{2026 Open Novella Contest - Round 2 Qualifier} {Ranked 1 in #songwriting (4/22-4/25)} {Ranked 1 in #bandmembers (5/1-5/2)} {Ranked 2 in #opennovellacontest (5/5-5/12)} {Ranked 3 in #drummer (5/1-5/2)} {Ranked 4 in #guitar (5/12-5/13)} {Ranked 9 in #onc2026 (4/29-4/30)} "𝘔𝘴. 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴" 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰. Althea has always considered herself unlucky in love. What she never realized was that love had been circling her for years, just slightly out of step. On her thirtieth birthday, the four-man band who shaped her youth arrive late (as always). One confession breaks the careful silence they've kept for years, forcing the past into the present and cracking open a decade of almosts. They chose friendship because it was safer. They stayed professional because it was necessary. And sometimes... life, simply and tragically, got in the way.

The day snow fell upon Victor's Village, everything changed. There was no excitement, no joy, only the cold stare of scrutinising eyes into a child's wounded soul. She was not the girl on fire. She could not set a nation ablaze. Calypso Silva only wanted to survive. But she, with her Capitol blood tainted by the districts, was the legacy so many had fought for. She would be the legacy that so many would die for. She was the rebirth of love, the death of hate. The death of him. - finnick odair x oc following the events of the 72nd hunger games (origins), catching fire, mockingjay pt.1, mockingjay pt.2.

Regulus Black has always been the perfect son of a notorious family, a model Slytherin, loyal to blood and tradition. But inside, he is quietly rebelling. Haunted by the absence of those he admires -Sirius, Andromeda, and James - he struggles to reconcile the boy he is with the man his family demands him to be. Caught between duty and conscience, loyalty and desire, Regulus must navigate a world of cruelty and expectation while secretly yearning to be brave, to love, and to belong. Every choice he makes echoes the things left unsaid, the friendships abandoned, and the life he might have had. Open Novella Contest 2026 | Main Prompt 85

Open Novella Contest 2026 ----____----____----____----____---- If Elsie had known what secret would be exposed after agreeing to go on a date with the hottest and unreachable guy in town, she would have thought twice about her undeniable attraction to River Clearwater. For River, his choice to ask Elsie out had merely been out of concern for her safety. His sudden attention had only been a pretext to introduce her to his world and warn her of what awaits her if she isn't careful. Elsie is torn between her old life and the truth that lies ahead while River is carefully looking out for her from a distance. No one can deny the sparks that ignite between them, even if neither of them wants to acknowledge it after how everything unfolded. The only thing Elsie can't deny is that River is the only one that can help her. So she asks him for help. To help her solve the mystery of the strange message she receives and to accompany her to a place where no one wants anything but her death. ----____----____----____----

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 Lucy Gray Baird's granddaughter is reaped for the Hunger Games. 𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 star-crossed lovers meet and fall in love in the worst possible scenario, but it is inevitable. Cato Hadley x fem! oc Rivals to Lovers? Fast burn? The 74th annual Hunger Games. All rights to Susanne Collins!

Hidden beneath masks and glamours too intricate to unravel, the Sterling Nightingale's self bestowed mission is to smuggle prisoners out of the Capitol to District 13, much to President Snow's fury. He hunts the spy endlessly, only to be continuously outwitted. The reason? He is not looking in the right places. Silver Lamprey Cornelius is not your standard Victor, after all. Finnick has always seen Sil as a brainless fop with nothing but air floating around in her head. For a fellow Victor, she certainly doesn't act the part. He's never given her the time of day, until his fate gets entwined with hers and their President seems to think that it would be a good idea to change all of that. Almost overnight, Finnick and Sil go from being complete strangers to being wildly in love. Of course Finnick doesn't actually love her. He could never fall for an idiot like her... ...until he does, and suddenly he realizes that Silver Lamprey Cornelius is not the woman he always saw her as. She is so much more. Fate is a strange mistress, and it seems that he is about to be swept up in its storm. Finnick/OC pairing. Scarlet Pimpernel inspired.

█ ｡:* 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 in which dani shares all her random graphics that she's made for books she's avoiding actually writing. [covers, manips, etc.] [graphics portfolio] © suggletsandmalfoys

█ ｡:* 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋 in which a girl from district eight finds her life hanging by a thread original characters STAND-ALONE ━ pre-hg © suggletsandmalfoys

█ ｡:* 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 felicity was the last person draco wanted to trust, but when you're in the midst of a war, hearts fall into the strangest hands draco malfoy x fem!oc hbp ━ post dh for katie, annie and jade © suggletsandmalfoys

𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒖 ─── 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭 cato x clove // clato [catching fire] [book one] [the hunger games]