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Today is World AIDS Day
Sunday December 1st is World AIDS Day. To help spread awareness about this disease and how it still affects a significant number of people around the globe, Wattpad has partnered with the Elizabeth...
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Announcing the winners of SYTYCW 2013
Harlequin and Wattpad hosted the So You Think You Can Write (SYTYCW) contest to discover four talented romance writers who would be asked to write for Harlequin. The community brought forth so much...
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Return to Middle Earth
In honour of the release of the second Hobbit film, we invite you to return to the realms of Middle Earth with the following reading list of Tolkien-inspired fanfics. These stories expand and explore...
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What a huge year!
If every story on Wattpad was printed on paper, our platform would outweigh 1,000 elephants! It was a huge 2013 year for us here at Wattpad, and we could not have done it without your reading and...
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An Emblem3 Valentine
They play instruments, own the stage, have vocal talent, and even write poetry. Today, the heartthrob boys of Emblem3 are wishing readers a Happy Valentines Day! They are sharing three official fanfic...
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Who needs love when you have love stories?
Stories don’t leave you hanging on Valentines day. They are with you through thick and thin, wherever you go. They keep your heart warm on lonely nights or long commutes. They make you smile, and...
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Interact more, online and off, with the new Wattpad App
We’ve just released a new version of the Wattpad App for Android and iOS with exciting new features. Wattpadders can now post in-line comments, allowing you to more directly interact with the stories...
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2013 Wattys Winners Announced
Wattpad is proud to announce the winners of this year’s Watty Awards! As the Wattys celebrate the most popular content on Wattpad, we relied on the opinion of the community to decide which stories...
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Wattpad stories coming to a bookstore near you
A few months ago some of Wattpad’s most popular writers hosted fan funding campaigns with the goal of raising enough money to see their Wattpad stories published as physical books. We are happy to...
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NaNoWriMo contest winner announced
Wattpadder clairehodson is the winner of our first-ever NaNoWriMo contest. Claire wrote an impressive 55,392 words during National Novel Writing Month 2013, and she actually managed to surpass the...
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Tackling Injustice and Harassment Through Story
Wattpad empowers communities around the world by acting as a home for self-expression and social commentary. When protests broke out in India last month over the racially-motivated killing of student...
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Quote Art: Stories just got visual
Have you ever read a line in a Wattpad story that gave you goosebumps, or expressed your feelings perfectly? Wattpad’s new Quote Art feature lets you share these quotations in a beautiful way. In the...
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The Art of Contrast
A book cover used to be something you’d notice on a table, or in a window display. It would usually be the product of a professional artist, in conjunction with a team of publicists, editors,...
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The Wattpad Prize is coming
Introducing Wattpad’s very first juried writing contest: The Wattpad Prize. This April we are doing something completely different: we will ask a jury of Wattpadders to help us recognize original...
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Hello, Pilipinas! – Wattpad partners with Summit Media
Wattpad has just entered into a partnership with Summit Media, one of the Philippines’ leading book publishers. A very large portion of the Wattpad community calls the Philippines home, and with this...
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How Wattpad Works: A Beginners Guide
We want to help newcomers get the most out of Wattpad. To get people started, we’ve created a new guide for beginners. How Wattpad Works features sections on Reading, Social, Writing, and Fun Facts...
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Wattpad Pivots to a Digital Dating App
Wattpad has decided that it’s time to move away from social reading and writing, into the world of digital dating. If you’d rather hook up with a book than a boy on Friday night, Wattpad is now...
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Congratulations to Shorty Awards Finalists
We want to give a big shout out to four Wattpad writers who are finalists in the 6th annual Shorty Awards for Social Media’s Best Author. If you check the list of finalists, you’ll find that more than...
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Posting a New Chapter of the Wattpad Story: Swing for the Fence
The following blog post is from Allen Lau, Wattpad’s co-founder and CEO, who has some great news to share. Today I am super excited to announce a new round of funding for Wattpad, totalling $46...
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Important: Change your Wattpad password immediately (Heartbleed)
This week a widespread security vulnerability known as “Heartbleed” was discovered in a commonly used piece of web technology called SSL. This vulnerability could allow someone to capture your...
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