Opennovellacontest2021 Stories

Grand Winner of ONC 2021(India)🏆 "Even after all this time, I find your smile brighter than the sun. And I find your color more mesmerizing than all the colors in the rainbow." ******** Despite being so much fascinated with romantic stories, Violet has never been in a real relationship. The reason is her everlasting crush on Adrian, who happens to be a sucker for true commitments. But when an impulsive outburst leads her to date, mysterious Augustus Brown, will Violet finally be able to weave a love story of her own, or will it only break her heart some more. Cover Design: @krissthetic PS: This story is based on PROMPT #33 of the OpenNovellaContest 2021[AmbassadorsIN].

[COMPLETE ON PATREON] In the daytime, Stephanie-Ann is the quiet girl in her grade five classroom, keeping her head down to avoid drawing attention. She passes the hours daydreaming, imagining fabulous worlds and wishing that reality was a little more like her dreams. At night, that changes. A cozy forest frequents Stephanie-Ann's dreamland: a place of her own, free of other people and full of small, magical creatures that love her more than her family's cat does. She has treasured it as her closest-kept secret for years. This year, though, something has begun haunting the Candle Forest. A frightening encounter with it gives Stephanie-Ann her first nightmare in years, but she wakes to a bigger surprise: she accidentally brought a magical creature she rescued into the waking world. The line between the two begins to blur as she tries to get it home again. She might not be the only person in the forest after all. And she might need other people's help to save it. ❖❖❖ Entry in Wattpad's 2021 Open Novella Contest. Shortlisted. Honorable Mention: Stunning Worlds. Complete. Comments and critiques are both welcome and appreciated. I write characters from many different backgrounds, with many different experiences. If you share those traits and find that I have misrepresented anything, please let me know! I am feedback-friendly and here to learn :)

A coming-of-age thriller about a lonely girl protecting a family secret that could get her killed. Fourteen-year-old Sydney Blaze does everything to satisfy her parents, even attend the prestigious Razor Stone Academy for villains. Her endless training prepared her for this moment. Socially inept, Sydney struggles to fit in as her classmates shun and bully her. Complicating matters is the family secret she's uncovered and hides from everyone-a secret that endangers the lives of her and her family-she's descended from a famous hero. While she navigates her attraction for fellow student Yasuko Noguchi and the usual pitfalls of high school, anonymous death threats appear in her belongings. After a failed attempt on her life, she doubts who to trust. The roommate who doesn't have time for her? The teacher who takes her under his wing? Yasuko's bullying friends? Yasuko herself? Will pleasing her parents cost Sydney her life? ⚠🛑Content and Trigger Warning🛑⚠ There are depictions of death and murder within this book. Mental, emotional, and physical abuse are mentioned or shown. There is strong language. Prompt 84. This academy isn't a typical boarding school. No, it's where kids train to become villains - if they pass the entrance test, that is. Nobody at the academy knows you're descended from heroes, and that's the way you'd like it to stay. 4. You're a weapon, and weapons don't weep.

My Submission for the Open Novella Contest 2021 Kev, Jules and Steve have to banish a demon that's been summoned while completing Latin homework. I'm having a little experiment and playing around with voice and narrators, it's a bit different to what I normally write and there would normally be a much longer timeline. I hope you enjoy! (and sorry that I've been so slack and won't manage to submit in time for Round Two!) Using prompt 51 (I've been doing my Latin homework for three hours, and the only thing that comes out of me is this huge chunk of demonic goo instead of whatever should be put on the paper due tomorrow) with 52 (The day it started raining venomous spiders, we knew we were in trouble) making an appearance in a later round. #OpenNovellaContest2021

[HIATUS] It is one thing to find out that your long-term boyfriend has been cheating on you with your best friend, but it's another to wake up and find yourself in a stranger's bed. After suffering heartbreak and watching the Shakespearean tragedy Romeo and Juliet, 21st-century woman Amanda Brown is transported back to the Elizabethan era. She wakes up in the year 1595 and finds herself in the body of Joan Shakespeare, the younger sister of the one and only William Shakespeare. In the process of figuring out a way to return to the future, she bonds with her newfound brother and finds a place to call home in early modern history, all the while being stuck in a dilemma of choosing between stealing the happy life of the real Joan Shakespeare and returning to her unhappy life. *** [Open Novella Contest 2021] Prompt #46: It's a Saturday night, and you have no plans to go on a date. You're all alone and decided to re-watch the Shakespearean tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet', torturing your already broken heart. The next morning, you find that it's the late 16th century, the time when Shakespeare was still writing the play, and you spot the incomplete manuscript of 'Romeo and Juliet'. Started: 28 February 2021 Completed: Ongoing

