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Inkitt Thriller Contest
All of our darkest secrets hide in the shadows. What do you see when you turn off the lights?Turn Off The Lights is the biggest writing contest in Inkitt’s history. Let your imagination run free and thrill the 3 million active readers and writers currently on Inkitt.
Submit your mystery, thriller, suspense, or horror novel for the chance to become a published author and win huge cash prizes!
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Trending
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Latest
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Lies and Demons
Lives entangled, demons embraced and lies woven.
The Petbe Gambit
A power-mad billionaire has taken the Earth hostage with the most dangerous weapon ever devised. London, Moscow, Washington and Beijing are smoldering craters. Billions more are in the crosshairs. ...
Three Reindeer
After an unusual accident at the age of 6, Sasha’s life was changed completely. Her mother was dead and her father, who was being accused of her murder, had vanished. However trying to figure out w...
Put A Ring On It: A Fake Dating Romantic Thriller
Second generation Indian-Italian-American, Alexis M. Chaudhury's has returned to New York to work as a writer for a popular website. Her best friend from childhood, Kate Prescott is a detective at ...
Loveless
Kiara, beautiful, attractive who's life is full of joy but one night ends everything her relations her love and her dignity, Her soul was bruised but she thought of fighting back but when family fo...
The Compromise
What will be your step when you are just 18 and forced to marry someone who you don't even know, who is 6 years older than you, when you are forced to leave your love behind and marry forcefully, t...
The Monster Beneath Lila’s Bed
Through the six years of Lila's life, she's always had a scary monster living underneath her bed. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2019 COMPLETED
The Cost
Ashley, a young marine biologist, scores an internship aboard Captain Creed Husman's ship. However, her journey is far from calm on the tumultuous Bering Sea.
The Dark Labyrinth (Dark Deception Story)
You awoke in a black void. You didn't know how or why you were here. A strange lady has you go through portals to nightmares worse than death. Sound interesting enough to read? Come & read it :)
The House In The Forest
In this story, you're going as a teenage girl named Sheila. You & your friend Aval go out one night to explore a haunted house, only to come across a bunch of murderers. Will you & Aval survive? Re...
First Infection
Six months after it is unleashed, a New Plague has almost taken down society. Where did it come from and who brought it back from the past? Follow Kat on her mission to create hell on earth, whilst...
About the contest
Inkitt Thriller Contest
All of our darkest secrets hide in the shadows. What do you see when you turn off the lights?Turn Off The Lights is the biggest writing contest in Inkitt’s history. Let your imagination run free and thrill the 3 million active readers and writers currently on Inkitt.
Submit your mystery, thriller, suspense, or horror novel for the chance to become a published author and win huge cash prizes!
What you win
This contest has now closedAuthors everywhere brought their readers the most thrilling stories of 2022! Let's celebrate the winners of this contest, but remember that all stories are still eligible to receive publishing contracts outside of the contests! Additionally, we are currently running 2 other contests for this next month!.
1st place winner:
🥇 Linzvonc, The Mistake
2nd place:
🥈 smurfrielle, Deerborn
3rd place:
🥉 aya_sherif, Al Nadaha
4th place:
Tawarriel, Moonlight
5th place:
TaylaG, I Don't Belong Here
6th place:
LibbyJ, Body 37
7th place:
Inkittkc, Tell No Lies
8th place:
richardhewitt, Murder of a Valentine
9th place:
karencogan, The Flower Girl
10th place:
TomClearlake, The Essence of Darkness
Contest Terms
- The contest will run from December 1st to February 28th 2022. Winners will be chosen no later than March 21st, 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 must be in English and original works. No plagiarism will be tolerated.
- Stories must be written within the genre of Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, or Horror. While Romance can be involved in the story-line, Romance-only (Werewolf, Billionaire, Mafia, MC, and Contemporary), poetry, non-fiction, and fanfiction will be disqualified at our discretion.
- Winners will be chosen based on the reader engagement their stories receive.
- 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
- Winners of the contest will receive a full publishing contract from Galatea. As part of this contract, your work would receive professional editing and cover design, the creation of an audiobook edition, translation into upwards of ten languages, and the opportunity to earn royalties. An entrant’s eligibility to claim prize money is conditional on their agreement to enter into a publishing contract.
- 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.
