The Open Novella Contest is back for 2026! Join fellow storytellers and plant the seed of a tale that will blossom into a 20,000+ word novella within 12 weeks! Your epic quest begins February 1st, 2026, so mark your calendars with this date!

{JUDGING}■ ✿ Freedom Awards ✿ Welcome to the second installment of the Liberation Awards, THE FREEDOM AWARDS- a festive celebration for all types of stories! ☾✧ This year, we're bringing you not just recognition, but fun, engagement, and discoveries. ✦ Whether you write romance, mystery, fantasy, or something entirely unique, there's a place for your voice here. 𓅪 Dive in, explore, and let your stories shine. Who knows? You might just uncover something unforgettable along the way. ❦

(Needs Judges!!!) You can write anything in the thriller, horror, mystery, crime, spooky genres. They can be old or new. This is a contest.

OPEN [💎] JUDGING [💎] CLOSED [] The sun-kissed leaves drift onto the asphalt with the finale of fall, parting from their woody abode to make way for the frost. Before winter prepares to embrace us with chill and cocoa, we gather to celebrate the warmth of the stories that carried us through the season. Here, we not only honor the stories, but also the sparkling details that render them extraordinary - be it the protagonist who left us awestruck, or that one moment that made us laugh till our sides ached! Come and join this wonderful festival of fall - a soiree where words, creativity, and imagination know no bounds. Let these unforgettable stories that shone bright in fading light be celebrated like the last golden leaves of the season. Cover by: Kim_Aes Blurb by: coffee_n_sarcasm

Judging. In need of Judges. The Mortal's Guide offers a simplified version. ₊˚ʚ ᗢ₊˚✧ ﾟ. The gods are watching. The arena awaits. ₊˚ʚ ᗢ₊˚✧ ﾟ. Submit your tale to the thrones of Olympus and prove your story worthy of immortality. Each chapter will be tested, each character judged, each twist weighed against the will of the gods. ₊˚ʚ ᗢ₊˚✧ ﾟ. Only the strongest will earn the Laurel Crown. ₊˚ʚ ᗢ₊˚✧ ﾟ. Only the chosen will rise. Cover by sfridley ©️2025 sfridley

ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ, ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴍᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟꜱ ᴀʟɪᴋᴇ. ᴛᴏɴɪɢʜᴛ, ᴡᴇ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪᴇʀᴄᴇꜱᴛ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀꜱ-ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴡʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴄʀᴀꜰᴛ ꜱʜɪɴᴇꜱ ꜱᴏ ʙʀɪɢʜᴛʟʏ ɪᴛ ʜᴀꜱ ᴄᴀᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴏᴅᴅᴇꜱꜱᴇꜱ. 🏛️ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴏɴɪɴɢ { ᴏᴘᴇɴ } ʙᴀᴛᴛʟᴇꜱ { } ᴄᴏɴᴄʟᴜꜱɪᴏɴ { } Divine art - Hestus