A warm welcome to our poets and storytellers! Whether you're joining us for the first time or returning for another year, we're delighted to have you here. The Shortys is a place to challenge yourself, celebrate creativity, and connect with a community united by a love of words and creative expression. On September 1st, this year's prompts will be revealed. You'll then have the entire month to bring your ideas to life and share your work. So sharpen your wits and ready your words. We're here to encourage one another, cheer each other on, and have fun. We can't wait to read what you create. Let the ride begin. The Shortys Team

(X) CLOSED for new entries / first five prompt chapters are due by midnight EST on August 31st. (GMT -5) Welcome to The Ever-Generating Story Awards! TEGSA 2026 is here! Can you craft an entire storyline based on ten prompts in a specific order? It's not as hard as it sounds. (Really, it's not.) A song will be assigned to each of your ten main chapters. You may use their titles, the names of the songwriters/performers, or meanings to create your prompt. The best part? You have the freedom to interpret them in any genre you want. You know the prompts are calling your name. Are you ready? (Fanfiction is welcome as long as it's read as a stand-alone, and readers do not need prior knowledge of the original fiction to read it.)

Welcome to the Flabbergasting Flash-Fic SmackDown!

(X) Closed for submissions. While we wait for the TEGSA prompts to drop on July 1st, let's keep our nimble fingers busy. Introducing a mini-contest, well---a musical mini-contest. It is on the TEGSA profile after all. Let's see how this works...

The Open Novella Contest is back for 2026! Join fellow storytellers and plant the seed of a tale that will blossom into a 20,000+ word novella within 12 weeks! Your epic quest begins February 1st, 2026, so mark your calendars with this date!

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?

(X) Closed for 2025. Will reopen late June of 2026! Welcome to The Ever-Generating Story Awards! TEGSA 2025 is here! Can you craft an entire storyline based on ten prompts in a specific order? It's not as hard as it sounds. (Really. It's not.) A song will be assigned to each of your ten main chapters. You may use their titles, the names of the songwriters/performers, or meanings to create your prompt. The best part? You have the freedom to interpret them in any genre you want. Co-writers, groups, and communities are welcome to take part. You know the prompts are calling your name. Are you ready?

An anthology written by wonderful Wattpad members, featuring multiple anthologies with different focuses!

The Ancient Panhellenic Games have four games in total: Olympic Games, Pythian Games, Nemean Games, and Isthmian Games. Each game honors a region of mythologies. Explore mythic fantasy in this fun collaboration of myths & legends. Join @mythandlegend and @highfantasy to relive these games once more with our own version! Choose your weapons and take part in these miraculous events with us now, Panhellenic warriors.