This is a contest for stories that are just getting started! If your story is ongoing, this is the award for you! LIMITED SPOTS REMAIN! There are only two categories remaining open. (Best Opening Sentence and Action/Adventure)

Open(💎) Behind every mask lies a masterpiece. Welcome to The Masquerade Awards 2026, where talented writers compete, connect, and celebrate the art of storytelling.

'Beyond The Manuscript' is an initiative by Grand Fiction Community, where we feature indie/self-published authors and ensure they receive the spotlight that they deserve. Turn through the pages to learn about our featured indie authors and much more!

Calling all poets on Wattpad to Drenched Cedars - a celebration of poetry touched by longing, memory, silence, ache, and the storms we carry within. Have you gathered your words? Because it's time. The contest will award poetry shaped through talent, vulnerability, and craft with multiple honors, ranging from Best Emotional Impact to Best Poem Ending. To participate, please read the rules carefully and complete the payments before submitting your form. The contest might span around 1.5 months, and I, the host, will be the sole judge! So, let your words fall like rain among the cedars. ☔ (Open)

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🍷 Welcome to the AMUSE BOUCHE CONTEST! 🍷 An amuse-bouche is a small bite offered by the chef to showcase their style before the meal begins. This contest celebrates the literary equivalent: opening lines, first paragraphs, first chapters, summaries, and covers that leave readers hungry for more. Whether you write poetry, fanfiction, or original works, this is your chance to prove that first impressions matter. Captivate us. Intrigue us. Tempt us to keep reading.

This story is participating in Case 1 - May 2026 of Ink & Intrigue. Prompt 4. Eighteen-year-old Nicoleta Gaussen never expected to hear from Bloom Academy, the elite boarding school perched above the cliffs of Port-Bleu. Then an invitation arrives. Elegant. Handwritten. Signed only: The Hunter. Every year, Bloom Academy hosts its legendary Annual Fest, a masked ball whispered about across Ablington Island. And every year, one girl is chosen by the mysterious Hunter. According to rumour, those girls disappear. Ignoring the warnings of her friend Taite Broade, a scholarship student at the Academy, Nicoleta becomes drawn into Bloom's glittering world of secret societies, dangerous traditions, and students trained to hide their true intentions behind perfect smiles. But the closer Nicoleta gets to the Hunter, the more she realizes that at Bloom Academy, being chosen may be the most dangerous thing of all.

THE ORIGINAL MUSE AWARDS 2026 Hosted by @tonyatwraxall SECOND PHASE JUDGING (13/25) 40 BOOKS. 1 MENTOR. 4 GRAND WINNERS. UNLEASH YOUR MUSE. THE PREMISE Are you tired of predictable tropes, formulaic plots, and contests that judge your work based on rigid genre boxes? Welcome to The Original Muse Awards, a premier Wattpad competition designed for the bold, the unique, and the unforgettable. We don't care if you write dark romance, urban fantasy, high sci-fi, or literary thrillers-we care about originality. We are looking for stories that command attention from the very first page and hooks that refuse to let go. THE CHALLENGE This is a fast-paced, highly selective elimination tournament: The Starting Line: Only 40 books will be accepted. I will read the first 4 chapters of each to evaluate the raw strength of your hook and concept. The Shortlist: The top 25 most innovative books will advance, unlocking deeper chapter reads (up to 10 chapters) and exclusive feedback. The Podium: Just 4 Grand Winners will claim the ultimate title, earning a complete, detailed review. THE TWIST: THE READER'S CHOICE Getting cut early doesn't mean your journey ends. The 15 stories that don't make the official Shortlist will immediately enter the Reader's Vote arena. Bring your community, rally your friends, and fight for a second chance to take home the exclusive Reader's Choice Award! THE ENTRY PRICE To inspire the Muse, you must first give back to the craft. Entry requires a follow, a public reading list add, and a single chapter review on the host's featured book, Chosen by the Hunter. The gates are open, but the slots are strictly limited. Do you have the hook to inspire the Muse?

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Willow Dallarosa is dead, awakening in another realm she never knew existed. In order to free her soul from the twisted clutches of this new realm, she must attend an academy as a ghost and figure out how she died and what her unfinished business is. Something dark and foreign fills her veins, begging to be released. She believes it's a side effect of dying. Until she becomes the most hated ghost at the academy for standing up against the beloved reapers and the power explodes from her body-power she shouldn't have access to. Now, everyone's convinced she's part of some kind of prophecy she definitely doesn't believe in. In their minds, she's fated to massacre one of the four kingdoms in the underworld, and they're desperate to take out the threat. On top of dying, dealing with the reapers, and being part of some demented prophecy, people are disappearing into thin air and the number of deaths in the human realm have skyrocketed. Which means there are a lot more ghosts they don't have room for. But ghosts aren't the only ones going missing. Reapers, necromancers, death witches, vampires, and sirens are all at risk. They believe it's Willow's doing, and she doesn't know how to prove it's not.