wattys longlist 2018 | MEET ELLA. She's drowning, literally. Ella has lung cancer, causing her lungs to fill with liquid that needs to be drained daily. Every breath she takes feeds her life, but also takes it. MEET JAKE. Resident smoker and bad boy. Forced into rehabilitation, and fighting his inner demons fills up h...
Captain of the hockey team and arrogant womanizer Weston has nothing in common with Gracie, a carefree musical theatre nerd who doesn't mind having dirty laundry on the floor. After accidentally becoming roommates, all hell breaks loose. The two enter an all-out war filled with pranks and...some flirtatious tension...
Skylar Lin agrees to fake date Kaden Brooks for a deal of a lifetime. Kaden needs to get his ex-girlfriend off his back, and when Skylar pops into life, he sees her as the perfect opportunity. Skylar needs money for college, so when a short story contest with the grand prize of $5000 comes up, she can't pass it up. O...
𝙎𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 (𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 1 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩) In which two entangled culinary students unravel each other all over again. * * * After reaching a fiery boiling point that leaves their trust in ruins, spitfire Summer Westley and arrogant Ashton Banks are...
In which two competitive culinary students get under each other's skin in all the right ways. * * * ʙᴏɪʟɪɴɢ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ (ɴᴏᴜɴ): ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴀɴɢᴇʀ ᴏʀ ᴇxᴄɪᴛᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴛ ᴇxᴘʀᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ. ʟɪᴋᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏꜱᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ᴏꜰ ᴏɴᴇꜱᴇʟꜰ. Summer Westley and Ashton Banks have three things in common: they both attend the same c...
She'd die for love. He didn't believe in love. *** From reading The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, to watching 10 Things I Hate About You, to listening to You are in Love by Taylor Swift, Emily Kingsley's life is a sum of moments she has spent after romance. Watching, reading, listening or daydreaming, romance...
Jamie Prescott has been coasting through life for the past 18 years. With an outgoing older sister of only one year, she has always known where to go, what to do, when to do it, and how to get there. But a tragic event at the beginning of the summer before her first year of college sends Jamie to a small beach town in...
There are few things that humble Allie Carson. As a senior at Whitewood High, she is a central part of the popular crowd and can have any guy she wants - and she knows it. Except for Tyler Hennessy, the one guy who doesn't care to give Allie the time of day. But when her seemingly perfect life suddenly gets turned u...
Their the perfect couple trying to get through high school. But their lives change drastically when Jason is diagnosed with cancer. Lexie Thompson, the smart girl, known for dating the star pitcher on the baseball team, Jason Parker. Straight A* student. Jason Parker, one of the most popular guys in the school and the...
Alexandria Woods is the woman who has it all. Starring in every film and TV series possible, she's taking the industry by storm. However, not everything is as perfect as it seems. Alexandria lives in constant fear of somebody finding out about her relationship with the one man she's not supposed to be in love with. ...
"You mean your entire college career depends on me?" Axel laughs, his eyes twinkling. "Maybe..." I grumble, keeping my eyes on the floor. "Oh, this is gonna be fun." ••••• In the college of UCLA, there's one man who runs the show. Axel McSmith, the star quarter back of the football team. With girls constantly dro...
From the writer of Sweet Spot, comes the sequel of two familiar characters you already saw coming. Harper Davis has many titles: marketing connoisseur, almost-lawyer, disappointment to parents, and most importantly: liar. Big. Fat. Liar. But what else is a girl supposed to do when her overachieving parents ask her if...
Sierra Lancaster has had an agonizingly mediocre life. She grew up in a happy home, made loyal friends, graduated college, and is now pursuing her dream of running her own bakery. Boring, right? A story like this wouldn't be one for the books. At least not until you bring a hot neighbour into the mix. A tall, brooding...
"Dear Diary Now there is nothing but uncertainty around my future. I got married, to Ethan Carter.The merger that let us to this pinnacle came at a cost. Both Ethan and I do not know each other, at all. Both of us have married into something unknown , it's like spending your life with a stranger. Mom used to say how l...
