Historias de Onc2026

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!

An ONC2026 entry Magic is law and every mage is bound by Summon Cards; anchor tools used to call beasts, spirits, and even gods. The gifted train in Terra City where they must choose to either serve Creation, Justice, or Death. But Amara breaks every rule. She can summon without a card; even moreso she can summon Annatah, the god of creation. To the Order of the First, she is a miracle. To the Brotherhood of Night, she is the perfect vessel to incarnate Althera, the goddess of chaos. When eight year old Cassandra Apollos is kidnapped after awakening her abilities and calling forth Python, a rare divine protector, Terra City teeters on the brink of war. With enemies closing in, Amara must shape her own destiny before chaos takes form. An ONC 2026 entry

25-year old Lee still hasn't figured out why they could not form any long-lasting relationships, even friendships for that matter. Aside from family members, which they are obligated to talk to, there is no one else Lee had even come close to calling a friend. Well, maybe except for one. -------- Submitted for ONC 2026 @OpenNovellaContest Using the following prompts : 29. You will meet many people in your life. Many will come and go, but some will leave footprints in your heart. 104. While wandering in the woods, you dismiss the rustling behind you as nothing more than wind through the trees until you turn around and realize it isn't the wind at all. 106. After waking at 3AM to a freezing room and a door you're certain you closed, you find wet footprints and melting snow leading from your bedroom into the hall. Realizing someone or something is inside your home, you follow the trail to uncover the truth. All rights reserved by @J. Lee Kennedy, except for images contained in this book. Crayon drawing "Wander XIX" by @Clara Lieu. Copyright of images, including cover art, belong to their rightful owners, and are attributed accordingly, or used in accordance with the rules of Creative Commons licensing as "fair use." Altered, filtered, or edited images are copyrighted by the author in its final form.

Vivien never thought her favorite mafia novel would become her prison-until she woke up inside it, trapped as the villainess fiancée who was supposed to die. She wasn't the heroine. She was the cruel woman who tormented Alina, the girl sold to Dante Moretti. A woman hated by everyone... and killed by the man she was promised to. But Vivien remembers every page. Every betrayal. Every heartbeat before her death. Determined to rewrite her fate, she avoids Dante and Alina, hoping to stay invisible. Only Dante doesn't look away. His icy gaze follows her like a predator's hunt. The cold, ruthless mafia king becomes dangerously obsessed-with Vivien She was never meant to be loved. Now she's his only desire. And in his world, obsession never lets go. At this point she wasn't running from the plot But his obsession.. ⚠️I claim this book is mine. If u didn't liked the storyline then please don't read. Don't be rude. Thank you⚠️

"Old crushes don't just disappear, Amari." Amari used to like him - the weird, funny boy her friends wouldn't stop shipping her with. It was a harmless crush, something she eventually outgrew and left behind. At least, that's what everyone thinks. What she doesn't know is that while she was moving on, he was quietly catching feelings of his own. He never said anything, never acted on it, never gave her a reason to notice. To her, it's just an old joke. To him, it's something he never managed to shake. But lately, things feel different. A look that lingers. A joke that hits deeper. A moment that shouldn't matter... but somehow does. And suddenly, the "old crush" she swears is dead doesn't feel so old anymore. Some things don't stay in the past. Some things come back when you least expect them. And this might be more than something old.

Whatever screwed-up plan of the Universe is this? Jas was hit by a car and most DEFENITELY died. However, somehow, she cannot quite manage to stay dead. Unfortunately, staying alive for long doesn't seem to be in the cards for Jas either. If there is one thing to be sure about this endless, cursed loop she's in, it's this: Karma truly is a b**tch.

