AstaniaCommunity

Greetings, rising flames! Judging for our 2025 Astania Awards is underway, but there’s still time to join in! Plus, we’ve extended the deadline for some of our categories! If you have a story that falls under one of the following genres, you have until Tuesday, October 14 at 11:59 PM EDT to enter:
          	- Action
          	- Adventure
          	- Historical Fiction
          	- Horror
          	- Science Fiction
          	
          	https://www.wattpad.com/1574069525-moonlight-trove-astania-awards-2025-form
          	
          	Even if you don’t enter the awards, you still have a chance to be featured here in a future announcement! Our tag fest is open until October 12, and whoever recommends the most stories will win a shout-out for the book of their choice.
          	
          	https://www.wattpad.com/1577630581-moonlight-trove-astania-awards-2025-tag-fest

AstaniaCommunity

Greetings, rising flames! Judging for our 2025 Astania Awards is underway, but there’s still time to join in! Plus, we’ve extended the deadline for some of our categories! If you have a story that falls under one of the following genres, you have until Tuesday, October 14 at 11:59 PM EDT to enter:
          - Action
          - Adventure
          - Historical Fiction
          - Horror
          - Science Fiction
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1574069525-moonlight-trove-astania-awards-2025-form
          
          Even if you don’t enter the awards, you still have a chance to be featured here in a future announcement! Our tag fest is open until October 12, and whoever recommends the most stories will win a shout-out for the book of their choice.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1577630581-moonlight-trove-astania-awards-2025-tag-fest

AstaniaCommunity

Greetings, rising flames! We would like to invite you to this year’s Astania Awards: Moonlight Trove!
          
          As the nights grow longer, we at the Astania Community are eager to gather bright rays of stories to illuminate the darkness around us. We call upon you to share your treasures with us, and together, we can admire the beauty of the moon in full.
          
          The submission deadline for forms will be Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 11:59 PM EDT. Spots will fill up fast, so enter while you can! See the link below for more details.
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/401053594-moonlight-trove-astania-awards-2025
          
          Special thanks to our judges for their time and hard work!
          @BookishVivien, @Coco_da_cat, @JustAWannabeWriter30, @laurendoubleu, @lobo1989, @-MilaSteele, @NightWolf121, @SnowWhite249172, @theforestgreene, @WritingForTheLiving, @ZoeAlamort

AstaniaCommunity

@rednax_13 Hello! Yes, your story is included in the Entries chapter.
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rednax_13

Is mine accepted?
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AstaniaCommunity

Greetings, rising flames! With the start of September, that time of year for the Astania Community draws closer... That's right, it's almost time for the Astania Awards! Make sure your stories are ready for when submissions open later this month.
          
          In the meantime, we're looking for volunteers to judge! Coordination will be done through Discord, and you'll be asked to read about 3-5 chapters from about 10 stories. Payment from participants will be either a follow or reading the first chapter of one of your stories, plus, you'll receive a shout-out from the community profile. And don't worry if you were hoping to enter! Judges are still allowed to enter the awards in categories other than the ones they are judging.
          
          If you're interested, leave a comment below! You can also join our Discord server and let one of the mods know you're interested in assisting with these awards.
          https://discord.gg/authors
          
          Thank you all, and keep an eye out on your notifications for the opening of our next awards!

AstaniaCommunity

@seaselene We're so glad you enjoyed it! We look forward to seeing you again this year.
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AstaniaCommunity

@lobo1989 We're so glad to hear that! Since coordination is done through Discord, if you're in our Discord server, could you reach out to the mods in either the server questions or help ticket channel? If you're not a member yet, is it possible to let us know once you've joined? Thank you so much!
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lobo1989

@AstaniaCommunity I'm interested in being a judge this year. 
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VetaGirl

Hello! Random question: I participated in the Astania book awards last year. Are there any plans to do it again this year? I'd love to be part of it!

AstaniaCommunity

@VetaGirl Hello! Just a reminder that submissions are closing soon, and we would love to see you there!
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AstaniaCommunity

@VetaGirl Great question, and we're so happy you remembered! The next Astania Awards is currently in the planning stages, and we look forward to seeing you there!
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XO_Love1316

@AstaniaCommunity Hi, I would like to notify you that from September 8th, I will no longer be able to participate in your Unicorn Guide Club for some personal reasons I can not share. I am enjoying my time her for the time being and wanted you to know that I was not being lazy and ignoring the assignments when you notice my absence. Thanks for the wonderful opportunity you gave me. I wish I could hold my spot until I'm back.

XO_Love1316

@AstaniaCommunity I'd be grateful if you left me out in the next round. Thank you for everything and I will reach out to you when I'd like to rejoin again.  #Astania to the world  #Goodbye  Love ya'll.
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AstaniaCommunity

@XO_Love1316 Thank you so much for letting us know! Since that will be in the middle of the next round, would you prefer to leave after the current round (Round 42), or would you still like to participate in the next round? Regardless, please let us know if you would even like to rejoin, and we would be happy to have you!
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AstaniaCommunity

✩ BOOK CLUB ✩
          
          Our Unicorn Guild has been revamped! Now, only 6 chapters are required to be read per month, and you will always have a partner to read your story. If you're interested in receiving more constructive criticism, check out our book club in the link below!
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/352538387-astania-book-club-unicorn-guild
          
          ✩ FEATURED STORY ✩
          
          We’d like to introduce @favenal and their story “It Has to Be You”!
          
          “For readers who enjoyed If We Were Villains, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, a gothic second chance/friends-to-lovers romance spanning years of yearning, tenderness, betrayal and artistic obsession.”
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/395442828-it-has-to-be-you
          
          For your chance to be featured, add the #astaniabooks tag to your story!
          
          ✩ DISCORD ✩
          
          Don’t forget to join our servers for more opportunities to share and improve your craft! The Writer’s Hoard recently reached 4,000 members, and we’re all excited to welcome more writers and readers into our community. More recently, we’ve opened The Roleplayer’s Hoard, the perfect place for new and veteran roleplayers alike. We hope to see you all there!
          
          The Writer’s Hoard: https://discord.gg/authors
          The Roleplayer’s Hoard: https://discord.gg/3PB6sWrQdX

JustAWannabeWriter30

@AstaniaCommunity YEAH, IT HAS TO BE YOU!!! Such an amazing book! And YAY for 4,000 members! Thank you for giving us an incredible, supportive community! Long live The Writer's Hoard!
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Savya398

Hi! I’m looking to join your community. I’m a long time fanfic writer and trying to start my own original work. I would really like to join to get some good constructive feedback and would be happy to do the same!
          
          Thank you!

AstaniaCommunity

We’d like to thank @Daehan_Reads for their generous support to our community! Their story, “Where the Bells Once Rang,” is an ongoing dark fantasy about Sanwu, a wandering monk who must overcome the guilt from his past to redeem himself.
          
          Blurb: 
          Once a devoted monk, now exiled and nameless, Sanwu walks through the ruins of a world he helped break. Branded The Unbound, haunted by dreams that aren’t his own, he alone hears the bells that no longer ring.
          
          When a girl with a cursed spirit crosses his path, and a child who whispers to ghosts begins to follow, Sanwu finds himself at the heart of a growing storm. Relic hunters chase echoes of power. A death cult rises in the ashes. And the War God he once released threatens to rise again.
          
          To stop it, Sanwu must sacrifice more than his past.
          He must decide if redemption is worth becoming no one at all.
          
          A quiet, spiritual fantasy about memory, guilt, and the weight of names.
          When the bells call again, will he answer? A Korean-inspired dark fantasy
          
          Check out their story here!
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/392684534-where-the-bells-once-rang