The NOW Awards recognize celebrities and ordinary people who are making Twitter matter. From media and politics to technology and business, these game changers embody the qualities that are making Twitter and the emerging NOW internet a growing force in the world.

Include #140Conf, the word “vote” and your All-Star Tweeter’s username in your tweet. And remember, you can vote for anybody.

The NOW Awards will be awarded on the evening of October 27, 2009 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.

Special thanks to @tinker for powering the NOW Awards.

The first 100 NOW Award Nominees can register to attend the 140 Characters Conference at no charge. For consideration, please click here

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Contest Rules:

To be valid, a vote must include in its entirety the following: #140Conf vote @

-@ replies are NOT counted as votes

-Re-tweets for the same nominee are NOT counted as votes

-Only the first valid vote per Twitter account per nominee will be counted

-Users may vote for an unlimited number of nominees

-Votes will not be withdrawn, so please vote with care

-Votes that do not comply with the Tinker Terms of Use or that utilize spamming or other auto-generated methods will be removed

-Voting begins at 10:00 am (EST) on September 29, 2009 and ends at 11:59 pm (EST) on October 24, 2009

-Winners will be announced October 27th @ the #140Conf Networking Reception

Disclaimer: The 140 Characters Conference NOW Awards and its results are solely for entertainment purposes and as a catalyst for conversation and neither Tinker, its affiliates or The 140 Characters Conference NOW Awards shall have any liabilities of any kind associated therewith.

Please note that a high volume of entries or technical difficulties may result in temporary inability to vote or your vote may not be counted. Tinker is not responsible or liable should any votes not be received due to such technical difficulties or delays. Tinker is restricted to the streaming API limitations imposed by Twitter on developers using the Search and Track APIs. Limitations of the Twitter API noted below may effect NOW Award vote counts:

-All developers using the Streaming API must tolerate possible unannounced and extended periods of unavailability, especially during off-hours, Pacific Time

-This QoS implies that, on rare occasion and without notice, statuses may be missing from the delivered stream

-Overly broad track predicates will cause the output to be periodically limited Tinker reserves the right to count any votes determined to be valid that are uncovered via a periodic API reconciliation.

If, due to the limitations stated above, you are unable to view your vote, please re-vote until you see your vote appear on the official landing page of the NOW awards under the “All” tab found here: 140 Characters Conference NOW Awards.

NOTES:

*Voting begins at 10:00 am (EST) on September 29, 2009 and ends at 11:59 pm (EST) on October 24, 2009

*Winners will be announced October 27th @ the #140Conf Networking Reception

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