It's the 17th Birthday of Princess Neina, the only daughter of Queen Indira Devi and late King Bhadrak, the ruler of The great 'Visaai Nagar empire' . The Queen has announced a bizzare competition to find a match for the princess, much to the surprise of the neighboring kings and princes. A dance will be held at an anonymous masked ball and the one able to charm the princess, who will be in disguise, will get her hand in marriage. The news has reached all the nook and corner of Visaai Nagar empire, it's neighboring kingdoms and even the Northern Kingdoms, located near the Arbanian border. Kings and princes from all over the continent who has their eyes on the throne of Visai Nagar empire, local young men restless to live the impossible dreams ... Are all in for the competition. Who will win the heart of Princess Neina? Will it be the handsome prince from 'Bahardaan' or the psychopathic village bumpkin or the old priest who has sinister intentions or the mysterious young man who came from nowhere..... Read more to find out.

In the 21st century, we're challenged with many a problem, beginning with the pandemic, hurricanes, earthquakes, climate change, and so on. One cannot survive unless equipped with some knowledge of the basic structure of the planet earth. Even the cleverest of the citizens are taken for a ride by the politicians. Migrating to different places or even to the next planet is not the solution. That may pose a doubt if we're on the extinct stage. Of course, it'd be combated as the matter can neither be destroyed nor created as it takes into different entities. An attempt has been made to highlight the plight of present-day people. I take this pleasant opportunity to throw light on certain intricacies and how to become wholesome in harnessing life on earth. I have lived through different phases and have adequate knowledge of earth sciences. Perseverance perhaps benefits at the end, as has been exemplified in this novella "THE INHERITANCE." Shanmugasundaram Arunachalam

A devastating fire sends seventeen-year-old Harrison Fredrick across the Atlantic Ocean to the English countryside to live with the grandmother he never knew. As if coming to terms with his newly discovered title and learning how to fit in with the nobility wasn't enough, he soon learns he's engaged--also without his knowledge--to a woman who's not the servant he's falling in love with. Then when his most guarded and dangerous secret comes to light, everything changes--and it could lead to either his salvation or his destruction. ONC 2021 - Prompt #74

Is it a gift or a curse to always come back to life after you die?

When Billy experiences his first glimpse into the future he has no idea of the import it will have upon his life. As he grows older, the occurrences become less frequent but one day he sees his own future which leads him into new experiences. ____________________________________________________________________ Written for the Open Novella Contest 2021 inspired by prompt #56 You can see the future by looking into people's eyes. However, if you tell them about it it won't come to fruition. One day, you lock eyes with yourself in the mirror.

Sudheera Kashyap, popularly know as Dheera, is a final year design student in India's dream city. With laid back, super cool parents, a diverse yet tight knit group of friends, a new adventure every day and her bright future as an interior designer almost within her grasp, life is oh so amazing for Dheera, or at least that's what she tells herself every night. But she still can't help but want for more. Late at night, when the world is asleep, she stays awake dreaming of far greater adventures, a land far far away, and people she has yet to meet. Her thirst for something she herself doesn't understand is what drives her to do it all. To accept every dare thrown her way, to take on every adventure she lays her eyes on, all in search of something more, something incomprehensible. And, that is exactly how she finds herself locked inside an old, abandoned and very spooky house in the woods far away from civilization. What she discovers next changes her whole life. ONC 2021 India first round winner - 2nd Place ONC 2021 India second round winner - 3rd Place

I am Ravenna Halegrave. I will be the next queen. Evil Queen.

Every now and then, a strange signal blinks on the live-dead map. Question marks above the dot represent how much knowledge about it the Underworld Central's Death Headquarters lacks. Kuolema, the Master Death and ruler of the Underworld, sends out his reapers to investigate, yet each time they come back empty-handed. Convinced they are just incompetent idiots, he decides to find this mysterious intruder while performing the obligatory centennial surveillance of mortals. Of course, it's 2020 and the pandemic is in full swing. His plan does not go as conceived. ONC entry using the prompts 36 and 57, both featuring Death as the main theme 2k words achieved - passed the 1st round 8k words achieved

Gods are coming after what they left on the earth but the call is it is still there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aayush, Dhriti, Falguni are on their adventure after the terrible drought comes to the village and destroyed everything they had. After seeing their family dying, they left the village alone and start their journey to see if they can outdo others to live longer. finding a lake, whose water is pink, their curiosity is peak. "little did they know, what they would find, takes gods decades to hide."

