Opennovellacontest2021 Stories

[ SORRY ON HOLD ] What would you do when you see a door vanish before your eyes, and the person who stumbled out of it claims to have a package for you? Scratch that; what should you do? [ full synopsis inside ] ONC 2021: Prompt 70

A geeky young doctor enlists the help of an uninvited supernatural guest to win the heart of his long-time crush before she gets swept off her feet by their Mr. Perfect boss. ***** Asher Jansen is one of the many new resident doctors that have joined St. Bernard Hospital. In sync with his luck, there's a freaking pandemic. Hello Covid-19! He doesn't mind working 80+ hours a week and his daily main source of nutrition being a protein shake and instant noodles. Not at all when he gets to work alongside his secret crush, the girl of his dreams, the beautiful and smart yet friendly, Kaylee Fisher. The only problem is Kaylee only has eyes for their medical director Jacob Parker. Okay, that's a lie. Aside from Kaylee already liking someone else, Asher is probably the gold standard of dorks that sports super thick glasses and rotates between only two pairs of chucks. So yeah, zero fashion sense. But all that changes when a certain grim reaper takes a vacation on Earth and borrows Asher's body. The term 'borrow' here being used very loosely. And what will happen when Asher's soul doesn't go to sleep like it's supposed to when the grim reaper takes over his body? Let's find out. ~~~~~~ AN: This is an Open Novella Contest 2021 entry. Story is based off of prompt #36. 36. You are Death, and you are obligated to roam the Earth for one week every hundred years to learn about what the humans are up to these days. The problem? You get stuck on Earth during 2020. Definitely not a social hour. Story is my own and original. Please do not translate or copy without permission. Plagiarism of any form will not be tolerated.

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

I love the Open Novella Contest for finding new stories by authors I've never met before and I'd love to share some authors with you that maybe you have never found before. This book will be slowly filled with authors and books of all genres and styles and places in the writing journey. I do believe every book in here has something special to be shared, and I hope the variety allows you to find some things you like. My intention is to keep this book updated with books currently updating, whether they remain in the contest or not, because I think the ultimate goal of having a complete story at the end is the most important part, regardless of the success in the judging rounds.

It's official, the Open Novella Contest is back again for a fourth edition! And the African community is hosting one! 13 weeks to write 2OK words minimum. Ready for the challenge?

✬ 2021 Round One Ambassador Picks ✩ Round One Qualifier ✪ Formerly titled 'The Chocolate Thief' Verdura, the land of Vegetablis. Earth - erstwhile home to Humans. Earth is devoid of most of its human population, but the Humans have not finished with Earth. For Earth is the only place they know where Chocolate can grow. But when Humans discover that there is another planet where Cacao can flourish, they are desperate to use Verdura for growing more cacao trees to meet the never ending demand for chocolates. Verdura is troubled when a pumpkin spy is captured. Of all their fears, Humans are dreaded the most and the Vegetablis and Fructus are terrified of being discovered. The Vegetablis and Fructus get help from an unexpected ally, the Earth Warriors, who despite being Humans themselves, do not agree with the greedy practices of the rest of their species. It is the War for Chocolate, one that would end in disaster for one or more of the planets involved. ❉ Genre: Children's Fiction with a dash of fantasy ❉ Submission for ONC 2021 - based on prompt 37

[ONC 2021 Longlist] **Only published on Wattpad Marcus, a young farm boy with few expectations in life finds himself suddenly intertwined with a powerful race of immortal warriors destined to watch over mankind, as he discovers a newfound power of his own. Based on prompt # 25 for the ONC 2021.

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: ---

ONC 2021 entry piece Prompt #58 What happens when the dead are stolen? Since the day the morgues were found empty, Amelia has had her fair share of whispered rumors. Stories of how mysterious men clad in black who would appear and take away loved ones. A corrupted government that was said to dirty their hands in illegal facilities. Even an underground market that sprung overnight, ran by a mysterious organisation called the D.A.I. The world no longer feels safe and everyone hid in cement shells, strict curfews imposed to protect the living. All Amelia knew was that she was sick and tired of always living in constant fear. On the day their bedridden friend died, together with her best friend, Ethan, they attempted a dangerous feat- to cheat the government, the D.A.I and even Death himself. *cover by @-designdistrict, irregardless of my name on the book cover this was a collaborative work

"This is our last dance, my dear." He said, to which she replied, "Then make it the best dance, my love." Petra Lockwood has loved ballroom dancing since she walked into her first class four years ago and she has grown into a beautiful dancer because of it. When she moves halfway across the country, Petra sees it as an opportunity to further her dancing. Unfortunately she encounters the same problem in her new studio, the lack of a partner. One cannot succeed in the ballroom alone and with a shortage of male dancers it seems impossible Petra will ever get her chance to shine. Enter Julian Precium, a dark mysterious self proclaimed prince of the ballroom despite being partnerless. After one accidental dance, Petra finds herself partnered with the moody and distant Julian. But things aren't so easy, there are dangerous secrets Julian is hiding and a reason he has never had a partner. Can Petra and Julian work together in order to dance at the championship or will Julian's secrets break both their partnership and themselves? - Entry for the Open Novella Contest 2021- WATTPAD EXCLUSIVE - If you are reading this on another platform it has been illegally copied.

Is it wrong to love ? In my community its frowned upon, looked down on and highly disliked. It's not considered normal but that's not the tale I want to tell today. I am an actor, a support actor to be precise. And this is the story of my life. A glimpse. Stay with me to the end. I need you. ***ONC INDIA ROUND 1 QUALIFIER***

❝ 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

From nowhere come three. An old man, a younger man, and a woman. The sun is dying. The Earth has long been given up for dead. Evolution is ended, and existence pointless. Can the three find purpose once more, in the last civilisation of man, or will human nature tear everything apart for one final time? -- Written for the Open Novella Competition 2021. Prompt 77: In the shadow of a dying star a new civilization rises, a new civilization that has the potential to change everything. - Amazing cover done by @terraxxa - thank you so much!

Angela is lost. In time. To the world. In the eyes of a boy who she should not love. Written for the Open Novella Contest 2021 (onc2021), based on prompt no. 43.

A tale a vampire princess and revenge.

Spiritual powers, magics, Blackmagic are all fake. This is what modern time says. Mascaras are creating in the modern world. No one can give the specific reasons behind this. What if evil souls are disrupting the peace of the modern. But Why they are doing so? Does something happen 3000years back that? How can everything be calmed down? Indeed it needs a powerful demonic cultivator. But is there any demonic cultivator in this modern world? A girl, wearing all black robes standing on the roof of a house with her black flute. "World needs me, Ragavarshini." A smirk appeared on her face. Copyright ©️ Aranya Agnihotri

Kiesha had never thought she was anything special. An average girl from an average family, she was quite happy with her life. At least she was until an old friend of her father's from a world-wide Secret Society shows up and changes things forever. But when a mysterious illness begins eliminating the upper ranks of the Society, Kiesha and her fellow next-generation members must step up to the plate to save the day. Scripture reference is taken from the American Standard Version, which is in the public domain.

ONC 2021 Ambassador's Pick ~ Lav Sciarra's accomplishments are many: He is one of the Tower's best soldiers. He founded the Gemma Special Forces. He killed the terrorist who nearly destroyed the Tower. Lav Sciarra, they say, is a hero. Lav knows otherwise. ~ An ONC2021 entry. Based on Prompt #1: "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."