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Following the success of last years World Premiere Party which we co-hosted with Red Carpet Tours, Julie, Vic and Raewyn are holding the Desolation of Smaug Premiere Costume Party in Wellington.

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Just a reminder that the deadline for submissions to September’s Rewrite Tolkien contest is Monday, September 23rd at 12:00 (noon) Eastern Standard Time. But if you didn’t have time to submit a story this month, don’t worry – we’ll have a new contest and a new theme at the beginning of October!

Please be sure to read all of the submission guidelines HERE and submit your entry to rewrite_tolkien_contest@theonering.net

Good luck!

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Thanks to all who tweeted and took part in our competition to win tickets to see Orlando Bloom in Romeo and Juliet on Broadway. The lucky winners have been contacted – congratulations to April, Jessica and Claire! We hope you enjoy the show!

If you weren’t fortunate enough to be a winner, you can still buy tickets to see this great production of Shakespeare’s play. Click here for more information, and to buy tickets.

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Attention Legolas fans!

Actor Orlando Bloom is currently making his Broadway debut (sans blonde wig, we assume) in a new production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

This is the first time Romeo and Juliet has been staged on Broadway in 36 years — and we have THREE pairs of tickets to giveaway to lucky TORn readers!

Bloom’s co-star is two-time Tony Award® nominee Condola Rashad, and the production is directed by five-time Tony Award® nominee David Leveaux. The play will open on Broadway on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre; preview performances have been running since Saturday, August 24, 2013.

How do you enter?

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Are you a Tolkien fan? Do you fancy yourself a writer? Do you sometimes imagine what The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit may have been like in the hands of another author? Well now is your chance to make that fantasy a reality!

We here at TORn are pleased to announce our new monthly contest, Rewrite Tolkien, where you, the fans, can rewrite your favorite passages or scenes in the style of another classic author. We will select a theme each month, and then it’s up to you to best take advantage of it!

The theme for the month of September is:

THE HOBBIT AS WRITTEN BY DR. SEUSS

In anticipation of The Desolation of Smaug, pick a scene that will be in the upcoming film, and write it in the style of that most whimsical of children’s authors, Dr. Seuss. Possible scenes include but are not limited to:

Meeting Beorn

Being captured by (and/or escaping from) the Elves of Mirkwood

The arrival at Lake-town

Bilbo’s encounter with Smaug

Our judges will read through all of your submissions, and choose the best of the bunch. The Grand Prize Winner will get their entry read live by our own Quickbeam on an upcoming TORn Tuesday!

The contest deadline is 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on September 23rd. Please be sure to read all of the submission guidelines below and submit your entry to rewrite_tolkien_contest@theonering.net.

Good luck to you all!

****Submission Guidelines****

Contest is open to individuals worldwide, age 13 and up at the time of entry.
To avoid duplicate submissions, please include your name and location on all entries.
To qualify, submissions must be a minimum of 500 words and maximum of 2000 words, feature characters from The Hobbit and be in the style of the author/genre for that month’s contest.
All submissions should be emailed to mailto: rewrite_tolkien_contest@theonering.net with the entry in the body of the email. No attachments.
No posting your entry on the message boards or TORn’s Facebook page.
No profanity. We realize that some authors’ styles require it, so if you MUST use profanity, please censor it with asterisks.
By submitting, you are giving TORn permission to reproduce your entry on our website or other formats (Twitter, Facebook, etc…)
You may submit as many entries as you want, but do not submit the same entry more than once.
Contestants are only eligible to win once in a 12 month period.
Entries that do not follow these submission guidelines will not be considered for the contest.

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Attention NZ fans! You can now get a chance of watching the 30 minute live webcast sneak peek at ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,’ hosted by Peter Jackson, if you pre-order The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey from these stores The Warehouse or The Mighty Ape.

There are a limited number of access passes from both websites, with The Warehouse ending this offer at 12pm on 22/03/13. There are a limited number of 500, so pre-order soon.

The webcast will be held on Monday, March 25th at 8am! NZTime.

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