Opennovellacontest Stories

Twenty years ago, magic vanished from the world, presumed forever gone. Yet it still existed, tangled within its own domain, along with Naamah, its dark personification...

In the heart of an uncharted jungle, journalist Evelyn Hart chases a lead that could change everything-whispers of a "living dinosaur" lurking on a remote isla...

This is an ONC 2025 story! When Maya decided to take a yoga class to get out of attempting an actual sport, she had no idea that she was about to unlock memories of a pa...

Jocelyn Jones' life has always been practical - maybe a little too practical. At 44, she has spent years worrying about everybody else, trapped in a marriage whose spar...

Selected for banishment by her people, Saywa flees deep into the forest, running for her life from threats both real and imagined. Just when all hope seems lost, she stu...

She falls. One moment, she's weightless, bathed in light, belonging to the sky itself. The next, she is plummeting, her wings failing, the world rushing up to meet her...

Twenty-two year old Kolawole has been on a rollercoaster of emotions. About a month ago, he received the most horrifying news of his life. His mother had passed away in...

When media mogul Richard Langley demands his children declare their love to inherit his empire, the refusal of his youngest daughter sparks a bitter family feud, forcing...

The worst thing about working at a dating agency is being constantly surrounded by love, even when your own heart is broken. That's the case for Liam. Still, he hasn't g...

** 𝑰𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉? Robin and Marian's feelings, together with their convictions, are put to the test when the bloodthirsty rat king threatens not...

Two boys born of the same night. Bounded by the string of fate. Either to save or bring destruction to their homeland. Filled with doubts, as the secrets of their identi...

Round One Qualifier! My name is Brooke Price, and I will not let Layla Henderson steal my boyfriend, Damien Shaw. I'm cheer captain, and she doesn't even show up to the...

AN OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2025 ENTRY A young witch must team up with a banished demon to reverse the curse on her village before she is persecuted. ...

ONC 2025 A sci-fi thriller with a thread of gay romance. Jiro wanted to be a pilot for as long as he could remember. Flying through the stars, what could be more thrill...

When Elliot and his kid sister go hiking together, he's expecting typical problems like blisters and rain. He's not expecting the deluge of fantastical problems that aw...

When Rexon, a Canadian, receives a panicked call from his girlfriend, an American, about anonymous hackers threatening to shut down the U.S. power grid, he tries to cons...

Detective Michael Wulfe has solved every case that has come across his desk--with a little supernatural help. However, a recent string of unconnected murders leaves him...

For The Open Novella Contest 2025. Lila Moore is an art curator who knows the truth about her boyfriend, Malcolm Cain, and he's a demon, tasked with collecting lost soul...

Awakening in a swaying cabin aboard the legendary Titanic, a group of strangers finds themselves stripped of their memories. Clad in unfamiliar attire and surrounded by...

1893. In Victorian London, a world marked by deep class divisions, young worker Henry Hops stumbles upon a secret manuscript by an unknown thinker. Fascinated by the rad...