| 𝟳𝘅 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 ·|| HUNGER GAMES x CINDER || ONC 2023 Honorable Mention Amidst the escalating unrest between the windborne utopian city of Lighthaven and its seedy, oppressed underbelly Fumedge, the Grand Duke of Lighthaven, Lucius Sextus, comes up with an ingenious solution. To provide much-wanted respite from the brewing conflict, and achieve the apparent-if-temporary unity, he organizes Gaslight Trials - a highly entertaining panem-et-circenses combat event in the Pits. The combatants may use all steam and thaumaturgy powered augmentations at their disposal, and there is only one rule: defeat, or be defeated. The reward for the last one standing? A chance to start their life anew. A brass key to the city of Lighthaven with a luxurious mansion to call their own within, as well as an aeroship to command. When eighteen-year-old Veda Igglesden steps forward to take her timeworn adoptive father's place in the fight, she might as well be signing her death-sentence. With her eyes fully set on the prize, act-first-think-later Veda must harness the power of technology to try and win for her Papa Otto. Decades of breathing in the toxic air of Fumedge did a number on the old inventor's lungs, and being able to live in the air-filtered Lighthaven would sure come in handy right about now. A high-flying adventure full of gadgetry and intrigue; a pleasing blend of steampunk and postapocalyptic. See Veda unravel the mysterious ploy behind the game's organization, and uncover the truth about her secret origins. Can she cope both with the trials of physical and intellectual prowess, as well as with the trials of life itself: those of love, loss and regret? © 2023 EvelynHail Exclusively on Wattpad Based on prompt 49! Which is (I shan't leave ye hanging :P): "Master the rules of the game until you can play it better than they can." Michael Scott, "The Sorceress" Get ready for steampunkish tinkering,

[8X FEATURED] Merlin is the greatest-eleven-year-old nerd the world doesn't know because his name has cursed him--he's all parts nerd and zero parts magic and all he wants is to be cool. When Merlin hacks a new encryption code designed to protect online banks, he receives a full scholarship to Code-X Academy and wins a new enemy who trolls him online as @WizardSlayer666, ruining all his plans for coolness. Merlin discovers new powers and deadly secrets at the academy--but can he figure out how to control his abilities in time to unravel the clues before someone else dies? To do so, he may need to learn that the best kind of cool is to just be yourself. 1st Place in the Hallow's Eve Astania Awards 10/31/2023 Featured by @SpeculativeFiction 9/13/2023 3rd Place in The Book Awards 9/6/2023 Featured by @lowfantasy 7/2/2023 WINNER ONC 2023 Spirit Awards: Against All Odds 6/30/2023 Featured by @WattpadWitches on 6/15/2023 Featured by @WattpaddDisney on 6/12/2023 Hit 2,000 reads! 5/31/2023 ONC 2023 Shortlister!! 5/31/2023 ONC 2023 Longlister!! 5/19/2023 No.8 Rank on "lowfantasy" tag 5/10/2023 No.1 Rank on "fittingin" tag 5/8/2023 No.1 Rank on "nerdy" tag 5/4/2023 No.24 Rank on "middleschool" tag 5/4/2023 Completed!!! 4/26/2023 ONC 2023 Round 3 Qualifier!! 4/19/2023 No.1 Rank on "middlegrade" tag 4/5/2023 ONC 2023 Round 2 Qualifier!! 3/21/2023 No.1 Rank on "speculative" tag 3/20/2023 No.4 Rank on "witty" tag 2/27/2023 No.3 Rank "ONC2023" tag 2/23/2023 Started 2/5/2023 WARNING: This middlegrade book touches on topics of cyber bullying, death, murder, identity, and has LGBTQ characters. PG Rating. The story is based on ONC 2023 contest prompt No. 47: You had a dispute with a cyberbully/keyboard warrior on social media. So you decided to step up and track down the account to confront. But you were shocked when you discovered who the person(s) is/are. BOOK COVER: I created the cover using Canva + staryai to create image of Merlin

ONC 2023 Shortlister & Nano Watt 2023 Shortlist Novella Inspired by the prompt: 28: Stumped on a history assignment, you stumble across a time machine that will bring you back to the time period you're studying. ↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹ It all began with an assignment... Why? Why did I pick Cleopatra?! All I wanted to do was to submit my History in English Literature assignment, so how is it I woke up in the time of Cleopatra VII? Not only that, I am Cleopatra. ↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹ After receiving a distressing text from her best friend, Thea finds herself in the location where he was meant to be working on a secret science project. However, upon arriving, she discovers that the project may have been more revolutionary than she realised. However, with great progress comes even greater betrayals and she finds herself stuck in a time she couldn't even formulate a simple essay on. ↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹ Started: 3 February 2023 Completed: 10 April 2023 Edited by: @TheRebeccaBlake NB: Word count excludes A/N and banners