Scholarship2015 Stories

We are so excited to announce the recipients of the 2015 Wattpad Scholarship. Their outstanding stories were selected among over 500 entries from students across the U.S...

The institutions called healthcare centers where we send our loved ones to mend their diseases, seem to place them into an environment in which we longer no longer remem...

The most successful people are the ones who have failed the most.

A true story of how an accidental murder done by a seventeen year old girl, drastically changes her perception of her dream job.

A dying war veteran suffering from chemically-induced lung cancer, surrounded by his little soldiers and his beloved army nurse. (Cover art by me)

When me and my two sisters travel to Wisconsin from Chicago, we are surrounded by nature in a way we'd never experienced before, inspiring me to think about science and...

How I left behind childish and incorrect axioms of life in light of two books written by author Ayn Rand over 50 years ago.

A non-fiction story about a moment in my childhood that changed my outlook on life.

A story of perseverance: From my struggles as an athlete to overcoming start-up obstacles as a social entrepreneur that made me into who I am today. (Scholarship2015)

What I have come to discover from my life with Autism, and how it has shaped my academic and personal life, entry for the 2015 Scholarship.

A story about life's obstacles that have made me into the human being I am today.

How the world of Narnia changed my life and my choice of future in the Real World.

Addiction doesn't only affect the addict themselves, but everyone who loves them as well. Here's my story of dealing with addiction from the viewpoint of a loved one.

I tell the story of how my retired racing greyhound lit up my life, and what parting with her meant to me.

DESCRIPTION For 17 days, five students, including myself, went into the depths of the Guyanese jungle to aid in biological research studies conducted by a university in...

A short story of two young m'ams in a smokey, foreign taxi.

Here I recalled the past events that led to my reversion experience and set me on a tragic, wonderful, and narrow new course.

AN EVENT THAT SHAPED MY LIFE- BY TRENT NEWTON Exploring a key moment in my childhood where I learned I wanted to become a filmmaker. This involves my family, Indiana J...

My life has been anything but simple, but I guess, that's why it has been so incredibly wonderful so far. From finding my dreams to following them, spending time with in...