In Lauren Acampora’s “Quarry,” Bill and Lina, just back from a safari, recount their trip to another couple and, in the process, shine a light on the complexities of the tourist industry and their participation in it. To read an interview with the author and buy the issue, visit: bit.ly/46EZejl

Applications are open for @onestorymag.bsky.social's Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship! This is a year-long educational fellowship for early career writers whose work speaks to issues and experiences related to inhabiting bodies of difference. one-story.com/learn/fellow...

Ela, a recent immigrant to the U.S., finds herself in charge of a stranger’s runaway child at a shopping mall—a situation that not only jeopardizes Ela’s low-wage job but also threatens to upend her precarious new life. Read an interview with the author and buy the issue here: bit.ly/4g2iFae

Last week, One Story Editor-in-Chief Patrick Ryan’s BUCKEYE hit the New York Times bestseller list. We’re hoping you’ll want to share in the excitement by joining One Story’s next class: Learning from Buckeye with Patrick Ryan. bit.ly/4mjxWEM

Our most popular class is back again. Write a Short Story with Hannah Tinti begins next month! In this week-long class, you’ll work with One Story Co-Founder Hannah Tinti to complete a short story draft by writing five sentences each day. bit.ly/3Jo1rYD

Register today for our Open Level Fiction Workshop with @rchetypes.bsky.social. You’ll come together with a small group of writers to workshop fiction submitted by your fellow students. We have a limited number of scholarships available. The scholarship deadline is August 20. bit.ly/46ZeDg5

Representing @epiphanylit.bsky.social at the One Story Writers' Conference in NYC. Honored to be quoted on their Instagram! Congrats to @onestorymag.bsky.social for organizing an excellent event.

I love One Story and I am so damn thrilled to have them publish my latest piece - "Tripping Dead." Excited for folks to read it!

The DAG Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the inaugural DAG Prize — an annual prize totaling $60,000 split equally among a visual artist, a writer, and a musician whose work expands the possibilities for American art and who are each at work on new projects.

An icepick. A death-defying high. Sex-crazed, loose-moral’d teens in a cabin in the woods. What could possibly go wrong? Find out in our harrowing new issue, @owenegerton.bsky.social’s “Tripping Dead.” To read an interview with the author and buy the issue, visit our website: bit.ly/4531Rux

Weike Wang shared some insight on her story "Cava Vena" in an interview with Patrick Ryan. To read more and buy the issue, visit our website: bit.ly/45UE1TQ

Our Advanced Fiction Workshop with @matthewlansburgh.bsky.social returns this October! Applications close August 3rd. Learn more here: bit.ly/44EkiWb

“In one pulse, one wing beat, old blood fans out across the chest into the lungs to become new blood—oxygenated, cherry red in color, cheerful, and rid of waste.” --OS 326, "Cava Vena" by Weike Wang. Read an interview with the author and purchase the issue: bit.ly/45UE1TQ

Congratulations to OS 276 author and 2025 Literary Debutante Jackie Thomas-Kennedy on her debut novel! THE OTHER WIFE is out now. bit.ly/46KKtNu

Congratulations to OS 283 author and 2025 Literary Debutante Carrie R. Moore on her debut story collection! MAKE YOUR WAY HOME is out now. bit.ly/4lxbRDa

Congratulations to OTS 33 author and 2025 Literary Debutante @kermichele.bsky.social on her debut novel! HOUSE OF BETH is out now. bit.ly/3TM6kfU

A woman reevaluates a secret relationship in Weike Wang’s “Cava Vena.” To read an interview with the author and buy the issue, visit our website: bit.ly/45UE1TQ

I'm teaching an interactive fiction class at @onestorymag.bsky.social this summer! Join me online July 10 - August 7 to make interactive stories in Twine. No coding experience required. Sign up here: one-story.com/product/inte...

Next month I'll be taking this Interactive Fiction class (as a student!) with @natmesnard.bsky.social at @onestorymag.bsky.social. Join us as we play & create stories that break the mold. All levels welcome. one-story.com/product/inte...

Congrats to OS 30 author Danit Brown on the publication of her most recent novel! TELEVISION FOR WOMEN is out now: bit.ly/442EbqZ

Brilliant story by Achy Obejas. Perfect timing too. @onestorymag.bsky.social #booksky

I am a HUGE fan of the field-trip writing workshop. I loved Word West’s museums class this year. & yesterday’s @onestorymag.bsky.social day at Greenwood Cemetery was such a treat. One Story is going to Coney Island next if you want to sign up!

