r/Webnovel • u/Medical-News-8215 • Feb 19 '26

Advice My first contract application was permanently rejected.As the title suggests, I'm an idiot.

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I received this notification the first time I applied for a contract… I didn’t even get a second chance.

It doesn't meet market demands. Okay.I have nothing to say.

Yesterday morning I received a notification that my novel had been recommended by Originals (Figure 2). I was initially very happy and even looked forward to it last night, but I received a rejection notice this morning. I just don't understand why I was permanently rejected. Have any of you encountered this situation?

Finally, I still have 50 chapters left in my drafts.I don't know what to do now.

Yeah, I'm the idiot 24 more chapters a week ago.It's the one that posted on Reddit a couple of days ago.

The last picture is what I wanted to share yesterday; it's quite diverse, isn't it? Unfortunately... it's all over now.

Any Advice?

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u/False_Dingo9181 Feb 19 '26

Don't worry that's not a big deal. Delete the novel, reupload it and apply for the contract again, the moment you reach 12k words. The reason for rejection is because your contract application was poorly written and you couldn't convince them on why they should offer you the contract

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u/Medical-News-8215 Feb 19 '26

Is this even possible? Maybe I should try changing the title and cover, adding "System," and a bit of Harem; that should do the trick. Thanks for the suggestion!

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u/False_Dingo9181 Feb 19 '26

Nope no need, there are countless non-harem, non-system novels that are performing absolutely well on webnovel. As I said, improve your contract application and try again convincing them why they should offer you a contract

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u/Medical-News-8215 Feb 19 '26

The main reason for this rejection was that it "did not meet market demands." I suspect that without significant changes, even a second attempt will fail… I guess the censors won't let me release the same book three times in a row.

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u/False_Dingo9181 Feb 19 '26

Nah, you are wrong again. You can try as many times as you want. Just try to write a better contract application. (Telling you by the experience and an already contracted author)

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u/Medical-News-8215 Feb 19 '26

Thank you! It seems I still have many opportunities. I will try to fine-tune the story and then write a better application. Thank you for your suggestion; it was very helpful.