Writing Contest: Dreamlands | Inkitt

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Take us on an epic journey with your best fantasy stories. Submit ancient tales about dragons and griffins, or tell us your vision of the future through a science fantasy story. We want you to unleash your imagination and show us what you've got! Write a truly unforgettable fantasty adventure!

Submit your best original fantasy fiction novels of 40.000 words or more. As always, there is no entry fee. The top 10% get the chance to be picked by the Inkitt staff for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize. The winner will get published and be announced on December 25 2015.

Authors will retain all rights to works submitted to the contest.

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Blood Oath

Rowleen is a young vampire being hunted down in a medieval world by nine legendary warriors known as demigods. She struggles to survive with only the help of her human companion Seamus.

Stuffed

Snatched by a taxidermy-happy countess and her unsettling assistant, young shapechanger Tom Ness only wants to live. But how can he save his skin when that's all they want? When Tom Ness is kidnapp...

The Ascension of an Angel

Our actions decide our fate, but our destiny is entwined with others and doesn't stop with death, the same was true for me when I woke to find myself in a world I didn't think was real

Being on Duty

In the second book of the Time Jump series, Dr. Stoneheart broke out of prison in the 22nd century with help from two people named Saul Ebenezer and Victoria Crenshaw. Together, they go back in time.

The Legend of the Foundling

My name is Ilmra Hithwen. I am a half-drow foundling who has been thrown out of the only home I've ever known. With nowhere else to go, I am on a quest to find my past, and hopefully begin a future.

Scavenger

One man's trash is another's treasure, true. But what would you call a giant, ten-legged spider on your faceplate?

No Connection

Poe had it right. When it comes to the people we love... The ultimate horror is silence.

Interview Inside a Terrarium

They want a portrait. They always want a portrait. Maybe this time, one of them will listen. Maybe this time, they won't vanish with that horrible grinding noise. Maybe this time- you'll save a life.

Blowing Bubbles

When virtual reality is better than real life, you can question living when it all gets dull. Fortunately, there's a new mod going around that's all the rage. They say you never want to go back...

The Liberated Prisoner

Prisoner 164 has been locked away for nearly a decade where a despicable torturer whom she dubs "Dolor" causes her to forget her past through a potion.When she is rescued, she must forge a new future.

Moirai

Alnya is just an ordinary girl, until her best friend hands her a book. It's an old book. Nothing special. Except for one little thing. It has no author. Oh, and there's a whole world inside it.

Doppelganger

Mia finds out that there's a creepy man and a girl that looks just like her hanging around town everyday, and each of her friends know something about them that they probably shouldn't be hiding.

Tides of Magic

The advent of magic in Quindor pits a wayward Prince, a megalomaniac Empress, a righteous King-in-Waiting and a benevolent Bandit in a game of chinese checkers...and blood.

Alcingeria

The year is 1690. After a risky heist goes awry, a small criminal group known as The Scorpions embarks on an epic adventure to defend the land from evil.

Termination of Services

Pamela has a lot riding on her performance. Starting with her life. When she finds an error that she can not fix, her job becomes a fight for her life. Especially when she learns she's not alone...

The Dream Team

Jet is a teen superhero who fights crime with his large great sword in the city of Vinton. But he may have met his greatest match, his first teenage crush. In Vinton Chronicles Book 1: The Dream Te...

Khaos Into Order

Khaos controls everything in the universe and no one, not even her descendants, will take her galaxy away from her. Her progeny having other ideas, plan to trap and kill her and take over her realm.

Dream of Embers Book 1

Embrace the Cold. Shala of Evrelyn takes up the mantle of a duty her father could not, but comes to inherit the same enemies that sought to undermine the King.

Lost in Glory

Being a Hero is not a job. Being a Hero is a way of life. Quest is the only thing that matters. Failure? No such thing. Reason? Purely optional. Wisdom? A little wouldn't hurt...

The Dentarian Sword

A mysterious pendant leads Lakita to many discoveries, both about the world, and herself. When it leads to a dark crossroads, will she choose to kill her best friend and begin a war for change?

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