Deadline to apply to our short story collection incubator with @lenavalencia.bsky.social is MONDAY JULY 20TH! This 9-month online intensive is designed to help you complete, refine, & prepare your manuscript for publication. For details visit: bit.ly/49PmXQo

In our new issue, PK Damilare Abiodun's “Monarch,” eleven-year-old Abu spends his winter break in Lagos with his aunt Fauza, a child bride only three years his senior. This is PK Damilare Abiodun's first published fiction. Read more: bit.ly/4putYg6 #shortstories #reading #zines #litmag #fiction

Today we're unboxing our upcoming issue, One Story #339, "Monarch" by PK Damilare Abiodun. This issue will hit mailboxes on July 16th & is a debut fiction publication! #reading #litmag #fiction #debutfiction #shortstories #readers #unboxing #fictionfirst

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Applications for our short story collection incubator with @lenavalencia.bsky.social are now due July 20th. This online intensive is designed to help you complete, refine, & prepare your manuscript for publication. For complete details visit: bit.ly/49PmXQo

☀SUMMER SALE☀ Subscribe to One Story for just $15 and get a short story in the mail every month, each issue by a new writer! For details visit: bit.ly/3WLxBRh #shortstories #litmags #fiction

Jack Moore talks about how he wrote our current issue, "Mothers and Daughters in This Day and Age" with One Story Editor in Chief Patrick Ryan. To read the rest of the interview, visit: bit.ly/4grhh3a #writingadvice #shortstories #litmags

Wonderful new books by One Story authors are coming out in July: The Great Wherever by @shanders.bsky.social, Nightjar by Emily Ruskovich, Famous Men by @juliebuntin.bsky.social, White Pine by Claire Vaye Watkins, & The Parade by Ben Miller!

Applications are due July 13th for our Short Story Collection Incubator with @lenavalencia.bsky.social! This online intensive is designed to help you complete, refine, & prepare your manuscript for publication. For details visit: bit.ly/49PmXQo

Join us 6/28 for our final SUNDAYSHORTS reading session: "The Rest of Us" with @jenzo.bsky.social! In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, students read a story from our archives together, discuss, & enjoy a visit from the author. For details visit: bit.ly/48ggFaO

Our first Interactive Fiction Workshop with @natmesnard.bsky.social of @scryptidgames.bsky.social will run July 8-Aug. 12th! Limited to 10 students. Sign up: bit.ly/4fz3N4Z. Join us for 6 weeks of play & turn your IF idea into a finished project!

In our new issue, Jack Moore's “Mothers and Daughters in This Day and Age,” a dying woman’s thoughts reach back in time to a pivotal afternoon in her childhood. This is Jack Moore's first published short story. To read an interview with the author & buy the issue, visit: one-story.com

Join us this Saturday, June 27th for a writing field trip in NYC with Author Irina Reyn! This site-specific class takes place at Brooklyn Bridge Park & is sliding scale, starting at just $10. bit.ly/4useBWh

Our upcoming issue, One Story #338 "Mothers and Daughters in This Day and Age" by Jack Moore just arrived in our office! This issue will hit mailboxes on June 25th. Get ready for a moving story about memory, loss, and the bonds of mothers and daughters. #reading #litmag #fiction #shortstories

Join us Sat. June 27th for a writing field trip to Brooklyn Bridge Park 4 just $10! Includes a guided tour, craft talk w. OS author Irina Reyn, generative exercises & reading of student work. Sponsored by @nyculture.bsky.social. All are welcome! For details visit: bit.ly/4useBWh #brooklynbridgepark

Our Interactive Fiction Workshop with @natmesnard.bsky.social of @scryptidgames.bsky.social will run July 8-Aug. 12th! Limited to 10 students. Join us for 6 weeks of play & turn your IF idea into a finished project. For complete details visit: bit.ly/4fz3N4Z #interactivefiction

