Miles Franklin Literary Award

-- WSA 2025 Entry -- “Five… Four… Three… Two… One…” As the countdown towards the new year went on to the last second, Miles looked up to the sky, just as everybody else did. In the middle of the crowded street, Miles for once felt like he belonged. Being a teenage gamer, living with his parents, and trying to build a life as a streamer, he did not feel like leaving his room every day. But there, in the middle of that crowded street, with everyone around him paying attention to the sky, the countdown on the digital billboard, and mostly anything else but him., Miles felt like a ghost. A welcomed ghost, but a ghost, after all. With a smile on his unseen face, he looked up as the countdown reached one, and everybody sang in unison. ‘HAPPY NEW YEAR!” But Miles’ eyes widened as he watched in utter horror, and curiosity, even, hovering above him, a holographic screen with a few lines of text written in it. All around him, although he did not pay much attention to it, a few other people seemed to experience the same situation. [Updating home-world 39515’s version] [Version 20.25 update brings a lot of fun and games with the new and improved survival mode] [Do you want to convert your previous avatar to home-world 39515’s latest version?] [Yes] [No] “Survival… Mode?” Miles’ lips quivered. Before he could think of anything else, though, the people around him began to scream…

In the mysterious MMORPG 【ExoGenesis】, the extraordinary age of transcendence has arrived on Terra. Tristan is reborn on the very day the game launches, awakening an SSS-level talent: the Sniper God. [Sniper God (SSS-Level)] - Effect 1: All ranged attacks are guaranteed to hit, and the damage type is changed to true damage. - Effect 2: For every meter of distance from the target, damage increases by 10%. With such an overpowered talent, Tristan’s choice is clear—he becomes an assassin! With deadly precision and the ability to strike from miles away, Tristan proves that an assassin doesn’t have to fight up close.

Il était un orphelin avec une aptitude médiocre et un milieu modeste. Grâce à la persévérance et à une réticence à se contenter de la médiocrité, il pratiquait désespérément la cultivation. Par un coup de chance, il a éveillé l'Âme Martiale Ancienne, depuis longtemps éteinte dans ce monde, et à partir de ce moment-là, son ascension fut imparable, telle une comète s'élevant haut, s'engageant dans un voyage de cultivation pour dominer le monde. Débutant comme un mendiant qui était malmené par les autres, il a commencé à briller à chaque pas, entrant dans une ère de chaos où les Sectes sont nombreuses, les talents abondent, les Dix Mille Clans luttent pour le pouvoir, et les héros humains émergent les uns après les autres dans un monde vaste et magnifique. Avec l'Âme Martiale du 'Tyran Céleste', il a juré de forger son propre mythe !

En los tiempos antiguos cuando los dioses y demonios gobernaban el mundo, se dejaron innumerables legados. El joven Qin Chen adquirió la Escritura Suprema de Devoración, lo que le permitió consumir las herencias de dioses y demonios, comprender miles de leyes mágicas y convertirse en un soberano supremo. ¡El día que mi clan del Dios Devorador regrese, será el día en que estos incontables mundos tiemblen!

Be an Uber driver, one Pagani Zonda rewarded. Be a university lecturer, 10 buildings rewarded. Be a landlord, 1billion dollars rewarded. Be… Lin Yi was fired by his company and his girlfriend cheated on him. After all that had happened, he suddenly awakened the professional experience system. He could keep receiving awards as long as he kept trying and experiencing new professions? There is no job that Lin Yi isn’t familiar with! If there is, that means that the reward isn’t enticing enough!

# RELAXED Liu Qing is reborn and goes back two years in time. He starts his reborn life at the point of getting a breakup text message from his girlfriend. Previously, in that life, he dated his girlfriend for a few years, and used all the money he earned from being a security guard to support her and pay for her lifestyle and living expenses when she quit her own security guard job to go back to school. However, in the end, she looked down on him after she found an office job, then cheated on him and eventually left him for another man. To add insult to injury, in his desire to have a simple life with his girlfriend, he rejected the chance to reunite with his wealthy estranged mother and missed out on the opportunity to become a rich second generation. He was overwhelmed by immense grief after all that and fell into a deep depression that eventually destroyed him. In this life, Liu Qing is determined not to become a simp again, especially since he is being given another chance to change the path of his life. He says to her, “Let's come clean. Isn't it good to break up? I don't have to be your spare tire anymore. You can also live with your one true love. We would each get what we want.” Then he resigns from his security guard job to reunite with his mother. When everyone asks him why, he says, "Because I am going to inherit assets worth billions of dollars!"

