We ended up with 27 entries being written for the contest and submitted to Dreemport on the dedicated contest submission date, comprising a mix of discursive essays, short stories, and poetry... I hope that those who did not make it this time, will consider joining in for round 3. 🤗
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 5 non-staff entries and 6 staff entries vying for the top spots in their respective grading pools.
I am sure that most would agree that the standard was very high this month, with a great selection of articles, short stories, and poetry, and in the end, every scoring point truly counted! The engagement metric, which requires writers to come back the day after submissions, and to curate the contest posts in Dreemport (your random 5 posts allocated to you) in order to earn the minimum points for engagement, made the difference between some of the placement positions in the end. So, please remember, if you enter the contest, come back and curate, rank, and engage with the entries, and in so doing, have a direct say in which posts make the Dreemport top 5, and which ones are therefore shortlisted for grading for dreem-wotw 😊
The grading team of 7 graders consists of:
@samsmith1971 @alekst7 @wrestlingdesires @juliamulcahy @iskafan @itsostylish @palomap3 (this month @iskafan was unable to grade for personal reasons).
The graders voluntarily give their time and work entirely independently of each other when deciding on their own scores for each written piece. Scores are submitted to a single source for collation of the final results. Preliminary results are 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 😊
Prize 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.
Although upvotes and reblogs are not required to enter the contest, any and all support, to keep the contest sustainable and growing, is very much appreciated, and the more support we can garner, the better the prizes 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 Time and Life~Dreem-WOTW, S1 R2 & #TTT
(500 Dreem Tokens, 250 Ecency points, 50 POB)
2nd @litguru with Calibrating Ms. Connor- A Dreem Word of the Week tale
(225 Dreem tokens, 150 Ecency points, 50 POB)
3rd @hannes-stoffel with Measuring Time
(100 Dreem Tokens, 100 Ecency points, 50 POB)
Dreem-WOTW - winners (staff)
1st @bluefinstudios with Anchors in Time
(250 Dreem tokens, 150 Ecency points, 50 POB)
2nd @shadowspub with Cat's view of time
(125 Dreem tokens, 100 Ecency points, 50 POB)
3rd @cescajove with Dreem-wotw : Time
(50 Dreem tokens, 50 Ecency points, 50 POB)
In addition to the main contest prizes, there was also a random drawing from amongst all participants in the contest, for 2 x 250 Ecency points, one for non-staff and one for staff.
And the winners of the 250 Ecency points are:
@snook and @deraaa
Screenshots of the consolidated grading scores and the grading model are as below by category.
Please bear with me and I will transfer all prizes tomorrow as it is past pumpkin hour on my side of the world 🤗
The contest post for S1 R3 will be out this weekend with the new word prompt and full details on how to enter, giving you almost two weeks to write your entry post, with the next Dreemport submission date being Tuesday 20th September between 4 am UTC and midnight UTC❣️ - so mark your diaries!
@acgalarza @adoore-eu @ahmadmanga @alekst7 @amberkashif @anikekirsten @anonymous02 @aroojkhalid @atyourservice @ayesha-malik @bananzell @beeber @belleflower @blackdaisyft @bluefinstudios @bobthebuilder2 @b0s @buezor @cescajove @chincoculbert @cool08 @coquicoin @corporateay @creatr @dansabest9 @darthsauron @deeanndmathews @deraaa @dibblers.dabs @diebitch @d-pend @dreemsteem @dwixer @edystringz @erh.germany @esther-emmanuel @flamistan @fragozar01 @freedomprepper @funshee @george-dee @giftedwriter @grocko @hannes-stoffel @harryjoe5432 @hollowins @hopestylist @idksamad78699 @ifarmgirl @ijohnsen @intishar @iskawrites @itsostylish @iwannabeme @jane1289 @jaxsonmurph @jfuji @joseph23 @juliamulcahy @kamarah @kei2 @kemmyb @kenechukwu97 @khaleesii @ksam @leeart @lightpen @litguru @lordtimoty @marbrym @maryjacy @mcyusuf @memeisfun @merit.ahama @mineopoly @mmykel @morenow @mrenglish @mypathtofire @ngwinndave @nickydee @nkemakonam89 @nonsowrites @oceanbee @officialrosh1 @olawalium @olujay @palomap3 @penderis @queenstarr @raj808 @repayme4568 @riverflows @shadowspub @simgirl @stevehodl @stevemuis @strangegravy @sunbeam3 @tengolotodo @teknon @unklebonehead @vikbuddy @wongi @wrestlingdesires @whywhy @zyzymena
Please let me know in the comments if you would like your name to be removed from the tags 😏
Cover image Sun and the planets of the Solar system on orbit by Alberto Sava in 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...
