Your roadmap to Wattpad's biggest contest starts here! Road to The Wattys is designed to prepare you for The 2026 Watty Awards with fresh updates very single week! While the official rules aren't released until April 20th, this is your go-to hub for community engagement, writer prep, and reader activities. Whether you're polishing your novel-length story or looking to find one to celebrate, we've got you covered! Don't just wait for the submission deadline - master the writing journey and get involved today.

Welcome to the Thriller + Emotional Awards 🖤✨ This is a community-based Wattpad awards book created to highlight underrated stories that deserve more love, more reads, and more recognition. These awards are mainly divided into two major sections: 🕵🏻♀️ Thriller / Mystery Division For stories full of suspense, twists, secrets, crimes, and plotlines that keep readers hooked. 💔 Emotional / Sensitive Division For stories that hit deep, cover real struggles, and make readers feel something-topics like bullying, self-worth, trauma, insecurities, healing, and more. Each division includes multiple categories and subcategories, including awards for completed books and ongoing books, characters, plot, writing, and more. This is a clean-content based award, meaning we're focusing more on plot, emotions, and storytelling rather than mature scenes. If you're a writer who wants support, feedback, exposure, and a fun community experience... then welcome bestie. You're in the right place. 🖤✨ Registrations are open, so don't forget to check the next chapters for rules + format!

Remember how I always said I never wanted to host an award? Ever? Too much work, too much stress, count me out? Oops. It's true. I am hosting an award. No, I am not just doing it as an excuse to make people stickers, although there will be stickers. OH, YES, THERE WILL BE STICKERS. This contest is a celebration of all that is awesomely misfit on Wattpad. Are you in?

{ANNOUNCING WINNERS}■ ✿ Freedom Awards ✿ Welcome to the second installment of the Liberation Awards, THE FREEDOM AWARDS- a festive celebration for all types of stories! ☾✧ This year, we're bringing you not just recognition, but fun, engagement, and discoveries. ✦ Whether you write romance, mystery, fantasy, or something entirely unique, there's a place for your voice here. 𓅪 Dive in, explore, and let your stories shine. Who knows? You might just uncover something unforgettable along the way. ❦

The Starfish Awards celebrate stories with strong character arcs, diversity, and compelling plots. Read on if you're interested in participating!

[CLOSED] Gather for the Astania Community's 2025 awards! For the third year in a row, we're in search of beautiful stories and poetry to illuminate even the darkest of winter nights. No matter how big or small, each story is needed to brighten up our night sky. If you're interested in finding the way to reads and rewards, venture forth with us into the unknown... Welcome to the Moonlight Trove.

award competition!

Were you born to write? Do you daydream about epic scenes any chance you get? Do you act out dialogue in the shower? Are you a true writer at heart? Then come showcase your heart's work! ❤️ Open (❌) Judging (❤️) Completed ( ) Cover credit: found the image used in the cover on Pinterest. I do not own the rights, all rights go to Pinterest and the original poster on there.