Mumbai, 2nd Decemeber: Wattpad, the global multiplatform entertainment company for original stories, has introduced the Wattpad India Awards. Modelled on The Wattys, Wattpad’s annual global writing competition and the largest writing competition on the planet, the Wattpad India Awards aim to engage Wattpad’s growing community of readers and writers in India. Budding writers can submit their entries until December 3, 2019, on Wattpad by https://w.tt/
The first edition of Wattpad India awards will feature a jury of renowned Indian authors and publishing leaders, including: Kulpreet Yadav, bestselling author of Queens of Crime; Swati Daftuar, Senior commissioning editor, HarperCollins India; Prashasti Rastogi, Director at German Book Office of the Frankfurter Buchmesse; Sid Jain, Founder, StoryInk; Neil D'Silva, bestselling author of Yakshini; and Aditi Maheshwari Goyal, Executive Director, Vani Prakashan Group.
Wattpad India Award winners will receive Wattpad India certifications and an opportunity to be featured on the Times Network. Winners will also receive professionally designed covers for their stories, Wattpad merchandise, and promotion on local Wattpad social media forums.
“We are excited to introduce our first edition of the Wattpad India awards,” said Devashish Sharma, Wattpad’s India Country Manager. “We want to recognize and reward the amazing creativity of our Indian community, and the diverse, empowering stories Indian writers upload every day.”
The criteria for Indian authors entering the awards is that they should be previously published on Wattpad (any year). In addition, narrative stories must contain at least 10,000 words or 15+ chapters, and poetry entries should have a minimum of 500 words. For more details, visit https://w.tt/
Earlier this year, Times Bridge entered into a strategic investment and partnership with Wattpad.
About Wattpad:
Wattpad’s vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. Using the power of community and technology, the global multiplatform entertainment company is unleashing the full potential of stories to the world – in any format. Wattpad’s flagship app is the world’s leading social storytelling platform, home to a community of more than 80 million people who spend over 23 billion minutes a month engaged in original stories. Wattpad’s Story DNA Machine Learning technology allows the company to understand and discover stories among the more than half a billion uploads that have been written on the platform. Wattpad Studios and Wattpad Books are transforming entertainment and publishing, using data-backed insights to turn Wattpad stories into books, films, TV shows, and digital projects. Wattpad Brand Partnerships offers a full suite of advertising products to help brands build deep engagement with Millennial and Gen Z consumers. Tap by Wattpad, the company’s second storytelling product, offers immersive interactive entertainment experiences in over a dozen languages. The company is proudly based in Toronto, Canada.
Learn more at company.wattpad.com
About Times Bridge:
Times Bridge is a leading investment firm with a mission to bring the world’s best ideas to India and share India’s best insights with the world. Its current portfolio includes Airbnb, Coursera, Houzz, Smule, Uber and Wattpad, among others. By providing unmatched market leadership to its select partners and by harnessing the assets of The Times Group, India’s largest media company, Times Bridge accelerates growth and immersion across the Indian subcontinent for leaders who believe in winning in and learning from India.
For more information, visit http://timesbridge.com and follow @timesbridge on Twitter
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