Tegsa2026 Stories

Bianca Hartwell feels disconnected from the world. Every day, she works at her dull office job and goes back to her empty apartment, having no one to talk to because she can't connect with people. The voice of her dead sister still haunts her. Her job is her life because it's all she has, and in a way, she's become used to her complacency. Until she experiences a warp out of time... Written for TEGSA 2026 by @AprilJester

What if you are unknowingly best friends with your biggest hater? Olive James is a popular content creator on a video platform, MyTube. When her father left the family. Her mom becomes depressed and neglects her and her disabled sister, Evie. Olive takes over as her sister's main caretaker. She also has to help pay some of the bills. Olive tries to make extra money by streaming. Fortunately for her, she is successful with a million followers. Going by the online name SlickChic, Olive streams gaming and other fun content. To keep her identity hidden, Olive wears a wig and heavy make up. Zachary Easton is her biggest hater. He has his own MyTube channel, a commentary channel. Going by the name No_name. His main target on his page is his distain for SlickChic. This leads his followers into hating her as well. However, he never reveals his identity online. Zach is transferred to a new school. Zach gets quickly popular amongst the other student. He then is drawn to Olive, the girl whom everyone from school seems to hate. Zach slowly befriends her. The more time he is with her, the stronger the connection he has towards her. Little does he realize that she is the very content creator he despises. __ A TEGSA 2026 entry. Prompt info is at the end of each chapter. Each chapter will have more than 500 words. Frequent updates and editing.

TEGSA2026 A century ago, Arakiel fell, now the world might fall with her. Exiled and imprisoned within the Temple for one hundred years, the fallen angel has done nothing but claim her innocence and provoke. When the Underworld's monsters rise, she is offered a single chance at redemption: stop them or remain damned forever. There's only one problem. Her guard. Lucan, a blind paladin with a shattered reputation and one final mission to reclaim it, is tasked with keeping her in line and protect her. He doesn't trust her. He doesn't like her. He does anything to stop her from acting reckless. And he certainly doesn't intend to fall for her. But monsters aren't always the greatest threat, it can be the pull between enemies. And sometimes the devil you know is the one who sets your soul on fire.

Slamming the door in Justin Arlington's face wasn't exactly the best way to greet the real estate mogul. He had connections, and she didn't. Angelique DeCoeur knew she had to sell her grandmother's Victorian gingerbread house, but she wanted the chance to restore it first. As a journeyman carpenter reworking classic homes was her specialty. Finding a treasure trove of antiques and a locked jewelry box in the attic were the first steps toward her dream, but the journal turned her life upside down. As Angelique adjusts to the new truths of her life, can she meet the insane timetable she set, save her renovation project, and her sanity? Can Justin dodge her flying hammer and win her heart? This is a TEGSA2026 entry. 0the amazing cover is done by @lupe6583v on Wattpad. Thank you for your beautiful work.

Seven strangers, with seven different dreams. Kim Namjoon, Kim Seokjin, Min Yoongi, Jung Hoseok, Park Jimin, Kim Taehyung, and Jeon Jungkook have spent years chasing a 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 that never seemed to choose them. A producer with sleepless nights, a dancer searching for a stage, a performer whose smile hides pain, a voice waiting to be heard... each of them carries a dream that feels out of reach. When fate throws them into the same project, they're forced to work as one team despite different personalities and expectations. Long rehearsals become meaningful conversation. Arguments slowly turns into trust and somewhere among failures and victories... love begins to bloom in the most unexpected places. But dreams also 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 sacrifice. And sometimes, choosing them means leaving the people who were part of the journey. Can these seven struggling souls become the family they never had? Or will fame tear them apart before they ever reach it? Because some dreams aren't just about becoming famous... they're about finding 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 before the world finally knows your 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀.

A self-declared villain is disturbed in the night by a stranger begging to be his henchman. He makes the mistake of entertaining her request, changing both of their lives forever. Villain x Henchman TEGSA2026

The useful are respected; the useless are thrown away. That was the first lesson his father had taught him, and the one he'll never be able to forget. Arin Davos has spent most of his life trying to fit in with his family, hiding away every aspect of himself that would make him an even greater disappointment, from his inherited magic to the direction of his affections. He didn't hide them well enough. With the neighboring royals about to pay a visit to their storm-torn country, Arin's half-sister Savina quickly sets her mind on one thing, and one thing only: marriage to the prince of Belarune. But she needs Arin's help to succeed, and with his closest-guarded secrets held over him, he can't help but comply. One wrong word to their father, and he would lose everything he'd fought so hard to protect. When a foreign mage rumored to be the prince's closest friend arrives, he seems to be the answer to Savina's plans. However, the more time Arin spends around him on his sister's orders, the closer they grow, until he starts to see the possibility of a life where he no longer has to hide. But the calm never lasts for long, and when the storm finally breaks, Arin will have to choose between the family he has spent his life trying to please and the future he never dared believe he deserved. - - - - - - - - This is my entry for TEGSA 2026. We're currently in the first draft stage, and I'll be posting as I write, with minimal editing. I can promise decent grammar, but you might still stumble upon some inconsistencies and plot holes, which I'll try to clear up during edits before the end of the contest.

