ONC ROUND ONE QUALIFIER ONC ROUND TWO QUALIFIER Rupa Mishra is born into a family that is much like any other, to a mother who is a mirror image of her neighbors, in a village that is no different than the others. She lives the typical brown life-her hair is always oiled and tied in a tight braid and her clothes are always thick in order hide her skin well. Her confidence shines as she moves about the village, her curves swaying at each step. All of that changes when she sets her eyes on Rohan, the city guy who leaves his luxurious life due to his father's job transfer. Rupa knows it's a dangerous risk to make him fall for her, but her attempts land her in another world when she slips in a puddle of her garden while gazing at him. _________________________________________ Preferably read by 16+ audience.

[ʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴏɴᴄ] [ʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏɴᴇ ǫᴜᴀʟɪғᴇʀ] [ʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛᴡᴏ ǫᴜᴀʟɪғᴇʀ] 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔. 𝑨 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒊𝒓. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕... 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈. ✷✷✷ Alvine is a college girl with a crazy obsession with webtoon comics-so much so that she dreams of becoming a webtoon artist herself. Her life is as normal as it gets: attending college, reading webtoons, sketching, and hanging out with friends. But everything changes when a webtoon she's reading starts mirroring her real life. The story follows a girl who unknowingly falls in love with a boy-only to discover he's a demon. Sounds like a typical fantasy romance, right? Except this time, it's not just a story. Now, Alvine's life is unfolding just like the webto

🏆ONC 2025 SHORTLISTER 🏆 Veyr Thalric was born beneath a blood moon, his fate inked in the past and bound to a future he cannot escape. The son of the slain Wolf, he has spent his life hidden in the shadows, waiting for the moment he can claim vengeance against the one who stole everything from him-Rowan Ashwood, the legendary hunter who wears his father's pelt like a crown. But vengeance is never so simple. The deeper Veyr treads into the hunt, the more the forest whispers warnings of paths that cannot be undone. A deck of fate waits to be drawn, its cards promising revelations he may not be ready to face. And when love enters the fray in the form of Amerie Rosarot, a woman with fire in her heart and tragedy in her veins, Veyr is forced to confront the question that haunts all doomed hunters: When you challenge the magic of the world, can you truly finish what you started-no matter the cost? In this tale of blood, betrayal, and destiny, the line between monster and man blurs. And in the end, the real question is not who will survive...but what will be left of them when the hunt is over.

The house watches her, its halls stretching like the remnants of a dream she once knew but cannot name. He stands in the space between shadow and light, his eyes holding the weight of a thousand unspoken goodbyes. She steps closer, drawn by something deeper than memory, something fragile yet inevitable. Love is already there, quiet and waiting, but with every touch, every whispered breath, the curse tightens around them. Somewhere in the folds of time, in verses left behind by hands long gone, the truth waits-but to find it is to accept that love, once held, must also slip away. ······················································ 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 2025 | Cover Credits: @𝒂𝒍𝒇𝒂𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒂 Primary Prompt #2: 𝑻𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 Secondary Prompt #55: 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. Secondary Prompt #66: 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚-𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈? ······················································

ONC2025 Round 2 winner, Ambassador Pick and Long List Selection Entry based on Prompt 110. 20 days of freedom and Prompt 77. In a world where art and entertainment are forbidden, you're born to challenge the system and change the world.

On her fortieth birthday, Rennie Fitzgerald has finally realized that there is no timeline for adulting, no ticking clock for setting a date for marriage, and no pressure to have children. If only Imani Aguillon's parents had reached the same conclusion... What do you do when you're on the cusp of middle age and under pressure to get married, give your folks some grandkids, and live a life that's completely different from the one you want? And what if your Ms Right is just around the corner, waiting to be met? Welcome to a kinky Sapphic romcom containing bondage, spanking, orgasm denial, social justice questions, the Unipiper, active volcanoes, an argumentam ad absurdum proving that bats are bugs, ballroom dance lessons, Immanuel Kant, marriage discussions, THE WORLD'S LONGEST SAFEWORD! and more. Adults 18+ only.

In Neihon, the Yokai are leaving. Slowly, one by one, they cross the waves toward the rising sun, walking, flying, and swimming toward a new land that only they can see. Yet some remain. They remain out of love, or out of obligation. The Minamoto clan has defeated the Taira clan, driving its warriors into the sea. The Hojo clan, mighty through its use of a captive Kinko kitsune, craves ever more power and will do anything to get it. Their kitsune only wants to be free.