#ONC 2024 An alley cat grows up knowing loss and looking for something more in their life. Loss begins with Mother, then an old lady who they live and learn from. Finally, the cat wanders deep into Twilight Forest and finds a fulfilling future with the lovely human, Griselda, and her menagerie of helpers. Prompt: 84...
🏆 LONGLISTER - OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2024 🏆 A young journalist must navigate a war-torn country and the intricacy of first love in order to save herself and her family. ⋯⋯⋯ In 2042, invaders crossed Philippine waters and marked the start of th...
Regina Patrissia, the hundredth consort of King Rex III enters his harem at the age of eighteen. Widely known as the "Quiet Mouse" whose existence is ignored by all, in two years the "Quite Mouse" has become a ferocious predator who could put anyone's intelligence, beauty and skills to shame. But the only opponent in...
*ONC2024 Shortlister* This is for the 2024 open novella contest, I picked prompt 21." A dragon, an elf, and a dwarf embark on a quest to find the lost heir to the kingdom." ***** Morte, the heir to the kingdom, vanishes inexplicably in a peaceful world. Tobi, a devoted friend, finds out about the king's failing health...
"Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." [Original] [Started: 02/25/2024] [Completed: 05/01/2024] Cover made by @Purplemist14 *** [ONC2024 Shortlist Qualifier] Written for the Open Novella Contest 2024, this story uses prompt #41: "I shot Cupid because I didn't wan...
Just one week before his marriage with a chief bloodshaman of the Kurat's army, young surgeon Genul sees his wife, Kenit, die under his care after a terrorist attack launched by the neighboring nation. As old wounds resurface and feed into his grief, Genul unburies his past training as a bloodshaman with an irrevocabl...
#ONC2024 Round 2 Ambassadors Pick | Shortlister (Finalist) When Prince Oskar decides to disguise himself and goes out into the village to see what the people are like, he is met with a shocking sight. There are orphaned children in the streets, beggars at every corner, and people fighting for their next meal. The king...
24th February 2025, marks the date, where the sun had vanished, plunging us into an abyss of darkness, the immediate concern wasn't how we would survive. Survival was not the answer; modification was. It was the day, we became Oxy, altered humans integrated with parasitic plants designed to produce oxygen in a realm...
Drunken sprees and dating calamities! For the Open Novella Contest 2024! ✦•·················•✦•·················•✦ After reshaping the world with her groundbreaking innovations, Charlotte L. Swan takes a much-needed vacation to relax and unwind. But her getaway plans are disrupted when she runs into her old flame-who...
Flora Fisher, AKA famous YouTube manifestation coach "Florabundance," is capital "B" burnt out. Preaching the power of abundance is hard work, especially when you're flat-broke and can't even manifest a cup of damn coffee. On the screen, Flora has it all together. Offline, yeah, not so much. When her sister is admitt...
Persephone has come to love Hades a lot since she was kidnapped and was made the Queen of the Underworld. Or so she believes... This year, just like every year she goes to Earth for six months to visit her Mother. But unlike every year, something feels very different. It all starts with her bumping into a handsome hu...
"I will become as monstrous as I must." Five hundred years after the Great Freeze, the empire of Britannia stands, untouchable, as the greatest power in the world. The Britannia that emerged from the Freeze is an empire built of iron and ice, of blood and ash and bone. Its rulers govern a strictly-organized society, w...
[#ONC2024] The Open Novella Contest is back for 2024 with shiny new prompts to get you out of your dragon cave. Once again, we are here to challenge you to create a legendary 20,000+ word novella in 12 weeks! Your epic journey begins February 1st, so mark your calendars.✨