Read an interview with Ruth Ozeki about how she wrote our current issue, "The Typing Lady." bit.ly/4xdGUdN NYC Folks: Join us 6/24 @92ndstreety.bsky.social to see One Story co-founder Hannah Tinti interview Ozeki live on stage! bit.ly/44ilZsp

Join us 6/28 for our final SUNDAY SHORTS with @jenzo.bsky.social! In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, students meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives (silently) together, followed by a discussion & visit from the author. For details visit: bit.ly/48ggFaO

Announcing our first ever 9-month education program: the Short Story Collection Incubator with @lenavalencia.bsky.social! This online intensive is designed to help you complete, refine, & prepare your manuscript for publication. Deadline to apply=7/13. For complete details visit: bit.ly/49PmXQo

Join us Saturday, June 27th for a writing field trip to Brooklyn Bridge Park & Jane's Carousel! Includes a guided tour, a craft talk by author Irina Reyn, a generative writing exercise & a reading of student work. This class is sliding scale & begins at $10. For details visit:https://bit.ly/4useBWh

🎉Submissions are open at One Story until we reach our cap of 2000. Send us your short stories! For details on how & what to submit visit bit.ly/3GVpudM

LAST CHANCE to sign up for our next online reading group! Led by One Story author Yohanca Delgado, students will discuss Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 classic novel Rebecca & the craft elements that fuel its mystery. To learn more & register visit: bit.ly/42LvakA #readinggroup #rebecca #daphnedumaurier

Rereading “Bayou” by Bryan Washington in this 2017 issue of @onestorymag.bsky.social. Man he knows how to tell a story 💚

This six-week, 10-student class with @natmesnard.bsky.social of @scryptidgames.bsky.social invites you to explore interactive narrative writing and design in a workshop-style format. For details visit: bit.ly/4fz3N4Z

Join us Saturday, June 13th for the next craft lecture in our 2026 Lecture Series: Write Deliciously: Elements of Beautiful Prose with Puloma Ghosh. You can sign up for this individual lecture for $25 or take the whole lecture series for $90 (includes 8 lectures). For details visit: bit.ly/3YRhhPE

So many great books by One Story authors are being published in June!

We are excited to announce the winners of our 2026 One Teen Story Writing Contest! This year, we received nearly 900 entries from teen writers across the world. Each winner will receive $500 and publication on our website. To read excerpts & more about the winners & runner ups, visit: bit.ly/4x4wlcO

In our new issue, Ruth Ozeki’s “The Typing Lady,” a woman meets a mysterious typist at the library and follows a trail of her words through a layered multiverse, exploring identity, ambition, loss, and the inner workings of the creative process. To read more visit: bit.ly/4xdGUdN

🎉We are thrilled to announce that One Story issue #332, "We Are Sorry for Your Suffering" by @joybaglio.bsky.social has won a Pushcart Prize & will be included in the 2027 Pushcart Prize Anthology! Congratulations to author Joy Deva Baglio! bit.ly/48IYtrO%E2%9...

Today we're unboxing our upcoming issue, One Story #337, "The Typing Lady" by Ruth Ozeki. This issue will hit mailboxes on May 28th, and is from Ozeki's forthcoming collection, THE TYPING LADY, out on June 2 with @vikingbooks.bsky.social! bit.ly/4dOLeat #reading #litmag #fiction #shortstories

Join us 5/31 for our next SUNDAY SHORTS! In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, students meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives (silently) together, followed by a discussion & visit from the author. Our next read is "Cool City" by Chuck Augello. bit.ly/48ggFaO

Join our next online reading group, where we'll discuss Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 gothic novel REBECCA. Led by OS author @yohanca.bsky.social, class will meet via Zoom to discuss the craft and mystery of this timeless classic. We begin on June 9th! For details visit: bit.ly/42LvakA #readinggroup

Congratulations to Randy F. Nelson, whose One Story issue #322, "Woman from Kao Lak," has been chosen for New Stories from the South 2026, the prize anthology from Blair, edited by Robin Miura! bit.ly/4dGy3IC

