For the Alpha Awards 2023 Social care is not what it seems. Harry finds the night before hard to remember. But his cut needs seeing to. Before he knows it he is now a hostage by an NHS doctor for a while. And then off to another home where he will be a support worker for werewolves. All the while he gets his head patted whilst not understanding he could be a werewolf. All while John has his eyes set on him and yet no one knows who turned him. ----- "No way," John said without realising he said it out loud. "What do you mean no way?" Steve said. He looked over towards the direction John was looking at. "Oh, sorry, that's the old one. That was just before you," John explained to him. "That's Harry. He's also new to the whole thing. Basically, your days apart in some ways. Well, more a week or so." --- Nearly 30,000 words. (This was written within a month and was done by speech to text) TW: contains a lot of eating, bit of "good boy", and werewolf prisoner themes.

Aria Matthews is in love with her best friend, Lucas Miller. It is the best kept secret since Area 51 and she knows she would take it to the grave. But things start changing in her senior year of high school when another of her friends takes it upon herself to set Aria up with the captain of the football team, who, incredibly, seems to be interested in her as well. And she doesn't understand why Lucas suddenly grows a stick up his butt about the whole dating deal. Sometimes it just takes a nudge to knock down years of carefully laid plans like the blocks of a Jenga tower. And sometimes, just sometimes, deeper and darker secrets are waiting to be exposed. Content and/or trigger warning: Sexual references and mentions of sexual abuse 🥇1st place in the Hearts Awards - Teen Fiction 🥇1st place in the Inclusive Watty Awards - Teen Fiction 🥇1st place in the Massive Awards - Best Cover 🥇1st place in the Prime Awards - Young Adult 🥇1st place in the Acamia Awards - Best story 2022 🥇1st place in the 2023 Gloria Regali Awards - Best Blurb 🥇1st place in the The Lovely Valentine Awards - Teen Fiction 🥇1st place in the Ocean Blue Awards - Romance 🥇1st place in the Ocean Blue Awards - Best Prologue and Best Storyline 🥇1st place in the Quidditch Awards - Teen Fiction

A light obscured often goes dark. Sabrina Verrun is a witch and the most gifted metallurgist her Hexen coven has seen in a century. Unfortunately, she has no interest in being a traditional metal-worker, repairing broken items and making trinkets to sell in the Hexen shop...she wants to create new things, things no one has ever seen before. While she dreams of devoting her life to her metal-working, her mother has other plans...she wants Sabrina to follow in her footsteps and take over as coven leader, putting aside metal in favor of assuming responsibility for the well-being of the other witches. Sabrina has no desire to do such a thing, and as she fights for control of her own life, she's determined to create something that proves her research is worthwhile, earning her the freedom she so desperately craves. But as those she lives with manipulate her, ignore her, and treat her as if she doesn't know her own mind, she eventually turns her attention to the one place she's forbidden from entering-the Schwarzwald, a magical, yet deadly, forest ruled by the elusive and powerful Forest King. Eventually, Sabrina finds herself willing to go to any lengths to control her own destiny, and the choices she makes along the way affect not only herself, but her coven, other magic users, and one important life yet to come. A light obscured often goes dark, and a passion can too easily become an obsession in this cautionary coming-of-age prequel to Witch, Wolf, Woods.

Love isn't real. That's what Sarrah Golden a seventeen year old thought until she met Ash Jones. The school's bad boy and her new neighbor. Will she win him over? Or will they become enemies? Cover made by:Tealover0669

CLOSED FOR PARTICIPANTS. OPEN FOR JUDGES. CURRENTLY JUDGING. The Ethereal Blue Gold Awards Some inspire us, while some motivate us, push us to do something that we never thought we could We believe that everyone has a true potential, in their own way. It's just a matter of time or person that must be there to give you the right push. So, brace yourselves, story tellers, for we are here to give you the right push, to help you discover the better version of yourselves, by letting you explore the enticing world of storytelling. We are here to tell you what are the key points that your stories miss and what can you do to improve them. There are no such things as winners or losers. From what we think, everyone's a winner. Real winning is to put a smile on everyone's face. So, ARE YOU A WINNER ? Decide for yourself. You might get what you want in here, just try not to miss it. Grab your chance before someone else does. Surround yourself with many other young, talented writers like you and you might just find a new inspiration or might set an inspiration. Cover Credit: @Kay_Peed

When her husband has to go on a sudden trip through the violent seas, Sophia feels in need to secretly ask her mermaid friend to protect the love of her life. Will this creature filled with secrets agree to protect him or will it come with a cost?

I'd never thought I'd ever need friends... When highschool freshman Gracie Moore starts at her new highschool, she wouldn't have thought she would need or ever have close friends. Just being friendly with people had always done her well. But, when she accidently falls into a close four person friendship, she doesn't want to get out of it. And as it turns out, highschool almost requires friends. Though, she doesn't find that out until its a bit too late...

For 20-year-old Savanna Lykaios, a land fisher from the Middle Tier, marriage is the only escape she has from being branded Undesirable and banished to a life of hell on the Lower. Struggling to understand why everyone is so obsessed with romance, as well as failing to impress any suitors herself, Savanna fears her time is up. That is, until an unexpected offer from Lord Cesare Pernice gives her a chance at freedom, as a Lady of the Higher Tier. Little does she know, her escape puts her, and the ones she loves, in more danger than banishment, as she comes face to face with the dreaded Resistance and the monstrous Prince Kanan. [Complete]

Skylar pledged her life to protect her homeland, but she didn't expect that she would have to resort to marrying the king's brother and using her wits instead of a sword. ***** Skylar is not a typical noble lady. Captain to her own company, she feels more at home with a sword in hand than in the ballroom. Her whole life gets turned upside down when she is forced to marry Lord General Gawyn Gryphonheart for the alliance. The vicious political machinations will be the least of her problems because a far darker threat is looming in the east. Skylar, with her fighting experience, might be the only one who sees it coming. If only her husband trusted her enough to heed her advice. Can she fulfil her role as a graceful and obedient wife at the royal court and convince the noble families to unite against the monsters believed to be merely a legend? (Book One of Till Death Do Us Part series) [[The Wattys 2021 Award winner in the Fantasy category]] [[Word count: 70 000 - 75 000]] Content warning: This story contains violence, bloodshed and occasional crude language.

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