s
   Synopsis: Draw some art following a theme, 2 submissions allowed. Prize is 1 SBD and use hashtag retro

Photography

1. Contest: 7 World's Continents Photo Challenge
   Run by @czechglobalhosts
   Link: https://steemit.com/travel/@czechglobalhosts/200-sbd-7-world-s-continents-photo-challenge-2018-guidelines-22-01-update
   Synopsis: This challenge is held every day, covering one continent each day of the week. Nominations are then made and the daily winners compete for the weekly prize of 100 SBD. The requirement is to submit a personal photo that you took during your travels in the continent of the day add to provide a short description of your photo (between 30 to 50 words)

2. Contest: World of Photography Contest
   Run by@juliank
   Link: https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@photocontests/readme
   Synopsis: Daily contest with a rotating series of themes (e.g. cityscape photography, animal photography etc...) and prizes given in Steem, together with a nifty XP system which rewards regular posting and community involvement. Requirements are putting the specific hashtag in your tag section and then a bot picks up your post.

3. Contest: ColorChallenge
   Run by @kalemandra
   Link: https://steemit.com/colorchallenge/@kalemandra/new-colorchallenge-for-all-steemians
   Synopsis: A post of either a photo or artwork with the colour of the day. This needs to be done on 7 consecutive days for the 7 colours of the week, with all the entries put in a comment at the bottom of the post. Requirements are that the first tag needs to be ColorChallenge and the day also needs to be tagged

4. Contest: MyPictureDay
   Run by: @timsaid
   Link: https://steemit.com/photography/@timsaid/mypictureday-challenge-round-19-winners-announcement-round-18
   Synopsis: Weekly contest for photography posts with a minimum of three shots and prizes given in SBD. Requirements are the hashtags: mypictureday and photography, resteeming the post, and putting MyPictureDay in the title of the post.

5. Contest: Black and White Photo Challenge
   Run by @daveks
   Link: https://steemit.com/bwphotocontest/@daveks/b-and-w-photo-contest-winners-theme-collectables-and-toys
   Synopsis: Weekly themed black and white photo competition with prizes of up to 10 SBD/Steem. The requirement is to put bwphotocontest in the hashtags

6. Contest: Killerpix Contest
   Run by @killerwhale
   Link: https://steemit.com/killerpix/@killerwhale/killerpix-contest-26-20-sbd-in-prizes-submissions-post-plus-winners-from-last-week
   Synopsis: Weekly competition for photos with attitude, no more than 2 entries a week, original photos. Prizes up to 10 SBD. Photos must contain a description, first tag must be killerpix and contest post needs to be upvoted.

7. Contest: Lucky 10 Photographers
   Run by @yourluckyphotos
   Link: https://steemit.com/yourluckyphotos/@yourluckyphotos/lucky-10-photographers-february-20-2018
   Synopsis: 10 photos features daily, you enter by adding "yourluckyphotos" tag for your original photography. Then you are given lottery tix for SBD prizes at the end of the month

8. Contest: White is White Contest (Daily and Weekly)
   Run by @dmcamera
   Link: https://steemit.com/wiwcontest/@dmcamera/wiwcontest-week-17-theme-white-as-snow-week-16-winners
   Synopsis: Weekly themed contest (hashtag wiwcontest) for items photographed in white, running from Monday to Saturday. 3 images can be entered each week and the three winners will receive an equal share of 100% of SBD from the previous week's winner's announcement post, plus any donations, or 1.0 SBD each (whichever is greater). There is also a fun daily challenge (hashtag whiteiswhite) too!

9. Contest: PhotoFeed Project
   Run by @photofeed
   Link: https://steemit.com/photofeed/@photofeed/introducing-photofeed-the-premier-steem-photo-featuring-project
   Synopsis: Weekly round-up of posts using the photofeed hashtag, with SBD given to the best photo content.

10. Contest: MonoMad Photographic Contest
    Run by: @brumest
    Link: https://steemit.com/monomad/@brumest/73tv6p-monomad-photographic-challenge-tuesday-street-winner
    Synopsis: Black and white or monochrome photos, colorsplash edits allowed. Total of 7 STEEM or 7 SBD per week as prize pool. Each participant is allowed one shot per day and needs to use the #MONOMAD tag. The themes for each day are: Monday - Macro, Tuesday - Street, Wednesday - Abstract, Thursday - Animals, Friday - Flowers, Saturday - Silhouettes, Sunday - Skies

11. Contest: MyDailyPost Contest
    Run by @sol25 and @leyargoz
    Link: https://steemit.com/mydailypost/@sol25/mydailypost-martes-tuesday-challenge-anuncio-or-announcement
    Synopsis: Original images which are meant to capture an aspect of daily life. Each day has a different theme, with daily prizes up to 0.15 Steem/SBD

12. Contest: Waterfall Wednesday
    Run by @mibreit-photo
    Link: https://steemit.com/waterfallwednesday/@mibreit-photo/waterfall-wednesday-krimml-cascade
    Synopsis: Original photos of waterfalls - post them on wednesdays only and use the tag waterfallwednesday. This is not necessarily a contest but more a way to share beautiful waterfall pictures every wednesday.

