The Open Novella Contest is back for 2025! Join a society of writers and take on the challenge to create a timeless 20,000+ word novella in 12 weeks! Your epic quest begins February 1st, 2025 - so mark your calendars with this date!
[ONC2025] In a world where people from the future control the present, there is Jonas Jansen: rebel. Together with 'The Organization' he fights back to reclaim control over their future. For that reason he is given the assignment to infiltrate the life of Maria Oremus Purperhart: a 'self-made' multimillionaire - but...
[ONC2025] Marlot and Ké live in the slum of Cyberion, where they belong to the lowest level of society due to their individual flaws. They fear, but also looking forward with excitement to the 'twenty days of freedom' that will determine their adult future. Outside the gates of Cyberion, they find out there are no la...
[ONC2025] Scarlett has it all: the most popular guy in school is her boyfriend, she is slim and pretty, she has enough money to never have to work a day in her life and her classmates look up to her. It's harder work than those jealous bitches realize, but of course she's happy to do that. That's why she's anything bu...
An 18+ fairytale, with boys: so be warned. It's about a thief and a king. But not all of it is what it looks like ... This is my attempt for ONC2025. Enjoy ♥ Prompts I used: 33. In a time when same-sex marriage was still a stigma, two kings defy convention and marry each other - igniting a conflict that threatens to...
In the Kingdom of Thadia, only the strong can prevail - and Prince Ambrose could wish for nothing less. Being the next in line to a cutthroat throne and the most powerful royal that has ever risen to rule is a responsibility he has never desired. After debating his options, he finds one final chance to salvage his fre...
Blurb When 14-year-old Eva moves to a new town with her parents, she decides to get a job at the newly opened curio shop named "Mystic Curio Shop". Before asking about the job advertisement, Eva browses through the many shelves, coming upon some paintbrushes. "Hello, I would like one of these," Eva said, pointing to t...
Following in the footsteps of her parents, Carnage Sarpenhine has devoted her life to inventing a weapon that can bring down the cruel Frost King once and for all. However, when the betrayal of who she believes to be the captor of her heart crumbles her life-long plans, severing her arm in the process, Carnage finds h...
Alright, alright, settle down, folks! It's your boy, Kim Taehyung, but with a twist! My brain's decided to take an extended vacation, leaving me with a whole lotta nothing up here. Anyway, I wake up on this massive, totally deserted ship called the Titanic. Spooky, right? But oddly enough, I'm haunted by these dreamy...
* Prompt 110: 20 days of freedom. Mod: 21 days. If the Stinking Corpse Lily had come from Scotland, the creature within it would have been named a member of the Unseelie Court. If from the Appalachians instead of Indonesia, it would have been called a Wendigo. And if it had come from the Mediterranean, perhaps it woul...
Ruhani has one goal in life: to unveil her mother's secrets. But what about an unforgiving world that believes in trading them rather than plain old stumbling upon one? When she travels to 1940s Rangoon, she must fulfil her responsibilities as a marionette, but everything isn't simple enough when everyone is busy tea...
25. You're not the shy, bookish girl who bumps into the star athlete and wins his heart. No, you're his girlfriend - the blonde, confident cheerleader destined to be the cliché ex. But this time, you're rewriting history and taking control of your story. Secondary prompt. 77 Spanish. Every hundred years, the moon choo...
[18+] When Hollywood's rising star Cameron Beck is dumped by her NFL boyfriend and branded as the shallow ex by every tabloid under the sun, she hatches a plan to win back her image-and him-by proving she's moved on with someone new. Enter Alec Davenport, a reclusive gaming mogul who wants nothing to do with the spot...
To gain freedom, one has to choose. One can either follow one's heart, which leads to the unknown, or one's mind, which makes them see the unknown. _________________________________________________________________ What happens when a single day changes everything? The day, supposed to be a celebration, becomes chaos f...
