Opennovellacontest2023 Stories

155 Stories

I'm Scared of Heights | ONC 2023 ✔️ by EverythingsNothing
I'm Scared of Heights | ONC 2023 ✔️by Caity
| 3x Featured | | ONC 2023 Shortlister | "I'm not scared of heights. I'm afraid of falling from them." ...
Protecting Myrtle-Rose | #ONC2023 (on hold) by AuthorESElias
Protecting Myrtle-Rose | #ONC2023...by E. S. Elias, Author
Entered in the Open Novella Contest 2023 @OpenNovellaContest - Rules and Guidelines: https://www.wattpad.com/story/331351500-open-novella-contest-2023 ©2023 E. S. Elia...
THE OUTSIDE WORLD | ✔ #ONC2023 Shortlister by AuthorESElias
THE OUTSIDE WORLD | ✔ #ONC2023 Sho...by E. S. Elias, Author
Entered into the Open Novella Contest 2023 | Shortlister! @OpenNovellaContest - Rules & Guidelines: https://www.wattpad.com/story/331351500 ©2023 E. S. Elias All Right...
Novellas & New Roast: Tips from an ONC Winner ✓ by chaikovskiy
Novellas & New Roast: Tips from an...by -ˋˏ 𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓮 ˎˊ-
Whether it's your first time or your sixth time, writing a novella in 12 weeks isn't easy. As a 2021 ONC Winner and two-time Honorable Mention (2023/2024), I would know...
The Bones Below | ONC 2023 | ✔️ by kgravez
The Bones Below | ONC 2023 | ✔️by K. Graves
Humankind has long since perished. But life goes on. Nature is slowly reclaiming the planet. A fire forces a young red fox named Kip to flee her den for the first time...
Idiots to Lovers (bxb) by itsmeimthevampire
Idiots to Lovers (bxb)by Jamie Ellery
||WATTY WINNER 2023🌟|| Two strangers pretend to be a couple to win a dumb bet. The wager: they must enrol in couples therapy and fool their counselor. _________ Update...
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The Cantonesia Caper by kth_disneyfanatic
The Cantonesia Caperby ✨𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐚✨
[Bauhinia Legacy Series, Book 4.0] 🏅HONORABLE MENTION IN ONC 2023🏅 Written for the 2023 Open Novella Contest: It's easy to get away with crime in a packed, unruly and...
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The Nameless King by BellOfSilence
The Nameless Kingby S. Wolff
** The horror slumbers buried under many meters of rubble and desert sand. Nameless cartouches, desecrated relics, and a sarcophagus containing an ancient riddle. ** &qu...
Goddess Awakened (On Hold) by me2you804
Goddess Awakened (On Hold)by Kat
There was a time when Antheia feared death above all else. After all, what else did a goddess have to fear? However, after thousands of years, she knows the truth. Ther...
SHORT OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST (SONC - 2023) by GoldenieTwilightie
SHORT OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST (SONC...by 𝒯𝐸𝒥𝒜𝒮𝐻𝑅𝐸𝐸
CLOSED (🔐) The Big yearly Awards are finally here! Awards, Contests and more. The celebration of books and writing talent overall. Take a look to know more!
The Cousin - ONC 2023  by shellzels
The Cousin - ONC 2023 by Shellswritesstuff
Round One Ambassador Pick. Emily Hollyford fell in love with Oscar Trentham, Earl of Riverstoke, when she was just thirteen years old. All she wanted in life was to ma...
Blackbird by sarah3534
Blackbirdby Sarah James
🏳️‍🌈ONC2023 Shortlister [A queer retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in modern day California.] Tate Parker and Alex Benitez are sworn enemies, but it's not a battle li...
Aliath by Zubair_05
Aliathby zubair muhammad nadheer
Is he the greatest sorcerer that exists, or is he the biggest sham? *** Meet Aliath; the High Wizard of the Edvan empire as he searches for signs of the enemy within. He...
Beauty and the Gorilla: ONC 2023 by MountainMomma81
Beauty and the Gorilla: ONC 2023by Kristina Pike
When a lonely vet tech unknowingly befriends a gorilla shifter over a mutual love of music, their lives will change forever. Claire Beck is at a crossroads in her life w...
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A Cat-alytic Taxi Ride | ✓ by pomalo_
A Cat-alytic Taxi Ride | ✓by u p o m a ✨
"Excuse me, mister, but why did everything suddenly turn black and white?" A miserable adult who prefers to ignore everything, including their dying father. A...
Boys of West Denton ✓ by Olivaughn
Boys of West Denton ✓by olivia vaughn needs some snow
WATTYS 2023 SHORTLIST | WATTYS 2023 FANS CHOICE AWARDS NOMINEE Initially looking for nothing more than a feelings-free summer fling before college, reckless Harris McCam...
Golden Apples of the Sun 🏳️‍🌈 (wlw) || ONC2023 [ON HIATUS] by pixelmum
Golden Apples of the Sun 🏳️‍🌈 (w...by Pixelmum
Submerged kingdoms, haunted temples, booby-trapped caves. Lara Croft has seen it all in her quest for ancient artefacts, which she sells to the highest bidder. But nothi...
The Mortal And The Wicked-- ONC 2023 by The_twilight_writer
The Mortal And The Wicked-- ONC 20...by Katlynn Winters
ONC 2023 Shortlister His features had haunted her for years; a boy with silver eyes peering out from beneath a mask of bone. His body cloaked in darkness, a wicked grin...
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The Wrath of Winter | ONC 2023 by TheConfusedTurtle
The Wrath of Winter | ONC 2023by Turtle
[ONC 2023 Shortlister] Everyone in the Calistian kingdom fears the cruelty of the winter spirit, Sefah. They whisper to each other that his heart is as cold as the ice h...
Hang It Up  | ONC 2023 by authorelizasolares
Hang It Up | ONC 2023by Eliza Solares
Canadian Piper Ouellet is going to Paris. She knows the language, she knows the city, and most of all, she knows her ballet. Offered a place in the corps de ballet in t...