Opennovellacontest2021 Stories

When a genetic disease killed almost all superheroes around the world, five subjects cloned from the greatest heroes in our generation must fight back against the Order who seeks to control the world from within. Round 1 Qualifier - ONC 2021 2000 word milestone: reached Round 2 Qualifier - ONC 2021 8000 word milestone: reached 20,000 word milestone: reached

Vita hates being a demigoddess. Especially now that Barnabas, the love of her life, is locked up in the Underworld, while she is stuck in an endless cycle of resurrections and new lives. Worst of all, with every resurrection Vita loses a piece of her past, as her memories slowly fade. To break this never-ending cycle, she decides to steal her own records from the Underworld. After all, without records they won't know to send her back to Earth, so she can stay and search for Barnabas. But to get those records, Vita will have to get past Hades, his three-headed watchdog Cerberus and all the guards of Tartarus. Credits to @roguehopes for the amazing cover!!

[AMBYS 2023 Top picks in humor novellas ✨️] Lee Cook is heartbroken; his wife left him for another woman after twelve years of marriage. He vows to never fall in love again until his dying day. Sana Gulati is befuddled; her boyfriend left her for a woman ten years younger than her. She vows nothing; she's just pissed and consoling herself with anything sweet and comestible. He lives in London, she in Paris. They've met once; one walked out after drenching the other's face with beer. Since the two only see each other virtually on the Zoom meetings, their company loves to schedule every two days. When Sana replies to Lee's offensive PM, an odd stalking game begins between the two. Before they know it, they connect. Here's a simple story of Woman meets Man where Wifi is key, and where some vows are hard to keep. @ContemporaryLit Fall Awards 2021 longlister.

The dead typically want one of two things. Ghosts crave conversation. Spirits seek pain. My name is Bria, and I've been able to interact with the dead for as long as I can remember. Communicating with the deceased might sound like a cool gift, but let me assure you, it's not. Ghosts don't shut up, and not all specters are friendly. In fact, most of them are dangerous. Pretending the paranormal doesn't exist is far easier than talking to the shadows, so I've been avoiding the dead for years. Past experiences have led me to avoid the living too. And for a long time, I've successfully kept my distance. Until a single ghost encounter in the library ruins everything. Now a couple of my classmates know my secret. But as it turns out, they have a deadly secret of their own. Time to talk to the shadows again. _______________ This story contains profanity and violence. [ONC 2021 Shortlister]

Open Novella Contest 2021

A teen girl is at a prom with an unworthy date, she finds herself in the company of her best friend and crush. Who by chance has had the same mishap with finding a date. Do they make the realisation by the next prom that the one they need and should be taking is in fact each other; Or will a spanner be put in the works by unknown forces and a disappearance.

"The echos of the past are needed to fix the present." ..... Gobsmacked, Xena wakes up on what seems like a completely normal day. Except, she was in a hospital bed. Kissed by her good charms and luck, she got involved in a crash. One that cost her her most important memories, and her secrets. Then she gets a message. One that would leave her more confused than she had ever been.

You are being hunted by a spirit, that seems to be taking revenge from you due to an uknown reason,in the form of a cat. at first you thought it was all your illusion, and its a simple harmless stray cat, until it Dynamically starts changing the direction of your life from peaceful to chaos. The strange things that start happening around your house, had you wondering whether you are mad, or the cat possessed. The cat was vengefully tasty for your blood, saying" you needed to pay for your sins". Which sin is it talking about??? Follow my account @amreetakaigama to find out more about what really happened.

[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!"

It hadn't occurred to Esme that she should be suspicious of her parents, they were just ordinary people after all. But when an unknown number won't stop texting her, the questions start coming. Was the accident really the cause of her amnesia? Why did her parents speak five languages suddenly? How was it that Esme could suddenly assemble and disassemble guns? Who exactly was Agent 23? Maybe one of these days she could get back to her sappy daydreams of her incredible coworker. That itself seemed like a dream.

