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ONC Prompts Through the Years
Are you wondering what prompts we've used in past ONCs?You can find them in this book as we gathered all the prompts used in the past installments. You may use these prompts as inspiration for any story you want to write - no credits necessary!Have fun!
Fake Sunflowers | #OpenNovellaContest2020
"Well, that was a New Year's Eve kiss you won't forget anytime soon."When Ilaria and Darien cross paths at a New Years party, Darien AKA Bitter Man, gives Ilaria a kiss that makes her plant her feet on the ground. Ilaria and Darien run into each other after that night and start to get feelings for each other. But with Ilaria's plans to study abroad and her strict Catholic parents controlling every aspect of her life from 4 hours away, Darien and her just might be victims of "right person, wrong time."
Open Novella Contest 2024
[#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.✨
The Quintessential Vampire || #opennovellacontest
Rumor has it, a lonely creature lived in the castle that was against the mountain's mist. The tale goes that no one truly knows the face of the monster that creeps in the shadows. As Agnes Mina travels the famed city of Transylvania, fate brought her to a man called Balthazar Morgan who knew more about the tales of the town than most of the old locals did.
✓ | Girls of a Feather | #OpenNovellaContest2019
[ an Open Novella Ambassador's Pick 2019, Longlisted in the Open Novella Contest ][ featured on Fairytale Community's Misc. and Combo Fairytales Inspired/Retellings ]Ever since 15-year-old Annemie saw Antsje Pluk, the fairytale figure who supposedly eats children for dessert, she's known that the witch will come for her. Now that she's no longer a child, the forest doesn't scare her anymore. One night, she sneaks out. But instead of returning safely in the morning, Antsje Pluk curses and captures Annemie, bringing her to a cottage hidden deep in the woods.Girls have been disappearing from their village for years, but Aleta, Annemie's twin sister, won't let her become one of the lost. In order to save her sister, Aleta must face her fears head-on, find a magical flower, confront an evil witch, and break an age-old curse. Luckily, she has the guidance of an old friend, but the other girl is not what she seems, and there are secrets hidden in the woods.Sprinkled with Dutch lore, this retelling of a neglected fairytale is filled with witches, moss maidens, and shape-shifting, but it all comes down to some very human traits: bravery, sacrifice, and most of all, love.cover by @anonymousmlpfan"A lovely little story, full of brilliant fairy-tale descriptions. Delightful," - JEHallows"Amazing story! Your attention to detail draws me in and makes me want to read more. I love it!" - violetlsmith"...a gorgeous story that feels like an old fairytale," - spacetodream
Beyond the Dreams #OpenNovellaContest2019
*MADE IT TO THE FINALS OF ONC's SHORT LIST* One makes, one nurtures and one extinguishes - thus, a balance is maintained on Tellus.But what happens when the scales topple?
✔ WHEN FISH FLY (OpenNovellaContest2021)
{SHORTLIST OpenNovellaContest 2021}{ONC 2021 Round One Ambassador Picks}Aithne Pan, a Chinese-Irish girl living in the futuristic city of Venice has to decide between what her heart tells her is correct, and what she has always been taught is right.Ai has always been special, what with her unusual physical characteristics due to her mother's colour-changing abilities that made her hair a strange tint of pink at birth and her own powers to manipulate water and encourage aquatic animals to do her bidding. Brought up in a strict yet loving family she has learned to love and act upon the law, her father's job as an attorney making her crave the need to protect the city herself in any way she can. Her need to protect and serve sends her to the Imperium Police Department, her first job consisting of going undercover and bringing the powered people that don't abide by the law to justice, protecting the city in the process.What happens when our nineteen-year-old Aithne learns about the monstrous things happening under the very building she works at, and how will she react once she learns that the government is behind it?~~~~~~~~~~Started: 1st FebruaryFinished: 28th February
Mina's Children: The Legacy of Dracula (#OpenNovellaContest)
~~5th place winner Final Round & 2nd place winner, Round 2 - Open Novella Contest 2018~~Mina Harker (née Murry) was changed by Dracula's attentions, and so were her descendants. Reggie comes from this line of vampire hunters, nature's definitive balance to the darkness. Her whole life has been building up to this one mission in Romania, to face the evil that started everything for her family. Unfortunately there are others with their eyes on Dracula too, and Reggie has run right into them. She must make them allies or remove them from the game before she can face the ultimate foe.
