Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorWattpad, the user-contributed fiction platform, will pay writers cash stipends of up to $25,000 — if they meet certain criteria — in return for making their stories exclusive to the platform.The company’s Wattpad Creators Program plans to pay out a total of $2.6 million to writers in 2022.
To be eligible, writers must have: published a new story part in the last three months; at least one completed novel-length story of 50,000 words or more in their catalog; at least one story in an eligible genre; and reached a minimum number of Engaged Readers as based on Wattpad’s Story Statistics resource.
More info on the program is available at this link.More than 500 writers will be eligible for the cash stipends, the first time Wattpad is paying creators in this way.
In addition, participants will be eligible for marketing and editorial support and sponsored brand partnerships. Under the Wattpad Creators Program, some of the company’s biggest stories will become exclusive to the platform.
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