In celebration of Bella’s birthday, ECLIPSE will be re-released in theatres nationwide this Friday!

Check for movie times near you online.

Buy advance tickets to the re-release of Eclipse in celebration of Bella’s birthday!

For the comments: Will you be going to see Eclipse again in theaters this weekend?

Novel Novice Twilight is here to help, with two downloadable Twilight Saga Homework Planners. Just download the planners and print out as many as you need. Each planner will cover you for one full week!

You can also download the homework planners as Word documents:

Homework Planner: Bella & Edward

Homework Planner: Bella & Jacob

Don’t forget about our Back to School Week Contest – Today’s Daily Codeword: APPLE

Enter the codeword in the NNT Back to School Week Contest Entry Form for your chance to win, and check back daily for more codewords and more chances to win! Get complete rules & details here.

Salt Lake City
$10 Day Passes Now Available!!
Special Guests:
Alex Meraz (attending both conventions!)
Chaske Spencer
Daniel Cudmore
Christopher Heyerdahl
BooBoo Stewart
Julia Jones

Chicago, Il
Special Guests:
Nikki Reed
Peter Facinelli
Alex Meraz (attending both conventions!)
Bronson Pelletier
Kiowa Gordon
Michael Welch

And don’t forget to check out The Official Twilight Convention in Portland, Oregon — this October 1-3rd. Novel Novice Twilight will be there to do a special panel/presentation!

As part of our third annual Back to School week, we have a fun school-themed Fan Fiction challenge for you!

Everyone has a “first day at a new school” — whether it’s because you move to a new town or because you graduate from junior high or middle school to high school.  But for the Cullen kids, there are a lot of first days at a new school.  Your challenge for September and October is to write a story about one of those first days of school for one of the Cullens.  You can choose to write about any of the seven Cullen kids — Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, Jasper, Edward, Bella, or Renesmee — in any location, at any time frame…as long as it fits in canon. You could write about the first time he or she attends high school with humans as a vampire, or the 100th time.  It just has to be the first day at a different   school.

But wait — you’re not getting out of doing your homework on this one!  The location and time period you choose must makes sense for the character you’ve chosen.  For example, it’s very unlikely any of the Cullens started attending high school within the first year of their transformation.  Also, it’s not likely that the Cullens will still be in Forks when Bella and/or Renesmee attend high school.

Besides the books themselves, a great place to research where the Cullens might be at any given time period is the Twilight Lexicon website.  There you will find a timeline of known events in the Cullens’ lives, character bios, and interviews with Stephenie Meyer where she gives more details about the Cullens.  We don’t know the Cullens’ complete history, so you have quite a bit of flexibility, but be sure you’re not having them living in Alaska at the same time Rosalie is supposed to be finding Emmett in Tennessee, for example.

In addition to keeping your story within the canon Twilight universe, you also have to consider the time period you are writing about.  What were schools like at that time?  What did people wear?  How did they speak?  How were women treated differently, if at all, than men?

Rules & Guidelines:

• Stories must use proper grammar & spelling; any story with frequent grammatical & spelling errors will be automatically disqualified.  (I’ve let several entries slide in the past, but I’m going to start enforcing this rule now!  Please see the next guideline if you need help with grammar.)
• Please use a beta. A beta is a person who helps you edit and improve your story.  One place to find a qualified beta is Project Team Beta.  Fill out their Story Application to get started. Be sure to give yourself ample time if you choose to use a beta. It can take up to a week to go through the beta process.  Include the contest deadline in your story application so the betas are aware.
• Entries should be at least 500 words long.
• Please keep the content of your story to PG-13 or lower rating.
• You may submit as many stories as you like, but only one will be eligible to win judge’s choice.

How to Enter:

After you have written your story and edited and perfected it, upload it to fanfiction.net using the directions on the website.  Then send us a Private Message (PM) to our fanfiction.net account with the link to your story.  If for any reason you are unable to send a PM to our account, you can email christie.novelnovice@gmail.com.

No submissions will be accepted after the deadline.  PLEASE do not wait until the last minute.  Sign up for your fanfiction.net account early if you don’t already have one — it’s OK to have an account without any stories right away.

If you have problems signing up for an account or submitting your story on fanfiction.net, please email me at christie.novelnovice@gmail.com so we can work it out.  Again, please don’t wait until the last minute.

Novel Novice Twilight’s fanfiction.net profile is here: http://www.fanfiction.net/~novelnovicetwilight

Any questions please leave a comment here or send an email.

Deadline:

All entries are due by 11:59PM (PST) on Sunday, October 31.

The winning entries will be featured here on NNT, and the winners will receive a graphic banner to post with their stories.