After the sudden death of their parents, Serphina and Abbie realize that one small prank will make a great change; and it will be the best decision they have made in their whole lives. At first, Abbie doesn't know what to do when Serphina has a secret crush on Damien, the no-good-looking bad boy. Another thing is h...
(Ongoing) When the five worst pranksters in High School finally graduate, they discover a mysterious portal and realize they're old stories that take you to the history of each. While they find out what has happened, they go home, almost speechless. Although their parents knew what was going on, they were about to com...
ONC 2025 _______ Dr. Merilyn Bascom Quartermain was scheduled to return to the Olympus Moon Colony a month ago. Now, her father, a high ranking official with T-CUAS, The Center for Universal Astronomical Studies and Air Force Commander, Jethro Bascom is sending a military team to go and bring her in. If they can find...
ONC2025 Savanna Mitchell. Smart. Educated. Foodie. But her dream has always been to get a few more colligate degrees under her belt. Such as Hospitality Management and Nutrition, and she thinks she found the perfect way to do it. Far far away from the everyday grind of Ramones Italian Cuisine restaurant and New York...
Isabelle Holden, Gregory Jagger, and Ren Hawthorn. If high school were a kingdom, they would be royalty. Hailing from old money, everyone turns a blind eye to their crimes: drug dealing, abuse, and addiction. They are The Perfects of Rosewood High. Everyone wants to be like them. Everyone wants to be their friend. Bu...
Dom is a worldly man who has managed to carve out a path for himself despite his humble origins: He has traveled throughout the Duchy, studied under the tutelage of monks at one of the finest monasteries, and has also served as a soldier in the Great Alliance War. This résumé should be impressive, were it not for the...
ONC 2025 A sci-fi thriller with a thread of gay romance. Jiro wanted to be a pilot for as long as he could remember. Flying through the stars, what could be more thrilling? He worked hard for his dream, nothing was going to stop him, not even the debilitating illness which struck him down, just before his eighteenth...
Here is my ONC 2025 entry. I've made it to the long list a handful of times and the short list once! Maybe this year will be the year? I chose # 69 - Corporations dominate the world, stifling creativity with the force of the sterile police to eliminate any threat of unauthorized competition. It gives plenty of room fo...
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞-𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧, 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝. Unicorns are sacred in the kingdom of Unara, the...
At Auralie, a prestigious school for young witches and warlocks, Clementine has always felt like something is missing from her magical abilities-until she meets Adam, a brooding warlock with an uncanny understanding of her powers. Drawn together by a chance encounter in the library, Adam becomes Clementine's guide...
Everyone heard about the story of werewolves, vampires and the Billionaire. What about the Enchantress, have you heard about that too? Many years ago, Enchantress had once ruled the world. They were goddesses with unnatural beauty and humans would kill themselves with just a whisper in their ears. If you haven't hear...
Sonja Nehalenniasdóttir is finally free. After a daring escape from servitude and a sharp rise to first mate of the North Sea's most notorious pirate crew, she's survived punishing storms, several double crosses, and even diffused a mutiny against the cunning Captain Strijk, to whom is she is unwaveringly loyal and ut...
Assassin Clubroom- a secretive clubroom formed by a group of mysterious students at Acebridgeton. Unaware of this club activities and closed-door group talks. Rhea Hart decides to join this club and gets involved with the members. What started as an innocent curiosity of her made her follow the unknown path of dangers...
"This virus is not just a disease. It is a force of nature. And it is learning." In the ashes of this new world, Lena must prove that her humanity isn't lost. Not yet. But the clock is ticking. A letter stained with blood. A child whose life she saved, now holding the hand of the one who lost everything. A cure that e...
Amaryllis, who was drowning herself in a thankless drudgery of a job, was thrilled to learn that her dear old great auntie has bequeathed her everything. But it came with conditions: 1. Adopt her auntie's old grumpy cat, Mr. Heathcliff 2. Run her auntie's second-hand bookshop for a year and earn a profit 3. Live in he...
