open: ⭐ judging: closed: submissions until July 10, 2026

A samurai promising his sister he'll return. A hundred elite soldiers marching north with him. A fenwulf knight without family or past. Only the republic that made her, and her will to die for it. The empire's perfect blade, and it's emptiest man. A warlord's daughter marching beneath a banner she doesn't trust. The most promising mind in the Magisterium, carrying a message that could end the world. An epic told through five eyes as a continent goes to war, and a centuries-old truth begins to surface beneath it all. This multi-POV fantasy story is written in style of Game of Thrones, featuring imperial legions, samurai, and knights, alongside elves, dwarves, beastfolk, and many other mythical creatures that inhabit the world. Content warning: Violence, War Themes, Grief, Trauma

She's beautiful, strong, and alone in ways no one can imagine. Every place she calls home forgets her the moment she leaves, and even her closest friends vanish from memory. But when whispers of the Astorian kingdom reach her, she realizes her life-and the world around her-may not be what it seems.

For centuries, the sun has never risen over the Night Court. Every hundred years, the Sacred Trials choose one champion from Solivelle and one from Umbryth to journey into the forgotten lands in search of the power that could save a dying world. No one expected Lunaria Vale. Raised as a humble florist with only the faintest gift for magic, Lunaria has spent her life believing she was ordinary. But when a royal summons calls her to the Trials, everything she thought she knew begins to unravel. Thrown into a world of ancient rivalries, ruthless competitors, and impossible choices, Lunaria soon discovers that surviving the Trials is only the beginning. Because beyond the monsters, beyond the forgotten lands, and beyond the fragile peace between kingdoms lies a truth buried so deeply that history itself was rewritten to hide it. Then she meets Vaeryn. The feared prince of the Night Court. A man haunted by secrets of his own. As dangerous secrets awaken and the line between light and darkness begins to blur, Lunaria must decide whom to trust before the greatest lie ever told consumes both kingdoms. Because some truths are powerful enough to save the world. Others were buried because they could destroy it.

The City of Veylora is surrounded by the Fog- but this is no ordinary mist. Those who wander into it never return. Every citizen wears a mask. Every mask carries a strength... and a flaw. No one remembers a time before the masks. No one remembers anything beyond the last twenty years. As far as the Veylorans know, the Fog and the masks have always been. But everything changes the night the Maskmaker's Tower-a solitary spire rising out of the Fog miles away from the city-erupts with light for the first time in two decades. No one has ever reached the Tower. Many have tried. None have come back. And now, the city is unraveling. Masks begin to malfunction. Guards report shapes moving in the Fog. Whispers spread of something... waking. Only five step forward. A noble girl bound by duty. A charming thief with too many secrets. A girl tormented by her dreams. A performer adored by thousands. A girl living a dangerous double life. Together, they must uncover the truth behind the masks, the Fog, and the Tower that has finally awakened. They will either save Veylora... ...or vanish like all who came before.