Opennovellacontest2021 Stories

Shawn, a convicted criminal, never thought she'd see the sun again, let alone call another star system her home. When she's offered an out from her prison sentence, she...

Reveling in his image as the QB bad boy of the school, Adam is living his senior year to the fullest. Things can't be any more perfect; he even has Nina-the hottest chic...

"You said I should hate you," he told her softly. "But I don't. Maybe it's impossible to hate my creator." *** Kim Yerin finally finished writing he...

[ONC 2021 Shortlist] [ONC 2021 Round 2 Ambassador's Pick] "There's something about her that makes her impossibly difficult to stay away from. It's as if she has her...

Adrian Gonzalez knows the painful truth about liking someone you have no chance with---they never like you back and you're left heartbroken. Ever wonder why it's called...

If you are not loved, if you have got nobody to love you, then turn your loveless life into something beautiful. That something should be worth. ☆☆☆ His words were still...

Abused terribly since he was a boy, Kylo dreams of freedom. When his wicked stepsisters get invited to the handsome Lord Vincent's masquerade ball, the women believe the...

An autistic barista attempts to communicate with a reserved pianist. [Word Count: ~20,000] -o-0-o- When Noor, an autistic barista...

When I imagined my high school crush would be dying to eat me, this wasn't exactly what I had in mind. **** Ava Sterling never expected she'd be the one solution to the...

ONC India Round 1 Qualifier Mocked, teased, and at times, humiliated for her forever single status, Sanjana finds herself miffed over her college friends every alternate...

Twenty-one year old university student, Aiden Quick, is a history major, an avid reader, and unbeknownst to him, a top secret agent. When a mysterious text message alert...

Fear preys on people's minds when the living no longer outnumber the dead. The city of Old Saint Boniface has a ghost problem. The ghosts have never harmed anyone, but...

A historical fantasy novella inspired by 'Romeo and Juliet' After being stood up and then dumped by voice note, Kenna Fernsby is convinced that there was never a tale of...

Captain Jacob Riley needs to get home, but the sea is a dangerous place. In a last ditch effort to make it, he buys a weapon. A weapon that is rumoured to be the deadl...

╔═══════════════════╗ Jeon Jeongguk hates daily soap operas to the core. Be it the dramatics of the angles or the lights, the thunders of the sounds, or their cringe wor...

|| ONC 2021 Shortlister || Bria has been able to interact with ghosts for‬ as long as she can remember. That might sound like a cool gift, but she'll assure you that i...

(ONC ROUND ONE QUALIFIER) "I am in the mood to dissolve into the sky" -Virginia Woolf **** Carson Hadley hasn't had it easy being an omega werewolf in the Four...

[ONC Longlist 2021] Ng Xuan En ❝Engie❞ has always been best friends with Aaron Norwood, despite the whole school assuming that they're dating. The moment their High Sc...

[Shortlisted] After the events of Ragnarök, the God Vidar has settled in the nice and quiet city of Antwerp where he keeps an eye on the local paranormal community. Near...

✨ONC 2021 Round Two Qualifier + Ambassador Pick, 2021 Shortlist✨ 57. Death had records of everyone's existence. Except according to Death - your records don't exist. Jar...