Blog of the Month - October Winners

Fewer folk went back in time with this month's Blog of the Month than the last two themes. We had still had a total of 15 entries, three of which didn't qualify and from the team which, of course, is not eligible for a prize. If you need reminding of the theme and the rules, check out the announcement post.

But first

The usual bit of housekeeping: the number of Silver Bloggers is still slowly creeping up but remains short of the magic 1,500 subscribers. Activity is hard to judge as Hive - and crypto generally - rises and dips and as life happens for our Silver Bloggers.

As always - a thank you

To everybody who contributes to making this a fun community and especially to our delegators. Suddenly the value of delegations to the community account has shot up and is over 9K which means that the value of our votes on members' blogs has some real value.

In August, we put our money where our mouths are, and in this post reminded you how we use your delegations and how we say thank you to our delegators. In more than just gifs!!

The team's contribution

This month, there was only one team contribution from Silver-Blond Lizzie whose heart-wrenching story echoes the theme of many of the contributions.

The business end

The quality of contributions this month was such that we had no outright winner after the team had voted. With help from @lizelle's hubby who developed a weighting system for the votes at first, second and third place, as well as special mentions, we have a more objective system for picking prize winners.

Special mention

share in her enjoyment of her recreated and pre-wedding festivities. So touched was our Founder, that she will be awarding a special prize of 5 Hive for this contribution.We were all especially touched by @carolinacordoza's looking back which looks forward to her wedding anniversary this later year. Please accept her invitation and

Runners up

There is a poignancy to both of these contributions.

Never Again..lament pondering how different she might have been had she not chosen to turn down the opportunity of a lifetime.@ifarmgirl's is a tale of dashed dreams and loss of self, hopefully regained. Then they're @eylz619's

Stand out entry

Like last month "Winning" and a story of profound loss and grief don't work well together.

recollections of that dreadful day, is this month's stand out contribution.@kaazooms

The prizes

This week's prize pot is a 40 Hive, and more:

To the winner

• 
  and10 Hive sponsored by @lizelle that she will send directly to the winner's wallet
• 10 Hive sponsored by the Silver Bloggers Community and which will also be sent to the winner's wallet
  PLUS
• 50% of the liquid rewards from this post, so @kaazoom's account has been set as a 50% beneficiary

The runners-up win this time, too

The Runners Up each get -

• 
  and5 Hive each sponsored by @lizelle that she will send directly to their wallets
• 5 Hive each sponsored by the Silver Bloggers Community and which will also be sent to their wallets

All prizes will be sent directly to the winners' wallets in the next day or so.

If you would like to sponsor a prize...the pot is getting low...

Silver Bloggers Discord server.Please tag a member of the team @lizelle, @fionasfavourites, @coquicoin or @tengolotodo in the comments below, or find us in the

Watch this space for the next topic

Come and join our Silver Bloggers community

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in the Silver Bloggers server

And, thank you in advance

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