Opennovellacontest2020 Stories

Gwyneth "Gwen" Aspen made her life systematic. Everything for her was all planned out which gave her no room for other things. Growing up with that kind of mindset, she became more analytical -apathetic- and less empathetic when it comes to viewing the perspective of her surroundings. She seemed to only have two main goals in life though, to leave her position as a Publicist and to finish a book. And when life gave her that opportunity, she never felt more eager to do anything just to reach that goal. Luke Isaac Hayes has never been on his own so he decided to move in New York by himself to start a new life and to also try to move on from a past that he can't seem to escape from. Neither had nothing to do with love-all they ever wanted was to do what they originally planned on doing. But when fate comes into the picture, giving them the opportunity of love, could anyone separate them both apart? or will they just take love for granted?

Do magical beings only exist in story books? The story of a heartwarming friendship between a child and a lonely baby dragon. [ONC 2020] [Prompt No. 2]

A crash leaves Sarah and her older sister, Mila, without a mother. | #3 in Children's Fiction. ♥ Wattpad Ambassador's Pick ♥ ONC 2020 Longlister | With their dad long gone, Mila is the only one who can keep their tiny family together. But, Sarah isn't making things easy for her. She keeps running away to a tree in the middle of the woods where she swears she can still hear their mom speak. When Mila finally chases her down, she can't hear a thing. The social workers have given the sisters only seven more days to put everything in their life back together, before they take Sarah away for good. But with Sarah on the run, playing with the ghost of her dead mother in a magic, blue tree, can things ever get back to normal again? _____ Current word count: 20,030 (children's novella)

The young half elf Talis finds together with her best friend Aurelia an old legend about dragons. They have lived a long time ago next to the elves but dissapeard. Together the two girls are going to find the truth about the legend. A lot of thing are happening what distracked them from their quest like a strange group of elves that claims they are descendants from the dragons. How will Talis and Aurelia handle this situation?

Selene was the illegitimate daughter of the king, but no one knew it. Because of this, she hated her life in the castle. She hated being locked up in a room because she couldn't hide the bruises well. She hated her father. And when she gets the chance to escape she takes it, but how long can she keep up the charade once she is on the outside? Will her heart withstand the turmoil when she falls in love with a princess from the neighboring kingdom she saves after she assumes her new life? Will that princess love her back? Prompt #8 for the OpenNovellaContest 2020.

apocalyptic thriller set in a small out of the way town. The people of Silver have lived a quiet life in a sleepy town until one night an event changes them and changes the world.

Saiph Urania and Rigel Clio are a Demon and a Spirit respectively. Saiph follows rules. Rigel would rather not. Meeting each other will only lead to bad things. So let's watch it happen! As Told By Orion [You Don't Need To Know My Last Name]

18 year old Felicity Bright has always felt that her life was perfect with her excessively rich parents, large mansion, and designer clothing. She has never suffered a moment of discomfort and lives as if she were in a fairytale, being loved by everyone and having all her wishes granted. But despite her promising career as a painter and recent betrothal to a handsome albeit annoying young man by the name of Avron Daniels, there has always been something mundane about the city of Nirvana. As if everything was fake and artificial, crafted by the meticulous hand of a mysterious figure. Her suspicions about the city arise due to the existence of strange occurrences called 'The Glitches' and a mysterious black hole which she has dubbed as 'The Tear.' What may not be artificial is Felicity and Avron's budding love for each other, but when they uncover a shocking secret that leaves them both terrified and shaken, they realize that the truth might be more than they can handle and that falling in love may not have been a good idea. -ONC Longlist- ***Completed***

"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity - Henry David Thoreau When six likely teenagers take a camping trip just outside of their small town Northcliffe, Western Australia, in the 1960s, everything seems to be normal. That is, until they wake up the next day in a completely different timezone, 50 years in the future. The hunt is on. Can they get back to their old life and loved ones? Or will time catch up with them? Meanwhile, their family and friends are searching for them as well. But with the challenges the new century faces, will they ever find their way home alive? "A story based on love, loss and finding your way in a World that changes, for one way or another, we all become lost in life." This story is created for the Open Novella Contest 2020. All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

