I stumbled into this area by accident, and have to say that it's pretty cool. It's like Oprah's Book Club, giving attention to good authors! I read through your list and learned that I had already found one of them on my own (excellent writer in the science category).

This is brilliant for marketing purposes as well. If we support good writers, external search engines will bring more people to Steemit, which will increase activity and blockchain. Keep up the great work, @curie!