Eleanor Lovisa Bennett has never had any contact with the other gender as long as she can remember. She was born and brought up in a family of four girls raised by a single mother and studied in an all girls convent school. And if that wasn't bad enough, she also suffers from a rare sleeping disorder called Narcoleps...
Harper Williams is just trying to get through high school, drawing as minimal attention as possible to herself. But it's kind of hard to avoid all the drama when you're a clumsy marvel crackhead who dumps pizza sauce and gooey sticky cheese all over the schools most popular douchebag, Ajax Carter. Her world turns upsi...
Fallon's sole ambition in life is to escape her miserable hometown once and for all. She dreams of driving away in her convertible and leaving her painful past behind. Just one problem, her beloved convertible needs a serious overhaul before she can drive it anywhere, and car repairs cost money, a lot of money. The ki...
[WATTY'S 2022 SHORTLIST!] Marley Miller and Daniel Gold grew up going to camp together. They experienced each other's awkward teenage years, pulled pranks together, and even were each other's first... well... everything. After nearly four years of losing touch, the two accidentally run into each on the first day of th...
Eleanor James; A shy, quiet, introverted, and sweet 18 years old girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders and secrets wrapped around her like a cloak. A complete package for the bullies in her high school to make her life harder than it already is. On top of the list of the bullies, stands one name: Chris H...
"I'll hold you now, okay? I'll be that someone for whatever you need." Indi, an aspiring artist and the daughter of one of the best baseball players of all time, is in her junior year of high school. She's always stressed over keeping up with her academics, but something about this year is different. The anxiety is at...
𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐤 is smart, quiet, shy and beautiful. She joined crystal high sophomore year and soon won the hearts of all teachers with her intelligence. Lost in studies, she doesn't have a care in the world and has made no friends even at the end of the school year. She studies alone and is satisfied with h...
Adriana Hamilton has a hard, boring life. Her mother is always pushing her around, and making her run around places; and Adriana hates it. When a huge storm hits their small town, Adriana is sent to school and locked out. The only person inside, who has the ability to actually let her in, is none other than her worst...
Harper Wilson has always enjoyed flying under the radar. It's how she's survived high school thus far. She has dreams of becoming a digital artist, maybe even working to design video games, like her favorite Fortress Siege. She just has to make it through senior year and she'll be able to follow her dreams. Unfortunat...
"Just hold on to me, you won't fall." Adrian assures, as I cling to his arm "unless I fall first then we're both screwed." He adds and an overwhelming urge to strangle him takes over me. Before I can say anything, Cel's shriek makes me look across the ice rink "I could have died!" she glares at Ryver who throws his h...
"You make me want to do things to you." He mumbles, his brown eyes never straying from mine. "What?" I whisper, nervous yet at the same time my heart pounds with excitement and anticipation. "Do you want to know what kind of things?" His low tone matches mine as he brings his face closer and I find myself robbed of...
A bet. A tape. A betrayal. Two years ago everything crumbled in Nova Jensen's perfect world after trusting her heart to the wrong person only to find out everything was false. All her 'friends', her family... she left it all behind and moved to England with her aunt to end her studies there, away from all the drama. N...
No commitment. No more heartaches. Just kissing. Could it really be that simple? Nate Herond. He's the guy everyone adores. Quarterback of the football team, a joker that ain't miss a chance to fool around, a trutly hearttrob every girl fall for, a friend to everyone... Then why Hailey Grace can't stand him? No one k...
|Highest rank #2 in Short Story| Ambrosia "Amber" Underwood is a seventeen-year-old high school junior with warped perceptions of the world. She has no friends, only acquaintances. No boyfriend, only a vague dating arrangement with a jock. A lover of routine and a hater of change, Amber spends her nights at the old li...
When college student Brandy Bright's charming, but toxic best friend, Benji, asks her to move in with him, she has to decide if making a move on her longtime crush is worth risking their friendship. *** Brandy Bright is a shy, smart skater girl whose life is turned upside down when she is accepted into her dream sc...
Harlow Spencer is not just Grayson's little sister. After years of dealing with her overprotective brother, Harlow is finally free to live the life she wants once he leaves for college. Or so she thinks. Enter Corey Michaels, her brother's best friend. She's afraid he's going to be Grayson 2.0, but the more time she s...