#1 in cozy-21/7/26 #3 in mythicalcreatures-31/7/26 Stories are not meant to be read. They are meant to hatch. In the hidden village of Brimblewick, stories are as valuable as money. Every tale told with genuine wonder leaves behind a mysterious egg in the Story Hatchery. When the story is shared once more, it hatches into a magical creature that nourishes the village in ways no one fully understands. Here, memories have feathers, hope has paws, and even the wind pauses to listen. Twelve-year-old Nell has spent years recording Brimblewick's quiet miracles-the way the Morning Chorus greets the dawn, the habits of Story Hatchlings, and the little pieces of magic everyone else takes for granted. But one morning, the Chorus falls silent. No eggs appear. No stories hatch. And for the first time in living memory, Brimblewick begins to starve. As whispers of greed, ambition, and forgotten wonder creep into the village, Nell must discover what truly gives stories life before the last tale is lost forever. Because stories don't just change people. They keep the world alive. (TEGSA 2026)

Good Omens meets La La Land and Percy Jackson in this modern, witty, and emotional reimagining of the lives of ancient deities, you thought you knew. When twenty-five-year-old music teacher Jenny Handsworth dies saving children on a snowy British road, her soul is sent to a sanctuary run by ancient deities. His lonely heart captivated by this remarkable person, who thanks magic and brings joy to other souls through music - Hades -the feared Lord of the Underworld, who has spent millennia as an isolated tie-breaker - is given an ultimatum by the High Council. He has exactly two Earth years to win her heart as a regular human boyfriend. It is a story of how gentle human gratitude and raw electronic music brings happiness to souls in limbo and one lonely Deity. What to Expect: • A charismatic, linen-suit-wearing Lord of the Underworld who desperately needs a better PR department. • Retelling of some myths you thought you knew • A sharp-witted British protagonist who introduces human gratitude to the magic of the island. • A giant, fluffy, three-headed golden retriever who gets easily distracted by birds and cosmic butterflies. • Behind-the-scenes matchmaking chaos from unexpected divine wingmen. • Special 'guest' appearances of music legends who have slipped their mortal bonds. Can a mortal music teacher help rewrite ancient laws, or will the sentient 'Book of Death' claim her soul forever? TEGSA 2026 Word Count : 20, 474

~ She has a mother's heart but a selkie skin ... and it is calling ~ On the twenty-fourth birthday of her daughter, Lena remembers the life she once abandoned for love. How wild and free, how very different it was. The roar of the ocean stirs her blood. Selkie whispers are calling her home. With her husband dead and buried, her daughter engaged to be married ... she's not needed here anymore, is she? Surely, she can retreat to the ocean now? 🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭 this story is write for #tegsa2026 @officialTEGSA 🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭 CW‼️ Perhaps a bit of smut 😬

Stories about friendship and how relationships fall into pieces.

Melody Starring didn't know what to think when a little girl shows up at her doorstep two months before her wedding, asking Melody to pretend to be her mother. Will this end well or in disaster? Written for TEGSA 2026.

Reyna Ashcroft thought inheriting her grandmother's café was the biggest surprise of her life. Little did she know, it was only the beginning. ݁ .‧₊⋆.٠༺✶༻٠.⋆₊‧. ݁ By day, 'The Midnight Brew' is an ordinary coffee shop, boasting of the finest lattes and honey cakes in town. However, when the clock strikes twelve, it's doors open to every magical realm hidden from the human world. As the cafe's new owner, Reyna expects burnt pastries - not staff with wings, enchanted drinks, supernatural politics, or a brooding vampire who orders the same black coffee every single night. Now, with a dangerous force threatening to destroy the cafe that holds the magical and mortal worlds together, Reyna is forced to work alongside him - the cold, infuriatingly aloof (and annoyingly attractive) vampire alive. Saving two worlds might be possible... But can she survive her midnight customer? ݁ .‧₊⋆.٠༺✶༻٠.⋆₊‧. ݁ This story has been written for TEGSA 2026 hosted by @AprilJester

Sean opened his eyes and blinked. This wasn't his run down apartment. There was a hand on his stomach. He lifted the quilt. Clothed. He breathed a sigh of relief but it didn't last long. He didn't remember last night and the woman lying beside him wore a gold band. Sean recalled his homeland, the place where he wasn't identified by his yellow skin of small eyes. Something like this would have disgraced his entire family. He tried to tip toe out of the bed and leave. That was when the woman stirred. "Where are you going this early Sean? It's Sunday. Everything is closed." the woman mumbled. Sean Thomas woke up in a strange woman's bed, a married woman's bed but the moment the woman woke up she started calling him her husband. She insisted that Sean had been the one who married her. She even took Sean to a building that they apparently co-owned. It was a Jazz bar smack in the middle of downtown Manhattan. But it couldn't belong to Sean who was an immigrant worker and dirt poor. But the woman insists that Sean is her husband and Sean wants that lie to be true. Esther David met Sean through an online dating app. Then the COVID struck and they were both confined to their countries. When Esther's grandmother died, she and Sean got married online through a pastor in Canada. Then Esther waited. When she finally meets her husband, he has a different last name and claims to not recognize her at all. Who is Sean David and where was he?

