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Pencils of Promise and World Literacy Day are cause for celebration
Today is World Literacy Day, which at Wattpad, holds a very special place in our hearts. Access to quality education is something so easily taken for granted in parts of the world where it’s readily...
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Congratulations to our 2015 Wattpad Scholarship Recipients
At Wattpad, we believe that everyone has a story to tell. For our 2015 Wattpad Scholarship program, we asked students to tell us their own true stories, drawing on something that has impacted their...
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TL;DR? More like books FTW!
Survey reveals majority of US teens spent the summer reading. Actual books. We live in an era with short forms and acronyms for everything, emojis to substitute a host of complex emotions, and...
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Wattpad introduces Wattpad Stars to support viral writers and jumpstart careers
Wattpad is proud to announce Wattpad Stars, an accelerator for top writers. The program helps writers take their skills to the next level, and provides brands and publishers with an opportunity to tap...
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Wattpad collaborates with Skillshare for online writing class
We’re extremely excited to announce our collaboration with Skillshare for a free online writing class, led by one of our very own Wattpad Stars, Rebecca Sky. The class, Writing for Online Engagement:...
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How Wattpad is Driving Influence in the Global Entertainment Space
In September 2014, something unprecedented happened in the Philippines, one of our most highly engaged countries. Wattpad partnered with the Kapatid Network to make some of the most popular Filipino...
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Wattpad & GBC-Education’s Global Education Platform Launch India’s Largest...
Wattpad has teamed up with The Global Education Platform, an initiative of the Global Business Coalition for Education, to launch YourStoryIndia, a digital writing contest for India. The contest’s...
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Why Serialized Content is Taking Over The World
In literature, a serial is a printed format in which a single larger body of work (often a work of narrative fiction) is published in sequential installments. It isn’t a new concept. Many believe...
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Doctors Without Borders joins Wattpad to reach and inspire a new generation...
Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) becomes the first international non-profit to join the global Wattpad community. Through the official Doctors Without Borders profile on Wattpad, the...
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Building a positive community
This post is brought to you by Wattpad Co-Founder and CEO Allen Lau. Community is at the heart of Wattpad. It’s the environment and atmosphere that welcomes you as you start socializing. Numerous tech...
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From Zero to 40 Million: A Look Back at Nine Years of Wattpad
This post is brought to you by Wattpad Co-Founders Allen Lau & Ivan Yuen. Today, Wattpad turns nine. Around this time of year, Ivan and I always get a bit nostalgic as notifications pour in from...
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Five ways to get millennials to notice your brand
This post is brought to you by Wattpad Head of Business Candice Faktor. The marketing landscape is more complex than ever before and millennials make for a discerning audience with high expectations....
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Wattpad introduces new multimedia feature – Writers can add animated .GIFs,...
Today, Wattpad starts the roll out of one of our biggest product updates ever: multimedia in stories. Multimedia is one of the most requested features by the community, and initial response to the new...
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Wattpad Announces Winners of the World’s Largest Online Writing Contest –...
Today we announce the winners of The Wattys, our annual writing contest. The Wattys recognizes the most-loved stories from the millions available on Wattpad. Winners were selected from around the world...
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Brand Stories Spotlight: The Gallows
Wattpad has built quite a following with horror fans this year by hosting prominent horror campaigns with well-known entertainment franchises. Our community loves a good story and horror-junkies live...
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2015: For The Love of Stories
It’s been an incredible year for Wattpad. In 2015, millions of people around the world turned to Wattpad to find original entertainment about the things they love. This year, milestones and pop culture...
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Wattpad Launches Windows 10 App
Today, we’re excited to announce the release of a Windows App. Now, for the first time, Windows Phone owners have a dedicated Wattpad app to discover and read stories for free. With the release of the...
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Allen Lau contributes his insights to Entrepreneur Online
This post is brought to you by Wattpad Co-Founder and CEO Allen Lau. Wattpad CEO and Co-Founder, Allen Lau, is the newest contributor to the most widely used website by entrepreneurs and leaders in...
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Introducing Wattpad’s New Head of Global Brand Partnerships
Wattpad is pleased to welcome Suzanne Spence as our new head of global brand partnerships. In this role, Suzanne will develop innovative partnerships with top brands through our Brand Stories offering....
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The 10 Reasons Indie Authors Should Write on Wattpad
If you’re an indie author you know all too well the work that’s required to create, edit, market and sell your work. Chances are you have a good system for how to promote yourself, but if you’re like...
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