“If it's abnormal for a living being to be with a corpse then can that living being be with a living nightmare?” ~ Being a half cast and an alluring beauty in the whole of Weenfield, Frances Franklin's story of her boyfriend dying because of her spread like wildfire and she had no other option but to leave town for a while. Years later, she returns and makes several friends as well as a new boyfriend. Together, they became a bond of seven friends who secretly believed in night creatures and celebrated Halloween behind closed doors in their own way which was strictly forbidden in Weenfield. One fateful day, as they celebrated their usual Halloween by playing a game, they came across a strange question saying; “I gave up my life for you, Frances. How could you just move on like that?” That question didn't just reopen Frances' past trauma but it also brought her dead boyfriend of many years ago back. However, the most horrifying thing was that her dead boyfriend wasn't the only person to come back to life but other night creatures were brought in as well…

North, a lifelong consumer of fantasy novels, always scoffed at the tropes: overpowered protagonists, harems, and convenient cheats. Then, with a jolt that nearly shattered his reality, he found himself living the ultimate power fantasy – transmigration. But it wasn't the epic adventure he'd envisioned. No, this was different. Far different. Trapped in a strange new world, inhabiting a body that felt more deflated than inflated, he was a far cry from the invincible hero of his literary fantasies. Welcome to the real world of isekai, where the 'power' fantasy is decidedly less… powerful. N/B: This isn't a system-based novel, it has the elements, but it isn't the main plot point.

``` Tierra, miles de años después del apocalipsis. Innumerables tecnologías y avances se habían perdido en el tiempo mientras los Espectros, seres horripilantes con poderes aterradores, llegaron y destruyeron el mundo. A lo largo de los siguientes miles de años, la humanidad se reconstruyó pero siempre volvió a morir. Nadie recuerda el pasado. Nadie recuerda lo que la humanidad había logrado alguna vez. Ahora, todos viven en un mundo donde los Espectros reinan supremos. ----- Un chico con amnesia despertó en medio de los Arrabales, la peor parte de la Ciudad Hongo Carmesí. El chico crece y logra volverse lo suficientemente fuerte para pasar un examen para uno de los trabajos más prestigiosos que existen, un Extractor de Zephyx, alguien que puede recolectar los poderes de los Espectros. Lamentablemente, ya había obtenido un poder de un Espectro en el pasado, lo que lo hacía inelegible para el puesto. Pero entonces, un hombre misterioso lo visita. Y su suerte finalmente cambia. ```

The world has fallen, overrun by the dead. Hailey and Ronan have one goal. Survive. But in a world where danger lurks around every corner, survival isn’t just about dodging zombies. They must travel together through highways choked with the dead and cities crawling with danger. They fight to survive. Every mile is a gamble with scarce supplies, hostile survivors, and the relentless undead. In a world where trust is dead, can they make it to the other side alive? >>> "You can't kill something that's already dead, Hailey-Jade. The dead don't die anymore. It lives."

My grandfather was a tattoo artist, but he tattooed evil things. Tattooing, an ancient technique, flows quietly through the ages. In ancient times it was called Ink, in the ancient literary language called NI, is with the ink of the needle into the bottom layer of the skin, so as to outline the pattern and words on the skin. In China, the tradition of tattooing flowers on the body for good luck and worship has been going on for 2,000 years. There is a kind of tattoos, with the mysterious Yin - related magic, is said to have the evil, transit, wealth, peach blossom, security and many other magical effects, the world is called the Tattoos of Gods and Ghosts. around the mysterious yin and yang tattoos, a period of thrilling, full of colorful stories began, which hidden secrets and taboos, will actually be hidden! Secrets and taboos, where will the protagonists lead ......

