Welcome to the March + April 2023 edition of the Fantasy newsletter!

Here are the things you can find in this update:

i) Fantasy Profile Updates
ii) #TeamFantasy Profiles Updates
iii) Other Fantastical Profiles Updates
iv) News and Other Exciting Things

Interviews
For March, we have featured iamspencerlily and got to know their thoughts about all things fantasy. Read their feature here. We have also featured Exequinne, the author behind The Chronicles of Fantasilia and the ONC 2022 Third Place Winner, Kolibrie. Find their interview here.

For April, we have featured Neiljhart, the two-time Wattys Winner for 2021 and 2022. Read their feature here. We have also featured MhavelN, the author of fantasy romance books like Cat Eyes: Sirius and Adam the Last Man. Find their interview here.

As the grand winner of the New Year's Fiesta 2023, we have featured Sorrells-Novels. Check out their interview here.

Black History Month Anthology
We have recently announced the winners of our BHM anthology. They are as follows:

1st Place: The Sirens of Salgyin by ghlo_riyah
2nd Place: The Curse of the Congo Queen by MahgicBooks
3rd Place: Qjuju by Atedangai and False Hate by Avelyn_Mahale

For more information, visit this link.

Take a look at everything our wonderful #TeamFantasy profiles have to offer:

highfantasy

New RL Additions

Check out our latest additions to the Featured List in our profile!

Dance of the Dragons by wera_nyooms
Quill of Thieves by HeyLookTheSnitch
A Sprinkle of Stardust by KaraCarreira

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RL Additions
Check out our recent RL additions:

[RL - A History Unlikely]
Arcane Extinction by IngridPalmerPitt

[RL - Fast, Furious and Fantasy]
Forestlands Institution by ChasteEmpress
Shadow Touched by Watts_Writes
The Gemini Age by Oxviola
Venture to Uncertainty by tarishannon18
Violet and Gold by KhalilGibbs

[RL - Dark Days]
Solus Snippets by Katopark

[RL - Hearts and Magical Strings]
Shattered Crown by TheWallflowerWitch
The Wind Loop by roseflorets
The Rise of Venus by cosmic_lattes

[RL - Legends from The Tales]
Rotten to the Core by BellOfSilence
Roxy the With vs. A Tedious Amount of Side Quests by LTECcreations

[RL - The World Among Us]
Andy Crow's Fantastical Summer by TheWallflowerWitch

Monthly Activities
We had a new activity for in our profile. Find it here.

Ongoing Contest
We have an ongoing contest in our profile called Sakura Blossoms. To find more information, visit this link.

mythandlegend

Live Your Myths Anthology

If you have a story about your culture's mythology and folklore that you'd like to share with other users on Wattpad, check out our submission guidelines and consider applying!

This month, we've shared more Japanese myths and folktales.

✨ Seven Lucky Gods
✨ The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
✨ The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab

Interviews
In March, we featured an interview with romance_lover16, the author of the 2022 Wattys Shortlister, "Saving Satyavan". Read it here. We also featured TAJoseph, the 2016 Wattys Winning Author of "Wicked Ways to Ruin a Boy". Find their interview here.

In April, we featured an interview with theafricanwordsmith, the author of "The Legend of Hombarume". Read it here. We also featured Sofufff, the author of the 2022 Wattys Shortlister "Fallen". Find their interview here.

Contests
In April, we are running our 13th Labour Contest, where participants are tasked with writing about Heracles' final labour. Find more information here. It closes on April 30th, 11:59 PM EST.

Reading List Submissions
We are looking to fill our Atlantis reading list! If you're unsure of whether your story is a good fit, we encourage you to check out our reading list descriptions from this chapter and our guidelines.

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Contests

We are currently hosting Reclaim Your Classics with ClassicAuthors, Fantasy, WattpadWitches, and AmbassadorsTH. The contest ends on April 30 at 11:59 PM EST. More details here.

Interviews
In March, we featured MoYun_ZJ, the author of "A Sliver of Frost". You can read our interview with her here.

Feature Opportunities
Retold Treasures is an anthology that will feature fairytale retellings. Submissions are always open, but to check to see how to qualify, we encourage you to check out our guidelines chapter here!

Please note submissions must be written especially for this anthology and cannot be an existing work. We look forward to reading your submissions!

Reading List Submissions
We are looking to fill our Tick, Tock reading list! If you're unsure of whether your story is a good fit, we encourage you to check out our reading list descriptions from this chapter and check our guidelines as well.

talesofthedeep

Ahoy sailors, a few recent updates from our fintastic community:

Contest
We've been running the Songkran contest along with a few other wonderful profiles. Find more information here.

