Onc26 Stories

The Open Novella Contest is back for 2026! Join fellow storytellers and plant the seed of a tale that will blossom into a 20,000+ word novella within 12 weeks! Your epic quest begins February 1st, 2026, so mark your calendars with this date!

"Here is the information about your target." The file was handed to Taehyung, along with a shoulder pat. "You got three weeks. I'll let you know when it's the time, then finish him without any suspicions." "Park Jimin, Age 23, the only heir of Park Seojun, the chairman of the biggest real estate group - Park corp..." "Tsk." He clicked his tongue. "It's my first time getting a target the same age as me." ──────⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ────── "Hello Jungkook. I've sent you the details of your next target." The female voice said from the other side. Park Jimin, age 23... "He is too pretty to die soon, you know?" Jungkook's laugh echoed in the silence of the office room. ──────⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ────── Taehyung and Jungkook - assassins from rival organizations called Shadows and Crimsons respectively. Same target - Park Jimin, 23, blind... What did a blind heir possible do to make two powerful organization want him dead? Will he survive the flames of hate this time? Will they find out the truths behind the flames that never died? ──────⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──────

A solitary retreat. An endless night. A fear that refuses to stay buried. In a remote cabin, cut off from the world, isolation offers escape. But when the polar night descends, solitude twists into a waking nightmare. As darkness stretches across the sky without end, shadows begin to move in the deepest corners.

ONC2026 Short List/ Round 1 Embassadors Pick Summer Peterson and her best friend Whitney are both pulled into their unfinished script, a romanticized 1932 crime noir. In the script world Summer and Whitney are pulled apart. Though a series of accidents, Summer pulls an unconscious man into a shack. When he comes to he mistakenly thinks he's been kidnapped. He is none other than Sabastian Lorenzo the powerful Don of the Black Orchid Syndicate! So what does a frightened modern girl do when trapped in a 1932 crime word? She becomes a mafia boss herself! And she bootlegs too! Not whiskey, but modern movies turned into money making theater productions! She's not your average crime leader. And he's not your average villain. All Summer wants to do is find her friend Whitney and return home. Yet everytime she meets with Lorenzo, they cannot help but be drawn to each other. Romantic Comedy / Crime Noir / Meta‑Fiction

How do you find your future soulmate whom you have yet to meet? Better question; how do you find them within the week? Any ideas? All you know is that if you don't, you will lose them forever. So wouldn't you drop everything and try anything to find them? ONC Prompt: 90. You receive a voicemail from someone you love, recorded one hour after their confirmed death. Started: Feb 1, 2026 Ended: ~ Book Blurb/Author Notes can be found after the last current chapter ~ Cover created in Canva ***This book might contain occasional colorful language***

In the Republic of Amica, everyone is promised a soulmate. At eight-teen, your wrist reveals the name of the person you're destined to love. Ari Vale's mark reveals a countdown. And time is running out.

For Centuries Grim has been collecting souls. It's what he does, it's his purpose. One day, while collecting a soul in the park, he comes across a lost puppy. For reasons he can't explain, the urge to return the small dog to his owner is overwhelming. He soon finds the animal's owner, a woman in her mid-twenties named Maria. He is struck down by her beauty and realizes that he had once claimed the soul of someone she loved. He becomes even more conflicted when he realizes he has just one year to claim her soul.

The last thing Maya wanted was to get caught up in a rivalry within the underground world. Mason, her childhood friend, was supposed to be the one she brought home. Not a crime lord with eyes too calm for a man in handcuffs. She didn't plan to start a war. She didn't plan to be hunted... And she definitely didn't plan to fall for him. But some disasters don't destroy you. Some look at you like you're the only thing in a burning room worth saving. And she's starting to realize... she might be his disaster too. #ONC26 #No. 51

"You were my brother Zain..." "Exactly... Were!" Kenji the Lucario lived happily with his parents within the Bolryn clan. He came from a long family of mighty warriors and was next in line to take his place serving under King Brindim as one of his loyal soldiers. That all changed in one night Now he finds himself in the wilds with only his unborn egg sibling to keep him company. He can't return home, at least not now... Not while he's being hunted... by someone he once considered family... Update: I did not make it past round 1 of Open Novella so if you're here because it's a tag, please keep this in mind so this story will probably be not as good. You have been warned please do not criticise me, I entered out of pure boredom and clearly some people didn't like what I wrote. Enjoy!

