|| OPEN - POETRY & BOOKS ALLOWED || Looking for more exposure for your work? Look no further than the Candlelight Awards, an awards celebrating all works, whether they be poetry, experimental works, original novels, oneshots, or fanfics! There are few restrictions. LGBTQ+, mature, ongoing, completed, etc. are all welcome here, so take a peek and see if you're ready for Raven's Candlelight 2.0! What you can expect: - No payments (100% free contest; no tagging, follows, or shoutouts required) - A bunch of categories - Solo judging - No AI allowed - Unique prizes - And so, so much more...

🌷 Teen Fix Presents: Petals & Pages Awards 2026 A gentle celebration of poems, one-shots, two-shots, and short stories that stay with us long after the final line. Hosted by the Teen Fix Community, the Petals & Pages Awards are a space where writers can share their words, connect with readers, and celebrate the beauty of short-form storytelling. This event welcomes existing works on Wattpad, whether they are heartfelt poems, emotional one-shots, thoughtful short stories, or meaningful two-shots. At Teen Fix, we believe stories don't need thousands of reads to matter. Sometimes the smallest pieces of writing hold the deepest emotions, and those are the stories we want to celebrate here. 📖 Submissions are now open! Participants may submit up to two entries. Come share your words and let them bloom in the Petals & Pages Awards 2026. 🌷

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?

Closed The Aurora Ink Awards - South Asian Edition (2025/2026) 🌏 A celebration of South Asian voices, stories, and dreams. From the vibrant streets of Mumbai to the misty hills of Sri Lanka, from ancient legends to modern love - the Aurora Ink Awards honor the creativity, culture, and heart of South Asian writers across the world. 💫 This Wattpad-based award celebrates stories that shine with imagination, emotion, and heritage - written by talented authors from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. 💖 Categories include: Romance, Fantasy, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Fanfiction, and more. 🪔 Open to: All South Asian writers - both in the region and the diaspora. 🌸 Goal: To uplift, connect, and celebrate our unique storytelling traditions. Because every story born from our roots deserves to glow beneath the Aurora lights. 🌙✨

Cursed Wing Mini Awards - where beauty breaks and stories take flight 🪽 (Judging !) All results to be published by January 10th at max!

Splendid Wordsmith Awards (2026) is a platform where authors and judges meet to explore romantic stories, with interesting and different plots. It allows authors to share their book, and judges to refine their skills. These Awards will officially get on the judging stage in 2026. It is open for participants and judges who are interested, to fill their entry forms!

Undiscovered writers unite--this time through portals to the Lands of Novels, Short Works, and Poetry, where each Portal's Guardian will determine who comes on top as the true Unification champs. *** *Time to start the new year with a bang as we search the Portals of Literature together.* *I ask for patience and cooperation since I'll be reading books all the way through and not using AI tools.*

੭੭ ݂ . ( 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥. . ! ) ׄ ꒱ ⁺ ꔫ Open for chaos ⁺ ꔫ Judging 💎 ⁺ ꔫ Closed