Getting your novel in front of new readers can be difficult when you're just starting out. NovelCult provides authors with additional opportunities to get their stories featured through social media shout-outs and author contests.
Social Media Shout-outs
NovelCult features authors and novels through its social media channels, including recommendation and meme-based content in various social media channels.
A shout-out can help introduce your novel to readers who may not have discovered it otherwise. How does it work?
When a shout-out opportunity is available:
- Make sure your novel is published and your public novel page is ready.
- Check the current promotion or author-promotion instructions in the Author Promotion Points Guide.
- Submit the required screenshots of the posts through the available contact support in NovelCult discord.
- If selected, your novel may be featured through an appropriate NovelCult social post.
Features may include your novel title, cover, genre, hook, or other relevant information. Social features are intended to help readers discover stories they may enjoy; they are not a guarantee of a particular number of views, followers, or reads.
Author Contests
NovelCult also runs contests and events for authors. Depending on the individual contest, authors may have the opportunity to receive prizes or promotional support, including a paid advertising campaign.
Each contest can have its own eligibility requirements, submission period, theme or genre, entry requirements, judging criteria, prize structure, and Terms and conditions. Always check the individual contest announcement for the current requirements before entering.
How to participate in promotion points?
Keep your novel information ready, novel title, public novel link, author dashboard link and share the relevant screenshots or post links in various social media to farm points.
Join the Community
The official NovelCult Discord is also used for author updates, contests, announcements and support.
Join Discord: https://discord.gg/novelpedia
Social shout-outs and contest opportunities are provided according to the individual program's availability and requirements. Being eligible to apply does not guarantee that a novel will be selected or featured. For current opportunities and instructions, check the official NovelCult author channels and announcements. Keep writing, keep publishing, and watch for opportunities to get your story in front of more readers.
Related guides
Author Promotion Points on NovelCult
Author Promotion Points reward real marketing work across social platforms and help the team decide which novels get official exposure. Not a licence to spam.
How to market your novel: A practical guide for authors
Practical ways to market a web novel: know your reader, finish your profile, pick two or three platforms, and turn chapters into content that brings readers.
Reddit Marketing Guide
Reddit works best for authors when each subreddit is treated as its own reading community rather than as a list of places to post the same advertisement.
Facebook Marketing Guide
Facebook can be useful for many authors because it brings together writers looking to publish, readers hunting a next story, and writers improving their craft.
Social Post Policy for Authors
Social media can help authors build an audience around their webnovels, but successful promotion is not about posting the same novel link again and again.
Share-Your-Novel
Sharing your novel on social media, with friends, or in relevant reading communities can help you reach people who are already interested in your genre.
Kalipindi Chaitanya Kumar
Author outreach and Editor, writing and editing since 2023
I am Chaitanya Kumar, alias AbyssKid, writer of Blackout Ascension, Solo Streaming and Legendary Beast Cultivator on WebNovel. I also have experience in community management, senior editing, author outreach, and giving feedback.
Put this into practice on NovelCult
Finish your NovelCult profile, pick the communities that fit your story, and send readers back to the novel.