Posted by Vee | August 6, 2009, 15:54 (EST) | 26 Comments
Category: TV Series, Website

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We’ve found ourselves on the receiving end of some amazing fandom love and generosity and we think it’s only right to pass on the good karma. We know a lot of you were unable to make it to San Diego for Comic Con and have been envying some of the Vampire Diaries goodies featured at the Warner Bros. booth. Well, here’s your chance to score some of that sweet schwag – we’re having our very first contest! (Damon is smirking because we’re going to ask you to flex your witty one-liner muscles for this one.)

The Prizes:

• TWO big winners will each receive a Vampire Diaries Comic Con bag
• THREE runners-up will each receive a Vampire Diaries poster and button

Here are some (not-so-great) snapshots of the limited edition bags, the button (bit blurry, but you get the idea of the size), and the poster.

The Contest:
Write a caption for this photo of Elena, Stefan, and Matt (click to enlarge).

What is a Caption Competition?
The point of a caption competition is to come up with a snappy (usually funny, sometimes profound) caption based on what springs to mind when looking at a given picture, often based on something that sticks out to the viewer. They’re usually no longer than a couple of sentences, though can be presented in the form of a short conversation between any people who may be in the picture.

Example Caption:
“Matt and Stefan only started to appreciate the depths of Tyler’s evil when they realised that he’d super-glued their hands together.”

The Rules:

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• One entry per person. One caption per entry. You get one shot!
• Keep it clean, please.
• If you use their names in your caption, spell Stefan and Elena correctly – if you don’t, you’re automatically disqualified. NO exceptions.
• Email your caption entry to contest [at] vampire-diaries [dot] net. Please include the name you would like to be identified by on the website.
• Deadline: Entries must be received by Friday, August 14th at 11:59 p.m. Western U.S. time. (To find out what time that is in your area, check The World Clock.)

This contest is open internationally. We don’t care if you’re in Poland, Bulgaria, Brazil, Thailand, Israel, etc. – if you live on planet Earth and you win, we will mail the goods to you.

After the deadline:

• We will narrow the entries down to our 10-15 favorite submissions.
• We will then post that top 10-15 in a poll on the website (who submitted what will remain anonymous).
• The readers of Vampire-Diaries.net will vote for their favorite caption.
• The five entries with the highest number of votes at the end of the voting period will be our winners. The two entries with the most votes will win the Vampire Diaries Comic Con bag, and the three runners-up will win the Vampire Diaries poster/button.
• Winners will be notified and celebrated on the website!

Contest starts now – have fun! We look forward to seeing what you guys come up with. Again, deadline for entries is Friday, August 14th at 11:59 p.m. Western U.S. time. And please spread the word!

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