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The Heartbreak Hotel Contest
Are you sick of prince charming showing up to save the day? The jock falling for the (secretly beautiful) nerd? The billionaire falling for his intern? Then this is the contest for you!
We want to read your most heart-wrenching tales this spooky season. So don’t hold back, give us your best tear-jerkers, terrifying tales, or maybe your MC’s are just having a tough ol’ time before they finally find each other.
It’s time to break out of your comfort zone and bring your readers on a bumpy ride ;)
Check Winners
Meanwhile, make sure you check out one of our current contests:
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Clash of Cultures
She was a young woman from a conservative culture trying to adjust to her new life in the West. He thought he had left that culture behind, being born and raised in the US. The tribulations of medi...
our love is cliche
Maya Monroe is a lively high spirited single mother who works as a therapist meets her Lover from the past but its complicated why they split up but her child is his ;) For some reason he can't rem...
Destructive Myth
Two brothers thought to be inseparable are ripped apart by the older brother's death. Drathis, only eight years old is captured and blamed for his brother’s cruel decease for an odd twenty years un...
Drop Dead Sexy
Ava has had enough of boys, after her boyfriend cheated on her and her best guy friend ditched her for a college girl. She's learned that true love is a rare jewel not easily possessed or earned. S...
I Wanted You First (A What the F*ck Novella)
Work is insufferable. I’m always on the verge of quitting. Mix that with two men who I’m pretty sure both have the hots for me and wouldn’t mind sharing, a bestie who has her nose in all the wrong ...
Someone Beside Me (Passion Series Book 1) - EXCERPT
*EXCERPT* When her fiancé publicly humiliates her by marrying a redhead he met on a business trip, Mia decides to focus on the mounting body count at the coroner’s office. Mia has her own suspicion...
Assassins of the Echoes of Eternity
The happily ever after for Anastasia and Zayn is approaching along with depictions of sexier than thou, dramatic, and suspenseful writing, which leaves a reader feeling overwhelmed. Anastasia and ...
Assassins of the Veins of Verse
Anastasia and Zayn’s love story continues in this sharp style of a novel, which is fresh, abnormal, mind-gripping, and will keep you sitting on the edge of your seat forever. Anastasia is in for ...
The God’s Above Us
Rebecca Steele is a senior in high school and is an honor student. She hangs with a rather delinquent group of people, yet they treat each other like family. She participate’s in frequent parties a...
Assassins of the Serenade of Shadows
The story of Anastasia and Zayn unfolds whilst being thought-provoking, suspenseful, passionate and an unparalleled love story amongst the dangers of the mafia. Anastasia Taylor is considered the...
The Law of Love: Love Hard Preview
Nawf and Aria are back. The two are just trying to get the hang of their newest addition when it's time for Aria to go back to work. Really it is the last thing Nawf wants with the last year they ...
BULLY
A Fierce Debt
They arrive every spring. Since Aislinn arrived in the Reach as a young girl, she has seen the rest of the town panic when the Sionnaighs, a deadly group of bandits, come to raid. Aislinn dreams o...
To Have And Hold (BOOK 3 OF “STRIP CAM GIRL”)
New faces appear. New relationships and bonds are formed. Temptation is everywhere. And their marriage is put to the test.
Soul-Searching [BOOK 2 of “STRIP CAM GIRL”]
Soul-Searching: deep and anxious consideration of one's emotions and motives or the correctness of a course of action. Death in the family isn't the only issue Kaleena is struggling with. While sh...
Death In Love
She's meant to be dead but they've only just met. For every week she is alive a mass tragedy occurs in their city. Now he must find a way to fix the world's death numbers while keeping her alive.
Mr. Masked Man
Mr. Masked man By O.M.K Introduction: Halina is a sweet and passionate girl who only wants one thing, Money for her college application. For that, she has been working as a waitress in a restaur...
The Saint in the Sinner: Immortal Traveler Series (Book 3) [Excerpt]
This is book 3 in the Immortal Traveler Series. Please stop here and read Book 1: Woman in the Forest and Book 2: My Purpose before proceeding. Gabriel has been captured by her brother, Lucifer, a...
Girl in Pain
Sometimes even the purest souls are full of darkness. Sometimes they have to fight against their bullies to survive. But what if this time the girl is not alone? __________✧__________ She’s a young...
About the contest
The Heartbreak Hotel Contest
Are you sick of prince charming showing up to save the day? The jock falling for the (secretly beautiful) nerd? The billionaire falling for his intern? Then this is the contest for you!
We want to read your most heart-wrenching tales this spooky season. So don’t hold back, give us your best tear-jerkers, terrifying tales, or maybe your MC’s are just having a tough ol’ time before they finally find each other.
It’s time to break out of your comfort zone and bring your readers on a bumpy ride ;)
What you win
This contest has now closed1st place winner:
🥇 Godessshedone, Blaming Benjamin
2nd place:
🥈 Authorvioletbloom, The Hardest Thing
3rd place:
🥉 ditikoshy, Impregnated By The Billionaire
Contest Terms
- The contest will run from October 1st to November 30th 2022. Winners will be chosen no later than December 7th 2022.
- Entering the contest is free; all that is required is to upload your book onto Inkitt and submit it on the contest page.
- Stories can be in any language and must be original works. No plagiarism will be tolerated.
- Entries must be brand new stories to Inkitt.
- Stories must be written within the genre of Romance. However, other genres can also be involved in the story-line.
- Winners will be chosen by our unique algorithm based on 1200 reader behaviors.
- Authors cannot enter the contest more than once with the same story, but an author may submit as many books as they want.
- The minimum word count per submission is 10,000 words. There is no maximum word limit.
- We collect data on your submission from the day it's received.
- You must own the rights to the novel. You retain all rights to your stories while posted on Inkitt.
- Previously or currently self-published books are accepted
- Stories must abide by Inkitt’s community guidelines. No glorification of non-consensual sexual acts. Please check the Terms of Service on our website first.