Plague #OpenNovellaContest 2019
- Short Listed for the 2019 OpenNovellaContest -Ever since the meteor hit Earth and the Red Plague spread, life has been a nightmare. Anyone who catches the plague turns into a bloodthirsty monster, killing everyone in their path. And after Evelyn's mother, the Queen, dies from it, Evelyn is expected to take the throne. Instead, she hides, abandoning her people. So when an organization shows up and offers a chance to escape, she takes it. She leaves the palace. And enters the world.
Kill On My Command | #OpenNovellaContest2019
Things are looking up for Carter. After months of serving coffee, fixing equipment, and just trying to be noticed as an intern, everything was falling into place. He spent day after day sucking up to his bosses until they finally started to take him seriously as a mechanic.Now at long last, he had been given his first real mission aboard the only large expedition to Tau Ceti, a recently discovered star system that was believed to have hospitable planets. The readings from drones had been very promising. Now Carter had the honor to be a part of the effort to discover uncharted land. His dream was finally coming true.But the shuttle hardly makes it out of the atmosphere before it all comes crashing down. Literally. Aboard the only surviving escape pod Carter and a group of crew members crash land on a small island in the middle of the ocean. Their radios are silent, their supplies are limited, they have no idea where they are. It seems like things can't get any worse. Until Carter realizes they're not alone on the island.
Find Charlotte #opennovellacontest
Mission: You Are Recruited To A Part Of A Secret Government Project. Find Charlotte.When the illustrious heir to the throne of Belgium goes missing with no clues, only the people who know her best can solve this mystery. Scarlett, Wyatt, Zoey, Carter, and Oliver are now a part of the mission to find their missing friend and resolve hidden tensions between each other before the new year. They have five days to find Charlotte, or her impatient fiance threatens to reign terror onto their small country if she is not at the wedding. Few people know about the Princess' disappearance, but the nation will be horrified of the consequences if she is not found.A Novella for the Wattpad contest... I got 20,000 words so you bet each one will be the best.
The Wave | #OpenNovellaContest2020
It only takes 2.4 seconds for a radio wave to reach the moon.After 4.5 hours, the wave reaches Pluto; by then we'd already lost Seattle.In 4 years the signal can make it to our nearest star, Proxima Centauri; by then the dead had taken over the United States of America.︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵My name is Fernie, and I've never seen a zombie. Not alive anyway. I've seen the destruction they leave behind, the families they break apart, and the world they left us. I wasn't alive when they walked among us, but I'm here now to pick up the pieces. A one-man-cleanup crew destined to save the world-or the fifty-mile radius of the world I grew up in.Apart we survive, but together we thrive. That's what The Wave has taught me. It's told me stories, sang me songs, and spoke of our history. I want to rebuild what we lost, but I can't do it alone. The Wave will help me find others, there has to be others.My name is Fernie, and I've never seen a zombie. I don't know about the world my great-grandparents grew up in, but I sure know it was bigger than fifty-miles.It's been nearly a hundred years since the world ended, how far do you think the wave is now?︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵How do you outrun the living dead? For three brave teenagers, the answer lies in their homes. One off the coast of what was once Alaska, one high in the mountains of South America, and another separated from them both by an endless sea. Alone they only have fragments of the history of their planet, but together they can discover where they came from. Join Fernie, Naira, and Kupe on their crusade to rebuild the world. While mountains and oceans may separate them, the waves that travel across the sky unite them. ︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵mediocre cover art by yours truly <3OpenNovellaContest2020 entryinspired by prompt 41. "Yes son, zombies used to be a thing."