*ONC 2020 LONGLISTER* Death is not a stranger to the queen of dragons. Love is another matter entirely. Meredith, the queen of dragons is tasked with finding a lost god in order to save her clan and fulfill an ancient prophecy. However, to do that she must enter the most dangerous place in the entire world, high school. She vows to keep the existence of dragons a secret and complete her quest quietly. However, she finds herself faltering when her mortal enemy and the most powerful warlock in the school, Ryne sets his eyes on her. *-*Previously known as The Curse of Hecate

One likes to fight. One hides the truth. One keeps them all in line. Nadia, Jax, and Angelo are triplets from the imaginary city of New Canton. Their parents have been selling drugs for years, absent from their lives. As a result, the teenagers have learned to sell, fight, and keep everything afloat. Almost eighteen and high school dropouts, the siblings are suddenly faced with a question: how far will you go to find yourself? Written in the POV of each triplet, find out what it takes to fight your demons and put the past behind you. [ONC prompt #4] #perdurableawards

|| ONC 2020 Longlist || Ex-princess Vivian Gale is fine with her new identity and all of the dangers that come with it. For the past two years she has traveled around her kingdom as the anonymous rebel Onium in a desperate attempt to stop her parent's tyranny. With her life on the line if she is ever caught or her identity revealed, it is no wonder Vivian has gotten used to the loneliness of a life on the run. Enter the bumbling Lady Quinnley, a mysterious young woman who has a knack for getting herself into trouble faster than Vivian can get her out of it. After Quinnley finds out Vivian is none other than the mysterious Onium, the two have no choice but to travel together. Soon Vivian begins to have feelings she can't act on. Because Quinnley has secrets too.

Tia is a water dragon that is next in line to rein the kingdom Tir Tairngire. Her father King Xiu has ordered her to go out into the human realm and find a husband. Xiu uses magic to turn Tia human and sends her off to explore and find true love if she can.

Two aliens on the run, manage to bump into each other on a distant planet at just the right time. ✨~✨~✨ Liri Delaney, the only child of Dubrovn planetary moguls, is accused of murder. Scouring several solar systems to find the true murderer, she runs into trouble in New Seattle. Ardon Rowe, a sweet-talking High-Draconian hybrid, sees her plight and offers his unconventional services. The two find more trouble than they ever bargained for with wrongfully imprisoned Shape Shifters, military battleship chases, and needy lovers. Lustral: rite of purification. ✨ ONC 2020 Shortlister! ✨ ✨ Featured on: ✨ @Opennovellacontest shortlist 2020 @TheAmbys ~ Space Opera winner '22. @ScienceFiction ~ Galactic War @Ambassadors ~ Speculative Fiction @SpeculativeFiction ~ Breaking the Space Time Continuum. @BeyondSol ~ Andromeda Action/adventure @Readers Choice Awards 2020 winner. 👽 Lustral is the type of SciFi I adore. Strong characters, creative worlds and species, and a plot that keeps you at the edge of the seat and so many twists that will leave you dizzy. ~ @SallyMason1

Finley Birdwistle has never been a troublemaker, and has always strived to do good in life. But when their best friend is put into a coma that the doctors say she will never wake up from, Finley is forced to make a decision that will change their life forever.

Chris and Aubrey always knew this day would come, but they didn't think it would come so fast. When their parents sign a marriage contract on their behalf, they are thrown into a situation neither of them ever dreamed of. The two unlikely allies must work together to keep up appearances as they try to find a way out of their marriage. Though their work lessens their distaste for the situation, it may not be enough to keep them together.

