histórias de Onc2021

A woman suspects that her government-imposed birth control implant is controlling her. As reports of uncharacteristically violent female behaviour begin to surge, it becomes evident that the mandatory implant is wreaking havoc on women's impulse control. Is the rage she feels bubbling within a natural reaction to an unjust society or is there something more sinister at play? --- Readers say: "A roller coaster of a story!" "I just loved this story. A fascinating insight into the gender question nested within a fascinating sci-fi premise!" "...a strong and powerfully written work by a skilled and mature writer. I highly recommend it!" -Elveloy, Wattpad Ambassador Featured: Amby Awards Winner Dystopian July 2022 Wattpad AdultFiction Book of the Month April 2022 Speculative Fiction Awards 2022 - WINNER Wattpad AdultFiction Lit List December 2021 Wattpad Stars Feature List September 2021 Contemporary Fiction Awards 2021 SHORTLIST ONC2021 LONGLIST Note: this novella describes a contemporary feminist dystopia and includes non-graphic scenes of sexual predation and violence. [[22,000 words]]

|| ONC 2021 HONORABLE MENTION || ONC 2021 ROUND TWO FIRST PLACE WINNER || Three friends. One secret. Thoughts of a summery vacation in the middle of winter sounded fantastic until all plans to enjoy the Caribbean sights were thwarted by an unexpected tropical storm, keeping everyone inside. Normally spare time without current-day distractions would be beneficial to a group of long-time friends always too busy to spend time together otherwise, but this is one trip down memory lane they're going to wish they never took... ---------- Entered into the Open Novella Contest 2021 Mystery & Thriller - Prompt #55 ONC Round One Qualifier - 03.23.2021 ONC Round Two Qualifier - 04.20.2021 ONC Round Two First Place Winner - 04.24.2021 ONC Round Three Qualifier (Longlist) - 05.21.2021 ONC Shortlist - 05.30.2021 ONC Honorable Mention - 06.29.2021 ©2021 M.Dalto Published to Wattpad 02.01.2021 Draft Completed 05.02.2021

Sandrine is reluctant to take the job as a ghost hunter, despite her ancestral gift. And when she meets her boss and future partners, every fibre of her being tells her to quit-but she needs the money. How hard can it be to dispel the ghost of a bird? Soon, she finds herself fighting the advances of a medieval playboy, targeted by a flock of ectoplasmic ravens, and trying to solve the puzzle of the cottage in the lake. With disaster waiting around the corner, she truly has no time for a budding romance, right? ~ ~ ~ My entry for the open novella contest 2021. Prompts: No 5: There is a terrible drought ravaging the land, but when the waters recede from the local lake/reservoir, they reveal something no one expected to find. No 64. What should have been a simple task for a trio of ghost hunters quickly becomes something for which the term 'Worst Case Scenario' is the mother of all understatement. No 61. I would've lived longer if it weren't for Lorraine. There's only one issue... who's Lorraine? Words according to Wattpad: Chapter 1 - 1495 Chapter 2 - 1455 - milestone 1 reached Chapter 3 - 1469 Chapter 4 - 1552 Chapter 5 - 1563 Chapter 6 - 1620 - milestone 2 reached Chapter 7 - 1564 Chapter 8 - 1700 Chapter 9 - 1637 Chapter 10 - 1797 Chapter 11 - 1605 Chapter 12 - 1561 Chapter 13 - 1690 - milestone 3 reached Chapter 14 - 1842 Chapter 15 - 1762 Epilogue - 233 Total words published: 24545

ONC Prompt #71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When the world begins to end on July 31st, best friends August and Juliet drop everything to try to stop it. They fail. The world ends. They wake up on July 31st as if nothing ever happened. Stuck in a time loop with no clear way out, August and Juliet must save the world and ask themselves if they really want to save the world, or if they just want to save each other. [ Featured in the Open Novella Contest Shortlist ]

Whether it's your first time or your seventh time, writing a novella in 12 weeks isn't easy. As a 2021 ONC Winner and two-time Honorable Mention (2023/2024), I totally understand. After years of participation and reflection, I have lots of advice to share on how I wrote a winning novella and look forward to writing every year. Inside this guide, you can find everything from insider tips to craft chats to contest commentary. So grab a cup, get your notebook, and settle in: it's time to start writing! Copyright © 2022 Elle Chaika

[gxg] When the enigmatic, whirlwind-of-a-girl Astrid shows up at Cira's school at the end of September, Cira isn't quite sure what she expects. Say hi? Probably. Make friends? Maybe. Fall in love? No. But when a drunken misadventure leads to a night neither of them are quite willing to forget, Cira realizes that she's falling hard. And fast. But Astrid doesn't seem that into her, and she's moving away in November. Cira has one month to make it happen. Will they manage to fall in love in October? *** ONC 2021 Prompt #40: If only you knew you'd meet them, you'd have dressed a bit better. Especially since the only thing you can think of since you've seen their smile is "oh shit!"

