Judging [ Completed ] Welcome to the Speculative Fiction Awards! There are many talented Speculative Fiction writers on Wattpad, and now it's time for those undiscovered talents to take the spotlight. We accept only genres under this broad category of fiction. It does not matter whether your story is newly written or has been published for a few years. We seek for all speculative fiction writers!

16 recipes and short essays on the people and times who shared the love language of food. After a grueling year fighting the COVID-19 pandemic as a health care provider, John C. Wood wanted to give his wife something unique for her 41st birthday and wrote a heart felt reflection on the recipes in the weirdest cookbook you'll want to read. From visits with his Italian grandparent's home kitchen and garden to a colossal failure with home brewing these stories bring light and humor to the open secret ingredient: Love. Enjoy -Volere Bene.

Featured in Wattpad Badass Reads and Wattpad Action Thirteen years ago, a single night changed everything. A girl woke up with no recollection of who she was, with only a bracelet with the name "Reianne" as a clue to her identity. Forced to survive mostly on her own, she earned the street name "Reaper," the most notorious of thieves. When Reianne learned that she had a father in need of rescuing, she used all her skillset as the Reaper, along with an otherworldly ability that she had yet to master, to get him back. However, when things were not what they seemed to be, would the Reaper, absent the memories, be enough? Highest Ranking #1 - Anti-Hero #2 - chi #5 - magical realism #19 grim #42 - sassy #60 - thief Awards Winner - Lionheart Category, Slink Awards 2020 2nd Place - Ace Awards, Humor 3rd Place - Golden Awards, Humor 1st Runner Up - Creativity Awards, Humor #theseasonalcontests

Book One of the Adler series ** St. Sinclair, the illustrious academy honoured nationwide as a catalyst for the intellectually gifted youth. Though in reality, its serves to simply cater to the most richest and elite in society. Stevie Powell, a simple town girl with nothing but her IQ to her name enrolls into St. Sinclair for what was seemingly a dream come true. Though, everything comes with a price and for her, that price is Garren Adler. Not only is he an heir to one of the biggest dynasties around, he's got the looks to die for, burning charisma and the brains to revolutionise a country singelhandley. But ultimately, what lies beneath all that is a diabolical tyrant at heart. Stevie sticks to one rule and that's to keep herself as invisible as possible to avoid invoking the wrath of Adler but that's all changed once the headmaster gives an order she can't refuse. To make matters worse, Stevie suddenly finds herself offered a bizarre proposal by none other than the academy's twisted heartthrob himself. She takes it all to be a game, but soon realises her mistake when Adler bets all odds to keep her in his sights permanently. *** Completed***

Ricardo Torres has spent most of his twenties chasing the bohemian lifestyle, right down to the paintbrush that seems permanently attached to his hand. In his quest to capture the damage wrought to his beloved Lake Fúquene on a canvas, Rico once again finds himself lakeside. However, he soon discovers that the lake has been hiding a secret beneath its waves. With the water all but gone, a stolen Botero sculpture emerges from the cracking, muddy lakebed. Shortly after the police are called, Detective Sonia Mendoza arrives on the scene, eager to warm up this cold case. But as soon as Ricardo and Sonia are back at the police station in Bogotá, they learn that the lake was hiding one more secret. Now this unlikely pair must team up to solve a mystery neither of them anticipated. [[[ONC 2021 Longlister]]] [Based on Prompt #5]

🌟2020 Watty's Winner🌟 A sixteen-year-old orphan, hoping to find a new family, joins a faction of Rogues and becomes vital in their conflict with a rival faction. *** For as long as she can remember, Valeria Torres has always been the girl no one cared about. Having immigrated to the United States as a child after her parents' deaths, she tried to play by the rules as she navigated orphanages, homelessness, and a juvenile detention center. But her luck is about to change. Valeria discovers the Rogue Faction; a group of outlaws who use real world and mystical talents to steal from the wicked and give to the poor. Things seem to click into place as she joins a new family in New York City, goes back to school, trains as a Rogue, and makes new friends. But when Valeria discovers that two of her new friends are teenagers from a rival faction, she finds herself thrust into the middle of a conflict that could determine the fate of the world. ------------------ A story that combines elements of Harry Potter, Batman, and Robin Hood with a unique female protagonist in a GxBxG love triangle. Winner of a 2020 Watty Award, with the following review: "It's super original, and dang, it's got so much heart. We love all the characters and their relationships. The plot covers difficult topics, but handles everything so well. You can't not fall in love with this story. We love the LGTBQ2+ and Hispanic main character as well!" [Updates] *3rd place in Adventure Category for the 2020 Ocean Pearl Awards! *Selected for the @BootcampMentors program by TeaNHeartache! *1rst place in Fantasy and honorable mention for the 2020 Rose gold awards! *1rst Place in Adventure for the 2020 Diluculum Awards *1rst Place in Adventure for the 2020 Red Cloak Awards *2020 Watty Award Winner for Science Fiction! (Even though I entered it as more of Urban Fantasy ;)

