This is the next contest in the Minnows Accelerator Project's Six of the Best.

Each of the six authors below gets a share of this post's rewards

And one (or two) of them will win 200 SP delegated for 7 days

Please read this Signup article for how MAP works. If you are a minnow, you can also sign up at that page to see if you will be added to one of the future Six of the Best competitions.

Firstly, Some Exciting News!

The Minnows Accelerator Project has received its first sponsor! Many thanks to @eturnerx for delegating 1000 SP towards the project; in the spirit of decentralised contracts, you can read the agreement here.

This allows me to do two things. Firstly, it allows me to delegate the winning 200 SP from my own account, without completely draining me of power. I have so far been using the delegation services of @neoxian and wish to thank him too for supporting the initial phases of MAP. As the project grows, I may still require his assistance.

The second thing the sponsorship has allowed me to do is to change slightly the way people vote. They can now vote directly for an author's comment, rather than on mine, so that comment rewards go directly to the writers. In its place, I am experimenting with using SurveyMonkey as the main vote counter.

I have not set sponsorship targets before but, on the back of discussions within the chatrooms, this is a good time to start. The plan is to make the winning prize more significant, eventually reaching 200 SP delegated for 4 weeks, rather than the current 1 week. Assuming a peak of one winner per day (remembering that there could be more than one winner per contest) for 4 weeks, plus the 7-day cooling period when delegated SP is returned to the owner but cannot be used, then I am looking at 35 days times 200 SP, giving a total needed of 7,000 SP. We already have 1,000 SP so just 6,000 SP more to go!

What Do the Content Creators Need to Do Now?

If you are one of Six listed below, then this is your chance to show everybody your best work - and to get votes.

= Firstly, please write a comment with links to some of your best recent articles. I would say perhaps 2-4 articles from the last 2-4 weeks.

= Then, please resteem this post to your followers so that they may come and vote for you.

= You should also announce this on your current posts. This contest will last for 6.5 days, so you have time to spread the word. I have also found that appropriate comments with a linkback also work very well, as long as the comment itself is meaningful. Use Markdown, so that your link is short: [like this](link in here). Please don't spam Steemit, as that can easily be seen.

= And then, I have created a new Discord chatroom for all the people who make it to Six of the Best. Feel free to come and chat with current and past participants, and promote your blog. Go to M-A-P Discord chatroom now. Note, this is ONLY for participants.

How to Vote for Your Favourite Steemian Author [NEW!]

This part has changed and I am experimenting with SurveyMonkey.

= Firstly, make sure you read all the six blogs - you may discover something new and an author you had not noticed before.

= Also, you are free to add comments and upvote the author comments to show them extra love and support.

= But most importantly, vote for your favourite author or authors in the link below. You may only vote one time but you can vote for more than one author - so think about it carefully!

= What will you get? Apart from the warm glow of satisfaction at having helped a fellow Steemian, I shall upvote any interesting comments.

What Are The Prizes?

= The main prize is of 200 SP delegated for 7 days. (This will increase as we get more sponsorship!)

= However, every participant listed below will also receive 10% of the rewards generated for this article. This is possible using the Reward Distribution feature for articles.

= Also, every participant is invited to join a new Discord chatroom dedicated exclusively to MAP members.

The Six of the Best for MAP6

Six of the Best today are (in no particular order):

@petrolheads

@em3

@macchiata

@snowmachine

@outrayjust

@alexander.alexis

+ + --> VOTE HERE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE MINNOW AUTHORS IN MAP6 <-- + +

The link will take you to SurveyMonkey and you can vote there. This is the only place where your votes will be counted.

Now it is entirely up to you! Please upvote this post and also upvote the authors you like most, but most importantly, cast your vote on SurveyMonkey! If the votes are very close I may award two winning prizes.

Also, take this as an opportunity to network with each other; you are free to comment and discuss your experiences as authors and readers.

Let the Accelerator begin!

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If you would like to be considered for the next round, then please sign up at Minnows Accelerator Project [August 2017 Signups].

Six of the Best contests currently running:

Minnows Accelerator Project - Six of the Best MAP5 [Vote Now - Win Upvotes]

Minnows Accelerator Project - Six of the Best MAP4 [Reward Share and 200 SP Delegated][Vote Now]

Previous Six of the Best contests

MAP1 - MAP2 - MAP3