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(Pssst — looking for today’s Codeword?  It’s TEXTBOOK)

Enter the codeword in the NNT Back to School Week Contest Entry Form for your chance to win, and check back daily for more codewords and more chances to win! Get complete rules & details here.

Be sure to check back every day this week for our new Back to School features — and your chance to win some Twilight Saga prize packs, featuring an assortment of goodies, including a free digital download of the Eclipse Soundtrack!

Sounds awesome, right? Contest details below …

The Contest:

Check back every day for NNT’s Back to School post and look for the codeword of the day. Then fill out the NNT Back to School Week Contest Entry Form for your chance to win. You can enter once per codeword — in other words, once per day. That gives you five chances to win!

The Prizes:

Four (4) winners will each receive a Twilight Saga Prize Pack.

Each prize pack includes a digital download of the Eclipse Soundtrack, and assorted goodies such as bracelets, keychains, pins, pens & more!

The Rules:

• Prizes can only be mailed to the U.S.
• Only one entry per person per codeword
• You may enter multiple times, as long as you are using a different codeword for each entry
• This means each person can enter up to five times
• Please submit one entry form per codeword

The Deadline:

All entries must be submitted by midnight (PT) on Sunday, September 12th.

Today’s Codeword:

BIOLOGY

Look for more codewords during all of our back to school posts this week!

Questions? Leave ‘em in the comments & we’ll reply!

• E! Online’s Marc Malkin got the chance to interview Melissa Rosenberg about the birth scene in Breaking Dawn.  And Rosenberg reveals:

“We’re working on it to be as intense as it is in the book.”

Here’s a bit more about the movie:

A young man with Down’s Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend.

Based on the trailer, it appears that Jackson plays the “volatile ex-boyfriend.”

I’m not always a fan of indie movies (what can I say, I’m a blockbuster kind of girl) — but this one looks genuinely intriguing to me. And besides loving Jackson Rathbone, I’m also a big fan of Shannon Woodward’s work. (Anyone else see the short-lived FX series “The Riches”? She and Michael Welch had a few great scenes during a couple episodes!)

You can also check out the official Girlfriend Facebook page & Twitter account for more updates. Besides premiering at the Toronto Film Festival in September, there is no wide-release date just yet.

ET’s introducing you to one of the new castmembers of ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.’ ET correspondent Kate Gosselin chatted with new ‘Twilight’ hunk Rami Malek, at ET’s exclusive Emmy party.

Malek told ET that he was thrilled about his upcoming role in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2.” “I think it’s going to be great,” said Malek. “It’s going to be super exciting and I’m thrilled,” Malek said of joining the superstar cast that includes Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner.

See more at ET!

Wondering about his character? MTV’s Hollywood Crush reminds us:

You’ll recall from the novel that Benjamin is a member of the Egyptian coven summoned by Carlisle to help battle the Volturi at the end of “Breaking Dawn.” Benjamin’s special vamp ability is controlling the elements, though he has yet to fully master his powers. He’s described as a young-looking vampire with dark hair and olive skin.

And if you follow Twilight Saga stars on Twitter, check out @ramimalek

For the comments: What do you think of this bit of casting news?

* Here’s the latest from the Stephenie Meyer fan sites press junket:

• Twilight Series Theories
• TwiFans
• Letters to Twilight

* Summit Entertainment announced the official casting agencies working on Breaking Dawn:

Official local casting directors have been hired for THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN. Stuart Aikins reprises casting duties for Vancouver-based casting. Fincannon and Associates Casting is handling talent searches for Louisiana-based casting. Both work under LA-based casting director Debra Zane. There are no other casting organizations involved with the production at this time.

Contact information for official casting directors:

Debra Zane Casting
5225 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
E-mail: BreakingDawnCast@gmail.com

Aikins / Cossey Casting
#403 1755 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC V6J 4S5
E-mail: BreakingDawnCasting@canadafilm.com

Fincannon and Associates
1235 N. 23rd St
Wilmington, NC 28405
E-mail: breakingdawn@fincannoncasting.com

*EW reports that Jackson Rathbone will be appearing in a new ABC series starting this fall, called “No Ordinary Family.”

* speaking of EW, Edward Cullen came in second place in the magazine’s “Sexy Beast” poll — losing by a small margin to Damon Salvatore of The Vampire Diaries (a worthy adversary, in my opinion!)

*In case you missed it, Michael Welch officially joined Twitter

*Twilight Examiner has a recap of Twilight Saga stars at the 2010 Emmy Awards

* Many thanks to the Twilight Lexicon for their thoughtful post on respectful blog posting and how to properly attribute information.