For short story: No, as long as the word count is reached, feel free to use as many chapters/parts as you like.

For poetry: Since the length of the poem should not exceed 300 words, please follow the one shot rule.

You must pick a prompt. The prompts are general guidelines and are designed to be as non-restrictive as possible. Providing it's clear to those judging that your story that it's inspired by one of the given prompts, you're free to write your story as you see fit. How ever, the prompts will be open enough to give you room to exercise your creativity

Yes, you can incorporate any sub-genre as long as it follows the Content Guidelines and the prompt you have chosen. The profiles involved will guide you regarding any additional genres and tags.

Yes, you can write fanfiction, as long as it follows one of the provided prompts. Use the 'Fanfiction' category and #fanfiction tag so the right audience will be able to find it.

Yes, but if you choose to publish on both your profiles please be aware that we can only add one story to our respective reading lists, not both.

Yes, you can, as long as your story content abides by the Wattpad's Mature fiction may be entered into the contest.

Of course you can, this contest and Wattpad as a whole is always inclusive of LGBTQ+ characters and stories. We'd love to read about them!

Unfortunately, no, as part of the contest's challenge is to write an engaging and unique short story/ poem within the given word count. (3k for short story/ 300 for poetry)

Stories are judged on various factors, such as written quality (spelling, punctuation, and grammar), originality, and engagement (how much we enjoyed the read). Poetry will follow the same and visual media will be judged by members of the Multimedia Profile.

Winners will be announced across all profiles by the of March. This will give our judging teams ample time to properly read and score your stories.

As much as we'd love you to write to your heart's content, we can only accept one short story/ poem/ graphic per user for this contest. You can, however, compete in all three categories!

Using Also, don't forget to let your followers know you've written something new!

Please be aware to direct any further questions to our inbox as we may not always pick them up in the comments. Somebody will get back to you as soon as they're able.

Please make sure you read carefully the Content Guidelines and that your story follows Wattpad's Rules & Regulations. Please note that content violating the Guidelines will be reported to Wattpad.