Opennovellacontest2020 Stories

Maya Ward has spent almost half of her life being used by the Paranormal Council for her powers. Unable to leave, she struggles with keeping her morals and her heart intact. With a touch of her hand, she has the power to see someone's strongest memories. But even she finds herself blind against Ailbhe Capulet and Xavier Montague, two of the most powerful supernatural beings in the country. She has no choice but to convince them to unite to fight a bigger threat, lest the Council chop her head off. But she has to protect her head and her heart, because both of them are unfairly attractive and they both seem to want a taste of her. (And of each other?) This is my official entry for the #OpenNovellaContest2020 so wish me luck! © 2020 All Rights Reserved COVER CREDIT: @value-yourself 💕

❝ It's hard to dream when you can't sleep and reality is a nightmare. ❞ Kaylee Thompson lost the ability to sleep the moment her twin sister died in a car crash. As their mother spirals deeper into grief and Kaylee's own grip on reality begins to shift, she makes a fateful decision and pretends to be her sister. Sleepless nights lead to midnight strolls, a strange boy named Rowan and an invitation to escape her desperation. Every night adventure makes Kaylee feel more and more like her true self-until she learns the truth that soon resurfaces. And in the end, it all goes back to this question: "How far would you go to find the lost parts of yourself and be whole again?" © 2020 walkingecho Highest ranking: 7.07.20 - #17 - OpenNovellaContest2020 7.07.20 - #10 - Latenight *currently on hold*

*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

The world has been taken over by creatures from another world. More specifically creatures from different animated TV shows that were never supposed to exist. Who best to task the job to than a group of 'experts' who know nothing about combat and only the knowledge from these animated shows. Who are these people you ask? Well, you're gonna have to read to find out. Hi! This story is based upon prompt 20 from the Novella Contest III book, I'd figured I'd try joining a writing contest for the first time so let's see how this goes!

Previously 'Chasing Life' Grammar alert, LMAO. Not the best of my works but I am probably never editing either because I am too lazy. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Let me rephrase that: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a good fortune, and only six more months to live, must be in need of a husband and a family." This is my story, my take two at life. *** Highest rankings: #1 in Last Chance #18 in Beginning #1 in OpenNovellaContest2020 Special thanks to my dear sister Apurva Jain for helping me edit the first few chapters. ❤️

"Have you applied to a university yet?" "What did you get on that math quiz?" "Wanna hang?" Avery Hawley can't answer a single one of these questions, and not because of lack of ideas or opinions. She has plenty of those. She lacks one thing ever since that fateful summer after 10th grade, when she became a victim to violence and lost what she realized was the most important part of herself: her voice. At first, she was optimistic. But when her life took an even darker turn, where she began losing everyone and everything precious to her, Avery began losing herself, starting with her voice and soon her dreams- her will to live. Until one day, a new student joins the eleventh grade at Crescent High- Layla Rasheed. Layla is beautifully optimistic and daring, with a dose of wit and wisdom. Can she help Avery recover and make her whole before Avery falls too far into the abyss she made for herself? #vvcommunityawards2020

When Liam Yang asks Dakota to go dreamcatching, their first answer is no, absolutely not, never in a million years, NO. Dakota is just fine with how life is going for them, and they definitely do not need the added anxiety of managing a fifteen-year-old kid with the brain capacity of a preschooler. But things start to change when Dakota finds out there are other dreamcatchers lurking around LA. It soon becomes evident that these dreamcatchers aren't like Dakota: they're ruthless, sinister, and won't stop until every dream in the world belongs to them. Faced with a terrible choice and only a day to decide, Dakota decides to accept an offer of help from Liam himself. But when things start to go astray, Dakota fears they might be too late. (Contains mild cursing and violence.) ✺ HIGHEST RANKINGS ✺ #419 in dreams 4/23/20 #1 in antiques 5/3/20 ✺ FEATURED ON ✺ Wattpad General Fiction - "A New Level" 5/11/20 Wattpad YA Romance - "Of Rainbow Colored Hearts" 6/17/20 Wattpad YA - "Stardust" 6/23/20 Wattpad LGBTQ - "Non-binary / GenderQueer / Trans" 6/30/20 Wattpad StoriesUndiscovered - "Mega Mash Up" 9/14/20 Overall word count: ~37,700 ✺ ONC 2020 Prompt #30 ✺

It's difficult to live a normal life when nobody else can see your 'friends' and everybody thinks you're a crazy man who speaks to himself. Wei is a lonely man with a special talent and an unexpected crave for sweets. After helping a stranger he finds himself saving people's lives together with a scheptical cop and they will have to join forces for a very important cause... Inspired by ONC prompt n. 43 Start: end of February 2020 End: 17 October 2020 61850words. ©️ Story and cover are mine. The protagonists names are taken from Priest's novel Guardian, just because I love them. Cover edited by me with pictures of Chinese actors Zhu YiLong and Bai Yu. Same goes for the banner. 🔵 I borrow some names from Priest's novel Guardian because I love them, but this story has nothing to do with the novel/drama, so you Do Not need to know that to read this story.

