ONC 2024 (Wattpad)

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This is another popular contest to spark up some creativity. Hosted on Wattpad by Open Novella Contest | Ambassadors, for four years straight, it’s pretty similar to NanoWrimo but with less pressure, lower word count (40k), and offers a more flexible timeline (12 weeks) (1st February – 30th April) for participants.

On Wattpad, you can also see your rankings (which is not available on Nano). So, you can also see how your story ranks too, which is quite fun. And they give you some prompts to choose from, which also helps compare ideas/stories with different authors; it’s exciting to witness how a single prompt can blossom and evolve into a myriad of diverse ideas and stories.

The contest is separated into 3 rounds and if you didn’t make into the next round you can still continue, you will get a participation sticker to put on your book cover and you wouldn’t be able to win any prizes (cover, reviews, shoutout and others).

If you are interested, you can check out the link here to the prompts.
(If you choose not to participate, the prompts can still serve as inspiration to ignite your own creative writing endeavors).

Wattpad link to the contest, for more information: https://www.wattpad.com/1410910150-open-novella-contest-2024-introduction