Frustrated by the inability to achieve some meaningful contribution, Rick Stanton has lost his direction in life through a festering annoyance over his own unmet expectations. Jaded with creating slogans and promotions for people whose enterprises make no truly meaningful contributions to the welfare of society, he is driven to a spontaneous, rash act - he quits.

(X) CLOSED for new entries / first five prompt chapters are due by midnight EST on August 31st. (GMT -5) Welcome to The Ever-Generating Story Awards! TEGSA 2026 is here! Can you craft an entire storyline based on ten prompts in a specific order? It's not as hard as it sounds. (Really, it's not.) A song will be assigned to each of your ten main chapters. You may use their titles, the names of the songwriters/performers, or meanings to create your prompt. The best part? You have the freedom to interpret them in any genre you want. You know the prompts are calling your name. Are you ready? (Fanfiction is welcome as long as it's read as a stand-alone, and readers do not need prior knowledge of the original fiction to read it.)

── .✦ [Hook inside the notice chapter] ── .✦ logline: A time-rewinding bus gives a dead Solar Li-Garcia a second chance at life─but what a magical bus gives, can be taken away─and Sol must uncover the reason they're being held hostage, so they can go home to stop their satanic banana bread from burning the whole town down. ── .✦ blurb: Running out into the street on a green light was not Solar Li-Garcia's brightest moment, but hey, at least the sentient bus that hit them is giving them a second chance at life...wait, go back─*what?!* Before the time warp, they were baking the banana bread of their dreams─their dream for the past 2 weeks and a half, in fact. However, a few crucial ingredients were missing, so they had to run out to the store and...you know how it ends. It's a classic tale of a formerly sweet bread turned *satanic*. Satanic banana breads don't make a mess─they mean *business.* They're skilled at weaponizing the kitchens of unsuspecting bakers, so of course Solar's home immediately turns into an active warzone between the neighbors and the bread. If Solar doesn't figure out what the Night Bus wants from them, pretty soon there won't be a home to come back to. The whole town will be leveled to the ground at the crummy hands of a pyromaniac piece of shi─uh, I mean *bread.* ── .⟡ Genre: speculative! comedy-drama with a slice-of-life and the tiniest bit of horror. ── .⟡ Trope: held hostage. time warp. ── .⟡ Representation? yes! ─a genderqueer biracial main character with social anxiety. · · ── · ◯ · ── · · Copyright © [2026] [Bean]

My Entry for TEGSA 2026 In a world where survival has replaced hope, Julia Star enters the deadly Trials to secure a future for her younger sister. She never expects to be paired with Mike Smith, a hardened Hunter who believes survival is all that's left. As the Trials unravel into something far more sinister than either imagined, Julia and Mike are forced to question everything they've been taught about loyalty, sacrifice, and the price of staying alive. Together, they must choose whether to accept a broken world-or fight for one that doesn't yet exist. In the ruins of humanity, where belief is more dangerous than fear, they discover that the strongest thing they can hold on to isn't survival... it's each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Language All characters and events in this story are fictitious, and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Any similarities in plot to other works, movies, books, or elsewhere are completely unintentional and coincidental. I work hard to ensure my stories are original, from character creation to the storyline. I never publish unless I am 100% satisfied. ⚠️ COPYRIGHT NOTICE This story is original work by Anita Le Roux and is published on Wattpad under my author account. No part of this story may be copied, reproduced, reposted, translated, or redistributed on another website or platform without my written permission. If you are reading this story anywhere other than my official Wattpad/Inkitt account, it has been posted without my permission.

The dead have started calling the night shift. Mara Voss only wants to get through another understaffed night at Haus Abendruh-and make sure the dying Wiebke Tamm does not spend her final hours alone. Then an unplugged radio begins broadcasting The Last Request Show. Each song is dedicated to someone inside the care home. Some requests come from the living. Others come from people who have been dead for years. And with every song, the radio reveals another buried memory, unfinished love, or truth someone hoped would disappear with them. When Wiebke dies halfway through the programme, Mara realises the broadcast is not only speaking to the dying. It is speaking to everyone left behind. Before the tenth song plays, Mara must uncover what the radio wants-and decide whether remembering the dead is an act of love or another way of refusing to let them go. Because in Haus Abendruh, death is not the end of the night shift.