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I have been trying to think of a contest idea for a while, and there is no shortage of writing contests on Steemit. Not content with running a competition that brings nothing new to the table, I decided to run a writing competition where the goal is to defend a controversial topic and earn some Steem, which will allow you to power up your account or buy yourself something shiny.

## Entry Requirements

The requirements are intentionally simple.

Author a Steem post (not a comment) defending something controversial. An idea might be defending the right to wear double denim, something people have very strong opinions about. Or the right to eat a raw onion, something I am against myself.

After you have authored your post, you need to link it in a comment below this post so I can see it. If I can't see it, it doesn't count.

While not required, it would be greatly appreciated if you upvoted and resteemed this competition, so others can also have the opportunity to enter and win. Once again, this is not a requirement for entry, only if you feel like doing something nice and giving someone else the opportunity.

## The Rules

Please read the following rules, I am not a strict person by any means, but all I ask is you abide by the following rules.

- Video entries are allowed (they're technically posts). Arguably, some people are better when they're speaking opposed to writing.
- Spell check your posts and make sure they're easy to read. I am not asking for perfection, but if there are obvious mistakes that make it hard to read, then your chances of winning are going to be reduced.
- Put some effort into your post, one or two paragraphs will be seen as not putting any effort in.
- Format your post. Use some spacing, if I see paragraphs with 10 sentences (or no paragraphs at all), I won't even read your post, regardless of how good it is.
- Be original. Understandably there are some topics that will possibly attract duplicate arguments, if you see someone has already defended a topic you wanted to defend, maybe consider something else.
- While the competition is controversial topics, please don't bring up the following topics; racism, slavery, or anything that might be seen as an attempt to defend hatred towards other persons or groups of people. Try and keep your entry lighthearted and funny. If you attempt to defend Hitler and his treatment of Jewish people,  for example, instant disqualification and possibly even a flag from people in the Steemit community.
- Only one entry per Steemit account (make it fair)
- Competition ends in 7 days from now.

## Finally

You did read the rules, right? Okay, good.

While the grand prize of 5 Steem will go to only one winner, there may be subsequent prizes for other entrants if the calibre of entries is good. Your odds of earning something are still quite high even if you don't come first.

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