# Steem Basic Income
Steem Basic Income is a social experiment to bring a basic income to as many Steemians as possible. Members join by sponsoring others into the program. Steem Basic Income is delivered through providing regular upvotes to member content.
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*Banner design by @katysavage*

## Contests!!
We are thrilled to see so many members holding contests to decide who to sponsor into Steem Basic Income. Great job, everyone! 

Try to think about your submissions and reward these awesome hosts with quality submissions.

If you enjoy somebody’s contest format, check their feed for more, and follow them so that you don’t have to wait for our listing to come out!

If you want to see more contests before we mention them, check the #steembasicincome tag in Trending or New and see what's happening! 

1. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@bengy/steem-basic-income-giveaway-design-your-last-meal
Comment with your perfect last meal!

2. https://steemit.com/steemartists/@melooo182/mr-m-art-contest-4-week-s-theme-mythological-characters-and-creatures
Submit original artwork in the mythological theme (submissions accepted for two more days).

3. https://steemit.com/contests/@ntowl/writing-class-is-going-on-vacation-but-that-gives-you-a-chance-to-win-sbi-shares
Choose a topic for @ntowl to cover in her writing class.

4. https://steemit.com/newbieresteemday/@malloryblythe/contest-giving-away-at-least-24-sbd-worth-of-steembasicincome-shares-in-honor-of-curie-and-newbieresteemday
Choose from a list of topics and write an original post. Many prizes in this one, so don’t miss out!

5. https://steemit.com/contest/@felt.buzz/zapfic-writing-contest-tell-a-story-in-232-characters-or-less-on-zappl-results-of-week-11-and-new-prompt-for-week-12-1-5sbd-3sbi
Post a #zapfic story on @zappl that follows the prompt!

6. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@dixiesilverminer/reward-for-the-that-can-tell-us-the-legend-of-hephaestus-treasure-the-lost-copper-skull
Post your own fictional version of the Legend of Hephaestus and the Lost Copper Skull.

7. https://steemit.com/contest/@zpedro/win-sbd-forever-just-comment-multilingual-weekly-contest-9
Share your dream travel (full upvote required for entry).

8. https://steemit.com/dynamicgratitude/@dynamicshine/show-gratitude-for-someone-and-win-5-sbd-or-5-steem-basic-income-shares-pick-your-prize
Share some gratitude!

9. https://steemit.com/contest/@achim03/free-weekly-upvote-contest-week-20
Promote your post to win an upvote along with a potential share!

10. https://steemit.com/savethebeebutts/@phoenixwren/help-the-bees-contest
Plant some flowers, then post about it! Keep the bees alive…

11. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@dkid14/win-1-share-of-steembasicincome-and-win-one-for-someone-else-contest-10
Nominate another Steemian for SBI, and you could win sponsorship for both of you!

12. https://steemit.com/payitforward/@thedarkhorse/week-7-pay-it-forward-curation-contest-win-sbi-and-steem-bounty
One of my favorite contest formats! Create a curation post highlighting some quality articles from new Steemians.

13. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@sooflauschig/tell-me-your-favourite-dinosaur-and-win-a-steem-basic-income-share-100-days-on-steemit-celebration
Share a comment about your favorite dinosaur.

14. https://steemit.com/contest/@f3nix/finish-the-fiction-story-contest-week-12
Week 12 of @f3nix’s finish the story contest! And with a twist… one of the prizes will be to the audience favorite.

15. https://steemit.com/bananamemos/@bananamemos/gypsy-fortune-telling-and-free-steem-basic-income-contest
Read your tea leaves and share a post about it. This is a weird strange contest that you could have quite some fun with!


## Enrollment
If you want to get involved, or to increase the share of basic income that you receive, enrollment is pretty straightforward:

Just send 1 STEEM to @steembasicincome. Include the name of a Steemian to sponsor in the transaction memo (preceded by @). You and the person you sponsor will each receive 1 share in the program. You can sponsor *any* active Steemian, it does not have to be a current member.

If you're unclear, please check out our full transaction memo guidelines and then let us know if you have any questions.
https://steemit.com/basicincome/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-new-transaction-memo-guidelines

The official currency for enrollment is STEEM. We are not currently accept SBD for enrollments. The current delay on enrollment processing is 2-3 days.

## EarthNation
Steem Basic Income is designed by @josephsavage, and developed in collaboration with @earthnation. We are grateful for their early support, both in brainstorming ideas for improvement and in providing funding for our massively complex automation requirements. Learn more about Earth Nation on their web page at https://earthnation.world/
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## Questions?
Please read our recently published [FAQ](https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-frequently-asked-questions). Most questions are addressed in our FAQ or in the additional resources that it suggests. If you still have questions, ask in the comments section or join us in our [discord channel](https://discord.gg/fpSnkFM). To review your share counts, we explain [our tracking sheet here](https://steemit.com/basicincome/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-membership-update-pulling-back-the-screen).

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