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We’ve had some people cancel their reservations for the Twilight Movie event that the Lexicon is hosting in Central Tennessee on Sat. Nov. 22.  If you would still like to attend this event, send a request to [email protected].  We have about 15 spaces available.  You must be able to send your payment in to us within the next few days.  Tickets are $10 and include admission to the show as well as a gift bag of assorted Twilight related items as well as an entry into our drawing for more exclusive prizes.

I thought I would break down some of the legalese and the jillion rules of the Ultimate Fan Contest. I mean sure the rules and all are necessary, but let’s hit the highlights in a user friendly fashion shall we:

Length:     No minimum time, but max three minutes.

Submission:    Video uploaded to YouTube, Photobucket, MSN video, or DVD mailed in.

Style:         It can be live action or a series of photos and captions strung together using Movie Maker or similar program.

Important Fine Print:

1. One video per person/email address.  So if your family has one email address and more than one person in your house wants to enter, now would be a good time to open a new email account.
2. You have to be 13 or older.  Yes, we know it sucks, but US contest law as it applies in this type of contest is something we have no control over.
3. Only one person can appear in the video. So even if your baby cousin Samantha is adorable, if she’s sitting on your lap during the video, she is in fact another person. This would disqualify your video. So make sure you are in it solo, or if you desperately need moral support, grab fluffy the cat and not another human.
4. Do not incorporate "…ANY MATERIAL OR ELEMENTS THAT ARE NOT OWNED BY THE CONTESTANT AND/OR WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES, THE ENTRANT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING, PRIOR TO SUBMISSION OF THE ENTRY…" in other words, even if you are sure to wow Simon, Paula, and Randy on the next AI, unless you have an up close and personal relationship with Paramore where the band grants you the rights to perform your own version of Decode, you can’t include stuff that is copyrighted by someone else. You can sing original stuff, not someone elses!
5. Do not incorporate anything illegal, political, hateful, isights violence, or anything that promotes bigotry, or discrimination…in other words…don’t be a jerk, this isn’t a platform for you rally the troops to tout your pet cause. (Although why in the world anyone would do that in an Ultimate Twilight Fan video is beyond us, but I suppose stranger things have happened.)
6. Send your contact information in with the entry. Your complete contact information is as follows: your name, address, city, state, zip code, daytime telephone number, e-mail address and age to: [email protected] (if you are submitting via email) or The Twilight Lexicon, Box 396, 759 Bloomfield Ave., West Caldwell, NJ 07006(If you are submitting a DVD by mail.)
   

So What Should I focus on?

Be your enthusiatic self. The entries are judged on:

40% Creativity/Originality displayed

30% Display of entrant’s knowledge of the motion picture and book “Twilight”

30% Devotion to the motion picture and book “Twilight” demonstrated

At long last the Alice shirt, which up until now has only been available in Hot Topic stores, has made it online.  Additionally, a tote bag has been added to the collection.

Novel Novice is wrapping up their voter awareness project. 

Election Day is here!

Once again, we here at Novel Novice Twilight would like to ask the rest of the Twilight community to remind registered U.S. voters to cast their ballots by tomorrow in the U.S. Nat’l election.

As a Twilight site focused on education, we’ve compiled information about the U.S. electoral system and the major candidates in the race for president, which can be found here:
http://twilightnovelnovice.com/2008/11/03/election-day-news/ 

To continue our educational look at elections – and to have a bit of fun with elections – we are also running our Team Edward vs. Team Jacob political campaign.

Launched earlier this year, the campaign has been a way for Team Edward and Team Jacob fans to show their pride and support their “candidate” in words, artwork and video. Now the time has come to decide.

Starting tomorrow, the polls will be open for Twilighters to cast their vote for either Team Edward or Team Jacob. The voting will be open through Friday. All the details (including mock political ads created by the NNT staff!) can be found here:
http://twilightnovelnovice.com/contests-projects/novelnoviceprojects/team-edward-v-team-jacob/

Thanks again for your support of Novel Novice Twilight – and for reminding people to vote!

 (Novel Novice Twilight is a non-partisan site, with no political agenda. We don’t care who you vote for – just as long as you do vote!) Their site ( as is ours ) is non-partisan. If you are old enough to vote take advantage of that opportunity!

Don’t fall out of your chair!  It’s true!  We have actually updated the website!

Eclipse Chapter 26 – Ethics summary and discussion questions can be found here.

Eclipse Chapter 27 – Needs summary and discussion questions can be found here.  Thanks to December for her work on both 26 and 27

And the Epilogue – Choice summary and discussion questions can be found here.

We hope to start the Breaking Dawn discussion this week as well as have the new time line finished.  Thanks for hanging in there with us!

Inspire Magazine has an interview with Edi Gathegi and features Rob and Kristen on the cover.

Here’s how Twilight Saga and The Host  are doing this week:

New York Times

12.  The Host  Hardback Fiction

1.    The Twilight Movie Guide  Paperback Advice

1.    The Twilight Saga   Children’s Series Books

USA Today

1.  Twilight
2.  New Moon
4.  Eclispe
6.  Breaking Dawn
21.  Twilight the Movie Guide
33.  The Host

Wall Street Journal

2.     Eclipse
3.     Breaking Dawn
6.     New Moon
13.  Twilight

The LA Times has some great then and now photosof the actors from Twilight.  Make sure to check out all the Times has to offer as the countdown continues.

Rob will be appearing on the Nov 6th TRL. Check out MTV for all the details. 

The New York Times has an interview with both Melissa Rosenberg and Catherine Hardwicke about  what it is like to adapt a book to film.

Rob is featured on the cover of Potrait Magazine.  The issue contains an article on both Rob and Kristen. 

EW has a video of Catherine in the studio as the score and incidental music is laid in.

EDIT: now with working link, sorry about that!