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List of trending stories applied to the contest
Regression
Earth was a myth, or so the remainder of the human race had been told, but there was one who refused to believe it was just a story: Elara Aldon, and she was going to prove it one way or another.
Incident at Guantanamo
A four-ship of Navy fighters is vectored to intercept an unauthorized weather balloon over Cuba in the late 1940s. That's when the trouble starts...
Fix
Malik Carthen and his crew chase a smuggler into an asteroid field. What they find may be the key to unifying a galaxy torn apart by sectarian violence. WARNING: coarse language, violence, drug abuse
The Diary
Edward has been getting more controlling and forbidding Bella from visiting her best friend. One night she has an encounter with a familiar being from the future who leaves a journal with her. The boo
HEROES
Two men face certain death. Where are the Heroes? Who are the Heroes? Does a science fiction television series from 2005 really have the answer?
Spacetug Copenhagen
It seems like a routine tourist trip, taking wealthy guests to the luxury hotel in orbit, but everyone aboard has other plans, taking humanity's first steps to living permanently in space.
The Key
Some say adventure begins with the first step, but this one begins with a key.
Paradox
What if you couldn't die? How would you spend your eternity? Thousands of deaths and the only constant for Adam is a mysterious woman - and the knowledge that he saves a life every time he dies.
Cyborg
The Voice came to me only three times before. For a long time afterward, there was silence, and I thought that it had left me. But then the Voice came to me a fourth time.
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The Blue, Blue Eyes of Dark, Dark Space
What horrors made Mars' war for independence from Earth such an ugly affair? Just ask the androids who fought in it. This story takes place about 300 yrs before the novel Blue Hearts of Mars.
No More Lies
Can an app change the world? Do we want it to?
Latest
List of stories recently added to the contest
The Guardian: Part Two
As a series of bizarre murders occur around the city, Max struggles to balance his two identities and integrate into The Guardians. Meanwhile, Max's friends deal with their own challenges.
No Shelter in Death
Roberto, princeof Earth, or is he? He's on the space ship pointed to the new planet. Will his wish come true, or will he end up empty handed.
THE LITTLE CHEF
An upated version of The Little Prince in a universe of motorway service stations, hipster eateries and the coming apocalypse.
Confessions of a Shapeshifter
Being able to be anything does not mean you are anything. A shapeshifter has a crisis of identity.
Half-Life Dream
After a mistake, a gang of superpowered kids called the Half-Life Dream is forced to find and rescue the president's daughter. They have one week, and an evil group to deal with. Can they do it?
Looper
“I’ve never seen you before. At least, I don’t remember seeing you before.” He pointed a finger at me. “And that’s the kicker. You don’t remember. But we’ve had this night time and time again.”
The Brigid Chronicles
Brigid can't remember who she is and a mysterious Countess comes to town. Why does Seamus fall ill after visiting the Countess? Are there aliens among us?
Sublimation
Centuries after humans ruined the Earth, a young human anti-transhumanist dissident has a conversation with a robot.
Sidekick Blues
Robert thought he bought an ironically funny android to serve as his right-hand killer in his off-the-grid repo business, but it turns out that maybe this wasn't such a great idea.
The Merxyn Experiment
A computer scientist and his psychic friend team up with a disgruntled extraterrestrial graduate student to uncover a flaw in an alien experiment that could alter the fate of the entire human race.
ID
Thought is dangerous and in an effort to protect society, the government has limited it. For one ex-Professor, this has led to a hollow society.
Endless Darkness
A man awakes aboard an empty spaceship drifting through the endless void. With no memories of who he is or how he got there, he investigates.
About the contest
Sci-Fi | No word limit.What you win
1st prize:- Scrivener, the award-winning management software used by best-selling novelists and novices alike.
- 5 printed-and-bound copies of your story with custom typography created by Inkitt’s designer
- "If You Want to Write - A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit" - by Brenda Ueland
2nd prize:
- $30 book voucher
- "If You Want to Write - A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit" - by Brenda Ueland
3rd prize:
- $20 book voucher
- "If You Want to Write - A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit" - by Brenda Ueland
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