ONE STORY publishes one great short story at a time. We bring people together through reading, writing, and learning about short fiction.
In Courtney Marcelo Norton’s “Offense and Satisfaction,” boarding-school misfit and cancer survivor Lark Spencer challenges her tormentor, saber champion Sophia Nowak, to an epic fencing duel that ends in a way neither they nor their schoolmates expect.
In Anthony Walker’s “It Happens,” an ex-soldier who suffered debilitating PTSD struggles to articulate and make sense of his wartime experiences and how they’ve shaped his life now, fifteen years after his deployments to Afghanistan and Yemen.
with Anya Johanna DeNiro
Online Workshop
Wed, Oct. 14–Nov. 18
Seven site-specific exercises to do across NYC
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with Rachel Lyon
Craft Course
Thu, Oct. 22–Nov. 12
One great short story in the mail every month
Year-long educational program
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Oct. 24: Building Conflict with Stephen Fishbach
February–November 2026
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Includes a postcard or a custom eCard
with Lisa Ko
Asynchronous Class
Nov. 9–Dec. 7
In “Elena,” one of the winning stories from our Teen Writing Contest, Zach Milano writes of a young man’s impending departure for college and the necessary parting from his neurodivergent sister.
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One Story has been publishing since 2002. We never publish an author twice. Browse our back issues to see who we published when.
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Submissions will reopen in early December 2026. Please read our guidelines before sending us your work.
with Patrick Ryan
This self-guided class will help you hone and refine a cohesive collection of your own work.