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To mark this special occasion, the NOVELOUS Worlds contest calls on all aspiring writers to craft unforgettable narratives. The top 10 finalists will earn a spot on the NOVELOUS app, bringing their stories to a global audience! This year’s contest is all about bold, gripping concepts that hook readers instantly. And what stories are more powerful than love and the end of the world?
Think you have what it takes? The submission window for this contest is from February 10, 2025, to May 7, 2025.
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For six years, Valeria Evernight has survived in a world left empty by the Vanishing, tirelessly preparing a ritual to find her lost mother. But when she finally completes it, the spell doesn’t bring her mother back; it summons Caelum, a boy from another world who is just as lost as she is. Worse...
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Ryuuto Iwasaki is moving to Tokyo to attend his dream university – part of his vision of a tranquil college life. Suddenly, his plan is turned on its head from a former student’s burnt ramen and a simple question: “Iwasaki-kun, how’s your English?” With that, he is placed in the international ...
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One day, Nicholas wakes up to a girl sleeping by his side. This mystery girl, Elerina, mysteriously appears beside him. She comes from a world that is currently at war. After becoming her husband, he commits to supporting her in any way he can.
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Yani is a Godsinger, a special class of people who can link themselves to the AI gods that watch over her world and hear them when they speak. She loves her god, Imon, more than life. When her status as a Godsinger is threatened by a surprise arranged marriage, Yani must choose how far she's will...
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“I shall live to see an Age of Magic renewed.” This is the promise of Lavenza, an apostate who wanders the land in search of ancient mana. “I shall live to see my father’s armor reforged.” This is the promise of Deme, a child who delves in dungeons in search of Rafta, the withering flowe...
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A pandemic of a mysterious disease, completely harmless to humans but deadly to plants, begins rapidly destroying all flora in nature, causing a significant drop in the oxygen levels of Earth's atmosphere. According to scientists' calculations, if the current rate of oxygen depletion continues, h...
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Ryūka Tatsuhara always dreamt of leaving her boring hometown and starting a new life in Tokyo. But then strange doors called Daimen appeared, bringing kaijus onto Earth. One of them, a massive kaiju known as the Daikaiju, arrived in Ryūka’s town looking for a host to carry his child. When he c...
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When all over Earth, chunks of reality start disappearing from existence in mysterious events known as extirpations, Dr. Ken Soma finds himself at a crossroads: should he divulge the fate of the world, or keep it to himself? His ex-wife, Dr. Irina Alexandrova, Russian expat, decides for him wh...
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I'm stuck with a body that my adoptive parents want for their sick son—stop thinking dirty. They “want to gut” me. Because in this world of disease-borne powers, I was born with a body that simply won't maintain any infections. And he... well, yes, he wants me—I said, stop thinking dirty—in his o...
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When Stiles is found dead in his house with a deep cut on his left hand, the police ruled it was a suicide. But after Liam started the investigation he found some secrets. Then there's Oliver who is a intern at a hospital. He hates Liam due to his past. But when Liam started to work in the hosp...
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Liora, a young elf and treasure hunter, is driven by a selfish pursuit of wealth, thrill, and excitement. During one of her heists, she crosses paths with Thalindra, an elf grieving the loss of her husband. For centuries, Thalindra has searched for the Star Tear, a lunar gem that grants a single ...
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*Classic Boy meets Girl story* One day, Kanzaki Yuuma, a Japanese recluse disabled boy living his usual life finds his closet connected to the wardrobe of the villainous noble lady named Alicia de Roswell. Two lone souls meet each other by strange coincidence. Both faced the unreasonable...
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Akiko Koito is an aspiring musician, desperately reaching for her dreams. In her lonely pleas, she moves to Tokyo, hoping for a good high school debut, a couple of friends, a better future and even love perhaps. However, what awaits her is not a heart-warming love story, but a tragic apocalypse a...
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When the sun explodes without warning, Earth is plunged into chaos. With temperatures plummeting and time running out, the world’s greatest minds unite for an impossible task—constructing an artificial sun in just one year, or face extinction. Delia never asked to be a part of humanity’s last...
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Humanity had to survive in an alien world within a strict one-year time limit. To an unknown and dangerous world, they were offered skills. One could pick a set of skills and end up with an indestructible body. Another selected leisure-based skills and still rose to a high rank. Some possess...
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Wounded and humiliated, Daiki, a knight-in-training, merges with a legendary parasite. Abandoning honor for survival, he becomes a hunter. Monsters, mutations, betrayals—his evolution is only beginning. Now, he hunts the summit… and himself. Would you like help refining this for a book blurb o...
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Ryūka Tatsuhara always dreamt of leaving her boring hometown and starting a new life in Tokyo. But then strange doors called Daimen appeared, bringing kaijus onto Earth. One of them, a massive kaiju known as the Daikaiju, arrived in Ryūka’s town looking for a host to carry his child. When he c...
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