Contest Announcement! “PICK A WORD, PAINT A STORY #25" And Winners of Week 24 Contest.

Hello, my dear Steemians friends,

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I'm so happy to see your lovely submissions for "Pick a Word, Paint a Story #24,". Today I came up with another lovely three words.

SILENCE, MELODY, and PUZZLE

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What you need to do

I am giving you the above three words; pick one and write an article of at least 450 words. You are free to write a story, article, or any other type of writing that relates to the word you pick. The only requirements are to be original, relevant, and clearly expressed. Then let's start writing, and I am eagerly awaiting reading yours.

The prize pool for this contest is as follows:

Place	Prize
1st	3 Steem
2nd	2 Steem

Only quality, valid, and attractive posts will be considered as winners.

Last week's winners!

The contest words for last week were SECRET, MOONLIGHT, and FOOTSTEPS. There were 10 entries. Based on the originality, quality, contest rules, markdown usage, and relevancy to the topic, I selected the two users below as this week's winners.

User	Post Link	Prize
@zulbahri	Link	3 Steem
@cruzamilcar63	Link	2 steem

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you, everybody, for taking part in this competition.

Since the prizes are given by the community, it is mandatory to allocate ten percent of your post's payout to the community account @hindwhale.

Contest Rules

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• Post in the #Hind Whale community.
• Follow @hindwhale.
• The title should be "Pick a Word, Paint a Story #25"
• Use your images or copyright-free images only.
• Make a publication of not less than 450 words.
• There is no restriction on languages; all the active Steemians can take part in this contest.
• Post must be free from plagiarism and AI
• Leave your entry link in the comment section.
• Participants must have joined any of the clubs, such as club5050, club75, or club100.
• Use the mandatory hashtags #pick-aword25, #steemexclusive, #creativewriting, #country and #club.
• Set a 10% beneficiary to @hindwhale to build your favorite community stronger.
• Vote and resteem this post and invite 3 members.

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Contest deadline is July 21, 2025, 11.30 PM SL time

Happy writing, and best of luck!

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Cc: @disconnect, @jyoti-thelight, @deepak94.