Wuthering Heights Contest Finalists & Honorary Mentions
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The Moor Does Not Forget by giftpenpal
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Some loves end. Others stay buried in the land. Drawn back to the ruins of Wuthering Heights, a grieving young woman encounters the echoes of a love that destroyed itself through obsession and pride. As the past begins to speak, she must decide whether longing is fate-or a lesson meant to be survived. A haunting reimagining of Wuthering Heights about love, loss, and the courage to choose yourself. Some places remember what people try to forget. When grief pulls a young woman back to the ruins of Wuthering Heights, she expects silence. What she finds instead are echoes-of a love that burned too fiercely, of names the wind still carries, of two souls who mistook obsession for devotion. As the past presses closer, she is forced to confront her own heartbreak and the quiet ways love can haunt long after it ends. Through whispered conversations with memory and myth, she learns that longing does not always mean destiny-and that choosing yourself can be the bravest act of all. The Moor Does Not Forget is a haunting, lyrical reimagining of Wuthering Heights, where love is examined not as a grand tragedy, but as a warning-one the land itself refuses to let fade. Author's Note✨ This story is not a retelling meant to replace Wuthering Heights, but a conversation with it. I wanted to explore what that kind of love looks like when viewed from the outside-when obsession is no longer romanticized, but examined honestly. If you've ever confused intensity for destiny, this story is for you. Thank you for reading.
The Moor That Remembered Us by IshaZafarWrites
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Every generation, the moor gives birth to the same love. Not gentle. Not kind. A love that devours before it learns how to live. Two souls meet again in new bodies, carrying a history they do not remember but cannot escape. Rage feels familiar. Longing feels inherited. The land watches, waiting for the cycle to repeat. This time, the story is not told by lovers or ghosts. It is told by the moor itself. And this time, the ending may finally refuse destiny.
Wuthering Heights (Reborn)  by KhiBliss222
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Wuthering heights reimagined writing contest Wuthering Heights (Reborn) is a modern retelling of Emily Bronte's classic love story. Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff are reborn into the present, drawn together by memories they cannot fully recall but deeply feel. Their connection awakens old pain, love, and unfinished history. This time, the obstacle is not society, but forgiveness and trust. As they struggle to heal and choose differently, another woman stands between them(Isabella). In a story of redemption and choice, they must decide whether love can be reborn without destruction. #wutheringheightsmovie
The Moor Is Typing... by JuliDeLetras
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After being ghosted by the person she loved, Y/N thinks the silence is the worst part. Then, at 3:17 a.m., her phone lights up. She's been added to a group chat called THE MOOR. Two users are already typing-offering advice that feels too intense, too intimate, and far too old to belong to the present. They call themselves HEATH and CATHY. As their messages blur the line between obsession and love, Y/N must decide whether to listen to the voices that linger... or choose a future that refuses to repeat the past. A modern, gothic reimagining of Wuthering Heights, where love haunts, silence speaks, and not all ghosts stay in the ground.
The Mystery of the Moaning Moors by HiddenBlink_Ink007
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🏆 Finalist & Honorary Mention - Wuthering Heights Reimagined Contest. Genre: Gothic Mystery / Literary Reimagining Protagonist: Detective Arthur Pumble ​Synopsis: What happens when a quirky, practical-minded detective from the quiet town of Oakhaven gets literally sucked into the world's most famous tragic romance? ​When Detective Arthur Pumble inspects a rare edition of Wuthering Heights, a mysterious light pulls him into the rain-drenched moors of Yorkshire. Trapped within the pages of Emily Brontë's masterpiece, Arthur finds himself at the height of Heathcliff's vengeful reign. To escape back to reality, he is tasked with a cryptic mission: "Solve the Mystery of the Lost Heart." ​Armed with only a magnifying glass, a notepad, and an unshakable (if often misplaced) sense of logic, Arthur must navigate a house haunted by secrets, ghosts, and centuries of grief. While the residents of Wuthering Heights are busy with drama and revenge, Arthur is busy investigating drafty windows and melancholic dispositions. ​But as he digs deeper, Arthur realizes that the "Lost Heart" isn't a physical object to be found-it's a broken soul that needs to be set free. In a world where logic fails and only love remains, can a simple detective find the key to a peace that has eluded Heathcliff for a lifetime?
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 by Blackcanary2121
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Wuthering Heights is alive. It feeds on obsession, twisting love and grief into something that cannot leave. Heathcliff isn't fully human-and the house knows it. Catherine knows too. And she loves him anyway. A dark fantasy retelling of Wuthering Heights, where a sentient house, unearthly desire, and forbidden love collide.
Wuthering Heights: What a fairy beheld by lovetowrite06
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🏆 "Wuthering Heights reimagined contest's honorary mention" I have lived my life witnessing the darkest tragedies of the human world. I chose to give away my chronicles-one in particular-to humanity, in the hope of bringing peace where there was only ruin. I was there for everything that happened on the moors of Wuthering Heights. A silent presence. A shadow. A witness to it all. "I saw it all. Yes, I was a witness lurking in the shadows, but I've always been there." - Emily Brontë
PROTOCOL: HEATHCLIFF by Twoondenday
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System Error: Love cannot be deleted. In the sterile, perfect world of 2099, Catherine Earnshaw has everything: a wealthy husband, a high-ranking job at Linton Corp, and a bug-free life. But she is haunted by a ghost in the machine. Heathcliff is not a man. He is a corrupted AI program Cathy created in her reckless youth-a chaotic, obsessive algorithm stored on an abandoned server known as "The Heights." When the server begins to destabilize the global network, Cathy returns to the digital ruins to do the one thing she promised never to do: Initiate the purge sequence. But Heathcliff refuses to go quietly. He knows her source code better than she knows herself, and he offers her a dangerous choice: Return to her hollow reality, or upload her consciousness to the cloud and burn in the fire of eternal data with him. A Cyberpunk reimagining of the classic Wuthering Heights for the Wattpad Contest.
Wuthering Heights - zombie adaptation by stukinoya
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In a world where the dead walk, Heathcliff and Catherine learn to love the way one survives: with rage, guilt, and violence. Bound by resentment and separated by the fear of staying alive, they consume each other while the past never dies and hatred is inherited like an infection. Here, zombies only consume bodies. The true contagion is love that condemns.
the glass Moors  by Abybelle_
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It is said that time heals all wounds. For Heathcliff, he only served to sharpen his blade. Ten years after fleeing in the pouring rain, he returned to a metropolis of steel and glass. He is no longer the orphan with dirty hands, but a finance titan capable of redeeming the horizon. Catherine is a prisoner of a perfect life, married to the elite she once despised. Between the icy walls of a luxury penthouse, the ghosts of the past claim their due. Because you can't bury a wild soul under silk carpets. Revenge is a dish that is eaten cold... as cold as the wind on the moor. The challenge: a modern and dark reimagining of Emily Brontë's masterpiece for the Wuthering Heights contest