Today, we’re introducing Wattpad Originals, a new way to balance free reading and paid content. With Wattpad Originals, authors will no longer have to choose between monetization and growing their free reading audience. With a catalog of some of Wattpad’s most popular stories, Wattpad Originals will replace Paid Stories with a model that allows readers to pay to read ahead or wait to read for free.

The 2023 Watty Awards will give out more cash prizes than ever before, with over $50,000 in prizing as well as 10 adaptation opportunities from Wattpad WEBTOON Studios.

This year, Wattpad will partner with TikTok influencers and Canada’s Drag Race competitors Kyne and BomBae to celebrate and elevate LGBTQIA+ stories and authors.

Maybelline New York, the world's leading cosmetics brand, and Wattpad, a leading webnovel platform, today shared details of their third annual #BraveTogether campaign to help destigmatize conversations around anxiety, depression, and mental health struggles. The campaign, which kicked off in May during Mental Health Awareness Month, will continue through the end of June.

DECAL has announced the acquisition of Perfect Addiction, the steamy revenge romance from director Castille Landon (After Ever Happy) starring Kiana Madeira, Ross Butler and Matthew Noszka.

Ares and Raquel continue their love story in the film’s sequel, Through My Window.

The new movie will premiere 24 March on Prime Video

UTA Will Help Expand The Studios’ Business Across Film, Television, Animation, Audio and More

4 Horsemen Publications, City Owl Press, Shadow Alley Press, Written Word Media, and Dreamspinner Press will Bring Hit Stories to YONDER. USA Today Bestselling Author J. Saman to Launches “The King’s Forbidden Nanny” as a YONDER Exclusive. Annie Stone, Head of Content Acquisition at YONDER, will discuss the past and future of serialized fiction in publishing at Digital Book World

New Data from Wattpad shows that Gen Z is making reading and writing more inclusive, embracing a wider array of genres and happily reading on their phones. Four out of five Gen Z readers look to online sources for diverse stories.

New movie available for international Prime Video members in spring 2023. Director Castille Landon sets the stage for the hottest revenge story of the year, starring Kiana Madeira, Ross Butler, and Matthew Noszka.

The project is the latest adaptation for Godoy, the Wattpad author behind Netflix’s global sensation “Through My Window.”  

“Sigue Mi Voz” joins Wattpad WEBTOON Studios’ growing slate of series and films from its Development Fund.

Wattpad, the global entertainment company and leading webnovel platform, today announced NAVER WEBTOON’s KB Nam as Interim President following Jeanne Lam’s decision to leave the company at the end of the year. Based in Toronto, Nam will report to Ken Kim, CEO of WEBTOON Americas.