Onc2025 Stories

Markus has left everything behind to live in a remote cabin near a lake. He wants to be alone, but in the middle of a snowstorm, a stranger knocks at his door and asks f...

In Imperia, power is a delicate, all-consuming game. So when young Lady Sylnavi's father commissions her to quietly destroy a political rival, she's thrilled. Impress, a...

The worst thing about working at a dating agency is being constantly surrounded by love, even when your own heart is broken. That's the case for Liam. Still, he hasn't g...

After six years in a progressive French boarding school, eighteen-year-old Lady Alice returns to her family's estate in Surrey, dreading the fate that awaits her-- debut...

SHORTLISTER + ROUND 1 WINNER ONC25 || Running from a war-torn world, Aulka and her pack find refuge in a Dream where there is no suffering, no pain, and no death. It's a...

She was a character in a deleted story, now lost and memoryless in the Library Limbo. All she recalls is her former importance. The ghostly librarian offers her a chance...

Mabel's life is falling apart. Between her long-time situationship who wants to be more than friends now, her rapidly deteriorating grades, and a group of friends who've...

Humanity is struggling to survive in a world that's no longer theirs. Liv, a scavenger who leads missions into the city looking for food, medicine, and iron, is struggli...

Supermodel Kaia Keene has the perfect life-until she uncovers her footballer boyfriend's infidelity and shady charity dealings. Refusing to be just another scorned ex, s...

Bcqu is a closely knit research squad which specializes in exploring and documenting the life of dangerous planets. After all, it's easy to coordinate risky plans if you...

LONGLISTED! ONC 2025 A sci-fi thriller with a thread of gay romance. Jiro wanted to be a pilot for as long as he could remember. Flying through the stars, what could be...

• academic rival novella • The Structural Biology Lab has three rules: 1. Document everything. 2. Follow protocols. 3. Don't fall for your junior. Mr. Madhava Kamat, a f...

✨First Place + Grand Winner of ONC 2025✨ (thank you!) In the wake of her estranged mother's death, Maricel Ferrer returns to her childhood home to confront the dark secr...

Lennox, a young pickpocket, must join a crew of pirates to avenge his lost friend in siren-infested waters. Harlok is a cutthroat place to try and survive, and Lennox k...

In desperate need of a lifeline, Spencer Pelekai catches a last minute flight to San Francisco where she runs straight into the arms of her missing piece. ...

[Completed in 2025] Love is not a blessing, but a curse. In the shadowed halls of the Night Court, where vampires rule with quiet cruelty and ancient tradition, they ar...

**ONC 2025 LONG LIST** Eros (Cupid) gets rejected by Psyche for a newly-revived Narcissus. Convinced he is a failure who does not live up to his job description, Eros qu...

Diaz hates talking- blame it on her trauma. People mistake her silence for submission. And it is only when she fights back and bears her claws that people realize she is...

In a world where books are cursed and words breed demons, Scribe defies the Older Ones by writing "The Chaos Walker"-a tale that takes on a sinister life of it...

*Borusara AU* Boruto is the next in line to the Uzumaki Empire but with his new mission to get a wife in 60 minutes seems impossible, until he bumps into his high school...