1. Contest: Portrait Contest
   Run by @jasonrussell
   Link: https://steemit.com/portraitcontest/@portraitcontest/steemit-portrait-photography-contest-winners-and-honorable-mentions-of-week-28
   Synopsis: Fortnightly contest of portrait photography with 1st place 10 steem and 10 whaleshares. Original work only. Use portraitcontest as first tag, upvote and resteem post!

2. Contest: MyLandscape
   Run by @alequandro
   Link: https://steemit.com/mylandscape/@alequandro/mylandscape-photographic-challenge-share-your-best-landscape-shot-at-sunset
   Synopsis: Landscape photography contest with 1 entry per comp. Prizes up to two SBD. To enter, contest post must be resteemed and mylandscape hashtag used.

Music

1. Contest: Block Mountain Music Project Contest
   Run by: @blockmountain
   Link: https://steemit.com/community/@blockmountain/block-mountain-community-based-music-project-or-calling-out-all-musicians-producers-and-vocalists-submission-information-and
   Synopsis: Multi-genre project aiming to generate music projects. Create or find a piece of music and give a brief description, submit with blockmountain hashtag and "Block Mountain Submission" in title and also write in comments section of post. Participants and winners prizes TBC

2. Contest: Steemit Record Pool
   Run by: @recordpool
   Link: https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@recordpool/introducing-steemit-record-pool-or-your-invitation-to-become-a-music-curator-steemit
   Synopsis: Pick a song as either embedded audio or video with a description of the song and post using hashtags recordpool and songoftheday . Then title starts with "Song of the Day". Comment in post with a link to your post and Bitshares account link (which is needed to receive the rewards). Option: Add cover art and other supporting images and credit source. Winners: 12x Whaleshares and 12x Hairwhares tokens each.

3. Contest: Steemit Music Review
   Run by: @scuzzy
   Link: https://steemit.com/contest/@scuzzy/steemit-music-review-winners-announcement-4
   Synopsis: Detailed reviews of songs produced/composed by Steemians, with songs embedded in post if possible. Weekly rewards at present: 3 SBD, 5 Whaleshares, and 5 Hairshares each.
   Post needs to be upvoted and titled "Steemit Music Review" and tag "musicreview" used.

4. Contest: Worldwide Cypher Jam
   Run by: @termitemusic
   Link: https://steemit.com/cypher/@termitemusic/calling-all-mcs-singers-of-earth-round-23-worldwide-cypher-jam
   Synopsis: Jamming on top of a beat using bars/freestyle/song/poem and recorded however you want. Prizes are SBD from post, comment in post details.

5. Contest: Kill the Pad Challenge
   Run by: @jamesgetsit
   Link: https://steemit.com/killthepad/@jamesgetsit/kill-the-pad-challenge-week-5-sponsored-by-sma-this-is-a-dsound-community-initiative
   Synopsis: Fortnightly topical text based rap competition. Current prizes up to 4 SBD and 20 points in Steem Music league. Upvote and resteem post, make a post with lyrics and first stag killthepad . No shorter than 16 bars.

6. Contest: Beat Battle League
   Run by: @chiefmappster
   Link: https://steemit.com/beatbattle/@chiefmappster/beat-battle-league-s2-r5-announcement-or-a-dsound-community-initiative
   Synopsis: Beat competition with entries judged on sound quality, technicality, creativity. Prizes up to 42 SMOKE and 8 STEEM at present. Use beatbattle hashtag and post in comments section

7. Contest: SML Feedback Contest
   Run by:: @inthenow
   Link: https://steemit.com/smafeedback/@inthenow/sma-feedback-contest-round-4-update
   Synopsis: Competition for feedback. Producers/musicians can submit a track (using dsound, soundcloud etc...), can be any genre, AND/OR just provide feedback (constructive and positive). Prizes up to 5 Steem and 10 Whaleshares and 20 VoiceShares to be shared 50/50 between producer/musician and feedback-provider. Post in comments section.

8. Contest: The Chord Challenge
   Run by:: @antminer
   Link: https://steemit.com/smldsound/@antminer/2j2rix-chordchallenge-2-make-music-and-win-prizes-a-dsound-community-initiative
   Synopsis: Make at least a 1 minute track from a chord progression midi file and upload to dsound, put upload in comments section. Prizes up to 50% of SBD from post (~11.25 SBD) + 15 Voiceshares

9. Contest: Educator Showdown
   Run by:: @novili
   Link: https://steemit.com/educatorshowdown/@novili/educator-showdown-round-1-winner-announcement
   Synopsis: Fortnightly competition for those who make educational content revolving around music. Any form of content is accepted.Prizes up to 5 STEEM & 20 Voiceshares. Tag educatorshowdown needed to enter.

