Affiliate Fridays For February 26, 2010

A Different Forest is a fantastic site that everyone should check out! Per their Facebook page, they are "a fun fan community for the Twi-verse, and it's open to everyone: lovers, ranters, writers, readers, chatters, photo-mongers, artists, enthusiasts, filmmakers, movie-goers, gossipers, vampires, werewolves, humans, hybrids, Volturi, demon-spawn, grouches, groupies, grumps and even gripers." Follow them on Twitter, too! There is always something new and fun to be enjoyed at A Different Forest! And, be sure to check them out on Tuesdays for 'Pimp Your Fic Recs' if you're searching for the next great read.

***A Different Forest has been nominated for the Eddie Awards and Bellie Awards for Best Fansite. Please click here to go vote!! Voting is open until Feb. 28.

Fan Fiction Frenzy is a brand spanking new site to share and read all alternate types of stories for your favorite books, movies, or television shows. The doors are open and they want those stories! They want those readers! They also offer MA-rated stories - without fear of repercussion!

'FanFictionFrenzy.com is the premiere place to come if you are looking for an alternate look at your favorite book, movie or television show. It’s the place for authors to share their imagination and passion with all of us, and where the reader can get lost in fantastic and well written fan fiction. We accept all types of Fan Fiction, but we know what readers want, so if you have a Twilight vision you want to share with us, please consider posting it here.'

Now, our contact, Stephanie, over at FFF has asked us to spread the word that they are looking for some stories centered around Edward pairings. So, please, go explore this site, take a look at the blog, read the guidelines, sign up, and submit those stories! Also, don't forget to follow on Twitter for updates on what they're doing!

Jasper & Emmett Hotline of Hotness specializes in the hotness of Jasper Whitlock Hale/Jackson Rathbone and Emmett McCarty Cullen/Kellan Lutz! Here you will find teasers and trailers to Jasper's Sex Kitten's fics on FanFiction.net and FanFictionFrenzy.net. She also posts recommendations and reviews to stories she loves. So, go and check her out, and follow her on Twitter at @Jaspersexkitten!

Jasper's Naughty Girls showcases those stories that portray the men of Twilight as DARK...yum! It's all about those dominant, powerful, sexy, irresistible men! They offer various segments and they are currently running a contest called Showcase Your Dark Side Contest. Check it out and submit your entries! The deadline is March 1, 2010 - so get those submissions in! Voting begins March 3rd. Also, be sure to follow them on Twitter!

Les Femmes de Twilight is a blog that focuses on all of the women of Twilight. They just recently announced their The Forgotten Femmes Anonymous Contest winners. Congratulations go to hockeymom4 for Private Tour (Readers' Choice), Jasper's Sex Kitten for Charlotte's Approach (Judges' Pick), and courthale for Rachel's Side (Femmes' Choice)! Les Femmes will be hosting more contests in the future, so be on the lookout... Please follow them on Twitter!

My Vamp Fiction "is an open community that encourages fun, intelligent discussion about all things Vampire and Vampire-related."

Their goal is "to not only provide a one-stop shop for fans to discuss books, music, movies & television series within the Vampire fiction genre (and to some extent, the Paranormal fiction genre as well), but also to inspire creativity through fan fiction, music & art." Please follow on Twitter at @myvampfiction!

My Vamp Fiction is currently hosting The Vampire Diaries Fanfiction Challenge, so everyone can get their fix since the series is on hiatus right now. Please see the site for more information and requirements.

The Indie TwiFic Awards are back! The ITA was created to recognize the best up-and-coming or under-recognized Twilight Fan Fiction stories out there. The 371 nominations are now up! Please go check the list and if you have some favorites, submit your votes starting on February 20! You can follow them on Twitter at @TheIndiesTwific. The ITA schedule is:

First round of voting: 2/20 - 3/2

Final round story announcement: 3/4

Second round of Voting: 3/15 to 3/24

Winners announced: 3/28

We love The Lazy Yet Discerning Ficster for many reasons - their essays and recs - but what stands out to us is their well-known Character Exploration series! If you have not already checked out this site, do so now. Please check out the most recent character exploration for our Volturi Men, CharacterExploration: Men of the Volturi! Since we're hosting The Men of the Volturi currently, you can imagine how wonderful this is! Be sure to check out their site in general, and most definitely their archived Exploration Series. Not to be missed... Also! You can follow TLYDF on Twitter now at @tlydf. Hop to it!

***The Lazy Yet Discerning Ficster has also been nominated for the Eddie Awards and Bellie Awards for Best Fansite. Please click here to go vote!! Voting is open until Feb. 28.

The Little-Known Ficster helps spread the word about stories that deserve more attention, as well as the authors who write them! All it takes is a little recognition for a story to soar. So, take a gander at what they, and other readers, have recommended recently, and enjoy! You can also follow them on Twitter @ltlknwnficster...

TwiFicNews is the home of the Word of the Day, and it is also a place where you can both submit your contest or challenge and peruse their directory of current awards and challenges in the Fandom! If you have an event that you would like added to their calendar, email them at twificnews@gmail.com. They are a great source for the latest info in the Twi-verse, so be sure to follow them on Twitter!

The Twilight Awards , of course, is the great and fantastic directory and calendar of all twific awards, challenges, and writing contests! You can ask them to highlight your contest as long as you provide all the appropriate information regarding your contest, and they are wonderful about tweeting it out there to all of their followers. You wouldn't believe the number of hits you will receive to your contest, and the more hits = the more entries = extra creativity within the Fandom! And, of course, if you are looking for a contest to enter, be sure to check out The Twilight Awards...there are so many different awards available to enter.

Twilight Fandom Gives Back is a Fandom-wide initiative created to raise money for Alex's Lemonade Stand, a children's cancer research foundation. FGB will be holding its Eclipse edition this June. The new site is up, and it looks great! Be sure to follow FGB on Twitter so you are up-to-date with what's going on! Also, a note to FGB affiliates (new and old) - be sure to fill out their Affiliate Form in preparation for The Fandom Gives Back Eclipse Edition. Due to construction at their site, they have lost some of their previous affiliates.

Twilight FanFic Love is another place you can get your recommendation fix! Also, Melissa is hosting a new contest called That Breaking Dawn Contest! It's all about Breaking Dawn's missing moments...so check it out and enter! It has to be a space filler or a scene in someone other than Bella's or Jacob's POV. Melissa even gives you ideas to choose from...very helpful! The contest runs until March 20, 2010.

The Light and the Dark is a new site run by Akyria and Shortbritches - aka The Twilight Muses. They are just getting started and hope to expand from discussing their own stories and recommendations to contests and guests. Akyria specializes in Jasper, while Shortbritches loves her some Darkward. They have just started a new segment called Updates This Week, where they recommend stories they believe you may not be following - stories that deserve attention and have just recently updated. Call them your backup plan to FFn or Twilighted. They'll hook YOU up with the update, and bring a potentially great read to your attention. Also, every Tuesday they put up new sets of prompts - three word prompts, three verse prompts, and three picture prompts - to help inspire others. The following Wednesday, they post links to anyone who used those prompts and submitted them. Give them some love. Follow their twitter at @TwilightMuses.

TLTD is hosting their first contest! It's called the The Anon Whitlock Dust Contest! They want your Whitlock one-shots; whether it be Jasper, Peter, or Charlotte, or all three! (Guh.) Please see their site for more info, and you'll be able to read the submissions here. You can submit your entries from Feb. 26th - Mar. 28th.

Thanks again to all of our affiliates. If there is anything you'd like us to pass along in next week's segment, send us an email at AlteredandSacrificial@gmail.com