Youngwritersprize Stories

Ira Sen has always lived by one rule.. stay in control. A topper. Disciplined. Unquestioning. In a world that never stops expecting, she never stops delivering. Until the day everything changes. When her sister, a scientist at Indian Space Research Organisation, discovers something impossible, a phenomenon that shouldn't exist. A black hole. But this isn't just any Black Hole. Inside it, time doesn't move forward. It exists,all at once. Past. Present. Future. And when Ira comes face to face with it, she doesn't just see the universe.. she sees herself. Every moment. Every choice. Every version of her life... right in front of her. But when time stops being something you can control.. what do you hold on to? And what do you finally let go?

Scarlett is your average eighteen year old. Well average eighteen year old shifter anyway. She has just turned a major corner in her life and has finally developed the ability to shift. But it seems that in Scarlett’s life nothing good comes without consequence, as she is forced into battle with her fellow pack members and friends in a competition for the future Alpha and the title of Alpha female. Will Scarlett’s desire for survival out do her needs as a woman or will fighting for a life with a man she doesn't like, let alone love, prove too be a fate worse than death? Cover by danceyourbleepoff

Ezra Sparks woke up one morning in a hospital bed with no recollection as to who anyone was -- unless he'd met them before he was nine years old. Unfortunately, Carmen Bailey didn't meet Ezra until he moved to London, at ten. So how come a boy who only remembers living in Cornwall, woke up in a hospital in London, watching a girl beg for him to remember her? How had he gotten there? ~~~ Carmen soon finds herself, all those years later, still loving someone who had no idea they used to love her. They made a vow; a promise to each other forever and the only way to make that promise last would be to do the impossible and create love as a cure for memory loss.

In the year 2013, Earth is attacked by an alien race that destroys the planet and puts an end to civilization. Three hundred years into the future, humans had migrated to a group of hidden caves located in the midst of the highest mountains. The story follows Jemma, a twenty year old who was born and lived all her life in the caves. But when one of the people closest to her is forced to leave, she is left with no choice but to venture on a dangerous journey that will reveal the most shocking truths about the aliens, about Earth and about Jemma herself.

Jason Grimwald is different. He's dark, gloomy, and scary. All his life he's isolated himself from everyone except his little brother, Mason and his guardian, Uncle Harry. You see, if you had what Jason has, you'd do the same thing. But when you isolate yourself, people notice you. They notice how weird you are, and how psycho you seem, and they give you funny nicknames like Grimm because you remind then of the Grim Reaper. They don't know your story so they'll make one up, they won't bother trying to understand you because what's the point? Eventually they go away, they all do. They all stop wondering and eventually, they give up. Well, all but one. Meet Donna Shapiro, a quiet and smart individual. Ever since elementary school, everyone, and especially boys, loved her. Almost everyone wanted to be her friend but she hated that. She preferred being alone, writing, listening to music, reading, and wondering about Jason. The moment their eyes met in grade 6, she became curious. She wondered why the kid never talked, and why he seemed so... Interesting. Of course she was always to shy to make the first move, until now. Usually Jason ignored whenever people interacted with him, but this time it was different, she's different. The moment the two of them become involved, BOTH their worlds are turned upside down.

She finally met my gaze, and I read her like a book. "I'm a mutant?" There was silence for a moment, as I realised what I'd just said. "You possess the rare mutation in your brain that allows telepathic powers - you can read minds, can't you Rainbow." Rainbow Arcus is always the resident freak of her town - no matter which town she moves to. Besides not being able to shake the name Rainbow, there's something even more freaky about her. Sure, she can read minds, but it's something she's always been able to do - totally normal, right? Rainbow, the outsider all her life, is about to learn that she's not the only one with 'powers', and while she may finally find friends for the first time in her life, there are also enemies to be found out there, waiting and ready to ignite the fire... [Book Cover credits: http://weheartit.com/entry/42004003/via/xinfinityonhigh and http://www.colourbox.com/image/the-sparks-from-the-sparkler-on-black-background-image-2600289] [Entrant in the Young Writers Prize 2014] [Entrant in the Watty Awards 2015]

Sixteen year old Jaydin moves with his family from Gothenburg to Stockholm. He's not happy about that, and his parents won't even tell him why they're moving. But along the way into Jaydin's new life, he discovers a missing part of himself. He discovers what he can do, and what he must do to achieve what is predetermined in his fate. They need him. She needs him, but will he be able to help? Or will he make everything worse for himself and his friends?

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Two Close Friends Become Lovers , And Instantly Falls In Love, But 1 Accepts It And The Other Questions It. Through This Journey Of Heartbreaks And Dilemma They Still Find Each Other Back In Their Lives.

An 18 year old female named Alexis lived in a small village in the United Kingdom. When hearing the news that a war has started, her father has to go fight in the military. During the night, Alexis impersonates her father and joins the military as him, females at this time were not able to join the military. Alexis falls in love with a boy she meets but, when a tragic accident happens she has to move on. After all, there is still a war.

In a world where being talentless/powerless is an expendable crime its not easy to be that persons older sister. Ashlyn's younger sister Isla is past her age for manifestation. what will this mean for Ashlyn? and more importantly, how will she protect her younger sister from the dangers of being talentless? Or will Isla surprise even herself?

Tried something new...

A short story about what seems to be an innocent autumn Sunday afternoon walk. What will happen? (Cover from Pinterest) Sorry if there are any typos, or spelling mistakes.

Monsters everywhere. Not something you hear from a sane person on a daily. No, at my age, saying something like that was sure to get you a one way ticket to Crazyville. Yet here I was, not in Crazyville but chasing afters the monsters that killed my mother and brother and turned my father. A new kind a of world I had yet to understand. And I would find out soon enough what creatures lurk just beyond the shadows.

When seventeen year-old Runner was sentenced to death for stealing a loaf of bread in MegaCity One, his dreams were literally at an end. But then he opts to sign up for the Remnants of Men, a government sanctioned search for a rumoured fresh water lake beyond a radiated wasteland. At first, it seemed like a second chance to a new life, the transformation from zero to hero. But after an encounter with a rabid gang of men suffering an acute insanity, he soon comes to understand that he is one of many discarded into the wasteland to study the cannibalistic effects of a new drug called the Sixth Sense. Olivia Patterson has had one too many doses of the Sixth Sense and owes a massive debt to a shadowy rebel and loan shark called Death-Throe. Being the daughter of the City's dictator, she knows too well that the gallows awaits any who associates with the rebel. In an attempt to free herself, she acquires an asset in the form of Runner and finds herself always at the edge, for if he survives it means freedom for both, but if he dies...

Simeon is Aimee's teacher. Will the last? Or will one end up broken?

I wish I could just remove these chains off me

Sam had always been different. At 16 years old she should be going out to parties with friends, tanning by the pool, and sneaking out at night. None of those things had ever seemed appealing to Sam. Neither had the idea of being friends with the other teenagers who attended St Helens High School, with the exception of Micshee the quiet nerdy girl that seems to be just as socially inept as Sam. Sam spends most of her time out in the thick forests of Oregon, just being in Nature. It is the only place she truly feels at home. Her once quiet life is suddenly turned upside down when she runs into a beautiful boy in the woods. She has never seen anything like him, but soon learns that he is just the beginning to something much greater.

I dabble in poetry. That's all i really can say, it just always seems to take my breath away. I want to share my inner thoughts and my works. Please be kind because these are far from perfect. I just want to be heard. ⚠️Some of these poems were written at a low point. Viewer discretion because some things may be triggering⚠️