Academy novels. If you take notice, most of them are about nameless characters, professors, and villains. And another aspect is that there is only one academy or that same academy is declared the strongest. However, Aestrea, a successful award-winning actor, actually gets transmigrated into one of those novels. Instead, he finds himself transmigrated into the body of the most powerful student at the Weakest Academy. Just at the time of the academy's competition... –––––––––––– Discord: https://discord.gg/dp865x8BfZ - Tags: Anti-Hero MC | Nonchalant MC | Gore | Virgins | Harem | Yandere | Milf | No-Sex Toys | No-Futanari | No-Yuri | No-Netorare | Kinky Heroines | Obsessed Heroines | Misunderstandings | Smart MC | Bipolar MC | Strength-based Social Hierarchy | Strong Love Interests | Teacher & Student Relationship | Sugar Mommies | Reincarnation | Devoted Love Interests | Cold Love Interest | Spirits | Sword & Magic | Strong Wealthy Characters | Special Abilities

A man who died and reincarnated in the world of Cultivation with a system The system awards him points for every woman he Dual Cultiavtes with which he uses to buy things from the system shop to get stronger

Miles Fielding is a scrawny twelve-year-old from some nowhere noble family in the United Kingdom, the kind nobody’s betting on to save the day. Except weird crap keeps happening around him—dogs keel over, kids who mess with him end up limping, and his own folks are starting to think he’s cursed. His dad, Viscount Thomas Fielding, is so freaked out that he sends Miles to the High School of Magic “Pendragon Academy”—this fancy-pants academy for the kingdom’s top Gifted kids. Problem is, Miles is too young, too odd, and way too pale to blend in. Oh, and he has a little secret: Eldric Varnwythe, a snarky dark mage from another world, who got stabbed in the back by his own siblings and somehow crash-landed in Miles’s skull. Together, they’re a ticking time bomb of chaos and potential. Eldric Varnwythe’s got necromancy tricks up his sleeve and a vendetta burning in his soul. Eldric is teaching him tricks that’d make your granny faint, Miles’s stumbling into a world of secret lairs, banned alchemy, and beasts that’d eat your face off. His family is scared he’ll hex them, his classmates think he is a freak, and the United Kingdom? Clueless about the storm brewing in this kid’s bony little frame. Will he tame the darkness or let it loose? Hell if I know—but it’s gonna be a wild ride. At Pendragon Academy, under the sharp eye of Headmaster Sir Edward Frederick Harrington, Miles’s supposed to be a prodigy-in-training—but the dark vibes he’s giving off? They’re anything but normal. When he’s not acing herbology or dodging nosy classmates, he’s battling monsters like the Fire Ant with a ragtag crew, proving he’s more than a creepy kid with a pale face. Perfect for fans of magical misfits, epic battles, and snarky voices in your head that won’t shut up. Miles and Eldric are about to flip Pendragon Academy on its head—one spell, one snarky jab at a time. Dive in if you dare!

"Can you still chase your dreams when the world forces you to stop?" Arya was once a star on the pitch—a national junior high school tournament top scorer, the new hope for Indonesia’s national team. But everything vanished in an instant when his parents forbade him from playing football ever again. His life turned into a dull routine, far from the roaring cheers of the stadium and the scent of fresh grass he longed for. But dreams can’t be caged. In secret, Arya finds a new friend in High School who invites him back to the thrill of street football. Friendship, hidden struggles, and unwavering determination become part of Arya’s journey as he fights against the boundaries that hold him back. Can Arya reclaim his dreams? Or will the restrictions become the final wall that stops his steps? A story about dreams that never stop running, even when their owner falls over and over again. update every monday and thursday

A/N : A Journey to Love, maybe you're wondering what is the reason behind this book title, it is because I dedicated this book to someone special. Thank you for letting me use your name as the mc, for always supporting me. I'm writing under the contest "WebNovel Spirity Award 2025." My schedule is tight but I'll try to update daily. As an aspiring author, I'm very grateful to everyone; no words could express how. This novel of mine is full of surprises, add it to library if you like it~

Matthew Franklin wakes up in a new world as Park Jason Gabriel, the illegitimate son of a wealthy South Korean family. After his mother's death, he moves in with his paternal family, where he faces humiliation and the burden of his hidden status. At thirteen, he endures a difficult life until he leaves for the States, only to be forced back by his family. Now, he must take his older brother's place in an arranged marriage to Kim Seo-yeon, an heiress facing a crisis. Bound by tradition, the marriage is non-negotiable, requiring them to stay together for at least three years. Jason must navigate his new and unwanted life under these circumstances.