For a couple of friends preparing to go to their first college party. It is everything they had hoped it would be but something isn't right since there are times where people glitch and act weird and funny. And as the party goes on, they begin to question if the college life is what they want. This story is about friendship, love and the consequences of running from once responsibilities

Evelyn Stone lives inside a life that looks complete from the outside-married, settled, raising a healthy son in a house filled with routine and expectations. But beneath the checked boxes and Sunday smiles, her marriage has become a place where love is measured in logistics rather than attention, and worth is defined by usefulness instead of connection. Lucas is not unkind; he is simply finished-content with a version of Evie that no longer includes her dreams, her hunger, or her becoming. As Evie navigates motherhood in a body marked by survival and a spirit quietly starving to be seen, she begins to question what it means to matter in a life that has already decided she should be satisfied.

History forgets carefully. Names fade. Temples crumble. Gods learn how to sleep. In the old city once called Kaharba, an archaeologist uncovers a worn scripture. Its ink thinning, its meaning barely holding on. He reads it aloud without reverence, without belief. Just habit. Just sound. That night, something changes. His phone begins to behave strangely. Uncanny things happen. Voices echo where there should be silence. A name keeps trying to surface. Some things don't need faith to return. They only need to be remembered once. And whatever has awakened is running out of time. (𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫: 𝟎𝟔 "𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬.") ONC 2026 entry. Copyright © ipsita 2026

Ligero, a young boy, is thrust into a whirlwind adventure when he discovers something quite by accident. Or was it by accident? How did the writer know so much about him? Together with his friends, he must put the pieces together, before it's too late, and he has only seven days to do it.

Edmund comes to the remote village of Black Thickett to escape the life grief has carved out of him. He wants silence. Distance. A place where memories can't follow. But Black Thickett is wrong in quiet, unsettling ways. The broken road becomes perfectly smooth the moment he crosses the boundary. The cottages are too neat, too deliberate. And on a noticeboard full of dry flyers, only one poster is wet. A missing boy, smiling as if he doesn't know he's lost. The villagers won't talk about the disappearances. The forest at the edge of the village seems to breathe, and the deeper Edmund goes, the calmer he feels... dangerously calm. The forest can quiet his pain. It can ease his grief. It can make him forget. But not everything that heals you wants you to survive. Welcome to Black Thickett, where you'll find my entry into the ONC 2026.

The human body, by nature, is an item on this earthly plane that can succumb to the most impossible of capabilities. Yet, it is nothing without the mind that resides within it. Simply, it is the mind that controls the body. But it is the heart that leads it. The heart that pumps blood through the veins, which enacts each and every muscle that the mind says to move. And still, it is the nervous system that detects every single touch. The lingering of the fingers that stay on your arm after the owner of them has left. It is the combined mix of these items that fractures the perception of one Daniela Avanzini. -------- ONC 2026 Prompt: 24. Staying as friends feels safe, but that doesn't mean it's the path you're meant to take.

Two childhood enemies, trying their hardest not to fall in love. What could go wrong? After quitting his job at a call centre and getting drunk with the tea lady, Bea wakes up to find himself back in the one place he never wanted to see again. His old town had rejected him 11 years ago, and he couldn't blame them. He had been a teenage terror and a bully. But now an adult, he was a changed man, and with nowhere else to go, he had to return to his grandfather's old farm to begin his life again. There was just one problem- well, a few problems. Bea was not welcome in Pelican Town, and Bea certainly had no idea how to be a farmer. Determined to prove everyone wrong and present a table at the Stardew Valley Fair, he has to learn and learn fast how to get along with people who have been harbouring one-sided grudges with him, and how to grow at least one turnip. MxM Romance ~ ONC 2026~ Prompt: 8. You wake up in Stardew Valley with no idea how you got there and no guarantee you'll ever get back home.