"I want that fairy tale love at first sight kind of story." Zayan Patel is a romantic at heart who's determined to leave his love life up to fate. Except fate got a bit distracted leaving Zayan with only a one-day memory to cling to. That and the jacket the man he fell for left behind. Kyrell Starr is a realist who doesn't exist. When his band is signed following a performance at a major music festival, Kyrell couldn't be happier. Then he was booted from the group for being "not handsome enough to justify his presence" and the bottom fell out of his world. He dropped his stage name and went into hiding. How much time needs to pass to heal Kyrell's wounds? How long will it take fate to realize it left a story unfinished? ______________________________ Cover image credit to https://www.pexels.com/@ketut-subiyanto Zayan Patel is a support character in an upcoming book. **I've started publishing that story - Can't Let You Go. Check my profile for the link! THANKS!** If you like this story, please follow me to get a notification when that book releases. XOXO

My first marriage was a mistake, therefore, divorce wasn't a surprise. My second marriage, with the same man?...Well, that was twice wrong. #OpenNovellaContest

** Cover done by @dricochete ** Ivette Young (Ivy to her friends and homemade savory meals) just wanted to make a difference in a conventional world with unconventional magic. After all, it was their world and magic users were just living in it! Not wanting her magic to be used frivolously, Ivy pursued a career in counseling (never mind that her degree was given in far less time than required thanks to her magical academy). The catch? Ivy only dealt with clients who fell prey to Caries, mischievous and violent manifestations that took on the form of... A VEGETABLE?! Ivy is the first and only magic user to resolve Caries by also treating the afflicted human and that meant her services were stretched way too thin. Unlike those who find exorcising Caries to be a fun hobby, Ivy has made it her life's mission to counsel those who are emotionally vulnerable to Caries so that they can continue to live their lives peacefully and in blissful ignorance of magic once again. No one wants to be haunted by their inner vegetable after all. Enter Lorra. The first client Ivy has ever encountered to refuse an exorcism. This pumpkin that has manifested (who Lorra SWEARS is not a Caries but is in fact her brother turned fruit - yet another anomaly) is clever but Ivy is determined to get to the root of this. But more important than the exorcism is the emotional wellbeing of her newfound client - acquaintance - friend? - and when it comes to who Lorra is, as a person, Ivy is about to find out that she's bitten off more than she can chew. --- Written for the Open Novella Contest 2021! Prompt #37: "Catch that chocolate thief!" And it was shouted at a pumpkin with tiny legs and hands.

1969. It was the year of Manson's helter-skelter, the year we put a man on the moon, and the year two strangers watched the world end in a mushroom cloud of nuclear war. 1966. This was a much better year. Well, for everyone except twenty-two-year-old Annie Edwards. Because it was the year she first saw the blonde-haired boy in her dreams. And although she believed in science, her gut told her these visions might somehow be connected to bizarre experiments happening on campus. As Annie and the mystery man known as Dimitri watch the world erupt in their dreams, they realize that the only way to save their countries, and the world, from nuclear destruction is to work together. They'll uncover the powers of dreams and nightmares, delve into hallucinogenics and insanity, and blur the line between the waking world and their subconscious. A race to space, a delusion of mind control, and the end of the world. Welcome to an experiment in dreams, drugs and war. -.. .-. . .- -- ... / -.. .-. ..- --. ... / .-- .- .-. inspired by prompts: "𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎." - #𝟼𝟿 "𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖." - 𝙴𝚍𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝙰𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚘𝚎 - #𝟹𝟸 -.. .-. . .- -- ... / -.. .-. ..- --. ... / .-- .- .-. published: 24/02/2021 highest ranking: ---

Wei Shiao-shu has lived his whole life by the stars. He checks his horoscope app every day and visits his fortune teller at least once a month. During a year of terrible misfortune for anyone born in the Year of the Rat, he should be extra careful. What happens when well-meaning friends try to solve heartbreak with a night of dancing and alcohol instead of an evening of tears and checking star charts on his rooftop balcony? Open Novella Contest 2021 Prompt #85 "This prom is not my cup of tea. I would rather be up on my roof, watching the stars." ~But prom doesn't exist in Taiwan, and all characters are adults... so small change in that setting. *This is an original work, not a translated story. I plan to write the Mandarin chapters and have a fully bi-lingual book... someday. English version first for the contest :)

"Perhaps I am too biased to speak on this matter, given that everything I have, everything I have achieved or had the strength to fight for, I owe to her. Because she showed me how beautiful and how miserable my life could be, only if I chose to make it so. Because she made me the person I am today. My name is Sophia Clarice Stuart, and this is the story of a villain." Davina Hart, a once beloved war hero, now an infamous murderer in prison, and Sophia Stuart, a poor village girl, two women who have nothing in common will cross their paths and form an unbreakable bond that will change them both.

