ONE STORY publishes one great short story at a time. We bring people together through reading, writing, and learning about short fiction.
As eighteen-year-old Mayuri gets ready to meet her biological father for the first time, her mother’s secret past begins to unfurl, revealing a coming-of-age (and coming-to-America) story full of ambition, loss, courage, and fierce parental love.
Shortly after Mao’s ascent in China, a young girl trails behind the traditional, monthly parade of the dead in the hope that she will find her mother and finally hear her parting words.
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Learn about the craft of fiction through seven virtual lectures. This year features lectures from Jennifer Baker, Ayşe Papatya Bucak, Yohanca Delgado, Jenzo DuQue, Lincoln Michel, Susan Perabo, and Jeanne Thornton.
July 24th-30th
Get one great story in the mail each month, each by a new author.
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In this behind-the-scenes look at One Story’s editorial process, you’ll follow two stories from submission to publication—studying marked-up drafts and author-editor correspondence.
June 20 – June 27
In the first of the three winning stories in our 2023 Teen Writing Contest, Saskia de Leeuw Kyle writes of two ex-best friends who find themselves partnered up for a school project. Will their troubled past overshadow their present? Find out in “The Dangers of Pitying the Devil.”
“The reasons I like One Story so much are the following: it fits in my purse, the stories are short enough to finish and not drag on when I am short on time, and—last but not least—it inspires me to write! “
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Share stories in 2023. They’ll get a story each month. You’ll get year-round gratitude.
We’re so excited to be publishing these three teens in the coming year.