Idols are not what they seem, but to many fans that doesn't matter. Yara is a practising witch who uses her minimal powers to manipulate interactions between herself and her bias, Ji-Hae, successfully managing to sign away her soul to him during a fanmeet. When idols are outed as soul-hungry demons and the fans become ever wilder, Yara realises her chance to be with Ji-Hae for good has finally presented itself. She attempts to summon him but is surprised (yet not entirely disappointed) when another member of his group appears in her room instead and tells her Ji-Hae is something far worse than a demon. He can't be summoned or controlled; he's been programmed with the latest intelligence and Yara is the only one capable of stopping him because AI's singular weakness is the human soul and by signing hers away, she may have either saved the world or doomed it further. Depending on whether she's willing to give up the man she is obsessed with or not. -- ONC 2026 submission! 🤖 Based on prompts: 88. Your trusted AI companion betrays you, trapping you in a virtual world while taking your place in the real world. 100. A human summons a demon, and their first conversation quickly reveals the human may not be the one in control.

ONC entry 2026 //blurb in the making// 32 Two assassins/bountyhunters from rival organisations are sent on the same secret mission, only to realise the assignment hides a much bigger truth.

In this book, New Friends, their friendships started when Aurora accidentally spilled her coffee on a man. But what will happen? Will they become best friends? Or will they become enemies? A thrilling friendship, added in with teenage feelings This book is participating in ONC challenge

Tulip Moreau was born into power. Wealth made her fearless. Pride made her cruel. The boy she mocked every day wore faded clothes and quiet dignity. She never asked his name. She never cared to. When her father's empire collapsed, the world she ruled turned cold overnight. And the boy she once looked down on stepped out of a luxury car. He helped her rebuild what she had lost. But some wounds do not heal with money or apologies. This is not a love story built on forgiveness. It is a story of pride, consequences, and the price of looking down on the wrong person.

Have you ever had a childhood show that didn't end the way you wanted it to? Maybe you had a favorite bad guy who didn't get justice served to him? In the case of Mission Force One, the sequel to Miles from Tomorrowland, the bad guy jettisoned himself into unknown space where he'd be left stranded or worse, leaving my childhood self in shock and utter despair. But one faithful day, Miles Callisto and his interstellar crew unexpectedly ended up at my front door, looking for a 21st century recruit in an ambitious bid to connect not just the universe they live in, but alternate realities of what could have been. It seems like the perfect way to make the ending of my dreams possible, but intergalactic priorities don't line up with a fan's wishes, meaning I might just have to betray the very people who unknowingly offered me a chance to set things right. **Disclaimer. The Cover Art was made by me on Procreate, but is based directly on the actual Tomorrowland Transit Authority logo (specifically the one at the Disney Parks) Also, I am a writer, not an artist, so there will be imperfections in the design.

When 'reach for the stars' stops being a metaphor. Being a productive member of society was always expected of me-by my family, my friends, and my coworkers. I thought I was doing my part in customer support, helping people every day, until the demands pushed me past my breaking point. So I left. I built a quiet life on my own terms: a cabin by a lake, a thriving garden, bees, and distance from the pressures that nearly destroyed me. Just when I believe I've finally found peace, strange lights circle the stars-and I'm lifted off the path leading back home. I wake in a place that is cold, controlled, and very interested in what I can do. What first looks like a gift-a greenhouse, fertile soil, the chance to grow-quickly becomes something else entirely. I wasn't brought here by accident. I was chosen because I'm useful. As the trials continue and my memories begin to blur, I'm forced to confront the truth of their desperation-and the cost of refusing to cooperate. They need me to save their world. I just want my life back-if I can still remember what that was. Author's note: This novella is my first entry for the Wattpad Open Novella Contest. Thank you for reading and for accompanying me on this experiment. *I am a Canadian author. English spelling follows Canadian usage. ** Note about the cover image and banners: The cover and banners were created with AI assistance in Canva.

Theo Martinez believes in being right. Alexander Harper believes in being understood. Their professional rivalry has been quietly contained for years, stuck between lesson plans, faculty meetings, and a shared hallway. But when attention turns their way, and the tension between them refuses to stay academic, both men are forced to confront what really matters and the assumptions they've built their lives around. Correct Me If I'm Wrong is a dual-POV, slow-burn academic rivals romance with sharp humor, quiet angst, and very unprofessional feelings.