|WATTYS 2022 WINNER - HORROR| Shawn, a convicted criminal, never thought she'd see the sun again, let alone call another star system her home. When she's offered an out from her prison sentence, she embarks on a dangerous interstellar expedition along with 18 of Earth's most intelligent criminals. Their task is to set up a base on a supposedly habitable planet and prepare it for colonization. Although the planet has liquid water and a breathable atmosphere, it is believed to host only microbial life. However, upon arriving, Shawn and the rest of the colonists learn that assumption was grossly incorrect. In a brutal attack from rampaging wildlife, everyone but Shawn and four other colonists are killed. The five survivors retreat to the cavernous network beneath the ground seeking safety, but they soon come to a terrible discovery. These caves aren't ordinary caves, and they are no safer down under than they were on the surface. [][][] This was originally my entry for the 2021 Open Novella Contest, and it received an honorable mention! It has now been expanded into a full length novel. I used prompt number 53: "When wildlife starts rampaging, all the humans are forced underground. However, they come to a terrible discovery that being underground is no safer than being on the surface."

Kane has a 'sixth-sense' - he can tell whether someone is being honest or not. So why is he about to put his trust someone that he knows is lying? ***** Kane Emery operates a long haul transport ship and has an uncanny knack for being able to tell whether somebody is lying to him. When a young lady shows up on the planet Calenta asking for transport, Kane can sense that she isn't being completely honest. So why does he feel as though he should still help her anyway? As Kane becomes increasingly aware of the emotions of those around him, his dreams start getting more intense, and he unwittingly gets pulled into a chain of events that affects him in ways that he couldn't possibly have imagined. Wattys 2021 Winner Readers may like to know that there is some sporadic violence in this story, but I have endeavoured to ensure that any descriptions of brutality are not described in graphic detail. Highest Rankings: #1 in gayscifi #1 in gaylovestories #2 in freethelgbt #6 in gaylove #8 in scifi-romance #13 in wattpadoriginals #13 in lgbtfiction #15 in queer #20 in lgbtlove #27 in boyxboy #34 in gay #35 in wattpride #30 in writtenwithpride #38 in mxm #69 in crush

Gustavo visits Chicago's World Fair eager to see the mystifying aliens that fly the windy skies, but when a piece of metal lands in the street, he soon finds there are more dangers within the city than a spaceship colliding with Earth. **** Gustavo isn't the adventuring type but when his uncle invites him to the city to attend the World Fair, he couldn't say no. But he didn't expect to meet an alien named Vera, who like him, never ventured far from home. He also didn't expect to dodge a piece of metal falling from the sky. He continues to tell himself it was just an accident, all will be fine. But the look in Vera's eyes tells him otherwise. And the city underneath the aliens may have more lies than lights, and a falling spaceship is the least of his worries. ** [This story will become free on July 5, 2023] *** 🌟 WATTYS 2022 SHORTLIST 🌟 WATTPAD HQ PICK OF THE MONTH [April 2022] 🌟 Featured on the Editor's Pick List April 2022 🌟 Featured on @YA 🌟 Featured on @Mystery 🌟 Featured on @YARomance 🌟 Featured on @ScienceFiction Copyright Vee Lozada Exclusive to W A T T P A D

[Mirror Me Series Book 1] Hope Martinez was taught to fear her reflection, but the magical world on the other side is too tempting. Descended from those who can use mirrors as weapons, Hope has many dangers to face if she wants to get home before an ancestral curse destroys everything she loves. _________________________________________________ After a frightening incident leaves her family shaken, Hope Martinez promises her mother to never look at a mirror again. Three years later, Hope stands between two worlds - the world of her mother, a contrived and constricted set of rules ignoring their family's Hispanic heritage and abolishing all things reflective from the home, and the world of her abuelita, which is said to contain a mysterious power that members of the family are fated to discover. When high school bullying and peer pressure start pushing Hope's limits, she finds no other choice but to gain normalcy and break her mother's promise. She soon discovers a hidden magical world beyond her reflection, one filled with strange beasts, enchanted cities, and flying walnuts. Why would such a wonderful place be kept from her? The reason - Hope's family has a terrible destiny waiting to be unleashed. Young Adult ■ Fantasy ■ Sci-Fi [COMPLETED] AWARDS: -First Place in Teen Fiction category for Chaos Awards 6 -First Place in Fantasy category for Ohana Awards 4 Copyright © by Jules Haigler No parts of this manuscript including black and white illustrations or content may be distributed, copied, or sold on any media without permission of the author. All names, places, and themes are a work of fiction.