## <center>Shadow Hunters/SMASh Contest-Round 253 is now closed. Winners will be announced and rewards given within the next 24 hours.</center>

✏️***We are excited this week to announce a collaboration with the new  [#soloescribe](https://ecency.com/created/hive-164241) Spanish literary community. You can read all about it [HERE](https://ecency.com/hive-164241/@melinda010100/shadows-is-sombras-in-spanish)*** ✏️

>✏️***Estamos emocionados de anunciar esta semana una colaboración con la nueva comunidad literaria española [#soloescribe](https://ecency.com/created/hive-164241).  Puedes leerlo todo [AQUÍ](https://ecency.com/hive-164241/@melinda010100/shadows-is-sombras-in-spanish)*** ✏️


### Thanks to everyone who hunts shadows! 



## Show Me A Shadow - Round 254

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmYpHHTSCAHgmpeL9wXDRuhQtYBjKbf6dQjouJtmjxb7m1/shadowhunters.jpg)*SMASh as named by @gems.and.cookies🌞*



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*image by @annephilbrick*

## <center>IMPORTANT</center>
🌞 Please include your post link AND your link to your entry photo, too!🌞

A reminder-When you use Ecency to post into the Shadow Hunters Community we are awarded 20 Community POINTS. It helps us build our prize fund! 

## 🙂Please take a moment to review the SMASh Rules below

⤵️

•**🔆Place your entry link in the comment section of this post. Including your entry photo is very helpful!**


•**🔅One entry per Person. Be fair to everyone and do not enter from more than one account**


•**🔅The title of your post should make clear that it is an ~ Entry for the Shadow Contest/SMASh**.


•**🔆Post into the [the Shadow Hunters Community](https://ecency.com/created/hive-179017) hive-179017**



•**🔆If you create a post with multiple shadow photos, you should state which one is your entry, otherwise I will assume it is the first photo.**

•**🔆All entries are required to have a minimum of 50 words. Put some effort into your posts.**

 <center> Important HINT Remember to keep the main focus of your picture on the shadow! After all, this is a shadow contest. </center>

Feel free to use editing and effects to create a special look if you want. Phone photos are great-Be creative. This is not a photography contest!

It should go without saying that the photo must be your original work and creativity counts. . NEVER use photos you find on the
Internet. 

 

## Prizes

### Each winner will receive 200 Ecency POINTS, 2 QUEER tokens and 2 LOH tokens and an entry into @pixresteemer's Re-hive contest. 



### Each Honorable Mention. Will receive 100 POINTS and 5 LEN tokens. 

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![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmU2pjEfsVhmugsDRpygnddEkTYLPtouAD7LDptsbLSkf1/shadowhunters3.gif)


## THANKS


We have received a generous donation of QUEER tokens from @queercoin and each Shadow Contest WINNER will receive 2  QUEER. Be sure and check out their contests! https://discord.gg/xxjNqah6Gn

And @silversaver888 is donating LOH tokens from the Ladies of Hive Community.. Each contest winner will receive 2 LOH tokens. The tokens are designed for holding, and it is best to keep them in your wallet. https://discord.gg/uC7GAAuCcA


♥️@pravesh0 has graciously agreed to help distribute the tokens. 


### ☀️@pixresteemer is including the Shadow Hunter contest winners in his weekly Re-hive contest.☀️

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<center>@bambuka, @rt395, @farm-mom and @fantagira  have  donated POINTS to the Shadow Hunters Community and we have been using them to give out bigger tips to each of the entries!</center>

Thanks to @annephilbrick♥️  for all you do for this community by providing us with a constant selection of cover photos and judging the Shadow Hunters Contest

 <center>Thanks to @seckorama for managing the @hive-179017 account, voting and commenting on all of the posts, and donating LEN tokens to our prize fund-***To join the voting trail go to > hive.vote -> Curation trails, then search hive-179017***</center > 

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  ☀️@ecency has been incredibly generous and donates 1000 Points each week. You can find your POINTS  in your Ecency wallet- https://ecency.com  They can be used in various ways.☀️

<br>
*Join me in the Ecency Discord*
### https://discord.gg/pwyqTZkUUh


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### If you would like to help the community, you may delegate HP to @hive-179017.  Up voting community comments helps, too! Supporting each other with comments on all posts helps the community grow-***PLUS YOU RECEIVE ARCHON TOKENS*** 

♥️Thanks for Delegations! ♥️
@apnigrich 
@annephilbrick
@nelinoeva 
@seckorama 
@silversaver888
@farm-mom
@tatdt
@hjrrodriguez 
@christinepoulos
@rosmadirazali
@jishan5
@tibaire
@flordi
@netizen01 
@wesphilbin 
@evagavilan2
@juancho10
@sayury
@olgavita
@castri-ja 
@sigota
@dontcare89
@idea-make-rich
@luisfe
@meraz01
@melinda010100
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**50% of this posts awards go to @hive-179017 
Remember to support the communities you enjoy**

## Let's go Shadow Hunting! 


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*ShadowHunters is an Archon supported community and  comments (not replies to comments) on any post in the community receive Archon tokens. Use the #archon tag on all of your posts and collect ARCHON tokens. You can also set 5%beneficiary rewards on any post for Archon-gov and receive votes from their voting trail!*


***All comments written on my posts, and any posts in Feathered Friends, Shadow Hunters, Ladies of Hive, and the FeelGood Community posts receive staked ARCHON tokens.***

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 <center>[Join the Shadow Hunters Community](https://ecency.com/created/hive-179017)</center>



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<center>Enter the Reflection Hunters contest by @olgavita</center>

<center>**Partnered with ARCHON** 
Comment and earn tokens!</center><center>**Supported by @pixresteemer**</center>




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