Ambys2025 Stories

The wait is finally over! The Amby Awards is back with a fresh new vibe, ready to spread across (and beyond) the Wattpad universe. This year promises another gigantic spoonful of incredible stories, which we'll showcase across various genres and categories, along with plenty of exciting rewards. Ready to jump in? The Ambys 2025 officially kicks off on August 1st.

Some strings can't be cut... even with fangs. Nobody at Shibuya Academy notices Ember Quinn-black eyeliner, shredded tights, hoodie pulled over her face like a curtain. Invisible. Forgettable. Even her parents, swallowed by their corporate lives, barely remember she exists. Until he arrives. Kai Mori - the transfer student with ash-pale skin, eyes like dying embers, and a smile that makes girls line up just to be ignored by him. He's all mystery and midnight, and Ember couldn't care less... until the day she sees him crouched behind the gym, fangs buried in the still-warm throat of a rabbit. She doesn't even have time to gasp before her back is against a tree, his cold hand around her throat. > "Scream," he says softly, "and I'll make sure it's your last." But just as she's about to cry out, something impossible happens- A crimson thread appears between them, glowing against the foggy air, trailing from her wrist to his. Kai stares at it in shock. The red string of fate. Ancient Japanese folklore says it ties destined lovers together, unbreakable and eternal. For a vampire, it's rarer than moonlight. And deadly. Now, she's bound to him-an emo girl who hates attention, and a blood-drinker who swears he doesn't believe in love. But fate doesn't care what they believe. It only cares that they burn together... or destroy each other.

Josephine March is a soldier on the frontlines of an intergalactic war. As humanity began to make a life among the stars, a dying race took notice of our green and blue planet. No one knows where they came from but one thing is clear, they want earth for themselves and only humanity stands in their way. Written for the Rewind The Classics Contest 2023 I don't own Little Women or War of the Worlds. No part of this story may be used to program AI. If you see this story anywhere besides Wattpad please make me aware. This is the only place I post stories. I don't have multiple accounts on this site, so this is the only profile this story should be posted on. Thank you, readers.

|2x featured| -🥇1st place for Best first chapter category in the Bewitching awards! -🥈2nd place in the Hero of the story category of the Vintage Glamour| MINI AWARDS. -🥇1st place in the mystery category of the page and pen awards! - 🥈 2nd place in the mystery category of the Rose Gold Community Awards! -Grand fiction awards shortlister! -🎖️ Winner of the mystery category in the Grand Fiction Awards! "Her victims burst in flames." *** Two estranged siblings, driven apart by their parents' divorce, reunite at the heart of a crime scene. The scene where their father was found as a burnt corpse. Struck by this revelation, they must learn to put aside their differences if they want justice to be served. But with every twist and turn, they begin to see that there is more to his death than meets the eye, especially as more bodies begin to turn up. Will they be able to keep up when their fractured relationship and many differences are too hard to look past? How would they be able to conquer when the pepetrator they seek may be an age old presence that is out for blood.... Cover by @_BLACKSPADESZ Trigger warning: Mentions of abuse and some other triggering things would be seen in this story.

November 24, 1971 a man hijacks a twenty-eight minute flight from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington. In a matter of hours this man will be known to the world as D.B. Cooper, the only criminal to have hijacked an airplane in the United States and never get caught. Cooper jumped out of that airplane with two hundred thousand dollars but was never seen or heard from again. None of the money ever popped up in circulation so why did he hijack the plane if not to spend the cash? Who was D.B. Cooper? What drove this man to hijack a plane? How did he evade the authorities for so long that the FBI has officially closed the case for lack of evidence? These questions will likely never be answered definitely, so let me tell you a story of how it might have gone instead... 5th place in the Philosopher Awards 2022 Historical Fiction Genre No part of this story may be used to program AI. If you see this story anywhere besides Wattpad please make me aware. This is the only place I post stories. I don't have multiple accounts on this site, so this is the only profile this story should be posted on. Thank you, readers.

