《THE OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST》Open Novella Contest Credits
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- judged Fantasy (and lots of it!) and Adventure.
Leads the profile.
"That fantasy chick."
tashtypes -- judged Mystery, Horror, Fanfiction, Vampire, Romance, Action, Fantasy.
Leads the profile.
"Tequila lover."
- judged Mystery, Science Fiction, Romance, Action.
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"Music and comedy at heart."
- judged Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror.
Leads the profile.
"At home with sci-fi, fantasy and horror."
- judged Science Fiction, Mystery.
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"An alien from outer space, eating cookies from the dark side."
- judged Fantasy, Mystery.
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"Anime Aficionado."
- judged Romance, Fantasy.
Content and Engagement Ambassador.
"Chocolate addict, cat lover, and lives on tea."
- judged Vampire, Paranormal, Fanfiction.
Leads the profile, works with the @Paranormal profile. Content Ambassador.
"Bakes cookies for the dark side."
- judged Mystery, Adventure.
Leads the profile and works with and profiles.
"Dreams of being Wonder Woman!"
- judged Action, Adventure, Mystery.
Leads the profile, works with the and profiles.
"I might be bad, but I'm perfectly good at it."
- judged Fantasy, Fairytale and Paranormal.
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"Judges in between bingeing Netflix."
- judged Fantasy, Romance.
Works with the profile.
"Will judge for coffee."
- judged Horror and Science Fiction.
Engagement Ambassador.
"The Duchess of Deco."
- judged Horror and Mystery.
Leads the profile.
"Spends more time with cats than judging."
- judged Fantasy and Fanfic.
Works with the and profiles.
"Crazy storm chaser."
- judged Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, General Fiction and Historical Fiction.
Leads the and profiles, works with pretty much all others!
"General badass."
- judged Paranormal, Myth, Mystery, Fanfiction, Action, Adventure, Romance, Teen Fiction, General Fiction and Historical Fiction.
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"Smol gamer kid with a nose ring. Talk nerdy to me."
- judged Paranormal, Romance, Vampire and Myth.
Works with the , and profiles.
"Bardkeeper, vault librarian and dragon rider."
- judged Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Engagement Ambassador.
"Animal scientist and agricultural engineer."
- judged Fantasy.
Works with the
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"Writer on occasion. Nerd always."
- judged Romance, Teen Fiction, Fanfiction.
Engagement Ambassador.
"25/8 daydreamer, tea addict, and closet fangirl."
- judged Romance.
Engagement Ambassador.
"Chocolate lover."
- guest judge for deciding round.
Engagement Ambassador, works with .
"Borrowed Mjolnir from Thor."
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With special thanks to for hosting our Open Novella Contest Interviews, and to and for promoting this contest.
Also to , , , , and for their amazing book prize donations.
Lastly, to the Ambassador Program Manager, , for giving this contest the thumbs up in the first place.
Thank you everyone!
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Old Riding Author Lunatic Asylum
Just off the A19, in the dark, incomprehensible lands known as Yorkshire, there lies a town. A town where shadow-silent alleys glint with the secret hunger of knives. Where blood soaks the chipboard window shutters of forsaken terraces stretching off into the night. Where the smog-choked air rattles with the depraved laughter echoing out from clubs that can only generously be described as post-apocalyptic. Well, that’s Middlesbrough. But down the A19 a bit (an impossibly long way down, actually) there lies another town: Raughnen, in the ancient, forgotten Old Riding. It is an equal match in muggery and thuggery alike. It also has magic spells and pointy wizard hats. And now, across the miles and across all sensibilities, a pretty nasty power (a magic one) calls out for its pretty nasty counterpart (a decidedly unmagic one): a proper sound Boro lad. Nothing good can come of it. This is a collection of one novella and four connected short stories: I. A Yorkshire Summoning II. Old Riding Day Trip (the novella) III. Heaven is a Parmo IV. Death on the 66 V. Death on the 257 In total, this comprises 34 chapters totalling around 35,000 words, so try not to worry. It will be over relatively quickly. There are three more short stories with more tenuous links to the core collection: Rush, Paper Round and Scenario 79: Sausage Fingers, all of which can be found in my collection Short Records of Misadventure. Reading these may allow you to make more sense of certain parts of the story, if any sense is to be made at all. NOTE: There are instances of prejudice and discrimination within these stories, including elements of sexism and ageism, which are purely the thoughts and actions of the characters involved and which certainly do not reflect my own views on these matters. ANOTHER NOTE; A WARNING, PERHAPS: This can get a bit weird. In less than 150 pages, we have four viewpoints, first and third person narratives, and a completely disjointed plot with lots of gaps, dead ends and no real resolution. Also ZERO lunatic asylums. It's all a bit odd. If that sort of thing isn't your cup of tea, which it most likely isn't, it might be best to move on now.
