[OPEN] 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. NOTE: Only the following categories are open for submissions: - Action - Adventure - Historical Fiction - Horror - Science Fiction

Cameron's first love is baseball, but when he falls for a softball player he can't be with, he realizes he's signed up for more than he bargained for. Between teaching baseball to a rag-tag team of kids and pursuing his dreams of coaching professionally, he shouldn't have feelings for Norah. But attraction is hard to fight, even when pasts and pain threaten to hurt him even more than they already have. ******* Cameron Shaw, the quiet and reserved assistant for an esteemed collegiate baseball team, has one goal in life: to coach professional ball. After one wild, unforgettable kiss on a dance floor with a stranger, his dreams are at risk of crashing down all around him. Again. Fun-loving Norah Young has two goals. First, to prove to her coach that she can be a starting player on the Saint Helena University softball team. Second, to find out why the stranger at the bar left her standing alone after the best kiss of her life. Infatuation turns to hate when he leads her to believe that he wants nothing to do with her. As the baseball assistant and a student athlete, Cameron and Norah aren't supposed to be together, but they can't seem to stay away from each other. Especially when Norah wakes up hungover in Cameron's bed, only to find out that he coaches a team of kids who don't know the first thing about baseball. While Cameron silently endures the chronic pain that stole his baseball career, Norah aims to figure out what it was that stole the promising young player's talent and smile, without getting too close to him. But they can't seem to stay away from each other, no matter how hard they try. FEATURES: Women in sports Chronic pain and disability Gay rep in sports Steamy, but not spicy Forbidden romance He falls first GENRES: Contemporary, college sports romance, new adult Marked mature for language and a few steamy scenes.

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NEW CHAPTERS EVERY FRIDAY 8AM EST Months after her mother's passing, Leanna Lynch is forced to complete the one task she has put off for months: Clean out her mother's house. She learns that in order to get her inheritance, she must do this by the beginning of summer, or it will be donated to charity. Upon cleaning the house, Leanna finds that her mother has left her one more task to complete before everything is settled, leading her on the adventure of a lifetime: Spread her ashes along the coast of Italy. She will fight, love, cry, and smile; all for the sake of her mother's last wish. Especially after she finds the one secret her mother has been hiding all along. Journey of Self-Discovery Coming Of Age Leaving Home Found Family

"His fate was the nightmare of every boy and man in these lands. The scary story told over tavern tables in hushed tones." Anaïs is the strongest witch her coven has seen in three hundred years. And with all that power, she certainly never expected that a mere man, an esclave at that, would be her undoing. But when a particularly vicious tradition within her coven brings Aiden into her life, everything changes. Amidst threats of a power-hungry human lord, and her scheming aunt Vienne, Anaïs has to prepare herself to take her mother's position as High Maîtresse. But she also has to figure out how she's going to keep Aiden alive in this hostile new environment she's put him in. Especially when everyone wants to use him to get to her. And on top of all that, there is also the mysterious rebel group laying claim from the shadows. And their enigmatic leader Etienne, whose dark secrets could shake the coven's beliefs to their very core. This first installment in the Bound series welcomes you into a world of dark witchcraft and electrifying romance. A perfect read for fans of the romantasy genre! Cover credit: @madebymayvee on Instagram

The Watty Awards are Wattpad's annual celebration of the bold, imaginative, and diverse voices that bring their stories to life-along with the readers who love them. For 16 years, the Wattys have honored the journey of storytellers who pour their passion onto the page, captivating audiences around the world. But the Wattys aren't just an award-they're a tribute to the dedication, creativity, and heart that go into every story, from the first part of an idea to the final word. This is storytelling at its best. And it all begins here.

open () Judging (🫶🏻) Closed () For engagement, feedback and support enter this contest!! Open to writers across genres and backgrounds, The Aureate Awards honors those whose words leave a lasting imprint-whether through fiction, poetry, essays, or experimental forms. Winners receive public recognition, beautifully crafted awards, and the opportunity to be featured among today's brightest literary talents. This is more than a contest. It's a celebration of those who turn language into legacy.

Delilah Solace, daughter of Grace Solace who is the sister of Will Solace making him her uncle, you may have heard of him. Delilah always thought she was a simple human girl until she got her Hogwarts letter. With the help of her aunt Asterope Black, she learns to fit in at her new school. She was excited as her uncle was a demigod. When she goes to Hogwarts she meets a certain redhead lover of dragons and an amazing quidditch player.

"Holy Hades, what is that", Thalia yelled. "Is it, oh my gods, it is", Annie squealed screaming. Dad came over and saw the moving picture of Sirius and I kissing, "What the hell is this". James came over trying to see the commotion, "Padfoot how dare you kiss my sister". ♤♡◇♧♤♡◇♧♤♡◇♧♤♡◇♧♤♡◇♧♤♡◇♧♤♡◇♧♤♡◇♧♤♡◇♧♤♡◇♧ Asterope Potter is the first demigod daughter of Zeus who is also a witch. At Camp Half-Blood she was living a perfectly normal life, as normal as it could get for a child of the big 3. When she gets a letter from Hogwarts, the school her mother and step-dad would always go on and on about. What happens when she attends the school for witchcraft try and wizardry? When she meets her infamous twin brother, James Potter, and his stupidly annoying Giffindor friends. What house will she end up in? Will house rivalry get in the way of her relationship with her brother, will she finally tell her family why she ran away from home? Will she approve of James's long-time love, Lily Potter. Will it surprise everyone who she was able to befriend in her house? There's only one way to find out. Cover Credit Goes To: @amygraymikae

❝𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞❞ ✦. Welcome to 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 -a mini celebration of brilliance teetering on the edge of the unknown. Inspired by the mysterious pull of 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬, this is not just an 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤-it's a tribute to the stories, creators, and voices that burn so brightly, they reshape the very space around them. ◐. ▨. Here, 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 has a voice. 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 is a power. And every nominee is a star caught in the elegance of collapse-transformed, remembered, and reborn. ✶. ◖𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲.◗ ❥. They 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫. ❥. They 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞. ❥. They pull the unforgettable into 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝. ˗ˏˋ 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬. ˎˊ˗