Anwyr collects memories, like how magpies collect colored glass and some people collect old coins. Unlike coin collectors, however, Anwyr doesn't just keep their trinkets for fun- they're one of the last memory mages alive, and they use their gifts to sell their stories to anyone willing to pay. While their collection comes with its fair share of mysteries, Anwyr has never been interested in solving them- but that changes when they wake up from a memory transfer with memories that aren't their own, and a dangerous new magic on their hands. Now, caring or not, Anwyr needs to answer the questions Saba left them with, or else their story may be the last one they tell. --- ❝ wнy woυld ѕoмeone wanт тo ѕтeal a мeмory?❞ ❝ вecaυѕe тo reмeмвer ιѕ тo revιve тнe already dead, and ѕoмe тнιngѕ are вeттer leғт ғorgoттen.❞

In a time when women weren't allowed to work or own anything, the police suspect that Mira killed her own brother. Her husband and their help are also suspects, but it is a time where nothing is what it seems and nothing seems what it actually is.... Cover by @SophiaAntonia96

* ONC 2020 AMBASSADOR'S PICK * * ONC 2020 HONORABLE MENTION * * ONC 2020 SHORT LIST * * HIDDEN GEMS * Sean has a problem: his dreams come to life. It causes him enough trouble that he moves across the country to start fresh at Everwood Institute. But as his repetitive dreams become more vivid, he wonders if anything he sees is real, and if the black leaves Finn trails behind him are truly there... Finn tries to keep his dreams under control, but this year, he keeps dreaming the same dream. It haunts him in the day, and doesn't help when he's trying to keep his past problems separate from his present life. Then there's the matter of Sean, who leaves flowers blooming wherever he steps... As Sean and Finn grow closer, they realize there's more to their dreams - and each other - than they know. ~*~ COMPLETED | #lgbtq+ #mlm #contemporaryfantasy "How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?" - Plato Prompt #15, OpenNovellaContest2020 Word Count: 21,198 words

[Novella Edition ✧ First Draft] This story has been reimagined as my project "Every Glistening Night." This version will remain up, however, I highly recommend checking out the newer one, since it is more representative of my current writing style. Light shines down from the heavens, illuminating the Earth below. But every so often, a beam falls down from above. If you know how, you can catch it. If you don't, you destroy it. And when you collect enough rays of light, you hold the power of the sun, moon, and stars in your hands. Only one has mastered the art. Only one can capture the precious light, and spin it into ethereal thread. Her name is Celisae. In order to solidify an alliance for three tribes, Celisae is asked to weave three dresses, one of sunlight, one of moonlight, and one of starlight. There's only one problem - Celisae is not a weaver. Written for the ONC 2020.

[ CURRENTLY ON HOLD = NO UPDATES UNTIL I FINISH MY OTHER BOOK OFF WATTPAD ] "you're in a waiting room of a clinic that promises to cure writer's block" Giving up on draft after drafts of half-thought out stories for the last five years, Gwen Storm was certain that her writing career would never take off. That is, until she finds a flyer slid under her apartment door promoting a new clinic that had just opened round the block. A clinic that promises to cure writer's block. That first step into the clinic and the advice she receives convinces her to return yet again, and subsequently join the clinic as its newest worker. Meeting people from all walks of life, delivering an odd assortment of items to houses and nearly getting bitten by a Chihuahua on more than one occasion, having deep conversations with her co-workers, and getting advice from someone she was supposed to be coaching were all not what Gwen had expected. That whole summer was unlike what she had thought would be. But that's what you do right? Life throws you papers full of different options, you hurry up and fill up that goddamn paper with ticks and crosses before life throws you another paper. That's what you do. You survive. You survive life like a damn pro. #OPENNOVELLACONTEST2020 - contains swear words - - slow burn is really. damn. slow. - highest achievement: #4 in #clinic (sometime in may 2020) #16 in #writersblock (sometime in may 2020)

"I need a dress. Three dresses, actually." "Very well. What materials would you like the dresses to be made from?" I pulled a pad of paper and pencil from my pocket. "Yes. I would like the first made from sunshine-" My pencil froze over the paper, but the man either didn't see my expression or didn't care. I strongly suspected it was the latter. "The second made from moonlight-" Please let the third dress be easier. Cotton, perhaps. Or even chiffon. "And the third from stardust." Damn it. ____________________ The Queen Of The Gods wants three new dresses. So she does the perfectly logical thing and send her husband down to Earth to commission a mortal seamstress for the job. He decides on the extremely talented seamstress Rachelle Newsberry. Lucky me. Temporarily on Hiatus

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.

Months after being released from a psychiatric hospital, Ashley's plan to start over is upended when she starts seeing strange creatures everywhere. Is this another mental breakdown or are they actually real?

Zach and Liv are two archaeologists who adore ancient Rome. They study it, excavate it, theorize and gush about it. But now, they must live it...for one year. If they manage to live like ancient Romans for just one year, all their financial troubles will be over and they will be able to make all their dreams come true. But will these most knowledgeable of history buffs be able to survive the ways of an ancient civilization? And will their relationship be able to withstand the test of time? Well, you know what they say; when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Army, you could find BTS pics and BTS songs in this book. Enjoy them while you read the story:) #1. Prison on Sea If you broke the law, you paid consequences. Boys are sent to juvenile prison under court order. This year, the prison is in a small cruise ship. The ship is cursed, lad. Ye'll be no return," says an old hag to him. Her eyes are blind. She is staring a certain cruise ship as if she could see it. Vante scoffs at her and he continues his walk into the ship. ------------------- "In darkest place I found light. I found hope. Friends I wanna protect. I'm not giving them away. Not even for you...." -------------------------------------------------- #2. NO MORE BULLYING Jin's little sister has disappeared from her University. Jin has come to find her. She has been bullied before she went missing. Jin has sworn he would stop the bullying once and for all. -------------------------------------------------- Another story written about bullying. It's time we stop bullying at school. Other BTS story: Stupid War (Werewolves and vampires) Mafia (boyxboy) Savage King (Min Yoon-gi)