🏅ONC 2020 || Round Two Qualifier 🏅The Peacock Awards || Science Fiction Best Graphics 🥇The Next Top Book || Science Fiction 1st Place Winner 🥈The Bubble Tea Awards 2020 || Science Fiction 2nd Place Winner 🥈The Moonshine Awards || Science Fiction 2nd Place Winner 🎉The Dream Awards 2020 || Science Fiction Honourable Mention 🏆Featured on Adventure || The Adrenaline Rush 🏆 Featured on Action || Science Fiction in Action When a boy wakes up from a coma and finds a letter at his side, he finds out he's the newest player in a game they call Vanguard. *** The last thing 05 remembers is crashing his spaceship. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a hospital room on a strange place called Earth with a mind of memories that aren't his. A letter informs him that he's in the body of a murdered boy and that he's now part of a survival game. Soon, 05, now Red Harris, is dragged away to start his new life---in a steel maze known only as Vanguard. Amidst traps and death, Red meets Alisa, Lennox, Cheng Xin, and Becca. He finds out they're in the same situation as him---all players of the game, specially handpicked by a strange force they call 'the government'. They decide to work together to escape Vanguard and make it out alive. There's a catch, though. There can only be one winner---and the prize is their life. [ Cover by TheNextTopBook ]

"We shouldn't dig here." "Why...not?" "Because what's buried here is not what you think it is." • • • • • • • • • • • • [ inspired by prompt #54 and #4 of the Open Novella Contest 2020 | ONC2020 LONGLIST ] Taylor Sloan has spent the last decade digging up priceless treasures, uncovering lost empires, and discovering ancient civilizations, all due to her uncanny ability to know what's buried beneath her feet. Taylor's fiancé Riyad Banks went missing two year ago, lost at sea among the many remote Alaskan islands. Now Taylor and her charge, Riyad's teenage son, are headed for an island to join in an excavation headed by Taylor's archeologist cousin. But some secrets are better left buried, and Taylor wonders if facing the truth is worth having their hearts broken all over again. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Completed Novella [ about 25,000 words ] on March 13, 2020 • Copyright absterak 2020 • Cover Photo from Unsplash

"Your hands are cold." Honeymaren whispered with a giggle, snuggling into Elsa's shoulder. "Wait, really? I'm so sorry the cold doesn't really affect me so I can't tell half of the time-." "Hey, it's fine. As long as I get more time with you right now, I don't care if your hands are cool." - Set after Frozen 2, Elsa has been trying to settle in to the Enchanted Forest and be friendly with the Northuldra people, especially with a particular brunette. After a few stumbling weeks, Elsa begins to realise her feelings and writes them down in a secret journal that she plans to never show anyone. What if Anna comes to visit with Kristoff, Sven and Olaf and ends up finding the journal? What if she tries so hard to get Elsa and Honeymaren together that she doesn't end up seeing the upcoming horrors in their path? Will Elsa protect them, or are her powers not good enough for this danger? - Includes These Ships; Elsa x Honeymaren Anna x Kristoff - Art on the cover not owned by me!

The start to Sereia Marlow's last summer before post-college life commences was supposed to be filled with sunny summer weather, lake life, and enjoying every moment with her best friends. Unfortunately, that's not the case. As Reia and her friends enjoy their first day on the water, she's playfully thrown into the water only to resurface as snow falls from the summer sky and the lake having turned into a winter snowstorm; sadly, her friends are floating dead in the freezing water with frozen looks of terror distorting their faces. There hasn't been a recorded death at Kepnick Lake in over 200 years, so no one in Kepnick is taking Reia's claim seriously. Without aid, it is up to Reia alone to look into their mysterious disappearances. As she uncovers disturbing facts about her family, Sereia might have to turn to herself as the explanation for their deaths. 3rd Place Winner in the 2020 Zodiac Awards Paranormal/Horror Open Novella Contest 2020 Contest Entry! (Prompt 40 in the Horror/Paranormal Section) -Round One Qualifier! Best Ranking: #1 bargaining (2 times) #23 Folklore #30 Unusual #40 Lake #49 OpenNovellaContest2020