Anthology Feature
We featured this story by Sorrells-Novels, the winner of the New Year's Fiesta 2023 contest, in our anthology. Find more information here.

Reading List Feature Opportunity
We're always open for more seafaring adventures from you. Submit any stories involving sea creatures, beaches, islands, pirates, and more via this form.

WattpadAsianFantasy

Contests
Our Will You Be Mine 2023 Contest has wrapped up. Check out who won here!

We are currently participating in a collab led by AmbassadorsTH inspired by Songkran (Thai New Year). In this contest, you will be tasked with writing a story based on one of the provided prompts, in which you get to learn more about Thai traditions and culture. To find more information, visit this link.

Interviews
In March, we released our Spring 2023 Cultivation Month Catalog! Check out our featured authors here.

We also featured storieswithsoul, our grand winner of The Immortals' Conquest 2022. You can read about our interview with them here.

We also featured missh1, the author of 'The Last Empress'. Read it here. --syyh–, the author of 'My Name is Not Nian' which won Favorite Main Character in The Immortals' Conquest 2022, has sat down with us for their feature. Find it here.

Asian Mythology & Folklore Anthology
Need inspiration for writing? We recommend you check out our recent updates to our mythology & folklore anthology, which now includes info from Pakistani and Mongolian mythology! Find these updates here.

Media Recommendations
Looking for something new to watch or read? We update our Asian Fantasy Recommendations every month to introduce you something our team enjoyed! It has recently been updated with reviews for the film, Life of Pi. Find more information here.

WattpadUrbanFantasy

Hello Citizens! Here are the latest updates on our profile:

Contest
The Spring Equinox | Ostara contest has come to an end with the competition judging now underway. Winners are to be announced shortly on the WattpadUrbanFantasy profile. The winner is being added to our Anthology book as soon as it's announced for everyone to read and enjoy.

Interviews
This month we did our Author Spotlight with the amazing Cheerful_Abyss for her Urban Fantasy novel Mated to the Mafioso. You can read the Interview here, as well as all our other past authors.

Articles
Every month the Urban Fantasy team comes up with some tips and tricks for writing Urban Fantasy for our community. This month and for the next couple of months we decided to feature all the different Urban Legacie and Mythical creatures from around the world.
This month you can find some of our favourite Legends from Japan. Check out these articles here.

Reading List Feature Opportunity
As always our Reading List Submission form is always open and looking for the next great Urban Fantasy novel. Our submission form is how we find our next Author of the Month so be sure to fill in the form for your chance to be chosen as well as your novel to be added to our reading list for everyone to see. Find out more in our Profile Guide here. We also have brand new stickers for all of our reading lists so now is the best time to put your hand in the ring.

WattpadWitches

Question of The Week
This is a new addition that we had previously but discontinued. But we added it back again in the profile from this month. Find more info here.

Collabs
We have two ongoing collabs on the profile right now - Sakura Blossoms and Reclaim Your Classics. To find more information, visit this link for Sakura Blossoms and this link for Reclaim Your Classics.

WattpadDarkFantasy

Dark Fantasy Author Spotlight
For March, we have featured a Wattpad author who has written a captivating dark fantasy story. Meet Kehanni and check out their interview here.

Reading List Feature Opportunities
Our reading lists are always open for new submissions. If you have a dark fantasy story that you must absolutely share with the world, don't hesitate to submit to us. To learn more about our reading lists and how to submit, visit our Profile Guide Book.

retold

Contests
We will be participating in an AAPIHM-inspired contest in May.

Interviews
We will reveal our April BOTM on April 30th and May BOTM on May 31.

mythandlegend

Contests
We will be participating in an AAPIHM-inspired contest in May.

Interviews
In May, you can expect to see some interviews with authors from our AAPI community, so stay tuned!

talesofthedeep

Coming up: It's almost time for MerMay 2023. Don't forget to add our contest book to your libraries to be informed as soon as the announcement drops!

WattpadAsianFantasy

Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In May, we will co-host an AAPIHM contest with WattpadAsianFiction, WattpadFusion, and WattpadMulticultural, so stay tuned! We are currently accepting stories for our participating profiles' reading lists. If you are an AAPI story with a story based on a character or setting surrounding AAPI, we encourage you to submit your story via this form.

We are accepting submissions written in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Japanese, Sinhala, and Thai.

WattpadDarkFantasy

Reading List Features
As part of the celebration for AAPIHM, watch out for the delectably dark stories that we will be featuring in our profile!

WattpadUrbanFantasy

The WattpadUrbanFantasy plans on creating and participating in more contests than ever before this year so please keep an eye out for our next competition coming real soon.