Onceuponnowcontest Stories

A helicopter ancient changes a young girl's life forever. Things that she once didn't believe in suddenly became much clearer.

Earth have different portals that led you to different worlds, Tomas always loves to read books that contain magical stories. He never thought, that one of the stories...

When three young kids are on a camping trip, they come across an Indian Burial Ground, with statues, and a large cave. One accident turns into a mission of survival.

A young princess refuses to follow her father wishes. She runs away, then stores away on the first cargo ship she saw. The young princess life changes indefinitely. He...

A young girl goes to visit her grandmother for the first time. Her only family that she had left. While Nora was in College her parents vanished out at sea. They were...

A young couple decides to protect a small boy has somehow has been lost. There are things about the small boy, that ain't from this world, or is it?

There' a private war In the world of Genies and Witches Only one Genie was able to get away. Then the war begins. In the middle of all the hate and war, Jack happens t...

Petie the Rabbit must earn points to become the next Easter Rabbit But something goes wrong, and Petie will have to find courage, to be the next easter rabbit. Edited...

A young spoiled Princess seems to find everything funny. She loved and lived for practical jokes, especially when she was behind them. On her fifteen birthday, she hap...

What would happen Goldilocks, Cinderella, and other fairytale favorites went to high school instead? This is a collection of modern fairytale-retellings. Cover by @sugar...

Shrek will always be Donkey best friend. I should know, never got paid for my adventurous Shrek, doesn't matter, for I know, it will always belong to me. This is how D...

#OnceUponNow Cindy was a girl who worked hard and got little recognition. When faced with an amazing opportunity in the modeling industry, she is shut down because she s...

ARISTA DOES NOT like monsters or dragons, but sometimes to slay a monster, you have to embrace your inner monster. In this modern day retelling of A Thousand and One Ni...

When do you say no? Is it when you need too, or is it way before? Can you say no to temptation, or death? Can you defeat death? Can death defeat death? All likely hood o...

" You know what sucks about plans? They can easily be ruined." ...

-Top 25 Finalist- Our parents always warned us about talking to strangers on the internet but did they ever warn us about frogs? Highest ranking: #440 in Short Story (c)...

Top 25 Finalist for Target's Once Upon Now contest He's trapped. He couldn't breathe. The white walls were smothering him, the barred windows were taunting him, the tick...

Have you ever seen your world suddenly turn upside down? Things that seem impossible have a chance of possibility, and stories come alive? Things in our world that is od...

Autumn has just turned fourteen, fantastic. One less year to wait until she's out of the foster system. But, surprisingly her birth father shows up rescuing her from her...

- Short Story - Life in high school always seems to stay the same, each day following the next. Same terrible lunch food. Same boring lectures. Same overwhelming loads o...