Opennovellacontest Stories

Esme and Matt can't stand each other, even if they have to play nice for the cameras. As public speculation about their chemistry heats up, they're forced to confront wh...

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WATTYS 2023 SHORTLIST | WATTYS 2023 FANS CHOICE AWARDS NOMINEE Initially looking for nothing more than a feelings-free summer fling before college, reckless Harris McCam...

A young woman who battles deep-rooted insecurities, faces the ultimate test of love and friendship when she discovers the people she trusted the most betrayed her. _____...

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 | 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 When Mara Santiago is laid off from work and dumped by her boyfriend, she moves in with...

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 more thrill...

Ayla Green and Connor Midnight are high school sweethearts. They have their whole lives planned out: she's going to be an astronaut, and he's going to be the greatest fo...

Sixteen-year-old Cas is clever, sporty, and on the brink of a bright future at university. His best friend Vish has no such prospects. A painfully shy artist, Vish's fu...

When the starship Aurora finds themselves stranded on exoplanet 893, they realize the ocean planet isn't as isolated as they hoped it would be When agriculture bioengine...

The idiot elders are desperate and have ordered me to lead a mission way too close to the forest surrounding the city. Everyone knows it's a goddamn suicide, some are ju...

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 s...

BRAITHE is leading a double life. The dutiful princess during the day, at night the masked vigilante fighting back against her parents' abuse of the kingdom's citizens...

Entering the 2025 Edition of the Open Novella Contest and looking for feedback before submissions? Join other writers who want the same! Be advised that we are ONLY acc...

#ONC2025 Main Prompt: #40 Sub Prompts: #100 & #59 Book cover: Temporary Once, you were a character in a story--your life crafted by an unseen hand, your destiny inked i...

"What started under a drizzle turned into a thunderstorm. Prohibiting me from wanting too much, yet wanting it all." ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ A Teen Fictio...

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. ...

When a witch disguised as a beggar comes to cruel Lord Caspian's home asking for charity, he brutally attacks her. Hell-bent on revenge, the witch turns Caspian into a b...

In a world where magic is both a gift and a curse, Hex, a bad-tempered sorcerer, constantly battles with his mischievous pixie servant, Pickles. When Pickles defies Hex...

Down on her luck after murdering her husband, Ivelle decides to follow in her late mum's footsteps and become a villain. Her first customer: an unhappy lady betrothed to...