Our most popular asynchronous is back! In this 7-day class with One Story co-founder @hannahtinti.bsky.social you'll write 5 sentences a day. At the end of the week, you'll have a draft of a new story & a greater understanding of the ins & outs of story STRUCTURE. Sign up: bit.ly/44AwdEW

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

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