On a solo summer retreat to a fog-laced coastal town, Michelle Shiori rents a charming seaside cottage with faded yellow shutters and the scent of salt lingering in every corner. All seems quiet until she discovers a weathered journal hidden behind a loose panel in the nightstand, its entries strangely familiar. Then, an unsettling poster appears in town: "Midnight Summer Theater : One Night Only." No date. No time. Just a stage waiting in the dark.

***ROUND 2 QUALIFIER IN THE 2025 AMBY AWARDS*** When Vivian Gibbon is roped into taking an estranged aunt out on an errand, she doesn't foresee having to relive her doomed love story aloud. Or finding out she isn't the only woman in the family to have one. A 1960s SHORT STORY & AN AMBY AWARDS ENTRY.

Pablo, a sophomore playing tight end for Venomous Agendas High, plays the best football game of his life, but as the season comes to a close, his coaches tell him he can't rely on football to go to college, forcing him to buckle down on academics for the final two-thirds of the year. Little does he know that his teammates in a group project will drag him into a world he only heard about in passing... Note: Ch1-17 was the original Can't Stop the Questions, Ch-18-41 were originally Cheating On And Off As Cheating On And Off, it won the May 30-Day Challenge as well as the May-June 8-Chapter Challenge. Featured on Teen Fiction sports romance! (July 14, 2025) Round 2 of 2025 Ambys! (September 17, 2025)

Fifteen Days of Almost I'm not writing these poems to be beautiful. I'm writing them because they're the only way I can take what's in my head, put it on paper, and see it for what it is. For fifteen days starting from 10/08/25 till 25/08/25 , I'll write exactly what I feel the thoughts I never said, the moments I noticed when no one else was looking, the tiny ways someone can change the air around you without even realising it. Maybe they'll never see this. Maybe they will. But I need to see it. I need to feel it. I need to know if what's in my chest is real, or just something I made up in my head. This isn't just poetry. It's my truth, laid out for the whole world and for myself.

One second, I was getting bullied. The next? Hit by a car during a thunderstorm. Now I've woken up in a medieval fantasy world where everyone calls me "His Royal Highness"-and apparently, I'm the ridiculously handsome prince of a kingdom straight out of a manga. The catch? I still have every memory of my sad, pathetic past life. I used to be a nobody. Now? Everyone bows to me. The girls are obsessed. The knights call me "Your Majesty." And I'm supposed to save the kingdom from war? I just wanted to survive high school. Now I have to survive dragons, politics, and... royal romance? This is the story of how a bullied nerd became the most dangerous royal heartthrob the Middle Ages has ever seen.

Detective John Masters turned back to question the helpful civilian, but the man was no longer at his side. A grey-coated back was just disappearing into the alley beside the bank. The detective smiled grimly. He knew it was a dead end. He set off in pursuit, he had more than a few questions for that young man. He turned the corner and saw his quarry at the end of the alley. "Police!" he called. "Don't move!" Then the man disappeared, right before his eyes. One minute he was there, and the next second he wasn't. The alley was empty apart from a few pieces of rubbish, scarcely big enough to hide a rat.

Sandy Greer is soon to be married when things take a turn. The venue is damaged in a storm and it looks like the wedding may have to be canceled. At the last minute the most expensive venue in town reaches out as its next event has been canceled. Sandy and her groom jump at the chance to save their wedding, and be married in a historical property in their home town, Butte, Montana. The Copper Mansion is old but beautiful and Sandy can't wait to walk down the aisle on October 31st at sundown. Everything seems to be perfect, until the haunting starts. Will the ghosts ruin the wedding or provide a Halloween wedding for the ages? Written for the Halloween Vault 2023 contest. No part of this story may be used to program AI. If you see this story anywhere besides Wattpad please make me aware. This is the only place I post stories. I don't have multiple accounts on this site, so this is the only profile this story should be posted on. Thank you, readers.

