Contest Stories

Ashley Ketchum's alarm clock blared like a wild Jigglypuff concert gone wrong. She groaned and slapped at it blindly, missing twice before finally smacking it silent with a loud clunk. The sunlight was merciless, creeping in through the gap in her curtains and landing right across her face. "Ugh, Sun! Take a hint," she mumbled, yanking her blanket over her head. For a split second, she entertained the brilliant idea of using Dig to escape deeper under the covers. Her toes wiggled as if prepping for action, but her brain kicked in a moment later. Today wasn't just any day-it was the day. Her eyes shot open like a Staryu's gem, and she bolted upright in bed, her blanket flying off her like a Togekiss taking off. "Today's my first day as a trainer!" she squealed, practically vibrating with excitement. She threw her legs over the side of her bed and stood up so fast she almost tripped on her Pikachu-patterned pajama pants.

✧ 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.

To keep myself from losing track of: all the 2025 contests I've entered, all the 2025 contests I've volunteered myself as a judge (or let myself be volun-told into judging), all the 2025 books I've had to read as a contestant or as a judge, all the 2025 deadlines, and all the other important stuff, here is a book that registers all these 2025 things in a somewhat organized fashion. With occasional commentary. Nota bene: Although other people are welcome to browse my public contest logs and look for contests, look for information about details of contests (i.e. you want me to pour you some tea), etc, these contest logs are primarily for my own use. I enter so many contests that I can't keep track of them without a log. I forget important details, too, including things like "Note to self: You do not get along with this contest host, best not participate in their contests." Like my 2024 contest log, this was never meant to be an "expose" book. I'm not exposing anybody. Contests are matters of public record, as are any comments made in the contest books. I'm just a ditz who needs a written log to keep track of everything. I would lose my head if it wasn't attached to my shoulders. I DO NOT CONSENT TO MY POETRY AND PROSE BEING USED TO TRAIN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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?

Open [•] Judging [] Closed [] Welcome to another award to showcase your talent of writing and publicizing your works. This is another edition of the Nile Awards.

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!

CLOSED FOR JUDGING. This Wattpad Contest features stories that made us stop scrolling and hit 'Add to Library' No algorithms. No nonsense. Just camels, sunburn, and good reads in this desert land of Wattpad. All genres accepted. 15 spots. 15 taken. (updated)

Accepting entries (💚) Judging (💚) 💚- Yes. ❤️- No. The Bangtan Writers Gala, this contest is brought to you in the honour of our idols who are making their comeback this year. Special Awards and Exciting Prizes.✨ ‼️This contest is focusing more on the new writers. I would like to help them know the basics of the writing journey.

Closed: Planned to Reopen December 2025

Whether you're a seasoned storyteller or a first-time writer, our ONC Writing Tips are here to guide you on your journey. Prepare for the ONC with expert advice and inspiration - your legendary story starts here!

Open [] Closed [] Judging [🖌️] Welcome to the Art Deco Micro Awards, my illustrious darlings! This is where we celebrate books with the jazziest covers, sleekest titles, and the most showstopping chapters. This is a micro award with just three-that's right-only three categories. So if you think you've got the nerve, the style, and a little bravado...step right on up! The night is young and the spotlight is awaiting!

!CLOSED! Open for judging only. Judges DO get awards as well. January first awards will be added. Keep an eye on the notifications. Thank you. ~Rain

The Alpha's Reading Corner is a community that strives to welcome a pack of creative minds to come together and to showcase your skills! The community welcomes aspiring minds to create a wholesome space, while the community itself devotes its time assisting fellow writers as it leads the pack to their journey of expertise. This community is certain the adventure can always be improved and challenges can be accepted along the way as you rise up and fight your way to the top!

More to be announced

"The only thing I know...is that I'd cross borders just to see you smile"

Got a minute? Want to have your mind flip between genres so fast you are left unsettled and confused? Excellent! Here's a book of shorts in no particular order; sorry, Melvil Dewey. Maturity Level: fade to black violence in The Seven Sisters & Heartbreaker, i.e. alluded to but not graphic

All completed stories. Ongoing stories. All languages are welcome. Readers and Writers can sign up their favorite stories

Flash fictions, contest entries and stuff! Here are my entries for various writing challenges, contests and prompts, plus random writings. There's poetry, flash fiction and more!

𝟑... 𝟐... 𝟏... ℍ𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕐𝕖𝕒𝕣! Welcome, one and all, to A New Year of Novels. This is a writing contest to celebrate the new year and encourage all you mfs to write. Bring on the new year, KILL THE WRITERS BLOCK!!! The categories and requirements will be in the book. You don't have to submit, this is completely optional. 𝐸𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎!

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