Heimur Dýranna | #opennovellacontest |
Heimur Dýranna. World of Beasts. The name of a new and popular MMORPG that incorporates a new type of technology: The Dream Disk. The Dream Disk provides hyper-realistic graphics and intelligent AI unmatched anywhere else in the gaming industry.But one day, seven thousand players of the Heimur Dýranna game are sucked into the virtual world, transforming into the characters they created. With death now permanent and an army of shadows on the rise, the foreigners must survive in the world they thought they once knew.Unknown perils, experiences, and journeys shall determine who is worthy to survive in the World of Beasts.Copyright: All Rights ReservedStarted: November 16th, 2017Finished: (Part One; January 31st, 2018) Part Two; - Part Three; -Current Word Count: 20,980This story was a candidate for the #OpenNovellaContest and has passed Round One, Two, and Three(Also a finalist of the top 35 of the contest)!
WHEN BIRDS SWIM (OpenNovellaContest2021)
[ROUND TWO QUALIFIER ONC]Hera Collins, the daughter of two well-known heroes, has to survive leaving London and everything she has ever known behind and decide whether being good - following her parents' footsteps - is the path she wants to take.Hera has always been told what her future will be, what with her mother being Light - a powerful Lorem with the ability to bend light - and her father being Crow - the hero who saved London from a hurricane - she is expected to uphold the family lineage. But then one day, London is taken under siege by the Dominus Gang, all the Lorem she knows thrown into camps - or worse, killed - for the sole reason of having powers. Now she is left on her own, her feelings towards non-powered people very negative due to their similarity to the group of criminals.What happens when our sixteen-year-old Hera is left alone in the city of Venice after escaping London with her aunt, leaving her parents behind? Will she follow the path that was set for her, or will she go the opposite way, and become a villain?~~~~~~~~~~Started: 11th FebruaryFinished:
Blank Pages #OpenNovellaContest2019
It was my duty to fill in those blank pages of the book with my own story.Rankings:#10 in theopennovellacontestReviews:Sounds interesting! Would like to read more! - @Nablai
Stars Align
One mishap.One trip.One job.One person.That's all it took for Stella to question everything she thought she knew.--------(For the #OpenNovellaContest2019)
How to forgive a cheater
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._______________________________________Missa has always been a little insecure around her best friend Nina. So when she finds out her husband Samuel had an affair with the said best friend, her world crumbles.She thinks she will never heal from the wound the two persons she trusted the most in this world inflicted on her. A decision is not easy to take, when taking into account her one year old baby, her family conception of divorce, her own financial situation, and a heart that kept beating for the one who broke it. Will it be possible to repair a broken bond? However, she soon understands that the first thing to repair is her self-perception and self-confidence.💐💐💐Open Novella Contest - Ambassadors pick💐💐💐Open Novella Contest - Shortlist💐💐💐Open Novella Contest - Honourable Mention 💐💐💐💐💐💐ChikcLit profile - featured in Self-discovery💐💐💐 ContemporaryLit profile - featured in Contemporary
It All Started With A Stick (#opennovellacontest)
Can a concert change your life?For me, it did. But along with mine, it changed his as well. You must have heard a story when cocky, self-centered player falls for miss nerdy goody-two-shoes. But do you know about opposite story?This is my story, where Miss popular will fall head over heels for Mister nerd.But will he ever fall for me?***This story is written for novella contest. The idea is not ours but the story is.
Psycho #OpenNovellaContest
"I want to help you," the man next to her says. She shivers as the hand rests on her thigh again. But this time, she doesn't push him away. He lowers his voice to a whisper, so quiet that not even the microphones can pick it up. "People do strange things for love." Before the murders, Alya Ledford had it pretty good: an acting career, a famous movie director husband, and an amazing best friend. But when her best friend goes missing and her husband is supposedly diagnosed with cancer, Alya finds that the only person she really trusts is a limo driver and fellow actor, Edward. With her husband away seeking treatment, Alya gets distracted by the "boy next door," an attractive young man who seems to be everything she ever dreamed of. With her life in turmoil, Alya doesn't know how things can get any worse. And then the first person dies. #opennovellacontest