10. Contest: Steemit Music League
    Run by: @chiefmappster
    Link: https://steemit.com/smlchallenge/@chiefmappster/steemit-music-league-challenge-update-or-s2-r5
    Synopsis: Open music multi-contest for rappers/mcs/singers/vocalists/producers which features the aforementioned five contests within it (Beat battle, SML feedback, Kill the Pad, Chord Challenge, Educator showdown) as well as SMLchallenge. First place prize 8 Steem and 42 voiceshares (at present)

Video

1. Contest: Steemit Open Mic
   Run by: @luzcypher
   Link: https://steemit.com/openmic/@luzcypher/what-are-the-rules-to-enter-steemit-open-mic-and-why-do-we-have-rules-anyways
   Synopsis: Weekly competition (run over six days) for live performance. One entry per week, openmic must be first tag, weekly contest post must be upvoted and a link to your performance needs to be in the comments section.

2. Contest: DLive Stars
   Run by: @dlive
   Link: https://steemit.com/dlive/@dlive/campaign-or-dlive-stars-makes-a-return
   Synopsis: A two-weekly streaming contest with the reward of a 60% vote from DLive and a resteem. Requirements are: the tag Dlivestar and the Dlive logo

3. Contest: Comedy Open Mic
   Run by: @idikuci
   Link: https://steemit.com/comedyopenmic/@comedyopenmic/comedyopenmic-round-3-winner-post
   Synopsis: Contest over 4 weeks for original comedy content with prize pool of 210 SBD and 50 Steem. Any comedic entry not just video or sound will be reviewed. One tag needs to be "comedyopenmic" and one entry only per user.

Other Challenges

1. Contest: Caption Contest
   Run by: @sanmi
   Link: https://steemit.com/art/@sanmi/caption-contest-23-total-prizes-of-10-sbd-rewards-showcase-your-creativity
   Synopsis: This challenge is held every day, covering one continent each day of the week. Nominations are then made and the daily winners compete for the weekly prize of 100 SBD. The requirement is to submit a personal photo that you took during your travels in the continent of the day add to provide a short description of your photo (between 30 to 50 words)

2. Contest: Meme Challenge
   Run by: @fibra59
   Link: https://steemit.com/memechallenge/@fibra59/meme-challenge-60
   Synopsis: Weekly contest with meme Creation of a photo with text, prizes up to 25 SBD. First tag must be memechallenge and a user can have 2 entries per week.

3. Contest: PAPA-PEPPER'S WILD & STRANGE CONTEST
   Run by: @papa-pepper
   Link: https://steemit.com/contest/@papa-pepper/papa-pepper-s-wild-and-strange-contest-season-12-round-5-song
   Synopsis: Multi-challenge contest involving poetry, art creation, meme creation and more. Multiple prizes including 50 SBD or Steem for each week's winner.

4. Contest: Word of the Day contest
   Run by: @z8teyb289qav9z
   Link: https://steemit.com/meme/@z8teyb289qav9z/word-of-the-day-meme-contest-oxter
   Synopsis: Best proper use of a word within a comment wins a prize in SBD based on the contest post

5. Contest: PhotoBomb Challenge
   **Run **by: @fibra59
   Link: https://steemit.com/photobombchallenge/@fibra59/photobomb-challenge-12
   Synopsis: Weekly competition - insert a given picture into another picture to make a funny scene. Prizes up to 12 SBD. Each title must have the text "PhotoBomb challenge # - Entry #" and first tag must be #photobombchallenge. 3 entries per user.

6. Contest: Abandoned Shit Weekly
   Run by: @customnature
   Link: https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@customnature/reminder-abandoned-shit-weekly-contest-8-on-assignment-ends-sunday-aswcontest
   Synopsis: Weekly themed competition highlighting abandoned places. Not just a photography contest! Prizes up to 15 SBD. The abandoned shit photo needs to use the hashtag aswcontest, be original, and only one entry per week is allowed. Photos need to be accompanied with good descriptions

7. Contest: Bunnypuncher's get to know you contest
   Run by: @bunnypuncher
   Link: https://steemit.com/contest/@bunnypuncher/bunnypuncher-s-get-to-know-you-contest-with-sbd-giveaway
   Synopsis: Leave a comment in the contest post with a fact, story, bit of information, funny nickname or any other trivia, prizes up to 10 SBD

8. Contest: Steemit World Map Challenge
   **Run **by: @runicar
   Link: https://steemit.com/swmchallenge/@runicar/20usd-reward-pool-steemit-world-map-challenge-1-no-losers
   Synopsis: SWM is a great tool for geo-tagging your photos. It's also got a contest where you have to put a 200-word description of your place on the map and use #swmchallenge as your first tag. Reward pool 5-8 SBD + partional upvotes

9. Contest: I love 80s
   Run by: @olegw
   Link: https://steemit.com/contest/@olegw/new-steemit-contest-i-love-80s
   Synopsis: Share a photo of one item or anything which describes the 80s and a brief description, a limit of 3 entries per account. Reward is 5 SBD from author and half of post SBD. Resteem the post to enter.

Giveaways

1. Contest: Travel Continuous Philippines Trip
2. **Run **by: @travelcontinuous
3. Link: https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@travelcontinuous/use-travelcontinuously-to-win-a-free-trip-to-the-philippines
4. Synopsis: Just put the hashtag travelcontinuously into your tags for a chance to have an expense-paid trip to the Philippines!