Nationalgeographic Stories

I remember when I was young, I would always go to this tranquil place and enjoy my peace as I watched the sunset over the horizon as it was reflected by the ocean. It was those vivid days that brings me back to my senses every time I come back to it. It's already slipping past my mind but I'm trying as hard as I could to picture that scene as clear as I can lest I forget. But how could I? I haven't seen that kind of peace for a long time What's wrong with this world? The World Wherein I Belong...

Hi!! I am SO thrilled to have been selected by National Geographic to write an entry for their Planet Or Plastic contest! I'm from California, so the ocean is very near to me. Lately, however, something I've been seeing more of there is...trash. Plastic bottles and wrappers. Stray cups and containers. So much waste in a place that harbors more living things than we even know! Since I write mostly dystopian stuff, for my story I decided to consider the fate of the ocean. I encourage you to come up with your own story with the hashtag #PlanetOrPlastic too!!

My contribution to the National Geographic's writing contest "Planet Or Plastic" in order to indicate the oceans' plastic pollution that is growing worse and worse year by year. Enjoy!

This story is dedicated to you, human. The image is taken from the contest page. Enjoy.

Sarah and her sister go to their childhood beach, only to find that it's become horribly polluted over the years. * * * The cover was drawn by me, and the characters are my own. This story was made for the #PlanetOrPlastic Contest held by the WattPad account for National Geographic.

How much do we really think of the future, are we going to be living on a planet or a plastic zone. #PlanetOrPlastic

Our planet's in need of help as we destroy ecosystems with rubbish and plastics. This is the tale of an animal affected by our pollution

while the wild can be a brutal place, sometimes animals surprise us all and do some incredibly caring things for one another. or the real life story in which a lioness and a baby baboon become an unlikely and momentarily family. © 2015

a teenager of the future writes a message to the people of the past giving them their opinion about their world of sepio color and telling them about their beloved viewpoint

Atabey is one of two supreme deities of the Taino people. She is the goddess of fresh water and fertility. She is also known as Caguana a spirit of Love and Guabancex the violent wild mother of storms, volcanoes and earthquakes. The Taino's used to worship her and hold her on high but she noticed as time went on her people worshiped her less and less as they became more consumed with modern advances. This caused Atabey's powers to diminish and she has become weak. It became difficult for her to watch over the Caribbean. Less and less people believed in her. She looked to the mortals and noticed that many of them have either became lazy, self absorbed, or both. Though there were many advances to modernize the people and make their work lives easier the enviorment around them has been neglected and abuse through the modern advancement. "These mortals have become so self absorbed and gluttonous that they don't realize the how their selfishness causes destruction around them. At this pace no one animal or human will have clean water and I will disappear. What could I do to get their attention to get them to make a change?"

This is my first entry for the #planetorplastic competition! I wish the best of luck to all the contestants. To be honest, I've been wanting to write about something like this for a long time. The things that I have mentioned about myself in my entry is true. I hope we will all engage in the endeavor to save this planet. It needs you and me to stay united enough to fight off all its pollutants.

I am joining National Geographic in the fight against single-use plastics. This is the first time I have written a short story in a long while. The moment I saw the contest inspiration, I was immediately inspired and written this short story on a whim. Enjoy reading! And good luck to all the participants. :)

The Earth is covered in humanities destruction. Earth is covered with ocean that rose to the clouds. And it is still rising. The oceans are filled with the dirty scraps of the past, and they are piling up. Humans left the Earth when the knew it was about to die. Only a few were left to suffer the consequences of the things they've done.

#planetorplastic #national geographic initiative 📢📢 Trailer included! This dystopian short story is one of my entries for nat-geo's writing contest #planetorplastic (Word count- 499) Blurb- some where in the dystopian future, no land is safe. So survivors live on waters sailing ships. SYNTHO-STHAN was once called India, now it's a barren synthetic waste land. Story of a young girl and his brother's adventures who are "FORAGERS" for survival. *The cover for this story has won and is featured in "InMag-6", a cover contest arranged by @AmbassadorsIN. (I designed it, yayy!) Additional tags- #Talentawards2018

Hi!! Thank you for reading my submission:) "We can say it's beautiful all we want but once we spot an ounce of it, we'll devour that sight using it as our dumping ground."

In 2035, the ocean was declared a Dead Zone...

What will happen if we continue to poison our waters? Find out here.

'It won't be long until our world disintegrates into a mass of debris, filling it with the mistake of people's ignorance and greed.' This is my entry for National Geographic's #PlanetorPlastic writing contest. In 500 words or less, we were asked to write and share a story, may it be real or fiction that was inspired by the photos that were presented. Completed: 10/11/18 @NationalGeographic

A fantasy story of a seahorse and you. This is an entry in the National Geographic #PlanetOrPlastic contest.

Kevin Higgins is a 25-year-old herpetologist who is a snake expert, prepares to travel around the world to find and study all kinds of snakes including newly discovered species.