The novel follows Miles Decker as he investigates the rediscovery of a hidden chamber within the decaying Hartly Estate, a chamber untouched for three centuries. The chamber contains clues suggesting the Hartly family’s disappearance wasn't a simple vanishing act. Miles, initially hired by a skeptical Dr. Hart, soon finds himself entangled in a much larger mystery than anticipated.

It's that time of the decade when the business tycoons in America fight for yet who gets to perch at the peak. Being the winner of 'Thee Business Mogul Award' comes with a lot of premium benefits, more of everything like a black card, unmatched luxury, prestige and a tantalizing seat in the government: talk of such power. As it stands now, only the top 1% of such people stand a chance. One of such people is 'Michael Gild', the current owner of the prize and still has plans to gift it back to himself. 'Loreen Scott', the alluring Latin American whom has had her eyes on the prize for as long as she can remember. It's a wrong time for 'Anderson Clarke' to be entangled in rumors of a business-threatening scandalous relationship with powerful 'Simeon Walton'. And many others. It's still that time of the season. Let the best man win.

It's that time of the decade when the business tycoons in America fight for yet who gets to perch at the peak. Being the winner of 'Thee Business Mogul Award' comes with a lot of premium benefits, more of everything like a black card, unmatched luxury, prestige and a tantalizing seat in the government: talk of such power. Only the top 1% - the elites stand a chance. One of them is Michael Gild, the current 'Business Mogul' who has plans to gift it to himself. Then, Loreen Scott, a fierce enemy who is determined to keep the prize permanently out of Gild's reach. These two are inevitably drawn into a path by fate, where the thorns cracking the fragile earth seems to never have an end; and the flowers blooming the trees, too alluring to resist. It's still that time of the decade. Let the best man win.

A young, brand new truck driver learns the ropes of the trucking industry and lessons on life as he treads the roads of the United States with a series of misfit trainers and co-drivers. Getting into misadventures and omnishambles while dealing with outrageous dangers and hazards on the road, Andrew struggles to reach his ultimate goals: to drive a million miles, and a make a million dollars.

Miles Bennett, a 19-year-old pizza delivery boy, happened to deliver a custom-made love pizza on Valentine's Day to a regal home. Little did he know, his girlfriend Hanna would open the door with an elderly man gripping her waist lovingly. "You are such worthless trash, Miles!" Heartbroken, a screen flashed before this young man. [You are now the host of the 10x Modern Money System] [Starting with $10,000,000,000] [10× multiplier on income] [10× rebate on expenses] [Ding!] [First Mission Assigned!] [Details: Your heartless, wicked boss is on the brink of bankruptcy] [Action: Face-slap your boss, buy, and grow his pizza company to surpass McDonald's] [Reward: $10,000 and a 12-hour limited 30× rebate on expenses.] Miles clenched his fist and nodded with determination. "All who have looked down on me will pay!"

El multiverso es un lugar lleno de posibilidades, miles de universos e historias. En uno de esos universos, uno que decidió que el suyo no era suficiente. Mataron, conquistaron y saquearon otros universos, destruyéndolos en el proceso. Una IA creada para vigilar el multiverso intentó detenerlos con un grupo de personas, pero no fue suficiente; casi totalmente destruida, fue a un universo en busca de alguien que la ayude.

