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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.
Human girl meets catgirl, then hold hands and kiss and stuff
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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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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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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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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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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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“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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it's a one short story special
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For Ryujin Haruka, it finally happened—Hollywood. He moved from Tokyo to Los Angeles to direct the 8th installment of Space Cowboy Robot Love: A parody space western about a lone cowboy who falls in love with a robot from another planet. Two things he didn't realize: The entire production team...
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Reiji Nakamura thinks teenage love is all nonsense… until he sits next to Aika, a strange girl who talks to plants and believes love begins with sock riddles. Things get weird when he discovers Aika is writing a love story with him as the protagonist… and what she writes starts happening in re...
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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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Will take a while to Complete! Possibly.
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The world has fallen into ruin due to an invasion of spirits, ghouls, and monsters from another realm. The chances of survival were already slim for any individual on their own. But for a man with a gap in his memories, the odds were completely stacked against him. All he had to help him on his w...
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Your hours are numbered and how you chose to use those hours are up to you. You can trade your hours away, gamble them or even steal them from others. In the end though, only the most cutthroat will make it another hour.
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Haunted by the ghosts of a troubled past and trapped in a silent war with their own mind, Alex lives in the shadows of their inner world. Days blur in solitude until they meet Emma, whose quiet understanding stirs something Alex thought was long buried—a yearning for connection. As they navigate ...
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When the world learns about an asteroid that will obliterate Earth in exactly 365 days, most people spiral into chaos, despair or denial. But for our delusional protagonist, Leo, this is the news of a lifeline. Moments from taking his own life, he is interrupted by the alert of humanity's impendi...
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