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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.