Ghosts of Manderley: Reading Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca is now open! In this 4 week reading group with One Story author @yohanca.bsky.social, students will discuss Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 classic novel Rebecca & the craft elements that fuel its mystery. To register, visit: bit.ly/4u9uJfL

Join us Sat. May 16 for the next craft lecture in our 2026 Lecture Series: The Substance of Place with Jenn Alandy Trahan. We'll be looking at movies that create their own narrative worlds & what fiction writers can learn from visual storytellers. For details visit: bit.ly/3YRhhPE

Getting a short story in the mail is such a terrific idea @onestorymag.bsky.social and this one by @lgeccles.bsky.social was a real banger. It's about a conspiracy involving the president and clone mushrooms

Join us Sat. May 16th for a Writing Field Trip to the Queens Museum with @iamlisako.bsky.social! Includes a visit to this panorama miniature of NYC, a tour of Corona Park, generative exercises & an open mic. Sponsored by @nyculture.bsky.social. All are welcome! For details visit: bit.ly/3QFDfVg

Join us Sat. May 16th for a Writing Field Trip to the Queens Museum with @iamlisako.bsky.social! Includes a tour of Corona Park, generative exercises & an open mic. Sponsored by @nyculture.bsky.social. All are welcome! For details visit: bit.ly/3QFDfVg

Read an interview with One Story author Cay Kim about how she wrote our current issue, "Secret." bit.ly/3Ob75A6

Join us May 16th for a writing field trip to the Queens Museum & Flushing Meadows Corona Park! This inspirational afternoon includes a guided tour, a craft lecture by @iamlisako.bsky.social, generative writing exercises & a reading of student work. For details visit: bit.ly/3QFDfVg

1 week ago, One Story hosted our 2026 Literary Debutante Ball. After our five debutantes walked the aisle, honoree @legroff.bsky.social gave an inspirational speech about the power of noticing & the need for moments of silence. You can read her speech over at @literaryhub.bsky.social: bit.ly/42clC1J

Join us online for the next craft talk in our 2026 lecture series! One Story author Jenn Alandy Trahan will discuss using film as inspiration to create a powerful sense of place in fiction. This lecture can be taken individually or as part of our series. For more details visit: bit.ly/3YRhhPE

One Story is so grateful to our Debutante Ball sponsors that we turned them into a literary fortune teller. What fortune will @henryholtbooks.bsky.social, publisher of Literary Debutante Senaa Ahmad's THE AGE OF CALAMITIES, bring forth?

One Story is so grateful to our Debutante Ball sponsors that we turned them into a literary fortune teller. What fortune will @mackidsbooks.bsky.social, publisher of Literary Debutante Lily Berlin Dodd's THE LAST EMBER, bring forth?🐉

One Story is so grateful to our Debutante Ball sponsors that we turned them into a literary fortune teller. What fortune will @bookshop.org bring forth?

Led by One Story author @rchetypes.bsky.social, this class explores techniques for writing historical fiction & include lectures, close reading & generative exercises to help students find the best approach for their work. For details visit bit.ly/4241Gy1

Last chance to sign up for our fiction workshop with One Story author @adeniro.bsky.social! Focus will be on supportive feedback, establishing a community to help you become a better writer, and fostering a creative practice. For details visit: bit.ly/4sVtIYe

Our handmade corsages for the One Story Debutante Ball tomorrow! Ticket sales close soon. Get yours now! bit.ly/4q90Jhl

Tomorrow is the One Story Literary Debutante Ball! Ticket sales close soon. Get yours NOW! bit.ly/4q90Jhl

🍹Our signature cocktail is here! Designed by Christopher Hermelin of @somanydamnbooks.bsky.social, the Brawler is inspired by Lauren Groff's new collection BRAWLER & will be served at our Deb Ball on April 24th in Brooklyn. Get your tickets & raise a glass with us this coming Friday! bit.ly/4q90Jhl

Join us 4/26 for our next SUNDAY SHORTS! In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social students meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives (silently) together, followed by a discussion & visit from the author. Our next read is "Coach Ray" by Lillian Li. bit.ly/48ggFaO