~ A tale beyond threads of time ~ A voice echoes in her dreams, telling her to visit an unknown place, because it's time. Will a companion, who hears similar echoes in his dreams, make the expedition better than the destination? _______ Unfolding in two famous royal cities of India, this saga of dreams, destiny and reincarnation will take you on a journey of two soulmates, that battle mysteries, betrayals and vengeance, to rekindle a forgotten historic romance. The timeline alternates between 2021 and 1921, showing glimpses of contemporary India as well as British India and its Princely States. _______ Sanjana is the only living heir of a wealthy business family, based in New Delhi, India. However, she is tired of visiting several therapists, who cannot seem to understand how stubborn and convincing the echoes in her dreams are. The echoes that have been telling her to go somewhere since she turned 18. The therapists offer her no solution, except the useless sleeping pills that aren't even effective anymore. When she suddenly finds a stranger with a similar predicament, will she embark on an expedition with him to find answers? Where will this journey take her? ________ Brandon is the co-founder of a gaming start-up, based in Silicon valley, CA, USA. With his excellent design skills and his partner's business strategies, he became a successful billionaire at a very young age. Life is perfect for him, except for the nagging echoes that disturb him every night in his dreams. When an opportunity to explore a new country comes up, in the form of finding out where his dreams intend to take him, he decides to seize it. Will this be just another holiday for him or will this trip change his life forever? _______ Written as an entry for Indian Open Novella Contest ONC 2021, Prompt #2 _______ All rights reserved © Paramagnetic, 2021

Still a work in progress... Keith Solomon and his friends thought it will be fun to play a game of Truth or Dare. Keith's dare leads him to find his right match on one of the world's most famous dating apps, called Magical Match. It's a strange dating app that doesn't pair you with another human but with supernatural lore and magical creatures. Still, the guys think it's an excellent initiation for the new guy, even though Vivienne, Keith's new girlfriend, warns him. Keith gets paired up with Death-called Freya. All is good fun until Freya shows up and all of Keith's friends started to disappear.

Alternate History: the mass extinction of the dinosaurs never happened at the end of the Cretaceous. Simon Grey, an iguanodon, high school science teacher and lifelong nerd, is drawn to a feline species that attacks a work site where his father works. Through his scientific research, he discovers that the attacking species in nearly extinct. Partnering with a failing student, he works to save the species and changes the way his people actually think about life.

Princess Messalina isn't who she thinks she is, and Logan Everett knows it. But convincing her of that, while playing the role of potential consort won't be easy. Especially when they both start catching feelings, but Messalina's not interested in unpacking the past, and Logan can't move past it. He needs her to be that girl he lost. She needs him to see the girl she is. Both are looking for answers, only one knows why, and neither is sure what'll happen next. ---- ONC2021 entry. Prompt #87 -- With the Kingdom Heir coming of age celebration fast approaching, the search for a match begins. It is decreed a dance will be held; an anonymous masked ball.

Life was a free fall from which one didn't know when they would hit bottom, but Regulus and Lyra hit bottom at the same time without knowing how a chance meeting will change both of their lives. Disclaimer - I don't own Harry Potter. This is written for ONC 2021. The prompt I used is number thirteen, "a storm is raging outside, but you're cozy at home reading a story. When the lights go out, you figure it's the result of the storm, but when they come back on, you've been transported into the alternative aftermath of the book you finished reading. Where are you and what happens?" This is in conjunction with prompt fourteen, "You wake up in the middle of a battle of your favorite game. Who are you fighting and how does the game end?" and sixteen, "The story is finished. The end! Now everyone can go home. By that, there's a world where all the characters live, and guess what? You, dear creator, have stumbled upon it. Now, what's your tale?"

[Longlist of the ONC 2021] After a whirlwind romance with Jaxson Bowers at a music festival in Germany, Tess returns home with a precious gift but no Jaxson. When she goes looking for him, she finds out that he vanished soon after his return from Germany. Rumor has it that the crime syndicate that his family is involved in had something to do with his disappearance. Tess resigns herself to the fact that she will never have the boy she fell for or any other lover for that matter until a chance encounter changes everything. Prompt 72: You met the love of your life at a music festival, but after that weekend you never saw them again. Twenty years later, that changes. Copyright © 2021 by mellimack All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods. I do not own the rights to the song quoted in this work of fiction. Musical credits are: "Mandy" (1971) Written by Scott English and Richard Kerr