Happy pub day to OS 323 author Nini Berndt! THERE ARE REASONS FOR THIS is out now. bit.ly/3HhuqMt

Happy pub day to OS 285 author @lydiconklin.bsky.social! SONGS OF NO PROVENANCE is out now. bit.ly/3H8Fqfg

Happy pub day to OS 225 author @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social! THE SLIP is out now. bit.ly/43BifBJ

We're so excited to announce a new kind of writing class from One Story: Field Trips in Brooklyn! This June, Executive Editor Hannah Tinti will be leading two site-specific writing classes at Green-Wood Cemetery on June 7th and Coney Island on June 14th. Spots are limited. bit.ly/43gbkis.

Twelve Questions with Francesca Lia Block is back this summer! This time, you’ll be reading the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling novel by Toni Morrison, Beloved. bit.ly/4kqDGwk

We're partnering with Bookshop.org! Save 10% on the 2025 Literary Debutante Booklist at Bookshop.org. Use code OneStory10 at checkout between June 1 - June 16 to save. Excludes eBooks. bit.ly/43p9yM7

In Dino Enrique Piacentini's "Mexican Goodbyes," a grown son conjures up a painful past when he tries to convince his father, an established painter, to sell his largest and most personal painting. bit.ly/3FxggX5

This is a good one!

Min Jin Lee giving her speech as the 2025 distinguished alumn at the One Story Mag literary debutante ball! 💫 @minjinlee.bsky.social @hannahtinti.bsky.social @onestorymag.bsky.social

I don’t often drink blackcurrant sours, but when I do, I drink A Life Anew…a beer brewed by Hot Plate Brewing Co. and inspired by my story in @onestorymag.bsky.social, which appears in a modified form in What We Tried to Bury Grows Here (@twodollarradio.bsky.social). Stay thirsty, my friends.

Happy pub day to OS 49 author Daniel Wallace! BENEATH THE MOON & LONG DEAD STARS is out now. bit.ly/4iXkCo8

I’ve only published one book, but one of my happiest writer moments was at the LA Times Festival of Books when after I signed this guy’s book, he moved it aside and my issue of @onestorymag.bsky.social was waiting underneath to be signed also 😭

Happy pub day to OS 290 author Lincoln Michel! METALLIC REALMS is out now. bit.ly/4iZFwD4

Our beloved client Hannah Tinti is leading two field-trip-style, site-specific writing classes in NYC for One Story Mag! Find out more and register: one-story.com/fieldtrips/ @onestorymag.bsky.social @hannahtinti.bsky.social

Happy pub day to OS 5 author Michael Backus! THE HEART IS MEAT is out now. bit.ly/4jjiyY2

Crafting Characters with Care with Carrie R. Moore begins next week! In this four-week course, we will consider how to be attentive to our characters’ humanity, looking beyond their functions as propellers of plot or thematic symbols. bit.ly/41SccJu

In Achy Obejas “Dachau”, two Cuban visual artists—one expat, one citizen—visit the concentration camp in Dachau, Germany, where they find themselves confronting not only the town’s Nazi past but also its unsettling present. bit.ly/4jVtgV1

Write a Great Beginning with Will Allison begins next week! In this class, you’ll spend three intensive days learning how to craft an opening that will make readers eager to turn the page. This class is designed for writers of all experience levels. Visit our website to learn more: bit.ly/3FNACeB

Object Lessons with Libby Flores from our 2025 Lecture Series is happening this Saturday, April 26 at 4 p.m. ET. In this lecture, you’ll learn how to use the most mundane objects to deepen your characters and infuse your story with conflict. Visit our website to learn more: bit.ly/4ggEoJP

Nini Berndt shared some insight on her story, "Empress" in an interview with Patrick Ryan. To read more and buy the issue visit our website: bit.ly/41EodRr

In case you missed it Fatima Kola, shared some insight on her upcoming Advanced Fiction Workshop. Read more here: bit.ly/4iGPSrv

In “Rain” by Carys Schiffer, one of the winners of our Teen Writing Contest, a borrowed umbrella leads to an unexpected connection between schoolmates. Read the issue now: bit.ly/3RmRaN5

“That was the thing about affairs. All of it remained entombed in little jars in your head. You'd die with it all in there, but it was just yours. It could be anything you wanted it to be.” --OS 323, "Empress" by Nini Berndt. Read an interview with the author and purchase the issue: bit.ly/41EodRr

Happy pub day to OS 72 author Andrew Porter! THE IMAGINED LIFE is out now. bit.ly/3XShm5O

Join us Thursday, 5/1 for a virtual reading with our Literary Debutantes hosted by @debutiful.bsky.social, featuring readings from Nini Berndt, @kermichele.bsky.social, Carrie R. Moore, Lucas Schaefer, Jackie Thomas-Kennedy, Lauren K. Watel, and @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social. bit.ly/4j7bCxA

Congrats to OS 125 author Jennifer Haigh on her recent book publication! RABBIT MOON is out now. bit.ly/4lphxQ6