We here at Novel Novice Twilight are super excited to announce that we are teaming up with Brian Leaf, author of Defining Twilight for several exciting upcoming projects. His book (in stores July 20th) is a vocabulary workbook to help prepare for the SAT, ACT, GED & SSAT — using Twilight!  

Now, Brian Leaf & Defining Twilight are sponsoring Novel Novice Twilight’s July-August Fan Fiction Challenge … with some super-cool prizes!! Check it out:

First Place: Autographed Twilight cast photo
Second Place: Signed copy of Defining Twilight
Third Place: Limited Edition Defining Twilight t-shirt

All of our winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd & runners-up) will still get an awesome graphic banner to post with their stories, as well, in addition to having their work posted right here on NNT!

For the July-August Fan Fiction Challenge, write a missing scene from any of the four Twilight Saga books.

• The story can be told from any character’s POV (or in second or third person narrative).
• You may write a missing scene from any of the four books (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse or Breaking Dawn), but the key is to write a MISSING scene. That means, it cannot be a scene that appears in any of the books; we want you to write something that was left out.
• You may not rewrite an existing scene from another character’s POV. Your story must focus on a scene that was not included in any of the original books. (If you rewrite an existing scene from another character’s POV, your story will be disqualified).

Here are the complete rules and details:

• Story submissions must follow the guidelines mentioned above.
• Stories must use proper grammar & spelling; any stories with frequent grammatical & spelling errors will be automatically disqualified.
• Stories should be at least 500 words long.
• Please keep the content of your story to PG-13 or lower rating.
• When e-mailing your story submission, you must attach the story as a Word document (.doc) or Text file (.txt).
• With your story, please include a title and your author’s name.
• For this challenge, you may only submit one story.
• Anyone is welcome to enter the contest, but please note: we can only send prizes to people living within the United States. Sorry.

E-mail all story submissions to: sara.novelnovice@comcast.net

All submissions are due Monday, August 31st by midnight (PST).

And be sure to check back for more exciting goodies from NNT & Defining Twilight in the coming days and weeks. To learn more about Defining Twilight, and additonal contests, go here.

Also, a quick reminder: NNT’s May-June Fan Fiction Challenge is still open! Submissions are due by Tuesday, June 30th at midnight (PST). Complete rules & guidelines here!