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Second Chances
Given a chance for reincarnation and tasked by the System, I picked the Sidhe for this second life. A world of Seelie, Unseelie, Kelpie, Redcaps, and Slaugh. The Gods of the Tuantha de Danann forced into sleep, the people forced to remain locked on their home planet. In this latest Book, Teigh Mac de Beleros y Cyronax has saved his people from stagnation and ruin. His denouncement of Olympus and Asgard before the Universal Senate has allowed the Sidhe to break the ties that constrained them, and the chains that kept them rooted to their home world. But the Sidhe and the Tuatha de Danann are unique across all multi-verses and all Pantheons. They have the unique ability to travel anywhere and anywhen. But this ability comes at a cost. The Tuatha de Danann do not have incarnations seeded across each Universe. There is only one Tuatha de Danann, and when Athena and Loki come to Teigh with the tales of a plot that will destroy not only the Tuatha de Danann but the multi-verse, he removes his crown to once more face off against Zeus and Odin and save his people. Second Chances has been taken down for editing and a major rewrite...
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The Moldy Donut is a derelict gateway through space that links two distance solar systems. It has been made obsolte by cheaper jump drive technology and is mostly abandoned. But a change in resource availability has made ring gates such as the Moldy Donut relevant again. A crew of technicians must battle the Donut's risks in order to bring just one of her segments back online.
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To Be Cursed
Scourcers wouldn't be scourcers without chi. The Zagrans wouldn't be Zagrans without scourcers. And Karma, well she wouldn't be Karma without without her father. After King Karmic proposes that he sends his youngest daughter, Karma's kid sister, off to assassinate the Zagran prince, Karma can't keep herself from stepping up. She uses this moment not only to save her sister from certain death, but to gain an understanding of the creatures that everyone keeps calling beasts. She has six weeks to kill the prince, six weeks to explore things unknown, six weeks to figure out why King Karmic really wants the Zagran lands.
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Flatlander
A sell-sword struggles to find meaning in a world filled with pain, violence, and loss. Noble Houses rule from Hoverstones that loom over the Flatlands and the Highlands; they act in their own interests, playing politics and more. Tribesmen roam free, a true terror to all they prey upon. Elves scour the lands for objects of great power. And there are rumors of dragons, reemerging at the beckon call of new masters.... Written in a style similar to Game of Thrones, though different and unique, Flatlander is a serial novel filled with uncertainty, peril, and, for the bold, fortune. Enjoy!
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Bloody Angel
A youth, who died to a heart disease gets reincarnated in a world of Immortals. However, his reincarnation dosen't end up being as good as he imagined. Being born with a special bodily constitution, gets him shunned from the clan. Living a tough life on his own, with no one to rely on, except for his Yeti, he climbs the lowest levels to the top. Follow him and his Yeti on his yourney on becoming an Immortal himself.*Contains cursing and complete prick attitudes later on.*If you find typos, let mek now so i can fix them.I may rewrite the previous chapters as the story goes along to make it more in line with the later chapters. Think of it like this, I just had a better idea how to progress the story.
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