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. 🌙✨

✧ 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒏 . 𝑺𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒅 & 𝑰𝒏𝒌 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 - 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕. 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓 - 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅𝒔. 𝑬𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒆. 𝑮𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉, 𝒋𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆. 𝑽𝑰𝑷𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 - 𝒏𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒔. 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆. 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒌. 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔. 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘.

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!

Not every story needs noise to matter. The Quiet Applause Awards is a small appreciation project for thoughtful writing on Wattpad. This reader-led award focuses on sincerity, growth, and quiet impact rather than competition. Open to readers and writers who value respectful storytelling.

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

Open {{🍄}} Judging {{}} Closed and winners have been announced {{}} For over 20 years on Wattpad, I've discovered countless stories that deserved more love, more recognition, and more readers. That's why I created the Hidden Gems Reader's Choice Awards-a place where you, the readers, get to spotlight the underrated treasures of Wattpad. 💎 These awards celebrate originality, creativity, and emotional impact, shining a light on the stories and authors who may not have millions of reads, but have captured hearts all the same. Here, every vote matters, every voice counts, and every hidden gem gets the chance to sparkle. 🌟 Join us in honoring the passion, talent, and imagination that makes Wattpad such a special community. 📚❤️