ONC 2026 - Shortlisted ONC 2026 - Longlisted Round 3 Winner & Ambassador's Pick ── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── One year ago, Elliot disappeared. When a strange flower spirited her to the Fae filled d'Oré Isles, Serena is dedicated to finding her twin and uncovering answers. But will the price be higher than she can pay? Will she be able to convince the King to help her in her quest? ── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── Welcome to my Open Novella Contest 2026 entry! Over the next 12 weeks, I'll be participating in the Open Novella Contest and writing novella of no more than 40,000 words. From this year's prompts, I've chosen Prompt 2: The first flower to bloom in spring isn't just a sign of the seasons changing. It's a portal. When you touch it, you're transported into a magical world you never knew existed. I look forward to creating a story for you. I'd love if you would support me and my novella by sharing, commenting, voting, adding it to your lists, and, of course, reading along! [Word Count: 22,325 (not including Author's Note)] ── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── Highest Rankings: ⟢ #2 in Pixie - 30 April 2026 ⟢ #5 in ONC - 6 July 2026 ── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── Cover art created by myself on Canvas with Wattpad provided banners. Chapter art created on Pinterest - I own no part of that art. No part of this novella was created with AI. No part of this novella existed before 1 February 2026.

Old classmates reunite after 10 years. Happy reunion turns into the worst reunion ever. Zombie outbreak out of nowhere during their celebration and everything turned into chaos

The Kurczaka Travelling Inn has been in Meluza Dovhun's family for generations, an open door and empty room to all sorts of guests. Suffice to say, Mel has seen her fair share of the unusual, whether from working at the front desk or helping clean out rooms. Really, there's not a whole lot that could surprise her anymore. That is, until a human shows up at the hotel's doorstep, and Kurczak decides to saunter off before Mel can get him to leave. Now, Mel's only hope is to hide the human's presence and pray none of the gods and spirits (or even worse, her grandmother) take notice before she can get him home. (Plus, her sister keeps getting into trouble with the rusalki, her mother is falling into serious religious practices, and the guests are causing trouble left, right, and center.) ONC 2026 PROMPT #113 COVER BY: @AlexandraLing2000

Alessandra Aeloria and Lucifer Raevryn were raised to outshine each other. Two heirs. Two rival houses. One fractured kingdom barely holding onto peace. She rules with strategy. He rules with strength. They were taught to compete - never to trust. But when an ancient relic tied to their bloodlines begins to awaken, the council forces them into an alliance neither of them wants. The weapon responds only when they stand united. And unity requires something far more dangerous than cooperation. As political tensions rise and whispers of a forgotten enemy resurface, Alessandra and Lucifer find themselves fighting more than just a looming war. Because the real threat isn't the relic. Or the prophecy. Or even the enemy beyond the northern rifts. It's the way their hearts betray them in moments of silence. The way denial burns hotter than hatred. The way falling for each other could shatter both their houses. In a kingdom built on pride, love is the most reckless rebellion of all.

Lights, camera, action. When an Alien gets curious, too curious, things go... south. Calliope is from the species Llanci, and when her fascination to mankind grows, so does her list of major crimes. Her thirst for knowledge never wavers, quickly snowballing to a dead corpse of a human in her space station. No one can find out the truth. She shifts into the humans appearance, completely replacing the human with herself and taking on its life on Earth. All she has to do is play the part, just like all those humans she sees on those pixel light boxes, and make sure no one finds out. Easy, right?

Cass has learned to live in reverse. While the rest of the city sleeps, her day begins under fluorescent lights on a night-shift busy ops floor. Work. Sleep. Repeat. Romance feels impossible when your body clock belongs to a different timezone than the world. Then she discovers a new otome game app - Love Bugs: Debug My Heart. At first, it's just another distraction, a harmless digital escape. But a flashing notification changes everything: a limited beta test. Selected players will be invited to experience an immersive version of the game - and get paid for it. Curious and thrilled, Cass signs up. Zoe, her colleague and friend, isn't convinced. It sounds too good to be true. Paid to play a dating simulation? There has to be a catch. But when her own weekends blur into endless sleep and mindless streaming, Zoe gives in to curiosity and downloads the app herself. What begins as a simple game slowly becomes something more - an experience that feels too real, too precise, too personal. A game of hearts, choices, and charming chaos - who knew a weekend could feel like the start of something unforgettable?

Participando en ONC26

When a lottery decides she needs to marry the crown prince, Adaley realises this is her only chance to kill the royal family and end their bloodline for once and all. When she arrives at the palace, she meets a stranger who seems to know her very well, but when she wants to get to know him as well, he is nowhere to be found, and no one seems to know him. As if he never existed. A search for the stranger begins, and in the meantime, Adaley learns that the crown prince isn't so bad as she always thought. Can she change the kingdom where they live without killing him? Or is it too late to save everyone from their death?

Maya Seymour closed a painful chapter that left her helpless in grief, named Foxer Klein. After three years of searching, Elliot Leaf healed the girl's heart that needed closure and a new beginning. But Foxer came back. Alive. [ Prompt 79 and 82 of ONC2026 ] [ Updates follow the ONC timeline ] [ To be proofread soon ] [ Book cover will change ]

After discovered the opposition power and their fragments identity, Scarlet Bright and Lithanine "Lilith" Diesel continue their journey, discovered a new friend, Lucin and Lilith just discovered the new power. And not just that, Lilith will find new fragment identity soon or later. This story was Al-generative chat and edited by me to keep the fixed plot.