The Wattys: My Hard Work Was For Nothing

*sighs*

It may be the combination of being awake since 5:30ish and my upcoming period this week, but I'm especially pissed off that I can't submit HH into The Wattys today. They say it's open? Maybe for some people but the Wattpad universe hates me apparently and wants to see me die.

The first thing I do is check my story details page for the form.

It's not there.

I wait until 8am (because The Wattys book say it opens 11am EST which is three hours ahead).

It's STILL not there.

I checked the comments in The Wattys book on their latest chapter and thankfully, one person commented that they were also unable to. Someone replied that submissions open 11am CEST.

That's another thing. I'm so fucking confused about the time zone. I've seen EST, EDT and now, CEST. WHAT THE HELL TIME ZONE IS THE WATTYS IN?? I'M CONFUSED AS SHIT!

Other people that replied to that conversation thread said we need to refresh the page (which it doesn't even give me the option to) or check our PCs (which I also can't do because I am unable to log in on the website seeing as my password has an accented letter. I read that passwords with accented letters make it unhackable but that also means I can't go on their website on my laptop).

The point is, I've been looking forward to this since October when I started writing it, I've been editing it on and off, I've spent the last week or two editing it EVEN MORE, I've been stressing about this, I've been anxious and excited for it all damn month, but now that the day is finally here, I can't even submit it.

I don't get it. I meet the qualifications, I have about 80K words written in HH which the minimum is 50K so I should be able to enter. I had my 500-word summary all written up on google docs, my word count calculated at the bottom. I know this sounds dramatic but a shit ton of preparation has been put into this and for what?

NOTHING.

AHHHH, HUMBUG!

*sighs in relief now that all of that is out of my system*

I'll wait a while longer. I'll keep checking every now and then. Maybe my app or story details page takes a while longer to adjust to The Wattys being open. I don't even fucking know. I apologize for the overdramatics my exhaustion and hormones have caused. Because I'm a woman and I can, I blame my period.

UPDATE: I just tried changing my password so I could log in on my laptop but the form is still nowhere in sight under story details. Idk what the hell is going on, but whatever the case, I'm fucking pissed.