ɴᴇxᴛ ᴅʀᴀᴡ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴏɴ ғᴇʙᴜᴀʀʏ 𝟻ᴛʜ, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 @ 𝟻ᴘᴍ ɢᴍᴛ It's February! And ya'll know what that means, ONC Season has officially begun! To celebrate this season in style and to give a little something back to this amazing community I've decided to do a cover raffle! That's right, I'll be giving away some free covers to a few lucky winners for ONC exclusive books. So if you are looking for a cover to showcase your new work in progress just read the rules, fill out the form and you'll be entered into the draw! Good luck and happy writing everyone!

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

An unforgettable summer that starts with fun and games quickly turns into a mystery when a dare on a hiking trip to blow into some seemingly innocent stalagmites awakens something far more sinister but is there more than it seems going on at camp.

"This prom is not my cup of tea. I would rather be up on my roof, watching the stars." Olivia always thought she'd be best friends with Grace. Time apart could never change what they had. That's why Olivia wasn't at all worried when Grace was to leave Ohio for Michigan. After all, it was only one state away, and they planned to write to each other and video chat every weekend. But of course, not all promises can be kept, as the letters slowly stopped coming and planned video calls did not happen. Olivia had no choice but to move on. Now, six summers later, Grace has moved back and is attending Olivia's high school. Olivia is hopeful at first, that perhaps they can resume their seemingly paused friendship, but the two friends quickly learn that six summers apart can make a big difference. Follow Olivia as she learns the meaning of real friendship. ONC 2021 Novella Prompt #85: "This prom is not my cup of tea. I would rather be up on my roof, watching the stars."

Milo Atkins has just woken up from a 200 year cryo sleep to find his vision for a super-powered earth realized. He's showered with praise and comforts for pioneering this new step in human evolution. But Milo himself, put to sleep due to his immunity to the process to gain super powers, grows concerned about the parades and celebrations in his name. He's the last human alive without ANY powers, after all. His suspicions are confirmed when he realizes that the curvaceous doctor assigned to him, is actually a convicted felon. Why would a world filled with superheros want someone normal? And why the pretense? [The price of power...is flesh.]

ONC 2021 In the land of Nodin, an outcast fae is used by nobility in many unsavory ways. His strange looks and bird-like wings deem his blood tainted and him unworthy of the respect paid to true fairy men. Ridiculed and sometimes tortured by royalty, his only solace can be found in the ancient fae female who raised him after being left an orphan, parentage unknown. One day, Mareck, known as Raven in the Royal Court, comes to the aid of a young human witch dying alone in the forest, and is soon plunged into love and all out war, a war that will bring him answers about his parents, a war that will change his station forever.

ONC 2021 contest prompt 64 What should have been a simple task for a trio of ghosthunters becomes something for which the term "Worst Case Scenario" is the mother of all understatements. Sandra, Amelie, and Candice are the three tough women who run "Third Eye Investigations". Recently, ghosts have been popping up everywhere, providing a great business opportunity for clever people with the right skill sets. Ousting a bunch of ghosts from a chocolate factory? Piece of cake. Perhaps, the simple fact the guy commissioning the job was called Borgia should have warned them. Well, it didn't . As a result, things went south so badly, the three are now dead, banned to an underground morgue, while the world is hurtling towards Ghost Apocalypse. There is no way out of the chilly drawers. Unless they do the impossible.

When Project Re-Connection forces a grade 10 class into an assignment based on building relationships and overcoming the social isolation caused by the pandemic, a group of teens quickly learn that there is more to everyone than they thought... For quiet, controlled and introverted 15 year old Millie, she is about to face her biggest challenge...16 year old Ray, an equally quiet Indigenous classmate she thinks she has figured out. Millie reconciles the things she is learning about herself and the people around her while helping her closest friends with their own epiphanies.

||Featured on AmbassadorsAfrica's reading profile|| ||Featured on AmbassadorsNg's reading profile|| ||Open Novella Contest Africa 2021|| * To find his beloved wife, Óshún and heal his broken heart; Cupid comes all the way to Lagos, Nigeria. He crosses path with a girl, who seem to be Óshún. A girl blessed with strange powers yet cursed with resurrection. For this resurrection comes with a price. A price too painful to pay. . . * 🏆||First Place Winner for Chick Lit in The Seasonal Contest Summer 2021 edition|| 🏆||First Place Winner for Romance in the African Writers Awards 2021|| * Cover by: @Sophie_Songs Word Count: 22K Started: February 2021 Completed: May 2021