Todos los seres vivos y no vivos evolucionan a través de cientos de miles e incluso miles de millones de años, la evolución es inevitable para todo ser consciente dependiendo de las condiciones de vida del entorno. La evolución puede ser tan simple como para que una criatura marina pudiera andar en tierra firme a través de que desarrollara extremidades que le pudiera ayudar a caminar. En otros casos. la evolución puede llevar a un camino donde la fantasía ya no se llamaría fantasía, como este mundo lleno de superpoderes que todo es posible, desde el simple control de agua hasta super fuerza que puede cambiar literalmente el clima en una zona indeterminada. Pero, ¿Que pasaría si hay un superpoder que permite amplificar innumerables veces este camino de evolución? En el futuro hay un dicho que resonara en todo el mundo: "LO QUE NO ME MATA, ME HACE MÁS FUERTE"

Get ready to swat away tears of laughter and brace yourself for the most buzzworthy adventure of the century! Meet Ben Franklin, the world's foremost expert in attracting bad luck and the unlikeliest hero you'll ever encounter. From stumbling over his own shoelaces to triggering fire alarms with a single glance, Ben's life is a never-ending comedy of errors. And if you thought his luck would change in the afterlife, think again! Even the god of opportunity couldn't resist the magnetic pull of Ben's bad luck charms. Just as Ben was about to embark on a new adventure in the great beyond, fate took a hilarious twist. A glitch in the universe turned him into a mutant mosquito, reincarnated along with the very reincarnation system itself! Now that's what you call a bug in the matrix! The absence of a reincarnation system in the universe has resulted in a cosmic crisis. With dead souls wandering aimlessly and lifeless babies popping out like deflated balloons, it's up to our unlikely hero to solve the mystery and save the day! Now armed with six legs, buzzing wings, and an insatiable thirst for adventure (and, let's not forget, blood), the legend of Ben Franklin, the most unlikely hero in the insect kingdom, began. With his quirky sense of humour and insatiable thirst for justice, he embarked on a hilarious and unconventional quest to save the universe, leaving behind a trail of itchy mosquito bites and bacterial infections in his wake.

Dew had a near death experience after battling with brain tumor but then a miracle happened and he survived but that left him as a different person. Dew developed the ability to see and change the future especially if someone is about to die, this would only work if he was able to change the person's fate or change the scenes that happened before the person died. Unlike others who he could only save once he meets Miles, a mafia gang leader who he constantly has to change his fate from death. But what started as just doing his duty changed to must protect. The more Miles was in danger of dying the more Dew felt the need to protect him, the more they grew closer.

Zeyn wanted nothing more than the Magic Swordsman class. A way to the top. A way to have power over others. Instead his death gets foreshadowed. His dreams on Alsia shattered, his time with his mother over. However he's awarded some time to live, and some time to die, in a new world. Follow Zeyn as he masters the duality of life and death, death mage and life mage, as he finds out the power of those that control the world, as he slowly loses his humanity.

En las vastas tierras de marmacas un joven aventurero se aventura en las tierras prohibidas donde algunas vez avitaron las enormes bestias mas peligrosas de toda Alvernia, aquellas que se creían invencibles ante todo, pero que inminentemente fueron erradicadas lo almenos eso afirmaban los magos del rey soreto, el joven se adentro sin imaginar que encontraría algo más que en dragón poniendo fin ala paz que perduró durante miles de años en Alvernia. además que descubriría el verdadero origen de los magos ancestrales

Humanity is not alone. This sentence should have brought enthusiasm to them in this lonely and cold universe. Unfortunately, they founded themselves confronted with the strongest enemy they ever had to face, the Xalarxes. Billions died and only a few cities remain under the control of the United Earth Empire. However, it is the space age and humans are not made out of mud. They could still inflict heavy blows to their invasive space neighbours, create a stalemate, and were determined to carve out a place for themselves in this universe. Michael just graduate from high school with high marks. He has big dream for himself and is determined to forge a strong career as a fighter and a pilot. Him and his cohort will have to evolve in the world of Stellarion a VR game world created with the goal to train them. People who evolve in the game keep their abilities in the real world, and the strongest ones can break through the skies and smash mountains. What Michael doesn't know is that he has a huge advantage over others and can evolve his talent infinitely.

En varias horas, un ser humano puede vivir miles de aventuras. Algunos olvidan la mayoría de sus sueños o no les dan gran importancia, pero yo soy de aquellos que viven más en los sueños que en la misma realidad. Desde posibles vidas pasadas, a otras dimensiones o casi imposibles viajes en el tiempo e historias que, al despertar, parecen memorias. Acompáñame a vivir un sueño más, donde en el día soy como cualquier ser humano, pero en mis sueños el límite es solo una palabra.