A reluctant psychic medium must confront the world of supernatural he's long ignored. *** In a quiet valley town, eighteen-year-old Ian lives with a secret-sometimes he can't tell his imagination from reality. Fearing the psych ward, he denies what he sees and hopes that if he ignores it, the problem will go away. When a tragic accident upends his life, Ian becomes too busy taking care of his family to notice a new anomaly in his house. As conflicting clues come to light, questions arise about the incident, but Ian wants to move on. Being set up with a cute girl seems to be the perfect opportunity to rebuild his life and forget about his dark past. All he needs to do is to be normal for her just as he's pretended his whole life, but letting her get close endangers the limbo of his blissful ignorance. Will she help him uncover the truth behind why he's seen things no one else can? Or will Ian succeed and deny his gift away? *** Soul Survivor weaves the paranormal with a heartfelt psychological drama in a haunting tale about love, death, self-discovery, and the resilience that emerges in our darkest moments. - - - *** ONC 2021 ROUND 2 AMBASSADOR PICK & LONGLISTED *** Cover illustration and design: Isobel Lynx.

When he was sixteen, Lu Ten thought the Fire Nation would change the world. At age thirty, he realized it wasn't the world that needed changing, right at the same time some of his not so clever life choices started catching up to him. It was time to become wise, like someone he greatly admired, even if he couldn't do anything with said wisdom. Disclaimer - I don't own Avatar: The Last Airbender. This is both a giftfic for a good friend of mine, KelseyAlicia who encouraged me to go the route of Lu Ten/Ursa in my To Lose or to Gain series, but also an ONC project. While parts of this story arc are AU to where I intend on taking the To Lose or to Gain series others are not. The prompt I am using is number thirty, "'Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.' - Rumi."

You're a weapon, and weapons don't weep. A submission for the Open Novella Contest 2021. When a young dwarf with a history of crime is rescued from certain death by a member of the legendary Firehammer berserkers, he has a choice to make. Continue down a path of bar fights, recklessness and shame, or become the warrior he was born to be?

Forewarning. This was my first time doing a paranormal kind of story so it is VERY rough around the edges. If you can tolerate a confusing plot that goes somewhere but nowhere at the same time....Well feel free to read. The Face Carver; that was the nickname that the media gave to the lunatic running around the small town of Marington. However, a serial killer is the least of Lauris's problems. When a strange statue of an eye appears on her doorstep, otherworldly, paranormal events start happening around her. Chased by malicious beings, she begins to unravel the mystery of the events and the truth behind the face carver Her perception of reality will change, and assumptions challenged. Perception is in constant flux. Thus, the truth is variable. An entry for the open novella contest 2021. Previously titled 'Madness in 21 Days'

Aura awakens in The Sanctuary, a place known for repairing and rewiring humans. Nothing is known about their methods other than it works and those who enter leave happier. Except Aura doesn't remember signing up for their treatment plans. In fact, she doesn't remember anything at all. With her identity ripped away from her, she's filled with more questions than she can get answers for, and the worst part is that she can't leave either. When her memories begin to resurface, she starts to wish that they hadn't. - Featured On: @OpenNovellaContest - 2021 Honorable Mentions @ScienceFiction - Dystopian/Apocalyptic Fiction @PsychologicalNovel - Lost Souls @StoriesUndiscovered - Into the Abyss

Where I brainstorm off old and new ONC prompts utilizing various fandom, I'm familiar with to give an idea of how to use prompts during ONC, and figure out the ins and outs of brainstorming for ONC.

Hunter McFarland was meant to be the protagonist. Ryan Sandhamn was meant to be the awkward best friend. Too bad it was Ryan who face-planted into the remote archipelago's greatest beach. TW: Potentially triggering for people with water-related PTSD or phobias.

❝ MAYBE THERE ARE NO GOOD GUYS ANYMORE. ❞ Mere weeks after the start of sophomore year, Angelina Jung awakens in the middle of the wilderness, stranded with no explanation. When she finds three other college students in the same predicament as her, she isn't sure what to believe. With all their recent memories erased, the four must set aside their uncertainty in order to survive. From enduring the harsh conditions to facing their inner demons, it'll take all their resilience to overcome this true test of their strength. However, the forest will soon become the least of their worries as a ghost from their past surfaces, enmeshing them in a ploy more sinister than they could imagine. Some secrets are meant to be buried. → Open Novella Contest Prompt #1 → cover by @demonologies → banners by @wintermoxie