❝ He never missed a kill. Until he met her. ❞ Jimin is known only as The King's Blade - a secret assassin raised within palace walls, loyal only to the crown. No one knows his face. No one questions his silence. But when the daughter of a rebellious general is captured and brought to the palace as a hostage, Jimin is ordered to watch her... and, if needed, execute her. She's fiery. Dangerous. Too smart for her own good. And for the first time, Jimin hesitates. In a world where loyalty means death, and freedom is an illusion - what happens when the assassin falls for the enemy? A tale of knives, secrets, and a love that could tear the kingdom apart. 🏆#17- forbidden romance 🏆#11-forbidden romance

This was the very first story I ever wrote-something I initially created just to bring a smile to my friends' faces. I never imagined I'd one day share it publicly. But here I am, taking that leap and inviting you all to read mine. "Almost Strangers_Always Soulmates" is a series of short feel-good tale about a story of love, and the little moments that make a life. I'm not a professional writer, and English isn't my first language, so please read with kindness. I genuinely welcome your constructive feedback, but kindly avoid any hateful comments. After all, stories are meant to connect us, not divide us. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it! Do follow on Instagram & Support my content! 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 © 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗜𝘆𝗮🌙 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥. This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. No part of this book may be copied, reproduced, or distributed in any form without my written permission, except for brief quotations used in reviews or allowed by copyright law. 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦: 𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙗𝙮𝙄𝙮𝙖.

Beau is a young 20-year-old college student who is living in the town of Weston. Where magic has been banned and lines have been drawn between magic and non-magic humans. Beau has fallen for Dylan Brightmore, the town mayor's wife's son. After Dylan has disappeared after the Brightmore mansion fire. Beau tries to piece together what happened to Dylan, but the closer she gets to solving the mystery, the more she soon realizes her life is in great danger.

The story based on 'Phantasm and sorcery' for Wattpad reading list marathon contest. A vengeful guy, a forbidden ritual, and an ex-girlfriend fighting to survive the darkness he unleashed.

What would you do if a letter told you your death was six months away? I was just an ordinary twenty-five year old man, drifting through life without a clue until a strange letter showed up at my door. I thought it was a prank. Until I started dreaming about the man in the black suit. He says the letter is real. That my time is ticking. And that I have one chance to make my life count. So I did what any sane, doomed person would do. I made a list. Twelve things to do before I die. Some are small. Some are impossible. All of them will change me. This is the story of how I chose to live, before I couldn't anymore. _________________________________________ Mysterious. Honest. Heartbreaking. This emotional journey blends reality with the surreal, asking one question that will stay with you long after the final page: If you knew when you'd die... would you finally start living? 12 Things. 6 Months. 1 Life worth remembering.

Nathan Anderson is the most sought-after singer-turned-actor. He's charming, rich, and adored by millions. Nicole West is the rising star who can't stand him; not his voice, not his face, not even his acting. When a viral photo captures a heated argument between them, the internet explodes, and Nicole becomes the target of Nathan's very loud, very loyal fans. Their agencies' solution? A fake dating contract. Three months. One reality show. Zero real feelings... supposedly. Now forced to play lovers on camera, Nathan and Nicole must smile, laugh, and somehow survive each other - all while pretending to be in love. But what happens when everything starts to feel real? Because this was supposed to be just business. Not late-night heartbeats. Not lingering touches. And definitely not falling in love. ---------------------------------------------------------------- •A fake relationship. A real mess. An unexpected love. •Love was never in the script... Until it was. ♡ Papers and Feelings ♡

Stories say that the Witch rained curses down on Devil's Corner, that she made the woods grow strange and wild, made shadows leap and dance and snatch up stray children for supper. In a small town on the edge of a dangerous forest, stories are never in short supply, and they are held dearer than truth. Thea lost her hand to the things that live in the wood, and she can't shake loose the voice that lured her there. But her Pa fed her tales of magic and heroes, and promises that even the darkest things have hearts. When her brother is attacked by the Witch's gruesome creations, Thea breaks into her cottage, determined to save him from a fate she knows all to well. In Devil's Corner, stories are true, and Thea knows the greatest one of all: the only way to break a curse, is to kill the witch. --- COMPLETE - 20,000 words Written for Wattpad's 2024 Open Novella Contest. ONC 2024 SHORTLISTER 2025 AMBY AWARDS ROUND 3 QUALIFIER