[Editor's Note: Paul Clark of Silly Hats Only asked that I reprint the below announcement. Deadline's only a few days away. Join up!]

A little over three years ago, Ben Lim and his buds over at Lucid Screening came up with one of the more entertaining blog phenomena I've seen—the White Elephant Blogathon. It was based on the concept of a White Elephant gift exchange, in which participants will each bring one gift, usually something less than desirable, and draw names to see who goes home with which gift. Ben's inspiration was to do the same for movies- you submit one movie, then write about another blogger's submission. Sometimes you'll end up with one that's surprisingly good—in 2008 I drew Seijun Suzuki's Princess Raccoon—and other times, well, not so much.

Sadly, Ben wasn't able to continue the tradition this year. However, he was gracious enough to accept my offer to take over hosting duties. Due to being tied up with the Muriels and other stuff, I wasn't able to get the Blogathon up and running in time for April Fool's Day, the date Ben has hosted it for the past three years. Instead, I'm going to be holding it a little less than two months from now, on June 15.

Why June 15, you ask? Aside from giving everyone enough time to submit their choices then procure the titles that I've selected for them, I thought it just seemed like a normal, boring-sounding day, one that could stand to be livened up a little by something like this. Besides, should it go well this year, I'm hoping to move it back to the original date next year.

Naturally, I'll be sticking to the rules that Ben has laid down in previous years:

1) Submit the title of a movie that you want someone else to review (preferably something available via Netflix).
2) Review the movie that you get assigned and post the review on June 15th.
3) Have fun!

So if you're interested in taking part this year—and you know who you are—send your submission to me at lastwordsquiz@yahoo.com no later than May 1. Please don't submit through the comments section—I'd like to keep this year's selections a secret if possible. And if you'd like to know more about the White Elephant Blogathon, visit your local library. Or, failing that, leave a message in the comments box.

See you on June 15th! And spread the word, will ya? The more the merrier, says I.