In order to be eligible to enter and win the Wattpad India Awards 2021, you and your story/stories must abide by all of the eligibility criteria below:

You must be 13 years or older to participate. Winners under 18 years of age must have parental permission in order to collect their prizes.

Your story must be complete and marked 'Completed' in order to be eligible. (Exception: Poetry)

Your story needs to be in one of the following categories - Matters of Heart, That Secret Quest, Don't Scare Us, Poetry, or Short Story. Details of all the categories are given in the 'Award Categories' chapter.

Depending on the category you submit your entry in, it should fulfill the following word count requirements →

- Poetry: minimum 500 words (for the entire poetry book)

- Short Story: 5,000 to 10,000 words

- All other categories: minimum 10,000 words

[NOTE: For your story to be eligible for the SuperWinners prize, it needs to have a minimum of 50,000 words. Details about the SuperWinners prize can be found in the 'Award Categories' chapter.]

Your story should be written in English or Hindi/Hinglish only.

You must be a citizen of India in order to participate.

Story posted in any year is eligible as far as it fulfills all the other eligibility criteria.

You must submit your entry via the submission form in order to participate. You are welcome to submit more than one eligible story but make sure you submit a separate form for each one. The link to the submission form will be shared in this book on 1st October 2021.

For more information, check our Official rules here