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Swag Sunday. August 14, 2016. 

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Bounty Hunters! Welcome to Swag Sunday, your weekly digest of contests and giveaways on Steemit!
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Since the resounding success of @jamtaylor's Steemit Photo Challenge, more and more fun contests and giveaways have been popping up on Steemit. Every Sunday, this will be a digest of all the most lucrative contests and incentives on Steemit. I'll cover everything from established competitions to small, fun giveaways.

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The Steemit Photo Challenge 
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Already the most successful competition on Steemit, the Steemit Photo Challenge has proven extremely popular with photographers of all persuasions. **Huge prizes every week**, yet retains a friendly vibe all round. Run by @jamtaylor and with extra support from @berniesanders. This weeks theme is "NATURE CLOSEUP/MACRO" and yours truly (that's me!) will be on the judging panel. 
### 1st prize: 150 STEEM
2nd prize: 100 STEEM 
3rd prize: 50 STEEM 
10 STEEM for each honourable mention...
[Click here for more info..](https://steemit.com/steemitphotochallenge/@jamtaylor/steemit-photo-challenge-4-theme-announcement)

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100 STEEM TOTAL - The Steemit ART Challenge
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https://img1.steemit.com/0x0/https://httpsimage.com/img/DSC03535small2.jpg

The first Steemit Art challenge with a meaningful prize fund, thanks to @anca3drandom58
[Click here for more info..](https://steemit.com/steemitartchallenge/@anca3drandom/steemit-art-challenge-let-s-show-them-our-skills)

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$500 SBD Web Design Bounty (Design and coding)
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https://img1.steemit.com/0x0/http://i.imgur.com/Fv8MPfB.jpg

@jesta is offering a bounty to all the web designers out there for a modern blog theme. 
[Click here for more info..](https://steemit.com/steempress/@jesta/calling-all-web-designers-i-m-offering-a-sbd-bounty-for-the-creation-of-a-default-steempress-blog-theme)

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Join the Steemit 21 Day Challenge with @dogguy
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https://img1.steemit.com/0x0/https://s31.postimg.org/qedkymwaj/Invitation_Post.jpg

The 21 Day Challenge is a 3 week contest exclusive to steemit where users are encourage to focus on one meaningful way to change their life for the better. Hard to estimate the prize but I suspect it will be in the hundreds, or more. 
[Click here for more info..](https://steemit.com/contes/@dogguy/want-to-improve-your-life-join-the-steemit-21-day-challenge-invitation-post-or-21-day-contest)

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~2000 STEEM Total! "bts_tools" Development Bounties. (Design and coding)
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https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/14/ScreenShot2016-08-14at22.21.254ad4f.png

@wackou is offering some great incentives for submissions of design and programming work. 
[Click here for more info..](https://steemit.com/steem/@wackou/btstools-development-bounties)

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~65 STEEM - Steemit Talent Competition
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The Steemit Talent Competition - where entrants upload a one minute video showcasing their share-worthy talents.
[Click here for more info..](https://steemit.com/steemit/@madillorama/steemit-s-first-talent-competition)

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$3.6m Bitfinex Bounty
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http://www.africanews247.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bitcoin-660x330.jpg

Bitfinex is offering a colossus $3.6m or roughly 5% of the funds stolen from the exchange last week in return for information that leads to the recovery of the said stolen funds. 
[Click here for more info..](https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@mvp/usd3-6-million-mega-bounty)

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50 Steem  - Steemit Food Challenge
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https://img1.steemit.com/0x0/https://i.imgsafe.org/731be415e3.jpg

The theme of the first food challenge is: Best breakfast. How do you like to start your day in a tasty way? Make a post with your best breakfast with hashtag "foodchallenge" and "food" and you have the chance to win!

[Click here for more info..](https://steemit.com/foodchallenge/@givemeyoursteem/introducing-steemit-food-challenge)

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Win 12.5 BTC by tweeting about Steem
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https://img1.steemit.com/0x0/https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/10/win_bitcoin_block16dea.jpg

I love steemit.com because...
[Click here for more info..](https://steemit.com/steem/@bbw/win-12-5-btc-by-tweeting-about-steem)

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Guess the number of sweets in the jar! with @movievertigo
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https://img1.steemit.com/0x0/http://i.imgur.com/WEXa5fM.png

The person who guesses the closest number wins the prize. In the event of a tie, the person who guessed first will win.
[Click here for more info..](https://steemit.com/steemit/@movievertigo/prize-competition-guess-the-number-of-sweets-in-the-jar)

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Tattoo Story Contest with @papa-pepper
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https://img1.steemit.com/0x0/https://i.imgsafe.org/ff865a871a.jpg

Do you have a story to go along with that tattoo? If so, enter and win!
[Click here for more info..](https://steemit.com/tattoostorycontest/@papa-pepper/tattoo-story-contest)

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~16 STEEM @matrixdweller Caption Contest
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https://img1.steemit.com/0x0/https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/senate_state_of_play_analysis.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=664&h=441&crop=1

Best caption wins. First prize is 10 STEEM
[Click here for more info..](https://steemit.com/obama/@matrixdweller/matrixdweller-caption-contest-2-im-giving-away-16-steem)

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Let's Play - Photoshop Tennis!
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https://img1.steemit.com/0x0/https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/07/29/maxresdefaultd3ded.jpg

Your truly is running a fun Photoshop Tennis challenge. There is no prize but it's a lot of fun and a great way to network with other Photoshop wizards on Steemit. 
[Click here for more info..](https://steemit.com/photoshop/@condra/let-s-play-photoshop-tennis)

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Disclaimer: I am not responsible for the integrity of those holding contests. It is entirely up to you to weigh up the authenticity of any contests on Steemit. I only cover contests that are free to enter. 

Are you running a contest or giveaway? 
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To be featured in next weeks *Swag Sunday*, write the details in the comments section below, or simply tag your post with "giveaway", "competition", "swag", "bounty", or "contest" and I will find them. **For optimum exposure, your competition should be open for at least one full week!**

### See you next Sunday. Follow me @condra to get Swag Sunday on your feed!