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The Open Novella Contest is back for 2026! Join fellow storytellers and plant the seed of a tale that will blossom into a 20,000+ word novella within 12 weeks! Your epic quest begins February 1st, 2026, so mark your calendars with this date!

A warm welcome to our poets and storytellers! Whether you're joining us for the first time or returning for another year, we're delighted to have you here. The Shortys is a place to challenge yourself, celebrate creativity, and connect with a community united by a love of words and creative expression. On September 1st, this year's prompts will be revealed. You'll then have the entire month to bring your ideas to life and share your work. So sharpen your wits and ready your words. We're here to encourage one another, cheer each other on, and have fun. We can't wait to read what you create. Let the ride begin. The Shortys Team

Zara Rinaaz is a plus-size doctor who has spent most of her life learning how to make herself smaller. In dressing rooms. In conversations. In social interactions. And around people who looked at women like her and saw a problem before they saw a person. She has PCOD, a period that shows up roughly as often as a solar eclipse, and a very practiced smile she wears like armour. She is not the girl this kind of story happens to. She's a junior ophthalmology resident with sensible shoes, excellent diagnostic skills, and a very firm policy against complications. Alexander Malhotra is a complication. He is thirty one years old, absurdly handsome, and currently, one of the fastest rising actors in the industry. He's also, unfortunately, her patient. His face stares down at Zara from a luxury watch advertisement on the highway she takes every week to buy groceries - all expensive watches, perfectly undone dark hair, and a jawline unfair enough to deserve its own management team. The Art of Taking Up Space is a slow-burn contemporary romance about self-worth, longing, identity, and what it takes to believe you deserve love without first earning permission to exist.

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Asia and Harmony are having problems with their boyfriends.

Perhaps It's about practice But otherwise, it's about perspective Trust me, it will not make sense to you Feel free to offer thoughts or advices. I am just writing here because I want to try something different than what I usually do. 365 writing challenge TW: contains themes of self harm in some of the chapter, depression, low self esteem

Welcome to the Annual Short Story & Poetry Writing Contest, where words ignite imagination and creativity takes center stage. Whether you're a storyteller or a poet, this is your chance to captivate, inspire, and share your voice with the world. All genres, all styles-one platform to shine. Let your stories speak. Let your verses rise.

We present the second edition of WOW:WRITE ON WEDNESDAY after a successful 200 chapters of the first! As you are aware, WOW is a weekly contest, where every Wednesday we post a prompt to write your story. The deadline is the next Tuesday 23:59 pm/11:59 pm EST. Cover made by the wonderful @MissCatLatte ❤

Dark cities. Moral gray. No heroes. A new writing prompt every 3 days - inspired by the world of Nivaria. Write a micro-story (500 characters max) in the comments. Sci-fi noir. Tense. Unforgiving. At the end of each prompt, a fragment from Nivaria: Heiress to the Underworld. Join the challenge. Let's see what the shadows hide.

IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE MESSAGE ME ON MY FEED! I WILL USE IDEAS IF YOU WANT FOR A COLLAB(IF WANTED) SO IF YOU WANT MORE RECOGNITION FOR YOUR FABULOUS WRITING SKILLS! CONTEST STARTS ON OCTOBER 31st!

Against the backdrop of a damp, golden London autumn... In 2026 London, history professor Sarah uncovers a centuries old letter hidden behind an old framed painting in her new flat. As she deciphers its secrets, she becomes entwined in a long lost love and a mystery that spans generations leading her to a man who holds the final piece of the puzzle. 🏅 ONC 2026 • Round 1 • Round 2 • Round 3 Qualifier © 2026 by Nermein Sami El-Kurdi. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use or duplication of this material without express and written permission is strictly prohibited. WARNING: If you are reading this story on TeenFic or any platform other than Wattpad, you are reading an unauthorized, stolen copy. These mirror websites copy content without permission and may expose your device to security risks and malware. ​My official account is @NermeinElkurdi on Wattpad.

Elok is a little caterpillar who begins her journey as an innocent, curious, and naïve creature. She meets Sulastri, Dimas, and Aditya-three friends from different worlds who teach her many things about life, nature, food, and what it truly means to be a good creature. But as time goes by, Elok's hunger slowly turns into gluttony. She eats without restraint, devouring the leaves around her without considering the other creatures who also depend on those trees for food, shelter, and survival. Without realizing it, her unhealthy habit gradually changes her-not only physically, but spiritually as well. When she finally faces the anger of her neighbors and witnesses the consequences of her actions, Elok begins to understand that she has allowed greed, envy, pride, resentment, vanity, and many other harmful traits to take control of her heart. She then retreats into a private chamber she names "THE COCOON." But Elok is not merely hiding from the world. Inside that dark chamber, she begins a far more difficult journey: a journey deep into her own heart. There, Elok must confront the dark traits that have been living within her. She battles Greed, Envy, and other destructive qualities one by one, while struggling to understand who she truly is and how she should live her life. And when the cocoon finally opens, every creature is left astonished. The greedy, selfish, and seemingly ugly green caterpillar they once knew is gone. In her place emerges a beautiful butterfly with radiant golden wings-not merely because her body has undergone a biological metamorphosis, but because her heart has transformed as well. Because sometimes, the greatest metamorphosis is not the transformation of the body. It is the transformation that takes place deep within the heart. 🦋🌕✨

In the forest of Fort Dra-goon, something is hunting. When a squad of M Corp soldiers enters the forest and begins disappearing one by one, the survivors return with little more than fragmented memories of what they encountered. Their reports describe something impossible, something fast, intelligent, and unlike anything they have ever seen. M Corp refuses to leave the mystery unanswered. More teams are sent into the forest. More people disappear. As the death toll rises, M Corp brings in specialized hunters and begins investigating the creature responsible. But the deeper they look, the more they realize that whatever is in there is strange. Something has been living there for a very long time. And now, humanity has disturbed it. What began as an investigation into a mysterious creature soon becomes a struggle. What is hunting them, why it is there, and what happens when something humans were never meant to find is finally awakened?

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 [✔] 𝐉𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆 [✔] 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 [ ] The time is ticking, enter now ⏰

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a book where I try out some writing prompts and have my take on them.

Here is a list of various different prompts I created for those who are simply struggling for new material, or those who need a little inspiration to get back into writing. They are available to be turned into a story on your own account! If you do, feel free to advertise it in the comments section and consider tagging me in your work because I really want to read them!! I'm always looking for new material to read. New prompts will be updated weekly. Most of these are my own ideas. Happy writing!

A home for all the random stuff I think up that doesn't fit anywhere else: fanfics, images, video, short stories that don't work in main WIPs, tips & tricks, etc. Joe Rover ebooks are available at many online retailers.

Open [] Closed for judging [] Closed [x] Welcome to the Temeraire Awards! Another award, but with some nice rules and some even nicer prizes. See inside for more details. Let's set sail! Hosted by @empiresofwater