Cost to enter: $75 first category (Erotica), $60 second category (Romance) 

(so I only lost $135, not $150)

Winners announced: September 2024

Losers contacted and given a generic, bland note of condolence: August 20, 2024

I debated whether I should put my real-world losses in my brag book but decided they belonged here more than they do in my 2024 Book of Contests. The Book of Contests is my housekeeping book to help me keep track of Wattpad contests I'd entered, and it's also a sort of informal advice book for anyone looking for Wattpad contests to enter or advice on how to enter Wattpad contests. Real-world contest stuff doesn't fit there. 

And hey, if anyone feels validated seeing a commercially self-published, professional writer whose novel has received boatloads of awards on Wattpad doing absolutely terribly in the real world, that's something. Be heartened.