Due to a tragic accident that happened when he was young, Ben's life is full of guilt, fear, and doubts. But when he met Maia, Ben's life took a different direction. *** Bilang isang binatang mahina at sakitin, nabuhay si Ben sa slum area na walang pangarap at direksyon. Ngunit pagkatapos madiskubre ang kasamaan at kadilimang naghahari sa kanilang lugar, kailangan niyang lumaban para protektahan ang mga mahal niya sa buhay. DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Started: July 26, 2022 End: August 13, 2022

#Wattys2023 Winner: Best Characters Award ❝This was probably what people meant when they said they disappeared into a moment.❞ ***** College exes Laurine Antoinette "Laurie" Navarro and Simeon Lee Aguirre didn't really expect to meet again. But with her café at the brink of financial loss, Laurie accepts help from Lee, who is now one of the country's rising indie artists. The two work together, reminiscing about their time at the university. Laurie thinks the universe is just paving the way for their proper closure. Lee, however, is certain it's the other way around. Is meeting again a mere reminder of why they aren't together anymore? Or does distance really make the heart grow fonder? [C Duology #01, a Novel] floeful || 2023 || Completed ***** Book Cover Illustration by: @demonyong_nini (on Twitter) Calligraphy by: @Abilaine Isabelle (@goldenaraw on Twitter)

Imagine talking to the characters you've made. It's kinda amazing, right? Or maybe not.

2023 Watty Award Winner || Biggest Twist (Special Prize) stand alone the little mermaid retelling. complete A mermaid cannot cry. Cerenia Louise knows it very well. They were tailed beings without souls therefore the privilege to produce tears was out of the question. Yet, in her previous lifetime, she cried for a prince who cannot return her love for him. Her greatest sacrifice was futile because he cannot love her back and he married another woman which ultimately broke her fading existence. However the angels saw her purity and Cerene was given a chance to live once again, this time, as a human with a soul. Contrary to her previous mission, this time, the prince who's in his reincarnated form named Raghnall Lastimoza must not fall in love with her or else, she will once again feel like fading into bubbles - losing Ragh in the process. When the opportunity of being loved back becomes apparent, will Cerene live her life at peace in the shorelines? Or accept Raghnall's love in the raging sea?

☆ 2023 Watty Award Winner ☆ ☆ Wattpad Webtoon Studios Entertainment Prize Winner ☆ Cutthroat campus drama and politics with make-believe relationship mixed in! Due to his serious attitude and intimidating aura, Priam Torres has become the most unpopular University Student Council president to date. To improve his image, USC chief-of-staff Castiel Seville initiates "Oplan First Lady." The goal? Find a likeable pretend girlfriend for the president. Fabienne Lucero is a Theater Arts student and a theater actress who's desperately looking for a way to continue her studies in the university. After being offered to play the role of Priam's girlfriend in exchange for a scholarship, she accepts and is soon dubbed as the "First Lady." Trouble ensues when a nosy campus journalist takes interest in them and tries to expose the deception. Will the First Couple be able to keep their fake relationship? Or will they be exposed as frauds to the student body? The curtain is drawn and the play begins.

🌻 Editor's Pick January 2022 ✨ 🌻 Watty Awards 2023 Shortlist ✨ 🌻 Watty Awards 2023 Winner ✨ || first installment of "habit series" || Ramona Castillo kept on bugging Caleb Eusebio for a letter to which he couldn't give because for him, letters are bullshits. He believed that there's no need to write a letter when you can say things to someone personally. What he didn't know is that . . . the letter she was asking is something she might save her. __ This story is in the male lead's point of view. __ Book cover design by: marisswrites Thanks, Canva. (✿◠‿◠)

Nadine Guinto, an 18 year-old girl who belongs to the poorest class of the society, needs to join Metro Manila's Survival Race in order to save her and her city from extinction. ***** In the year 3000, overpopulation is the most pressing issue in our world. As a result, countries all over the world are attempting to create a solution. Some resort to violence, while others rely on science. The Philippines created a race in which each city will have its own representative, and if that representative wins, the city will be saved. However, if their representative is defeated, all citizens will suffer and die in that place. This is something Nadine does not want to happen. She wants to save her family from the mass killing because the government believes it is the best option. As a result, she enlists in her city's training camp to compete in the Metro Manila Survival Race as Taguig's representative. However, suspicions have been brought up that people in Alabang, a place in Muntinlupa, are up to something. Something that piqued Nadine's interest as to who is truly in charge of the country's decisions regarding the infamous race. ***** Wattys 2022 Shortlist

Wattys 2023 Winner | Most Engaging World Award I'm Miko, an overweight chef, and a part-time mukbang livestreamer. And I believe that food is life. But one day, dungeons appeared inside the balete trees. And chosen people are transported in this dungeon to clear its quest. Or else, the balete tree will continue to spawn monsters that will destroy humanity. Horribly, I am one of those chosen people, who are now called Katalonan. Each of us is given an ability by a Diwata to help us clear the quest. But I only got poison immunity from my Diwata! Hardly enough, It is not helpful in fighting and I failed to clear the quest of killing one monster. Thus, I got trapped inside the balete tree. I tried to survive by killing monsters, and my poison immunity became helpful so I could eat them. But I can't believe that I would level up and get the ability of that monster. Finally, I know a way to survive in this dungeon while waiting for the portal to open once again. If my Diwata can't give me a fighting ability. Then, I'll just eat all the monsters in here, so I could get all their powerful abilities! This is Miko, and welcome to my mukbang show. In this dungeon, I'll just devour all the monsters!