SeraDrake

I think I announced this one a few months ago when it first launched, but since it's an ongoing contest, it gets another announcement. 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/403484810-%E0%A3%AA%F0%96%A4%90-fabulation-mini-awards-%E0%A3%AA%F0%96%A4%90-weekly-edition

If I were an animal, I'd be part Canadian goose, part snapping turtle, and all attitude.

Opens tomorrow. Reasonable payments. 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/412827037-lavender-jade-mini-awards-open

MagicalMuse has a contest just for works-in-progress. I predict this will fill up FAST.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/412900313-the-creative-cauldron-awards

The Feline Genuine Awards have opened. 
          
          Payments are high (you have to read and comment on your assigned judge's entire book - at least one genuine comment every three chapters) but the rewards for this contest are also high, including your judge reading your entire entry, not just a sample chapter or two.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/409592591-feline-genuine-awards-open-for-2026

Another one. You can enter up to two categories with two separate books.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/413046817-the-masquerade-awards-2026%F0%9F%8E%AD%E2%9C%A8

This one is filling up FAST. Best Writing Style is already full. 
          
          For those of you who are poets, this contest has poetry.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/413132947-the-ametrine-awards

Twenty-four years ago, as of today, I married my husband, who is, I believe, the better half of our union. We made a pact to celebrate a minimum of one hundred wedding anniversaries together, so that's seventy-six to go, according to the maths.
          
          You can see some of the portraits I made of him here:
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1582700717-kaleidoscope-a-new-gallery-portraits

I totally ditzed last night and forgot to announce this one. 
          
          Olivia has a whole bunch of categories, and the stickers for this one are incredible. I entered in part because she's my friend, in part because I wanted a chance at a gorgeous sticker. 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/413206456-chaos-chapters-3am-mini-awards

We had a heat advisory today, and the mercury soared up to 97 degrees Fahrenheit during the mid-afternoon (in metric terms, that would be 36 degrees Celsius), so naturally, I decided to do a linguistic experiment, to wit:
          
          Are idioms based on reality, or are they hyst hyperbole and metaphor?
          
          The egg I cracked onto the pavement is now fried. It had a weird texture - sort of like glass or lucite - but it's thoroughly cooked. 
          
          Gotta love heat waves.